Legal advisor

Provides legal guidance to an organisation or clients, reviews agreements and helps manage legal risk and compliance. Explore current demand, important skills and estimated junior, mid-level and senior salaries, plus 10 linked programmes across 5 universities. Enter your subjects and marks to discover which linked programmes you may qualify for.

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Career overview

What does a Legal advisor do?

Provides legal guidance to an organisation or clients, reviews agreements and helps manage legal risk and compliance.

Demand level: High

Earning potential

Estimated annual salaries

JuniorR360 000 p.a.Mid-levelR650 000 p.a.SeniorR1 000 000 p.a.

Salary figures are estimates and may vary by employer, experience, qualifications, location and economic conditions.

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Skills linked to this career

Contract review · EssentialLegal interpretation · EssentialLegal research · EssentialAdvisory communication · ImportantRisk assessment · Important
Study routes

Programmes linked to this career

These are some of the programmes currently connected to this career in VX Course Match.

Bachelor of Laws (LLB) — University of Cape Town

LLB — University of Johannesburg

Bachelor of Arts specialising in Law — University of Pretoria

Bachelor of Commerce specialising in Law — University of Pretoria

Bachelor of Laws — University of Pretoria

B Com Law — University of the Western Cape

Bachelor of Arts in Law - BA (Law) (3yr Prog) — University of the Western Cape

Bachelor of Laws (LLB) (4yr Prog) — University of the Western Cape

Bachelor of Commerce (in the field of Law) — University of the Witwatersrand

Bachelor of Laws (four-year stream) — University of the Witwatersrand

These are only some of the programmes linked to this career.

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What does a Legal advisor do?

Provides legal guidance to an organisation or clients, reviews agreements and helps manage legal risk and compliance.

What skills are important for this career?

Important skills include Contract review, Legal interpretation, Legal research, Advisory communication, Risk assessment.

What salary can I expect?

VX provides junior, mid-level and senior annual salary estimates. Actual earnings vary by employer, experience, qualifications, location and economic conditions.

Which programmes can lead to this career?

10 linked programmes are currently available in the VX database. Use Course Match to see which ones fit your subjects and marks.