Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

notarytolegal assistant

A notary already meets 37% of what the legal assistant role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

From notary
37%
Overlap1
To legal assistant
10 Skills carried over
9 Required, not held
59 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 59

This move: 59 of 100 · substantial

1 Share of the legal assistant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the notary profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A legal assistant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a notary background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held advise on legal services communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held revise legal documents communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held private law business, administration and law
  • already held legal terminology business, administration and law
  • already held civil law business, administration and law
  • already held court procedures business, administration and law

All 10 carried skills, including the 6 the legal assistant role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 19 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held execute working instructions required
  • required, not held handle case evidence required
  • required, not held pose questions referring to documents required
  • optional, not held assist judge optional
  • optional, not held process commissioned instructions optional
  • optional, not held proofread text optional
02 management skills 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held manage accounts required
  • required, not held meet deadlines for preparing legal cases required
  • optional, not held brief court officials optional
  • optional, not held manage personnel agenda optional
  • optional, not held perform office routine activities optional
03 business, administration and law 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held legal department processes required
  • required, not held legal case management required
  • optional, not held civil process order optional
  • optional, not held criminal law optional
04 information skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held compile legal documents required
  • required, not held study court hearings required
  • optional, not held record court procedures optional
05 assisting and caring 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held respond to enquiries optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a legal assistant role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 10 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held court procedures knowledge
  • already held legal research knowledge
  • already held legal terminology knowledge
  • already held private law knowledge
  • already held revise legal documents skill
  • already held use word processing software skill
  • already held advise on legal services skill
  • already held apply technical communication skills skill
  • already held civil law knowledge
  • already held perform clerical duties skill
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held assist judge optional
  • optional, not held brief court officials optional
  • optional, not held civil process order optional
  • optional, not held criminal law optional
  • optional, not held manage personnel agenda optional
  • optional, not held perform office routine activities optional
  • optional, not held process commissioned instructions optional
  • optional, not held proofread text optional
  • optional, not held record court procedures optional
  • optional, not held respond to enquiries optional
33 held skills the legal assistant role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role administer oaths skill
  • not needed by the target role archive documentation related to work skill
  • not needed by the target role authenticate documents skill
  • not needed by the target role check official documents skill
  • not needed by the target role conclude business agreements skill
  • not needed by the target role constitutional law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role contract law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role conveyancing knowledge
  • not needed by the target role create import-export commercial documentation skill
  • not needed by the target role examine mortgage loan documents skill
  • not needed by the target role facilitate official agreement skill
  • not needed by the target role fix meetings skill
  • not needed by the target role hand gestures knowledge
  • not needed by the target role intellectual property law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role international import export regulations knowledge
  • not needed by the target role interpret law skill
  • not needed by the target role issue official documents skill
  • not needed by the target role law of non-marital cohabitation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role manage contracts skill
  • not needed by the target role manage digital documents skill
  • not needed by the target role manage staff skill
  • not needed by the target role mortgage loans knowledge
  • not needed by the target role officiate weddings skill
  • not needed by the target role perform powers of attorney skill
  • not needed by the target role property law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role provide legal advice skill
  • not needed by the target role provide legal legitimacy to the transfer of assets skill
  • not needed by the target role public law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role real estate market knowledge
  • not needed by the target role register deeds skill
  • not needed by the target role take affidavits skill
  • not needed by the target role types of oaths knowledge
  • not needed by the target role witness the signing of documents skill
4 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held legal department processes required
  • required, not held legal case management required
  • optional, not held civil process order optional
  • optional, not held criminal law optional
Index

Other moves recorded from notary

Full index of moves from notary

Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.