Hard Skills

Lexis+ Proficiency Certification
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Lexis+ Practice Ready Certification
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Applied Legal Research for Secondary Sources Certification
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Applied Legal Research for Administrative Law Certification
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Applied Legal Research for Case Law Certification
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Applied Legal Research for Statutory Law Certification
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COBOT Expert – PowerPoint for Law
Earners of the Certified Operator of Basic Office Technology (COBOT) in Microsoft PowerPoint have demonstrated exceptional competence in utilizing several basic and intermediary functions in Microsoft PowerPoint within a legal workflow. As a basis of comparison, less than 1% of associates, staff, and law students achieve an Expert score.


COBOT Expert – Excel
Earners of the Certified Operator of Basic Office Technology (COBOT) in Microsoft Excel have demonstrated exceptional competence in utilizing several basic and intermediary functions in Microsoft Excel within a legal workflow. As a basis for comparison, less than 1% of associates, staff, and law students achieve an Expert score.


COBOT Expert – Word Brief
Complete an assessment with scenario-based legal tasks in a test environment tracking time and accuracy. Receive a score that demonstrates exceptional proficiency. Demonstrate advanced skill in using the navigation pane, generating/modifying table of contents & table of authorities, mark citations & updating table of authorities, using tab stops, inserting section breaks & shapes, converting text to tables & formatting them, formatting page numbers, and more in the context of legal briefs.


COBOT Expert – Word Contract
Earners of the Certified Operator of Basic Office Technology (COBOT) in Microsoft Word have demonstrated exceptional competence in utilizing several basic and intermediary functions in Microsoft Word within a legal workflow. As a basis of comparison, less than 1% of associates, staff, and law students achieve an Expert score.


COBOT Qualified – Word Memo
Complete an assessment with scenario-based legal tasks in a test environment that tracks both time and accuracy and pass with baseline proficiency. Demonstrate skill in applying heading styles, changing margins, inserting footnotes and images, modifying footers, formatting tab stops, using widow/orphan control, inserting non-breaking hyphens and section breaks, changing page orientation, inserting & formatting tables, inserting page numbers, and exporting documents in the context of legal memos.


Social media – Proficient
Tests knowledge of popular social media platforms and the best reasons to use them, as well as their features, functions, and best practices.







Market research – Proficient
Tests the ability to identify and use marketing techniques to effectively promote products and services to the target audience. Also evaluates the ability to develop or interpret research and metrics to understand the market, brand, target audience, etc.







Typing – Proficient
Tests the ability to type and transcribe material







Basic computer skills: PC – Expert
The Basic Computer Skills: PC module measures a candidate’s ability to perform basic computer operations. A candidate with basic computer skills can navigate a Windows operating system and troubleshoot common computer problems.







Graphic design – Proficient
The graphic design module measures a candidate’s knowledge of graphic design techniques and tools to create visual media to clearly communicate concepts that appeal to audiences. A candidate with graphic design knowledge has the ability to produce original content based on a project’s scope using various mediums.







Sales skills – Proficient
Measures a candidate’s skill in:
- influencing behavior, opinions, and attitudes toward purchasing products or services
- negotiating to overcome objections and identify solutions







Marketing – Expert
Tests the ability to derive meaningful market research conclusions from data. Also evaluates knowledge of market research tools and terms.