Lawyer resume keywords

What a lawyer resume is screened for, and example bullets to adapt. Use the skills that are true of your experience, and put them inside accomplishment bullets rather than in a bare list.

Also covers: Attorney, Solicitor, Legal Counsel, Associate Attorney, Advocate.

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Skills and keywords

These are the terms most consistently used to screen lawyer applications. Spell tools and certifications the way postings spell them — a screen matches the words, not the meaning.

Legal researchLitigationContract draftingNegotiationLegal writingClient counsellingComplianceDue diligence

Example bullets

Each one has blanks in brackets. Fill them with your own figures, or rewrite the line — never keep a number you cannot explain.

  • Managed a caseload of N matters in practice area.
  • Negotiated N contracts worth amount.
  • Won N of N motions argued.

Verbs that signal ownership

Open bullets with these rather than with “responsible for” or “worked on”:

managednegotiatedwon

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