Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a legal assistant can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a legal assistant already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Legal assistants work closely together with lawyers and legal representatives in the research and preparation of cases brought to courts. They assist in the paper work of cases and management of the administrative side of court affairs.

Technicians and associate professionals 29 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: legal administrative assistant, 71%

legal administrative assistant 71% covered conveyance clerk 53% covered court clerk 52% covered court administrative officer 51% covered case administrator 39% covered legal assistant You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from legal assistant. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a legal assistant already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Index

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legal assistant is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a legal assistant already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.