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

prosecutortojudge

A prosecutor already meets 51% of what the judge role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

From prosecutor
51%
Overlap1
To judge
20 Skills carried over
5 Required, not held
51.7 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

51%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

51.7/ 100

1 Share of the judge role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the prosecutor 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.

Why

Why this move works

A judge role treats 6 of its required skills as things a prosecutor already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • civil law
  • civil process order
  • court procedures
  • interpret law
  • legal terminology
  • observe confidentiality

What stands in the way is 5 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 20 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A judge role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a prosecutor background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held present legal arguments communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held hear witness accounts communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held civil process order business, administration and law
  • already held interpret law communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held advise on legal decisions communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held present arguments persuasively communication, collaboration and creativity

All 20 carried skills, including the 6 the judge role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 21 missing skills fall into 6 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 2 required, 9 supplementary
  • required, not held hear legal arguments required
  • required, not held show impartiality required
  • optional, not held review trial cases optional
  • optional, not held communicate with jury optional
  • optional, not held ensure sentence execution optional
  • optional, not held guide jury activities optional
  • optional, not held supervise legal case procedures optional
  • optional, not held facilitate official agreement optional
  • optional, not held moderate in negotiations optional
  • optional, not held promote the safeguarding of young people optional
  • optional, not held write work-related reports optional
02 assisting and caring 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held maintain court order required
  • required, not held supervise court hearings required
  • optional, not held authenticate documents optional
  • optional, not held support juvenile victims optional
03 business, administration and law 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held private law required
  • optional, not held juvenile detention optional
  • optional, not held family law optional
04 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held make legal decisions optional
05 services 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held correctional procedures optional
06 social sciences, journalism and information 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held criminology optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a judge 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 20 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held civil law knowledge
  • already held civil process order knowledge
  • already held court procedures knowledge
  • already held interpret law skill
  • already held legal terminology knowledge
  • already held observe confidentiality skill
  • already held advise on legal decisions skill
  • already held analyse legal evidence skill
  • already held apply knowledge of human behaviour skill
  • already held compile legal documents skill
  • already held contract law knowledge
  • already held criminal law knowledge
  • already held hear witness accounts skill
  • already held law enforcement knowledge
  • already held legal case management knowledge
  • already held legal research knowledge
  • already held present arguments persuasively skill
  • already held present legal arguments skill
  • already held procurement legislation knowledge
  • already held respond to enquiries skill
16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held review trial cases optional
  • optional, not held communicate with jury optional
  • optional, not held ensure sentence execution optional
  • optional, not held guide jury activities optional
  • optional, not held juvenile detention optional
  • optional, not held supervise legal case procedures optional
  • optional, not held authenticate documents optional
  • optional, not held correctional procedures optional
  • optional, not held criminology optional
  • optional, not held facilitate official agreement optional
  • optional, not held family law optional
  • optional, not held make legal decisions optional
  • optional, not held moderate in negotiations optional
  • optional, not held promote the safeguarding of young people optional
  • optional, not held support juvenile victims optional
  • optional, not held write work-related reports optional
13 held skills the judge role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role comply with legal regulations skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct research interview skill
  • not needed by the target role document evidence skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure law application skill
  • not needed by the target role government representation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role handle case evidence skill
  • not needed by the target role negotiate in legal cases skill
  • not needed by the target role negotiate lawyer's fee skill
  • not needed by the target role present evidence skill
  • not needed by the target role protect client interests skill
  • not needed by the target role provide legal advice skill
  • not needed by the target role represent clients in courts skill
  • not needed by the target role rhetoric knowledge
5 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 private law required
  • optional, not held juvenile detention optional
  • optional, not held correctional procedures optional
  • optional, not held criminology optional
  • optional, not held family law optional
Index

Other moves recorded from prosecutor

Full index of moves from prosecutor

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.