Based on your mutual decision fill in the Resume form with his or her personal data taken from cover letters No 1 or 2 according to the tips given below.

Tips for Lawyer’s Resume

The resume should show the applicant’s strong communication and interpersonal skills and abilities so that he or she can create good relationship with the clients. The lawyer’s resume should be very specific and based on facts concerning your achievements. The lawyer’s resume should also portray that you can take valuable decisions while working under pressure.

Information about Name and Contact

It includes the basic information like name, mailing address, telephone number and E-mail address.

Resume Objective

It is a specific statement that includes your career goals and aims.

Education

This section contains information in reverse chronological order such as major degree, date of graduation, universities you have attended, location of universities and any certificates achieved concerning the job you have applied for.

Skills

In this section you can mention your legal strengths and positive points to make your resume excellent.

Experience

This section contains your previous work experience. You should mention the full legal name of your previous company, your job title and job description. Always use action verbs and law related terms while constructing the lawyer’s resume.

RESUME

Contact Information:

• Name: ________________________________________
• Permanent Address:______________________________
  Telephone No: __________________________________
• Email address: __________________________________

Objective: To be able to secure a position as an In-house Lawyer and work towards reaching

the organization’s goals_______________________________________________

Education:________________________________________________________

Affiliations: ______________________________________________________

Experience: ______________________________________________________

Key Areas of Expertise (Skills): ______________________________________

References: Will provide them on request.________________________________________

Usually lawyer performs two types of roles - advocates and advisers. As advocates, they represent their clients in court and present evidence in support of their clients. As advisers they give advice to their clients on their legal rights and liabilities.

There is a huge competition in the legal market. The employers receive countless resumes and hardly spend two minutes to look into each of them. Therefore a lawyer’s resume should be so good that it leaves a positive impression on employer’s mind at first glance. That is why many applicants put “summary” into the resume.

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