Kenexa Legal Tests
The Kenexa Legal Tests are a comprehensive suite of online skills assessments designed to evaluate the practical knowledge, clerical precision, and industry-specific vocabulary of legal support staff, assistants, and paralegals. Rather than a single exam, this platform functions as a library of standalone, targeted modules covering legal transcription speed, documentation terminology, litigation basics, and filing methods. Delivered entirely online, these validated tests provide law firms and corporate legal departments with immediate, objective data to verify an applicant’s technical capabilities before hiring or promotion.
About this Test
The Kenexa Legal Tests are a comprehensive suite of online skills assessments designed to evaluate the practical knowledge, clerical precision, and industry-specific vocabulary of legal support staff, assistants, and paralegals. Rather than a single exam, this platform functions as a library of standalone, targeted modules covering legal transcription speed, documentation terminology, litigation basics, and filing methods. Delivered entirely online, these validated tests provide law firms and corporate legal departments with immediate, objective data to verify an applicant’s technical capabilities before hiring or promotion.
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What They’re Best Used For
- Vetting paralegals and legal assistants: Measuring core documentation, researcher, and procedural skills through specialized Paralegal Skills and Legal Assistant modules.
- Verifying legal vocabulary and abbreviations: Assessing an applicant’s familiarity with complex legal terminology, jargon, and standard shorthand protocols.
- Testing legal typing and transcription speed: Timing a candidate’s onscreen typing accuracy over 1, 3, or 5 minutes using legal case verbiage and court reporting scenarios.
- Evaluating specialized document tracking: Measuring speed and accuracy in systematic law-office record-keeping via the Legal Filing Skills subtest.
- Assessing litigation and e-discovery software literacy: Testing operational knowledge of specific legal tech databases like Concordance alongside Basic Litigation Knowledge modules.
- Reviewing general legal office competencies: Evaluating an applicant’s broad readiness across multiple general clerical responsibilities using the Legal Staff Skills module.
The Kenexa Legal Tests include the following titles:
- AUS-NZ Legal Assistant
- AUS-NZ Legal Spelling
- AUS-NZ Legal Vocabulary
- Basic Litigation Knowledge
- Canadian Legal Assistant
- Canadian Legal Spelling
- Canadian Legal Vocabulary
- Canadian Paralegal Skills
- Concordance
- Concordance 10
- Court Reporting
- EEOC Compliance
- French Canadian Legal Spelling
- French Canadian Legal Vocabulary
- French Canadian Legal Vocabulary
- Legal Abbreviations
- Legal Assistant
- Legal Filing Skills
- Legal Spelling
- Legal Staff Skills
- Legal Vocabulary
- Paralegal Skills
- Patent Prosecution
- Sexual Harassment
- Typing – Legal [1 Minute Onscreen]
- Typing – Legal [3 Minutes Onscreen]
- Typing – Legal [5 Minutes Onscreen]
- U.K. Basic Litigation Knowledge
- U.K. Legal Spelling
- U.K. Legal Spelling Short
- U.K. Legal Staff Skills
- U.K. Legal Vocabulary
- U.K. Paralegal Skills
- U.K. Typing – Legal [1 Minute Onscreen]
- U.K. Typing – Legal [3 Minutes Onscreen]
- U.K. Typing – Legal [5 Minutes Onscreen]
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