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

lawyertojustice of the peace

A lawyer already meets 70% of what the justice of the peace role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.

From lawyer
70%
Overlap1
To justice of the peace
19 Skills carried over
4 Required, not held
32.8 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

70%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

32.8/ 100

1 Share of the justice of the peace role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the lawyer 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 justice of the peace role treats 10 of its required skills as things a lawyer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • analyse legal evidence
  • civil law
  • civil process order
  • compile legal documents
  • comply with legal regulations
  • court procedures

What stands in the way is 4 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 19 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A justice of the peace role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a lawyer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held law of non-marital cohabitation business, administration and law
  • already held make legal decisions management skills
  • already held family law business, administration and law
  • already held moderate in negotiations communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held private law business, administration and law
  • already held hear witness accounts communication, collaboration and creativity

All 19 carried skills, including the 10 the justice of the peace role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 9 missing skills fall into 2 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, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held hear legal arguments required
  • required, not held supervise legal case procedures required
  • optional, not held ensure sentence execution optional
  • optional, not held support witnesses optional
  • optional, not held facilitate official agreement optional
  • optional, not held officiate weddings optional
02 assisting and caring 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held maintain court order required
  • required, not held supervise court hearings required
  • optional, not held authenticate documents optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a justice of the peace 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 19 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held analyse legal evidence skill
  • already held civil law knowledge
  • already held civil process order knowledge
  • already held compile legal documents skill
  • already held comply with legal regulations skill
  • already held court procedures knowledge
  • already held interpret law skill
  • already held law of non-marital cohabitation knowledge
  • already held make legal decisions skill
  • already held private law knowledge
  • already held apply knowledge of human behaviour skill
  • already held contract law knowledge
  • already held family 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 moderate in negotiations skill
  • already held respond to enquiries skill
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held ensure sentence execution optional
  • optional, not held support witnesses optional
  • optional, not held authenticate documents optional
  • optional, not held facilitate official agreement optional
  • optional, not held officiate weddings optional
80 held skills the justice of the peace role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role ICT security legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role advise on legal decisions skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on legal services skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on participation in financial markets skill
  • not needed by the target role air transport law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role analyse internal factors of companies skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse legal enforceability skill
  • not needed by the target role anti-dumping law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role apply conflict management skill
  • not needed by the target role apply organisational techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role apply technical communication skills skill
  • not needed by the target role architecture regulations knowledge
  • not needed by the target role assess financial viability skill
  • not needed by the target role business law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role commercial law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role competition law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role conduct research interview skill
  • not needed by the target role constitutional law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role consult with business clients skill
  • not needed by the target role consumer law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role copyright legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role corporate law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role criminal law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role criminology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role customs law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role detect financial crime skill
  • not needed by the target role develop professional network skill
  • not needed by the target role document evidence skill
  • not needed by the target role education law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role employment law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ensure law application skill
  • not needed by the target role environmental legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role financial statements knowledge
  • not needed by the target role food legislation knowledge
  • 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 health care legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role identify clients' needs skill
  • not needed by the target role insolvency law knowledge
  • not needed by the target role intellectual property law knowledge

40 further entries not listed here

Index

Other moves recorded from lawyer

Full index of moves from lawyer

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.