What Junior Legal Jobs Ask For
Across 326 open Junior Legal postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are legal-research, ai, regulatory-compliance.
Updated October 10, 2026
625 open Junior Legal postings. The percentages below are measured over the 326 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| legal-research | 57% |
| ai | 16% |
| regulatory-compliance | 13% |
| risk-assessment | 8% |
| gdpr | 7% |
| fintech | 6% |
| saas | 5% |
| business-development | 5% |
| process-improvement | 4% |
| contract-negotiation | 4% |
| assembly | 4% |
| llm | 3% |
| microsoft-access | 3% |
| corrective-action | 3% |
| crm | 3% |
| cybersecurity | 3% |
| talent-management | 3% |
| express | 2% |
| sharepoint | 2% |
| agile | 2% |
| contract-drafting | 2% |
| analytics | 2% |
| automation | 2% |
| cloud | 2% |
| iso-27001 | 2% |
| uscis | 2% |
"Mentioned in" counts postings that name the skill anywhere — including as a nice-to-have — so treat it as the ceiling, not the bar.
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Across all Legal levels
Most Legal postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- legal-research 4,319
- regulatory-compliance 3,680
- ai 2,916
- risk-assessment 2,691
- stakeholder-management 1,734
- business-development 1,659
- corrective-action 1,378
- gdpr 1,040
- process-improvement 936
- automation 931
- cybersecurity 848
- cloud 839