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

lawyertolegal policy officer

A lawyer already meets 58% of what the legal policy officer role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.

From lawyer
58%
Overlap1
To legal policy officer
26 Skills carried over
4 Required, not held
44.2 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

58%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

44.2/ 100

1 Share of the legal policy officer 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 legal policy officer role treats 6 of its required skills as things a lawyer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • advise on legal decisions
  • analyse legal evidence
  • compile legal documents
  • legal case management
  • legal research
  • provide legal advice

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 26 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A legal policy officer 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 customs law business, administration and law
  • already held anti-dumping law business, administration and law
  • already held consumer law business, administration and law
  • already held family law business, administration and law
  • already held competition law business, administration and law
  • already held constitutional law business, administration and law

All 26 carried skills, including the 6 the legal policy officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 20 missing skills fall into 7 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 business, administration and law 1 required, 7 supplementary
  • required, not held legal studies required
  • optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
  • optional, not held international human rights law optional
  • optional, not held labour law optional
  • optional, not held election law optional
  • optional, not held immigration law optional
  • optional, not held insurance law optional
  • optional, not held public law optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held advise on legislative acts required
  • optional, not held advise legislators optional
  • optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
  • optional, not held liaise with politicians optional
03 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held government policy implementation required
  • optional, not held policy analysis optional
  • optional, not held government policy optional
04 management skills 1 required
  • required, not held manage government policy implementation required
05 information skills 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held analyse legislation optional
  • optional, not held perform scientific research optional
06 assisting and caring 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held apply immigration law optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a legal policy officer 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 26 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held advise on legal decisions skill
  • already held analyse legal evidence skill
  • already held compile legal documents skill
  • already held legal case management knowledge
  • already held legal research knowledge
  • already held provide legal advice skill
  • already held air transport law knowledge
  • already held anti-dumping law knowledge
  • already held business law knowledge
  • already held civil law knowledge
  • already held commercial law knowledge
  • already held competition law knowledge
  • already held constitutional law knowledge
  • already held consumer law knowledge
  • already held contract law knowledge
  • already held corporate law knowledge
  • already held criminal law knowledge
  • already held customs law knowledge
  • already held develop professional network skill
  • already held education law knowledge
  • already held employment law knowledge
  • already held family law knowledge
  • already held insolvency law knowledge
  • already held intellectual property law knowledge
  • already held international law knowledge
  • already held social security law knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 education 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held scientific research methodology optional
16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
  • optional, not held apply immigration law optional
  • optional, not held international human rights law optional
  • optional, not held labour law optional
  • optional, not held policy analysis optional
  • optional, not held advise legislators optional
  • optional, not held analyse legislation optional
  • optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
  • optional, not held election law optional
  • optional, not held government policy optional
  • optional, not held immigration law optional
  • optional, not held insurance law optional
  • optional, not held liaise with politicians optional
  • optional, not held perform scientific research optional
  • optional, not held public law optional
  • optional, not held scientific research methodology optional
73 held skills the legal policy officer 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 services skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on participation in financial markets skill
  • 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 apply conflict management skill
  • not needed by the target role apply knowledge of human behaviour 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 civil process order knowledge
  • 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 consult with business clients skill
  • not needed by the target role copyright legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role court procedures knowledge
  • not needed by the target role criminology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role detect financial crime 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 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 hear witness accounts skill
  • not needed by the target role identify clients' needs skill
  • not needed by the target role international trade knowledge
  • not needed by the target role interpret financial statements skill
  • not needed by the target role interpret law skill
  • not needed by the target role investigation research methods knowledge
  • not needed by the target role joint ventures knowledge
  • not needed by the target role law enforcement knowledge
  • not needed by the target role law of non-marital cohabitation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role legal department processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role legal terminology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role legislation in agriculture knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain operational communications skill

33 further entries not listed here

12 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 studies required
  • required, not held government policy implementation required
  • optional, not held European Structural and Investment Funds regulations optional
  • optional, not held international human rights law optional
  • optional, not held labour law optional
  • optional, not held policy analysis optional
  • optional, not held election law optional
  • optional, not held government policy optional
  • optional, not held immigration law optional
  • optional, not held insurance law optional
  • optional, not held public law optional
  • optional, not held scientific research methodology optional
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.