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From prosecutor to lawyer

10 of the 14 essential skills of a lawyer are already essential for a prosecutor — about 71% of the job, before you learn anything new.

These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.

10
skills carry over
4
would be new
71%
of the target job covered
14
essential skills of a lawyer

What a lawyer does

Lawyers provide legal advice to clients and act on their behalf in legal proceedings and in compliance with the law. They research for, interpret and study cases to represent their clients in a variety of settings such as courts and administrative boards. They create arguments on behalf of their clients for lawsuits in different contexts with the aim of finding a legal remedy.

What would be new

4 skills

Essential for a lawyer and not for a prosecutor. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.

Other moves from prosecutor

1 roles

prosecutorlawyerThe other way round

Counted from ESCO, published by the European Commission. Occupations are compared on their essential skills only.

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How far are you from being a lawyer?

MyNodes reads your CV once, maps it to this same taxonomy, and shows you which roles you are already closest to and the few skills that would open the most doors. The file is deleted as soon as it has been read.