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United Kingdom · Legal · Mid-Level (2-5 years)

Litigation Support Assistant

Here is the whole job, in plain words. What it is, a real day, what you decide, how you're judged, how people get here and where they go next. Then the part no course gives you: twelve AI tutors who learn your work.

  • Experience bandMid-Level (2-5 years)
  • Direct reportsNo direct reports
  • Reports toSenior Litigation Support Analyst
  • UK framework levelUsually someone starting out, or keeping a process running

Also advertised as eDiscovery Analyst · Legal Technology Specialist · Paralegal (eDiscovery Focus)

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1What this role really is

This isn't just about shuffling papers; it's about being the technical backbone of our litigation efforts. You'll be the person who makes sure our legal teams have the right documents, in the right format, at the right time. Think of yourself as the data architect for legal cases, making sure everything is defensible and discoverable. You'll be the go-to person for getting data ready for court, from the initial messy collection to the final, polished production. It's a role where accuracy isn't just a nice-to-have; it's absolutely critical for our cases.

2What you'd actually use

The tools this job runs on, and how well you'd need to know each one.

Relativity/RelativityOneIntermediate

Running complex searches, batching documents for review, managing user permissions, running productions, troubleshooting coding layouts, and generating reports.

DISCO / EverlawIntermediate

Performing similar tasks to Relativity, depending on the case. You'll switch between platforms as needed, so familiarity with at least one alternative is key.

Nuix Workstation / Ipro eCaptureIntermediate

Processing raw data from various sources (email archives, hard drives), de-NISTing, de-duplicating, applying search filters, and creating custom load files for review platforms.

Microsoft ExcelIntermediate

Using functions like VLOOKUP, INDEX/MATCH, and PivotTables for complex log analysis, cross-referencing productions, and managing data lists. It's your best friend for data manipulation.

Adobe Acrobat ProIntermediate

Performing Bates stamping, redacting documents, merging/splitting PDFs, and preparing documents for production. Essential for document finalisation.

3What you get to decide, and how that grows

Power in a job isn't your title. It's what you're allowed to decide. Here's how it grows as you move up.

The choiceComing inWhere you are nowThe step above
Data Processing SettingsFollows pre-defined templates; escalates any deviation or unusual data types.Independently selects and applies appropriate settings for standard data types; consults on complex or novel data sources.Designs and optimises processing workflows for complex cases; makes recommendations on new tools.
Load File Creation/TroubleshootingCreates load files using templates; escalates all errors for review.Independently creates and troubleshoots standard load files; identifies and proposes solutions for common errors.Develops custom load file specifications; troubleshoots deep technical issues and automates solutions.
Document ProductionPrepares production sets under direct supervision; all outputs are QC'd by a senior.Independently prepares and runs standard productions; performs initial QC and flags any issues.Manages complex, multi-stage productions; advises on production protocols and defensibility.
Custodian Legal Hold ManagementAdds/removes custodians as instructed; tracks acknowledgements.Manages tracking for assigned custodians; drafts basic hold notices (with review); follows up on non-responders.Designs and implements legal hold workflows; advises on policy and technology integration.

4How you'll be judged

The scoreboard, honestly: the hard targets, how often each one is actually looked at, and the quiet human signals that never make it onto a dashboard.

Production Accuracy Rate
The percentage of document productions that are delivered to opposing counsel without any technical errors (e.g., missing documents, incorrect Bates ranges, corrupted files).
Target · 99.9% accuracy (fewer than 1 error per 1,000 documents produced)

You're responsible for a production of 10,000 documents. If one document is missing or has an incorrect Bates stamp, that's an error. We want to see those numbers stay incredibly low, ideally zero.

Data Processing Turnaround Time (Standard Requests)
How quickly you can process a standard, clean data collection (e.g., 50GB of email data) from receipt to ready-for-review in our eDiscovery platform.
Target · Complete within 48 hours for standard requests

A new client sends 30GB of emails on Monday morning. You get it processed and loaded into Relativity by Wednesday morning, ready for the review team to start. That's hitting the target.

Load File Error Rate
The number of errors found in load files you create for importing or exporting data, such as incorrect delimiters, missing fields, or encoding issues.
Target · Less than 0.01% error rate (virtually none)

You create a load file for 100,000 documents. If even one line has a wrong character that breaks the import, that counts as an error. We expect these to be caught before they cause issues.

Legal Hold Tracking Compliance
The percentage of custodians on legal holds where acknowledgements are tracked and reported accurately and on time.
Target · 100% compliance for assigned custodians

You're managing 50 custodians on a legal hold. All 50 must have their acknowledgement recorded and any non-responders chased up within the set timeframe. No exceptions here.

Proactive Problem Solving
You don't just flag an issue; you investigate it, understand the root cause, and propose a solution before escalating. It's about being a detective, not just a messenger.
  • You'll bring problems to your manager with a few potential fixes in mind. You'll document your troubleshooting steps. Attorneys will mention you've helped them figure things out without being asked.
Reliability and Follow-Through
When you say you'll do something, it gets done, on time and to a high standard. You're the person people can count on, especially for those fiddly, time-sensitive tasks.
  • You consistently meet deadlines without reminders. Case teams will trust you with critical tasks. Your manager won't need to chase you for updates on your assigned work.
Clear Communication (Technical to Non-Technical)
You can explain complex technical issues (like why a load file failed) to a non-technical attorney in plain English, without jargon, so they actually understand the problem and the solution.
  • Attorneys tell us they appreciate your explanations. You'll write clear, concise emails about technical issues. You're able to simplify complex concepts without 'dumbing them down'.

5Would you like it

The honest version. What people enjoy, and what grinds them down.

What people enjoy
Solving Complex Puzzles

You get a real kick out of unravelling a tangled data issue or figuring out why a production isn't quite right. It's like being a detective every day.

Spending an hour tracing a load file error back to a single, obscure character in a text file and finally getting the data to import correctly – that's your kind of victory.

Making a Tangible Impact

You like knowing that your careful work directly contributes to the success of a legal case. You're not just pushing buttons; you're enabling justice.

Successfully delivering a critical production on time, knowing that without your efforts, the legal team couldn't have met their court deadline.

Continuous Learning in Technology

You enjoy keeping up with the latest eDiscovery software features, new data types, and how technology can be applied to legal problems. The tech always changes, and you like that.

Voluntarily exploring a new feature in Relativity or a different way to process a tricky data source, just because you want to learn and improve.

What frustrates people
  • The 'Data Dump': Receiving terabytes of unorganised data from a client (often in a shoebox of hard drives) with the vague instruction to 'find the smoking gun.'
  • Mid-Stream Requirement Changes: Attorneys changing their mind on what constitutes a 'responsive' document after 50% of the review is complete, forcing mass re-coding and blowing the budget.
  • Opposing Counsel's Messy Productions: Receiving a poorly formatted, incomplete, or corrupted production from the other side and spending dozens of unbillable hours trying to make it usable.
  • The 'Just One More Thing' Request: The seemingly simple request from a partner at 4:55 PM on a Friday that you know will take six hours and involve complex data manipulation.
  • Being the Scapegoat: Getting blamed for delays or high costs when the root cause was a delayed client collection or an attorney's overly broad search terms.
  • The Jargon Gap: Trying to explain a complex technical limitation (e.g., 'We can't process that file type without specialised software') to a non-technical attorney who just wants it done now.
What this role does not give you
  • A predictable 9-to-5 schedule every single day (court deadlines don't care about your weekend plans).
  • A role where you're always the 'face' of the case (you're more behind-the-scenes, making it all happen).
  • A role with zero ambiguity or messy data (that's just not how litigation works).

6Who you work with

Your work is pretty central to how we run cases. If you get it right, our legal teams have the evidence they need, when they need it, allowing them to build strong arguments and meet court deadlines without a hitch. Get it wrong, and we're looking at potential sanctions, wasted time, and even losing a case. You're essentially the gatekeeper for the data that underpins our entire litigation strategy.

Inside the business
  • Case Attorneys (Partners, Senior Associates, Associates)
  • Paralegals (who rely on you for document access)
  • Other Litigation Support team members (for collaboration and knowledge sharing)
  • IT Department (for data collection and infrastructure support)
Outside the business
  • eDiscovery Vendors (for processing and hosting services)
  • Clients (occasionally, for data collection or clarification)
  • Opposing Counsel (indirectly, through document productions)

7What you need before you start

Not a wish list. The things you would be expected to already have.

  • At least 2 years of hands-on experience in a dedicated litigation support or eDiscovery role.
  • Proven ability to independently manage data processing and document productions for small to medium-sized cases.
  • Demonstrable experience with at least one major eDiscovery review platform (e.g., Relativity, DISCO, Everlaw).
  • A solid understanding of the EDRM and its practical application in daily tasks.
  • Experience in troubleshooting common technical issues related to data ingestion and load files.
  • Excellent organisational skills and a meticulous eye for detail – really, you can't be too careful here.

8What to practise next

Where the job is going, and what to do about it starting this week.

Advanced Scripting & Automation (e.g., Python)

Many repetitive eDiscovery tasks, from data validation to custom report generation, can be automated. Knowing a scripting language like Python will allow you to build your own tools and significantly boost your efficiency and the team's capabilities.

API Integration · Data Parsing & Manipulation · Regular Expressions (Regex) · Error Handling & Logging

  • This month: Complete an online Python basics course, focusing on data manipulation libraries (e.g., pandas).
  • Next quarter: Try to write a simple script to automate a repetitive task you do weekly (e.g., reformatting a report).
  • Next 6 months: Explore the API documentation for Relativity or another platform you use. Try to write a script that pulls basic data.
  • Next year: Aim to build a tool that automates a significant data validation or reporting process for a case team.

Quick win: Use Python to quickly reformat a messy CSV file you get from a client. It's a practical application that saves time immediately.

9Staying current once you are in

What people here do to keep up
  • Attending industry webinars and conferences (e.g., Legaltech, Relativity Fest) to keep up with the latest trends and tools.
  • Participating in online eDiscovery forums or communities to learn from peers and share knowledge.
  • Taking advanced courses in data analytics or scripting (e.g., Python) to enhance your technical problem-solving abilities.
  • Reading legal tech blogs and publications to stay informed about new software and legal rulings impacting eDiscovery.

10How the AI economy is changing work like this

Before we ask anything of you, here's what we can already say about AI and work of this kind:

The new skill this role is being asked for: Prompt Engineering for Legal AI

Legal AI tools, especially Large Language Models (LLMs), are becoming incredibly powerful for tasks like summarising documents, drafting privilege log entries, and even generating initial case chronologies. Knowing how to 'talk' to these AIs effectively will be a game-changer for productivity.

We'll only ever tell you what we can actually back up. No hype, no scare tactics.

Your PlanIllustration

Built for Litigation Support Assistant

3 units that map to this job, from the qualifications that cover it.

  1. Administer Legal FilesNCFE · covers 2 of 5 standardsLevel 3
  2. Build case filesSFJ Awards · covers 1 of 5 standardsLevel 3
  3. Specialist Advice Work in Practice - EmploymentAIM Qualifications · covers 1 of 5 standardsLevel 2
These are the real units behind this job, in the order they rank for it. Nothing here is marked done, because this plan has not been started by anyone yet. Yours would fill in as you go.

The rising capability

Zavmo analysis

What's rising in its place

This is where the work is heading, and the higher pay with it. Get fluent here and the shift stops being a threat and starts being your edge.

Prompt Engineering for Legal AI

Legal AI tools, especially Large Language Models (LLMs), are becoming incredibly powerful for tasks like summarising documents, drafting privilege log entries, and even generating initial case chronologies. Knowing how to 'talk' to these AIs effectively will be a game-changer for productivity.

  • Context Windows & Token Limits
  • Temperature Settings
  • Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)
  • Output Validation & Hallucination Detection

Advanced Data Visualisation for Legal Insights

Attorneys and clients are no longer satisfied with just lists of documents. They want to see patterns, communication networks, and timelines visually. Being able to present complex eDiscovery data in an easily digestible, impactful way will set you apart.

  • Network Graphs
  • Timeline Visualisations
  • Concept Clouds & Cluster Analysis
  • Interactive Dashboards

What you’ll use

Skills this role draws on

Technical

  • Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) Knowledge
  • Load File Management & Troubleshooting
  • Evidence Handling & Chain of Custody
  • Search Syntax & Data Culling Methodologies
  • Privilege & Redaction Workflows

The pathway

How you actually get there, here

How you become one varies far more by country than what one does. This is the UK route. Most people take one of these ways in; the right one depends on where you're starting from.

  1. 1

    Litigation Support Clerk (L1)

    1-2 years

    Skills to master

    • Mastering basic data loading, Bates stamping, simple search execution, and strict adherence to QC checklists. It's about getting the fundamentals absolutely perfect.

    You're ready to move on when

    • Consistently accurate completion of all assigned tasks with minimal supervision.
    • Proactive identification of minor issues and a willingness to learn troubleshooting techniques.
    • Demonstrated reliability and a strong work ethic, especially under pressure.
  2. 2

    Paralegal (with eDiscovery Focus)

    2-3 years

    Skills to master

    • Understanding the legal context of documents, managing case files, basic eDiscovery tasks like document review, and communicating with legal teams. You'll need to develop your technical skills further.

    You're ready to move on when

    • A strong grasp of legal principles and case management.
    • A keen interest in the technical aspects of eDiscovery, not just the legal side.
    • Proven ability to learn new software and technical workflows quickly.
  3. 3

    IT Support / Data Analyst (transitioning to Legal)

    2-4 years

    Skills to master

    • Applying your technical data skills (e.g., scripting, database management) to legal-specific challenges, learning eDiscovery platforms, and understanding legal terminology and processes. It's about translating your tech knowledge.

    You're ready to move on when

    • Strong technical aptitude and experience with data manipulation.
    • A genuine interest in the legal sector and how technology applies to it.
    • Excellent problem-solving skills and an ability to learn new domain-specific tools.

11Where this role leads

The long view:Your career in litigation support has a clear path for growth, whether you want to lead teams or become a deeply technical expert. This role is a fantastic stepping stone, giving you the hands-on experience and problem-solving skills that are highly valued across the legal tech industry. We're excited to see where you take it.

Pay & demand

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The ten Future Fluencies

Zavmo analysis

The credential is what you can do today. These are what keep you valuable.

A qualification proves you can do the job as it's defined today. These ten are what decide whether you're still the obvious person for it in five years. They're the capabilities employers are now writing into senior roles faster than people are learning them. Zavmo weaves them through whatever you study, so you come out with both: the credential and the fluency.

The highlighted ones are the Fluencies your role leans on hardest, from how Litigation Support Assistant is actually changing. In about two minutes, the free confidence check asks where you stand on each of the ten. That's the whole check, and it's what makes the plan yours rather than generic.

Where it leads

Roles this leads to

12The team that's yours

No two people are taught the same way. This is one-to-one, not one-to-many.

Zavmo is a hyper-personalised AI learning platform. Twelve virtual tutors, each with a different way of teaching, and one orchestration agent that picks the right one for the moment. So every single lesson is shaped around you, your role, and the way you learn. Not a course everyone sits through. A conversation built for you, and no one else.

…and nine more, matched to you after your first chat. Meet all twelve

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13What it feels like

A conversation, not a course

Because your tutor knows your role, your projects and your last session, learning sounds like this. And it's different for every single person:

Administer Legal FilesLevel 3

Applied to your work in Litigation Support Assistant

This unit aims to provide learners with the knowledge of legislative and organisational procedures for administering legal files, enabling them to open, maintain, administer, close, and archive files correctly.

How the thinking builds
  1. Remember
  2. Understand
  3. Apply
  4. Analyse
  5. Evaluate
  6. Create
An illustration of a Zavmo lesson, built from this role’s own route. The unit, its objective and every criterion above are the awarding body’s own words, not an example.

One to one, not one to many

No two people run this the same way

A course is written once and handed to everyone. This is assembled around you, and keeps changing as it learns you. Five things it reads, and what each one changes.

  1. Your actual work Every lesson is taught against a live piece of your own work, not a worked example from a textbook.
  2. What you already know The first conversation finds your starting point, so you skip what you can already do and spend the time on what you cannot.
  3. The conditions you learn under Not a learning-styles quiz. The evidence does not support those. The dimensions the research does back, read once and used to shape the plan.
  4. How far you got last time It picks up mid-thought. The tutor knows what you said, what you struggled with, and what it asked you to try.
  5. Which tutor suits the moment Twelve of them, each for a different kind of thinking. The one who walks you through a first idea is not the one who stress-tests it.

See how you learn, free. Eight questions, no sign-up. A directional taster; the diagnostic inside Zavmo goes deeper and keeps adapting.

DemonstrateIllustration

Evidenced on your work in Litigation Support Assistant

You do not finish by watching something. You finish by showing it on the work you already do, against the measures this job is judged on.

  • Production Accuracy RateThe percentage of document productions that are delivered to opposing counsel without any technical errors (e.g., missing documents, incorrect Bates ranges, corrupted files).You're responsible for a production of 10,000 documents. If one document is missing or has an incorrect Bates stamp, that's an error. We want to see those numbers stay incredibly low, ideally zero.99.9% accuracy (fewer than 1 error per 1,000 documents produced)
  • Data Processing Turnaround Time (Standard Requests)How quickly you can process a standard, clean data collection (e.g., 50GB of email data) from receipt to ready-for-review in our eDiscovery platform.A new client sends 30GB of emails on Monday morning. You get it processed and loaded into Relativity by Wednesday morning, ready for the review team to start. That's hitting the target.Complete within 48 hours for standard requests
  • Load File Error RateThe number of errors found in load files you create for importing or exporting data, such as incorrect delimiters, missing fields, or encoding issues.You create a load file for 100,000 documents. If even one line has a wrong character that breaks the import, that counts as an error. We expect these to be caught before they cause issues.Less than 0.01% error rate (virtually none)
  • Legal Hold Tracking ComplianceThe percentage of custodians on legal holds where acknowledgements are tracked and reported accurately and on time.You're managing 50 custodians on a legal hold. All 50 must have their acknowledgement recorded and any non-responders chased up within the set timeframe. No exceptions here.100% compliance for assigned custodians
These are this job's own measures, with its own targets. Nothing is marked evidenced, because nobody has started this yet. Yours would fill in from the work you bring.

Your passport

This isn't a certificate you file away. It's a passport to the life you're designing.

Every credit you earn and every fluency you build adds up: evidence where it counts, carried with you. Zavmo keeps the map: where you are, where you're heading, and the next step, at your pace, around your life. From Litigation Support Assistant to Senior Litigation Support Analyst (L3), and whatever you decide comes after.

Level 2 · in progressAI Fluency→ Senior Litigation Support Analyst (L3)→ your design
Where this takes you

Your career in litigation support has a clear path for growth, whether you want to lead teams or become a deeply technical expert. This role is a fantastic stepping stone, giving you the hands-on experience and problem-solving skills that are highly valued across the legal tech industry. We're excited to see where you take it.

See Your Progress GrowIllustration
Litigation Support Assistant
  • Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) Knowledge
  • Load File Management & Troubleshooting
  • Evidence Handling & Chain of Custody
  • Search Syntax & Data Culling Methodologies
  • Privilege & Redaction Workflows
This is your Mind Palace on learn.zavmo.ai. Every skill above comes from this role's own record, not an example borrowed from another job. A node lights up when you evidence it, and what you build stays yours between jobs. That is the part a course cannot do.

14The detail, folded away

Everything else the record holds

The career branches in full, how AI is already showing up in the day-to-day, and the questions people ask about this job. Here when you want them, out of the way while you decide.

Where it leads next, rung by rung

Where it leads

The career path, and where it branches

Litigation Support Assistant is a start, not a ceiling. Each step below asks for new skills and hands back more autonomy.

  1. Senior Litigation Support Analyst (L3)

    3-5 years in this role

    This is the natural next step, where you'll move from owning processes to leading entire workstreams and small projects. You'll become a technical consultant to attorneys.

    • Designing and implementing Technology Assisted Review (TAR) workflows.
    • Advanced data culling strategies (e.g., conceptual clustering, email threading).
    • Complex database querying and reporting within eDiscovery platforms.
    • Vendor management and service level agreement (SLA) oversight.
Working with AI on the job

Working with AI

Where AI is starting to help

Let's be honest, a good chunk of litigation support work is incredibly repetitive and detail-heavy. Imagine cutting down on those tedious hours, freeing you up for more interesting, complex problem-solving. That's where AI comes in. It's not here to replace you, but to give you superpowers.

We're already exploring and implementing AI tools across our Legal department, and as a Litigation Support Assistant, you'll be right at the forefront of using these to make your day-to-day work smoother, faster, and frankly, a lot less mind-numbing. Think of it as having a highly efficient, tireless assistant for the mundane tasks.

Automated Document Ingestion & Coding

AI tools can automatically extract metadata, identify document types (like invoices, contracts, or emails), and perform initial coding for objective information such as PII (Social Security Numbers, credit card details). This saves you immense manual effort and speeds up the initial setup of a case. Imagine the time saved not manually tagging every invoice!

Accelerated Review Prioritisation (TAR)

You'll use Technology Assisted Review (TAR), also known as Predictive Coding, to analyse a small set of human-coded documents. The AI then ranks the entire collection by relevance, allowing our legal teams to review the most important documents first. This means less time sifting through irrelevant junk and more focus on what truly matters for the case.

Early Case Assessment (ECA) & Concept Clustering

Before the full review even begins, AI can analyse the entire dataset to identify key concepts, timelines, and communication patterns between key players. This helps lawyers understand the case landscape and develop their strategy much faster than traditional manual sampling. You'll be providing insights in days, not weeks.

AI-Assisted Privilege Log Generation

Creating privilege logs is notoriously tedious. AI tools can analyse documents flagged as privileged and generate draft descriptions (e.g., 'Email from Jane Doe to John Smith regarding legal advice on Q3 financial reporting'). Your job then shifts to editing and verifying, turning a manual grind into a much faster, more efficient task.

Common questions

Common questions

How do you become a Litigation Support Assistant?

Common routes in include Litigation Support Clerk (L1) (1-2 years), Paralegal (with eDiscovery Focus) (2-3 years) and IT Support / Data Analyst (transitioning to Legal) (2-4 years). Times vary with prior experience.

Where can a Litigation Support Assistant progress to?

This role can lead on to Senior Litigation Support Analyst (L3) (3-5 years in this role), depending on the skills you build.

What level is a Litigation Support Assistant in the UK?

This role aligns to RQF Level 2 on the UK framework, a guide to the depth of qualification it maps to, not a hard entry bar.

What new skills matter most for a Litigation Support Assistant?

Increasingly, Prompt Engineering for Legal AI and Advanced Data Visualisation for Legal Insights. These are the areas where the higher-paid, future-proof work is heading.

The honest bit

You’ve started things before

Most of them were built for a room full of people who aren’t you. A cohort moves on whether or not your week allowed it, and by the third week the thing you’re behind on becomes the reason you stop opening it.

There’s no cohort here, and no timetable to fall behind. Before anything starts, Zavmo asks when you’re sharpest and how long you can realistically sit down for, then builds the sessions around those answers. A bad fortnight changes your pace. It doesn’t put you behind.

And you only pay once you start learning. Searching and planning are free, and you can cancel any time — so the cost of finding out is an afternoon, not a year.

What it costs

Less than one coaching session. Every month.

A single career-coaching hour costs more than a month of this, and it ends when the hour does. Zavmo doesn't. It's £70 a month, about £2.30 a day, for a companion that knows a Litigation Support Assistant, works on the job you actually do, and keeps going at your pace rather than a timetable's.

  • Searching and planning stay free. You only pay when you start learning.
  • Your credits are yours. Regulated, and they don't vanish when a subscription ends.
  • Cancel any time and billing stops. No notice period, no minimum term.

Your path, personalised

You have the map. Walking it is the part we do together.

This route runs to 5 national skill standards. That is a real journey.

Zavmo shapes a learning experience as unique as you are. It fits how you learn, your pace and the work you already do. Every step stays benchmarked to recognised national standards. That’s the plan for becoming a Litigation Support Assistant: personal to you, and it still counts. The first steps are free.

Independent research finds well-designed intelligent tutoring performs nearly as well as one-to-one human tutoring: VanLehn (2011), Educational Psychologist.

A private tutor in the UK averages £35–40 an hour . Zavmo is £70/month.

A real plan on learn.zavmo.ai: Ofqual-regulated units, credits, and a three-month run at your own pace.
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15Where to go from here

Other roles at Level 2

Same depth of qualification, different job. Useful if the work appeals but this particular role does not.

Other roles in Legal

Stay in the field you know and move sideways rather than up.

If you leave this industry

The skills you'll gain here are highly transferable. You could move into in-house legal departments at large corporations, eDiscovery service providers, or even legal tech vendors. The demand for eDiscovery expertise is only growing, so your options will be pretty broad.

Not sure this is the right direction?

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