Legal CV Structure/Content

[EllieBranagh]

Hi everyone, I am currently re-doing my CV as a recruiter from a law firm said my career advisor gave me the wrong information, basically everything was wrong. I then submitted my CV to a law agency and they said there was too much listing of task based work under my work experience heading. They also said my personal summary should be written in the 3rd person, has anyone else written their personal summary in the 3rd person or just stuck with 1st person language? I am really confused on the layout, what is professional and convey my online internships as non-qualified work.

Thank you,
Ellie

 

[TCLA Community Assistant]

This is the problem with any form of application - you will get mainly opinions rather than a set of rules everyone abides by.

For instance, I think a personal summary is usually redundant - I generally think they are a complete waste of space/words.

Are you applying to vacation schemes/internships? If so, @Jaysen 's template here is very useful: https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/forum/threads/legal-cv-structure-content.2129/post-23587

 

[Rania123]

You definitely don't need to structure it this way, but for reference - here is roughly what my CV looked like.

I don’t have access to this, any way i can have access?

 

[TCLA Community Assistant]

I don’t have access to this, any way i can have access?

You can find the template here: https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/forum/threads/legal-cv-structure-content.2129/post-23587