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Q2: What should your resume include?
Don't forget to include any volunteering experience!
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All related work experience, briefly summarized, personal achievements, education (of course)
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Anything a legal employer may find interesting or informative. Don't limit yourself to law-related material if you have other impressive experiences/attributes.
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education, work experience, volunteer work/community involvement, skills, interests
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Educational background, Scholarships / Awards, Work History, Extra-curricular activities (in law school and out), something quirky and unique that can be a topic of conversation with your interviewer (i.e. I was a Beer Draughmaster Champion, etc)
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Education, employment, community involvement
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describe how your past work experience and skills gained will help you as a lawyer
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Previous work experience, usually marks, hobbies, if person belongs to other associations.
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Education, work history, extra-curricular activities of note - all arranged neatly on two perfectly spaced pages.
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legal and non-legal experience, education, awards, and personal interests.
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Non-law related activities, particularly business related if you're applying to a business firm (ex. running your own business)
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Only those jobs you can show to be relevant to the position you are applying to. Where you have a lot of jobs, pick the ones that are MOST relevant, recent and related. It should also include your educational history, any awards or scholarships (but if too many, eliminate the less significant ones) and any other achievements, including non-academic or hobby-related achievements (i.e. ran the Boston Marathon, etc.).
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Accomplishments/experience that relates to the AREA YOU ARE INTERESTED IN WORKING IN - try to tailor the resume to the employer you want to hire you.
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basics, including how your experiences shape and add to your areas of interest in law
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besides the obvious ed, exp, and accomplishments, be sure to incl interests that reflect an exercise of mind and body ...
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academic experience, work experience, additional information (sports, hobbies...)
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Academic and professional qualifications Honours and Awards Community Involvement Languages (if you have working skills in another language, definitely list them) Professional Affiliations Interests
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Something quirky about yourself - not crazy weird but something that other's always have questions about when you first meet them. My interviews centred not around what courses I took in law school but rather other jobs and volunteer activities I had participated in. I think that's how you make your application stand out once it makes it to the "will interview pile".
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An interesting hobby/interest; think of something that stands out and would be a good topic of conversation; ie: skydiving (of course, it has to be true).
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Extracurricular activities Scholarships and awards Relevant work experience
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Something that makes youy different. I was asked about a motorcycle mechanics course that I took 10 years ago. Every potential employer looks for an "ice breaker" to use at the intervciew. I would say half the time I interviewed, we never got around to talking about law school at all.
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Volunteer experience Job experience A hobby, sport - basically, and likely most importantly, something that sets you apart and makes you seem interesting!
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any previous legal experience - any international experience - any published work - any related, non-law school education
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I was told to break it down into several sections: (1) Education (2)Relevant work experience (i.e. summer position at a law firm, legal clinic position, etc) (3) Other work experience (i.e. other jobs other than law (4)Awards and other Achievements
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a listing of your volunteer work. The verdict is still out on the Reference letters being included with your package. I included mine and they were happy to read them, others prefer to go directly to the source.
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Education, relevant Work Experience, Interests, Volunteer Experience, Awards and relevant References. Attach Transcripts and recommendation letters
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Here I have a dilemma. The above book advises to mention honors received, hobbies, etc. I find that too detailed and unnecessary. But not being from Canada, I am willing to accept that the Canadian culture is perhaps more curious than the rest of the world? Thus, having been in the workforce, I would recommend strictly any objectives, job experiences, higher schooling, languages.
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The usual: objective, education, work experience, skills etc. I would also strongly recommend highlighting your extra-curricular activities, community involvement and volunteer work. Such activities give a strong indicator of you integrating with the community and thus contributing to the community foot-print of the firm.
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Name, address, educational history, scholarships (if applicable), work experience (highlight anything service oriented/office work/any interesting job you had), volunteer experience, personal interests, languages and travel background.
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Besides the obvious education and work experience, you should include a few things that set you apart or that stand out and will give the interviewors something to talk about and remember you by. For example, do you train birds, rock climb, play a sport... anything that will help make a connection and make them remember you.
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contact information education employment experience volunteer experience affiliations & professional memberships don't include generic hobbies
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Education (including projected graduation date or graduation date from LLB), Work and/or Volunteer Experience, interests, certificates or awards received, if papers were written academically might include these, and references.
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Apart of the conventional things as education, work experience, etc., show your street smarts. Law firms are looking not only for strong academic background but also for people that can function in the real world.
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your past work and volunteer experience. if you have done something interesting or have interesting interests those should be listed as they are great conversation starters during interviews
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Get template from UBC Law School Career Centre - education, work experience, volunteer experience, interests, awards
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name, address, education, hobbies. Don't throw in hobbies as an afterthought - they make all the difference to let people know you are a real person. "reading, wathcing tv" are boring! At the same time, don't be a blatant attention-seeker. "Tending the suffering of the homesless, who I identify deeply with" is not a good start.
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interests, hobbies, travel experience, anything different that sets you apart from everyone else!
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It should include the basics (ie. education, work experience, etc) but it should also have something to give the firm you're applying to a sense of who you are (ie. why do they want to meet you when they have 100 applications on their desk). Some ideas include personal interests, hobbies, etc.
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Things that make you look interesting and not just like another dork with straight-A's. E.g. travel, extracurricular stuff, interesting jobs.
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Education, legal work experience, other work experience, volunteer work, skills, languages, community involvement
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education interests/hobbies awards work experience
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Contact info; education; awards; professional and volunteer experience; key activities
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Interesting job experiences and hobbies. Anything that makes you stand out from the crowd
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All of your recent employment history as well as anything that might set you apart from others. If you have interesting hobbies and what not.
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Past experience (broad and specific), interests, accomplishments - something to set you apart, whether it be work or activity-related
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Grades, work experience, hobbies.
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education, interests, work experience, awards
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Schooling, awards, work experience, and include interests so there is something to talk about at the interview. Also include a cover page expressing your interest in the job and bit of background information about you.
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all your previous work and volunteer experience, skills, hobbies/interests (prospective employers like to know that you do other things besides work and study)
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All the basics ie work history, academic achievements etc, but also include something interesting about yourself, maybe places you have travelled to or other languages that you speak
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Limit the personal information to an absolute minimal. Give one or two topics that you can talk about that would be of interest, but do not list every extracurricular activity you have ever done. Make every resume somewhat unique. Know what type of law you are applying for and tailor the resume to that specific area - even if you just took one class in corporate tax - add something extra about that class, emphasize your grade, speakers, anything to show a genuine interest.
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An overview of your education, any awards or honours, work experience, publications, volunteer activities, and interests in a succinct two pages or less with no typos.
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[posted June 3, 2005] |