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Law Student Resume Template

A legal resume for law students and early legal candidates that prioritizes education, clinics, research, writing, and legal experience.

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Best for

  • Law students applying to clinics, summer associate roles, judicial internships, or public interest roles
  • Candidates whose school, journal, clinic, or legal writing work needs to lead
  • Applicants who need conservative formatting for legal employers

Where this template wins

Use this for law student, summer associate, judicial internship, public interest, clinic, and legal research roles. The structure keeps education first, avoids visual gimmicks, and highlights legal research, writing, advocacy, and client-facing work.

Layout and content guidance

Layout
Single-column, ATS-safe layout with a strong evidence block near the top and no tables, photos, icons, rating bars, or decorative sidebars.
Font
Use a readable serif font for legal, academic, or research-heavy audiences. Keep the body around 10-11 pt, the name around 19-22 pt, and section headings compact and uppercase.
Recommended headings
Education, Legal Experience, Journal & Advocacy, Additional Experience, Skills

Section-by-section notes

Education

Legal resumes usually lead with law school. Include honors, journals, clinics, and relevant coursework selectively.

Legal Experience

Focus on legal research, writing, analysis, drafting, client intake, and courtroom exposure.

Journal & Advocacy

Use journals, moot court, and advocacy work when they show writing, editing, or oral argument readiness.

Additional Experience

Include non-legal work only when it shows judgment, writing, service, leadership, or client skills.

Skills

Group skills by how recruiters search for this role. Keep only skills you can defend in an interview.

Common mistakes

  • Using a creative template in a conservative legal screen
  • Burying legal writing, clinics, journals, or research under unrelated work
  • Making bullets too broad to show legal judgment or work product

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Jane Doe

jane.doe@email.com•
(555) 123-4567•
New York, NY•
linkedin.com/in/janedoe

Education

Public University, Bachelor of Science in EconomicsExpected May 2027

GPA: 3.78/4.00 | Coursework: statistics, accounting, data analysis, business communication

Skills

Tools: Excel, PowerPoint, Google Sheets, SQL basics, survey tools

Analysis: market research, data cleaning, charting, summary memos

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Jane Doe

jane.doe@email.com•
(555) 123-4567•
New York, NY•
linkedin.com/in/janedoe

Education

Public University, Bachelor of Science in FinanceExpected May 2027

GPA: 3.86/4.00; Honors Program; selected coursework: Corporate Finance, Accounting, Valuation, Statistics

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Pitched a long equity recommendation after analyzing unit economics, same-store sales, margin bridge, and management guidance; recommendation was approved for a 4% portfolio position.

Created a quarterly earnings tracker comparing consensus estimates, reported results, and valuation movement across 14 consumer companies.

Led training session for 12 new analysts on comparable company selection, revenue build assumptions, and investment memo structure.

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Screened 120 founder-owned software and services companies by revenue quality, customer concentration, churn, and owner succession risk.

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Matched 36 underclass students with upperclass finance mentors and organized weekly technical prep covering accounting, valuation, and market discussion.

Skills

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Tools: Excel, PowerPoint, Capital IQ-style screening, data tables, sensitivity analysis, pitch book formatting

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jane.doe@email.com•
(555) 123-4567•
New York, NY•
linkedin.com/in/janedoe

Education

Public University, Bachelor of Arts in EconomicsMay 2026

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Experience

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Cleaned and analyzed 28,000 survey responses in Excel and R to isolate drivers of program adoption across demographic and regional cohorts.

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Leadership

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Led 5-student team for a local nonprofit, mapping donor funnel drop-offs and recommending CRM changes projected to recover 120+ lapsed donors.

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Skills

Analysis: market sizing, competitive analysis, survey analysis, financial modeling, process mapping

Tools: Excel, PowerPoint, Tableau, R, SQL basics

Communication: executive presentations, client interviews, workshop facilitation

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