Entry-level legal and compliance jobs: 5 roles explained
Roles that support lawyers, contracts, risk and regulation. 5 starting roles in legal and compliance, with what each one does and the skills it takes.
Legal and compliance roles
- Paralegal / Legal Assistant
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A paralegal supports lawyers by researching, drafting documents, organizing case files and managing deadlines. Many roles accept a paralegal certificate or a degree.
Skills: Legal research, Writing, Document management, Attention to detail
- Contract Administrator
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A contract administrator keeps agreements moving: preparing them from templates, tracking approvals and dates and making sure terms are followed.
Skills: Attention to detail, Contract reading, Organization, Contract software
- Compliance Analyst
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A compliance analyst checks that the company follows laws and its own rules: testing controls, reviewing transactions and customers, and recording issues.
Skills: Attention to detail, Regulation reading, Writing, Excel
- Legal Operations Coordinator
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Legal operations coordinators run the business side of a legal team: intake of requests, outside counsel invoices, tools and reports.
Skills: Organization, Spreadsheets, Legal software, Communication
- Junior Risk Analyst
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A risk analyst looks for what could go wrong, such as fraud, credit loss or process failure, measures it and recommends controls.
Skills: Excel and SQL basics, Analysis, Writing, Attention to detail
Other kinds of entry-level work
- Sales
- Marketing
- Customer success and support
- Finance and accounting
- HR and recruiting
- Operations and supply chain
- Administrative and office
- Technology and IT
- Data and analytics
- Healthcare administration
- Banking, insurance and real estate
- Project and product
- Content and design
- Public sector, non-profit and education
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