What is a Legal Skills Test?
A legal skills test evaluates and measures an applicant’s legal knowledge, research skills, attention to detail, and legal document handling expertise needed for legal assistant roles.
Our Legal Skills Tests for Applicants give a fast, reliable way to screen for the knowledge, focus, and admin discipline required of legal support roles.
Whether you’re hiring a paralegal, legal assistant, or back-office support, these tests show who’s ready for work in your firm, and who needs additional training.
You can mix and match the following test options to fit the role:
Attention to Detail
One typo or wrong date in a court filing can be a serious liability. Legal staff need to catch mistakes before anyone else does.
Document Formatting
The support staff in a law firm needd to know how to use Microsoft Word the way legal teams do; styles, templates, citations, and tracked changes are part of the job.
Legal Terminology & Concepts
Even in support roles, they should understand the basics; what a motion is, how a deposition works, and how legal docs are structured.
Organization & Workflow
Multiple attorneys, multiple deadlines. If they can’t stay ahead of the work, your team ends up chasing it.
Communication
Legal assistants are often the bridge between attorneys, clients, and court staff. That bridge has to hold up under the daily pressures of your busy firm.
As soon as each test ends, you get a single, clear report in your inbox. Everything is laid out so you can make quick, confident decisions.
Unified Dashboard View
Whether it’s the Paralegal Skills Test or the Word Formatting check, you see every result.
Section-by-Section Ratings
Each test breaks down into key skills. You’ll see Beginner, Intermediate, or Advanced for each area, so it’s clear where someone stands.
Answer-Level Insights
Click into any section to review correct and incorrect answers.
Timing and Confidence Data
You’ll know how long they took on each question. Fast and accurate answers point to confidence; longer response times can flag uncertainty.
What is a Legal Skills Test?
A legal skills test evaluates and measures an applicant’s legal knowledge, research skills, attention to detail, and legal document handling expertise needed for legal assistant roles.
Do these tests apply to US-based legal roles?
Yes. All legal knowledge tests are built around US law and legal procedures.
Can I combine tests?
Yes. You can assign multiple tests to one candidate and review all their results in one dashboard. You can also use customized pre-employment tests according to the role’s needs.
How much does this cost?
Pricing is simple and flexible as your needs change. Each test completed uses one test credit. (See pricing for credits)
Can I get a free sample before I purchase?
Yes, just visit Try for Free to provide your information and we’ll send a free sample of the test you request.