Legal Executive

Legal executives help lawyers prepare and file legal documents, research and prepare cases, give legal advice and help with house sales.

In 2018 there were 387 people aged 29-38 in this occupation.

Source: Statistics New Zealand Census 2018 (Universities NZ analysis)

Highest qualification

People currently employed as Legal Executives have qualifications at a variety of levels.
13.2% of current Legal Executive(s) aged between 29 - 38 years of age have a degree/level 7 qualification as their highest qualification.
10.7% have postgraduate qualifications.
13.2% have no post-school qualifications and 62.8% have a level 4 - 6 certificate or diploma.

Fields of study

Field of study is the main field people studied in their qualification. A proportion of people may have included other fields of study in their qualification.

Field	Percent
Justice and Law Enforcement	32.6%
Law	17.8%
No Post-School Qualification	7.8%
Business and Management	2.3%

External links

Click here to go to the information on the Careers NZ website relating to the occupation of Legal Executive