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Lawyer Resume Template

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Template approved by: Ellie Graham
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  • Lawyer Resume Sample

    In lawyer resumes, being succinct and clear is key - therefore it helps to clearly indicate your expertise and experience in working with specific, relevant tasks. You can do this by including lawyer-related skills in every bullet point and using numerical data to shore up your credibility.

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    Use lawyer-related skills throughout your resume, along with numerical data points, and include a skills bank to further emphasize your background.

    Tips to help you write your Lawyer resume in 2022

       Include relevant hard skills for lawyers

    While it may seem obvious, you’ll want to make sure each one of your bullet points in the body of your resume touches on skills that are relevant for the legal field. Emphasize how you “oversaw X cases”, “conducted legal research”, or “managed x case loads” to impart that you are experienced in your field. Having a skills bank at the bottom or the side will further reinforce this.

    Also see: Find Hard Skills To Include In Your Resume
    Include relevant hard skills for lawyers - Lawyer Resume
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       Good use of numerical data points

    Whether making an impression in the courts or on your resume, having numerical data to back up your claims goes a long way toward supporting their validity. Whenever possible, use quantitative data points to demonstrate the specific rate of increase of some data points, or to indicate how much you impacted others by.

    Good use of numerical data points - Lawyer Resume
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    Skills For Lawyer Resumes

    Here are examples of popular skills from Lawyer job descriptions that you can include on your resume.

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    Skills Word Cloud For Lawyer Resumes

    This word cloud highlights the important keywords that appear on Lawyer job descriptions and resumes. The bigger the word, the more frequently it appears on job postings, and the more likely you should include it in your resume.

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