In the context of international integration and the requirements of the 4.0 industrial revolution, the legal teaching process needs to equip learners with the most necessary skills in the practice process. However, the training of skills in law schools is still spread out, there is no agreement with the profession being trained. From there, the article will introduce the experience of skills training in general and skills for law students in particular in the US, the article points out the advanced points in determining the key skills, as well as the form and method of evaluating these skills. From there, it will be a lesson learned in implementing skills training courses at law schools in Vietnam.

Keywords: Skills, legal profession, training experience, law students