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

lawyer linguisttolegal consultant

A lawyer linguist already meets 32% of what the legal consultant role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.

From lawyer linguist
32%
Overlap1
To legal consultant
9 Skills carried over
6 Required, not held
64 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

32%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

64/ 100

1 Share of the legal consultant role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the lawyer linguist 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 legal consultant role treats 5 of its required skills as things a lawyer linguist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • advise on legal decisions
  • compile legal documents
  • interpret law
  • legal terminology
  • use consulting techniques

What stands in the way is 6 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 9 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A legal consultant role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a lawyer linguist background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held interpret law communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held advise on legal decisions communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held analyse legal evidence information skills
  • already held legal terminology business, administration and law
  • already held compile legal documents information skills
  • already held use consulting techniques communication, collaboration and creativity

All 9 carried skills, including the 5 the legal consultant role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 28 missing skills fall into 4 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 4 required, 7 supplementary
  • required, not held analyse legal enforceability required
  • required, not held identify clients' needs required
  • required, not held protect client interests required
  • required, not held provide legal advice required
  • optional, not held consult with business clients optional
  • optional, not held apply technical communication skills optional
  • optional, not held manage contract disputes optional
  • optional, not held manage contracts optional
  • optional, not held moderate in negotiations optional
  • optional, not held negotiate in legal cases optional
  • optional, not held present legal arguments optional
02 business, administration and law 1 required, 12 supplementary
  • required, not held private law required
  • optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
  • optional, not held maritime law optional
  • optional, not held state aid regulations optional
  • optional, not held business law optional
  • optional, not held civil law optional
  • optional, not held contract law optional
  • optional, not held corporate law optional
  • optional, not held law of non-marital cohabitation optional
  • optional, not held legal case management optional
  • optional, not held mergers and acquisitions optional
  • optional, not held procurement legislation optional
  • optional, not held real estate market optional
03 assisting and caring 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held ensure law application required
  • optional, not held protect personal data and privacy optional
  • optional, not held respond to enquiries optional
04 information skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held analyse internal factors of companies optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a legal consultant 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 9 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held advise on legal decisions skill
  • already held compile legal documents skill
  • already held interpret law skill
  • already held legal terminology knowledge
  • already held use consulting techniques skill
  • already held analyse legal evidence skill
  • already held court procedures knowledge
  • already held legal research knowledge
  • already held observe confidentiality skill
22 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
  • optional, not held consult with business clients optional
  • optional, not held maritime law optional
  • optional, not held state aid regulations optional
  • optional, not held analyse internal factors of companies optional
  • optional, not held apply technical communication skills optional
  • optional, not held business law optional
  • optional, not held civil law optional
  • optional, not held contract law optional
  • optional, not held corporate law optional
  • optional, not held law of non-marital cohabitation optional
  • optional, not held legal case management optional
  • optional, not held manage contract disputes optional
  • optional, not held manage contracts optional
  • optional, not held mergers and acquisitions optional
  • optional, not held moderate in negotiations optional
  • optional, not held negotiate in legal cases optional
  • optional, not held present legal arguments optional
  • optional, not held procurement legislation optional
  • optional, not held protect personal data and privacy optional
  • optional, not held real estate market optional
  • optional, not held respond to enquiries optional
23 held skills the legal consultant role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role EU law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role apply grammar and spelling rules skill
  • not needed by the target role cooperate in linguistic process steps skill
  • not needed by the target role court interpreting knowledge
  • not needed by the target role draft legislation skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure consistency of translation works in multiple target languages skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure quality of legislation skill
  • not needed by the target role follow translation quality standards skill
  • not needed by the target role grammar knowledge
  • not needed by the target role improve translated texts skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with government officials skill
  • not needed by the target role linguistics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role proofread text skill
  • not needed by the target role read pre-drafted texts skill
  • not needed by the target role review translation works skill
  • not needed by the target role revise translation works skill
  • not needed by the target role speak different languages skill
  • not needed by the target role study court hearings skill
  • not needed by the target role technical terminology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role terminology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role translate language concepts skill
  • not needed by the target role translate texts skill
  • not needed by the target role use computer-aided translation skill
13 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 European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
  • optional, not held maritime law optional
  • optional, not held state aid regulations optional
  • optional, not held business law optional
  • optional, not held civil law optional
  • optional, not held contract law optional
  • optional, not held corporate law optional
  • optional, not held law of non-marital cohabitation optional
  • optional, not held legal case management optional
  • optional, not held mergers and acquisitions optional
  • optional, not held procurement legislation optional
  • optional, not held real estate market optional
Index

Other moves recorded from lawyer linguist

Full index of moves from lawyer linguist

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.