Legal resume samples
Law firms, chambers and in-house legal teams in India look for your law degree, Bar Council enrolment and AIBE certificate if you practise, and the areas of law you have worked in. Internships matter a great deal, with the chamber or firm named, along with moot courts, research papers and the databases you use, such as SCC Online or Manupatra. Company secretary roles are read for ICSI membership and MCA portal filings.
The attorney sample is a commercial litigation associate with supervised drafting and matter coordination. Litigation, corporate and research placements make up the law internship sample, and the law student sample adds moot coursework and community work, with notes on student status. The company secretary sample is set in the UK and shows board packs and committee records, separating administration from board authority.
4 samples, Attorney, Company Secretary, Law Student. Each is a complete resume rendered as text on its own page, not a screenshot of one, and they run from fresher to senior.
Skills that repeat across these legal samples
These 4 terms appear on at least two of the 4 samples above. That is the whole claim: not what the field is supposed to want, but what these documents actually share.
- Deadline tracking ×3
- Citation checking ×2
- Legal research ×2
- Research memoranda ×2
What to leave off an Indian legal resume
None of the 4 samples above carries a photograph, a date of birth, a marital status or a declaration line, and that is the single biggest difference between a resume written for an Indian employer in 2019 and one written for the shortlist today.
- The photograph, unless an employer explicitly asks for one.
- Date of birth, age, gender and marital status. None of them predict the work.
- Father's or husband's name, a form field, not a resume line.
- The full postal address. The city is what a recruiter filters on.
- Current and expected CTC. It is a negotiation, not a qualification.
- The declaration paragraph and the signature block at the end.
What replaces them is space: another two bullets of work that can be measured. The free review flags these on your own resume.
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Questions about legal resumes
How should law internships be listed on a resume?
Give the chamber, firm or organisation, the city, the months and the practice area. Then add two or three lines on real tasks: research notes on a point of law, drafting a written statement, or attending hearings and taking notes. Do not name clients or reveal confidential matters. The law internship sample shows litigation, corporate and research placements written this way.
Do moot court competitions belong on a law student resume?
Yes, if you argued or researched for the team. Name the competition, the year and your role: speaker, researcher or memorial drafter. Mention a result such as best memorial only if it was officially awarded. Keep published papers in a separate list with the journal name. The law student sample includes moot coursework alongside supervised research and community work.
Can a junior litigation associate list cases they worked on?
Yes, in general terms. Describe the forum, such as a High Court, a tribunal or an arbitration, the type of dispute and your tasks, and leave out client names if the matter is confidential. Separate what you drafted from what senior counsel argued. The attorney sample shows supervised drafting and matter coordination, with notes on confidentiality and contribution.
How should a company secretary present ICSI qualifications and compliance work?
Put ACS or FCS with your membership number near the top, or the CS stage you have cleared. Then the compliance work: board and committee meetings, minutes, ROC filings on the MCA portal, and annual returns under the Companies Act, 2013. Say whether the company was listed or unlisted. The company secretary sample is UK-based, so adapt its board-pack and committee wording to Indian rules.
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