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| LEE GALLIGLE
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| Home Address: 10 London Road Middlemarch Loamshire MM2 6AZ
| Term Address: 1a Beech Court Park Wood University of Kent Canterbury, Kent CT2 7SZ
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| Setting out your address and other contact details in this formatsaves space and makes a good heading.
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| Tel: 01789 12345 Email: lg2999@kent.ac.uk
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| EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
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| 2011 to date
| The University of Kent LL.B. Law - expect to graduate June 2014
| | First year:
| Introduction to Law (Distinction); Legal Process (Merit); Constitutional and Administrative Law (Merit); Obligations I (Distinction)
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| Company Law; Obligations II; Property Law; Criminal Law
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| | 2004 - 2011
| Casubon High School, Middlemarch
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| A-levels: English (A); French (B); History (C)
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| AS levels: Music (B); Media Studies (B)
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| GCSEs: English Language (A); English Literature (A); French (A); German (B); Mathematics (C); History (A); Geography (C); Biology (B); Music (A)
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| Firms will expect a comprehensive list of your academic achievements to date, so include all subjects and grades
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| WORK EXPERIENCE
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| Summer 2012
| Bulstrode Insurance Ltd, Lowick
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| Clerical Assistant: data inputting, liaison with clients; general office duties This developed my skills in dealing with business customers, chiefly over the telephone, and in working accurately under pressure.
| | Summer 2011
| Hawleys, Middlemarch
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| Two-week work placement with a partner in the property department of a general practice solicitors' firm. I carried out research in relation to a boundary dispute, attended Court and observed interviews with clients.
| | 2009 - 2011
| Flora Motley Ltd, High Street, Middlemarch
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| Saturday Sales Assistant in fashion store: customer service, stock control, cash handling This involved me in advising and assisting customers, coping with problems and unexpected situations (such as a fire alarm) and taking responsibility for counting up and banking money
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Highlight relevant skills gained from non-law employment
Say what you did in any law-related placements, and in what type of firm
Even casual, part-time work can help you to demonstrate skills that will be useful in law firms (but please use your own words to summarize them!)
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| SKILLS
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| Languages
| Good command of French and German
| | Computing
| Familiarity with Windows packages including MS Word, MS Access and Internet Explorer; experience of Westlaw and Lexis
| | Driving
| Full, clean driving licence
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| Can be useful to mention adriving licence if you are applying to firms in small towns or rural areas, but be sure to spell it correctly (with a C not an S in this context)
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| INTERESTS AND ACTIVITIES
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| Music
| I play the violin in the University orchestra and was leader of the school orchestra.
| | Sport
| Badminton: member of the University badminton club Tennis: played for the school team Swimming and trampolining.
| | Car Maintenance
| I own and maintain a twenty-year-old Mini and enjoy meeting other Mini owners at rallies
| | Travel
| Summer 2012 - two-week voluntary workcamp in Spain Summer 2011 - One month independent travel through France and Italy i Tours with school orchestra to France, Belgium and Norway.
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Something a bit “different” can help your CV to stand out and be remembered.
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| REFEREES
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| Dr T. Lydgate Eliot College University of Kent Canterbury Kent CT2 7NS 01227 828282 T.P.R.Lydgate@kent.ac.uk
| Miss R. Vincy Flora Motley Ltd High Street Middlemarch Loamshire MM1 0FF 01199 123456 r.vincy@flora-motley.co.uk
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| If you are short of space on the CV, you can just put “References available on request”
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