What C-level Legal Jobs Ask For

Across 293 open C-level Legal postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are regulatory-compliance, risk-assessment, ai.

Updated October 28, 2026

346 open C-level Legal postings. The percentages below are measured over the 293 of them that list skills at all.

Skill	Mentioned in
regulatory-compliance	38%
risk-assessment	29%
ai	28%
stakeholder-management	16%
legal-research	12%
cybersecurity	11%
fintech	11%
corrective-action	10%
succession-planning	8%
business-development	8%
automation	6%
analytics	6%
cloud	6%
blockchain	6%
gdpr	6%
hipaa	5%
contract-drafting	5%
performance-management	5%
machine-learning	4%
contract-lifecycle-management	4%
cryptocurrency	4%
strategic-planning	4%
saas	3%
agile	3%
data-governance	3%
employee-relations	3%
accessibility	3%
contract-negotiation	3%
process-improvement	3%
data-analytics	2%
nist	2%
microsoft-365	2%
program-management	2%
agentic-ai	2%
ccpa	2%
data-quality	2%
iso-27001	2%
itar	2%
rails	2%

"Mentioned in" counts postings that name the skill anywhere — including as a nice-to-have — so treat it as the ceiling, not the bar.

Across all Legal levels

Most Legal postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.