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Template layoutCounsel Practice
classicLawyer CV template with admissions, practice areas, matters, transactions and court experience. Free ATS-ready format for legal roles.
LawTraditionalProfessional
LawyersSolicitorsLawTraditional
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Lawyer Resume Templates
Legal CVs are conservative on purpose. Bar admission, jurisdiction and practice areas are checked before the chronology, and matter descriptions have to show value, forum, responsibility and outcome without breaching confidentiality.
These lawyer resume templates use a serif, traditional hierarchy — the document a law-firm or in-house recruiter already knows how to read — with admissions above the timeline and selectable text throughout.
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Lawyer Resume Templates
8 layouts that fit how lawyer hiring actually reads a CV. Open a card to preview, or start in the builder — the same content reflows if you switch template later.
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Template layoutLegal Counsel
classicLegal resume with a split header, serif rules and small-caps section headings for attorneys, counsel and paralegals, with selectable text.
LegalGoldSerif
AttorneysLegal CounselLegalGold
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Template layoutOxford Classic
classicAcademic classic with deep burgundy rules, centered serif header and scholarly typography for professors and attorneys.
OxfordBurgundySerif
AttorneysLegal CounselOxfordBurgundy
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Template layoutParalegal Casework
classicParalegal resume template with practice areas, caseload, research, filings and legal systems. Free ATS CV for law firm and in-house roles.
Legal SupportTraditionalProfessional
ParalegalsLegal AssistantsLegal SupportTraditional
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Template layoutHeritage Classic
classicTimeless single-column classic resume with warm brown accents and centered header. Built for corporate, legal and business analyst roles.
HeritageClassicCentered
Business AnalystsAccountantsHeritageClassic
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Template layoutHeritage Serif
classicRefined serif resume with stone palette, terracotta accents and centered grand header for traditional industries.
HeritageSerifStone
Business AnalystsAdministratorsHeritageSerif
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Template layoutScholar Academic
academicAcademic resume with centered serif header, burgundy accent and publication formatting for professors and researchers.
ScholarAcademicBurgundy
ProfessorsResearchersScholarAcademic
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Template layoutBoardroom Executive
executiveBoardroom resume with a charcoal header, boxed mustard section titles and a serif split header for C-suite executives and partners.
BoardroomCharcoalMustard
C-SuiteDirectorsBoardroomCharcoal
Layout, not adjectives
What to look for in a Lawyer resume template
The right template for this field is the one that puts the evidence a lawyer screen checks first in a document a parser can still read. Style is secondary.
- An admissions line that can hold bar, roll or practising certificate with jurisdiction and year.
- Practice-area labels above the chronology, written as the advert writes them.
- Matter entries that can name value, forum and outcome without client names where those are restricted.
- No two-column posters. Legal ATS and partners both expect a traditional page.
Match the market
How to choose a Lawyer resume template
- Counsel Practice and Legal Counsel are the purpose-built legal layouts.
- Oxford Classic and Heritage Serif suit chambers, academia-adjacent and more traditional firms.
- Paralegal Casework is the better starting point for legal-support vacancies, not for qualified counsel.
What belongs on the page
What to include in a Lawyer resume
Admissions first
Jurisdiction and year. In-house roles still check this. Foreign qualifications need a one-line equivalence.
Practice areas as literals
Corporate, employment, litigation, regulatory — the nouns in the advert. Paraphrases miss keyword searches.
Matters without client breach
Value, forum, your responsibility, outcome. "Advised on a cross-border acquisition in the £X–Y range" is usually enough.
Languages and seats
Where they are genuine. Over-claiming a language in this field is easy to expose on a call with counsel.
From template to file
How to create your Lawyer resume
Open Counsel Practice or Oxford Classic
The market has a house style. Matching it is part of looking like a safe hire.
Put admissions under the name
Then practice areas, then the chronology. Do not bury a practising certificate in education.
Write matters as value, forum, outcome
Skip adjectives. Partners read for substance and for whether you understand confidentiality.
Export a conservative PDF
Confirm admissions are selectable text, then send.
Questions
FAQ
Should a lawyer resume template use a serif typeface?
It helps in this market. Oxford Classic and Counsel Practice already do. A heavily designed sans-serif CV is not what most legal recruiters expect to open.
How do I describe matters without naming clients?
Sector, value band, forum, your role, outcome. If a client can be named, the engagement letter is the authority — not the CV.
Do in-house and private-practice lawyers need different templates?
The same layouts work. In-house CVs should make reporting line, business unit and commercial outcomes more obvious; private practice should make practice area, originations and matter value more obvious.
Where do publications and speaking go?
In a short block after experience if they are recent and relevant. They should not push admissions or practice areas off the first page.
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