Resumes for law firms, in-house teams and public sector applications. Legal resumes are formal and text-heavy; federal resumes follow their own rules on length and detail. These examples show both.
FREEA one-page resume for paralegals and legal assistants, with practice areas and software (case management, e-discovery, research platforms) in a skills block and bullets about caseload, filings, research and drafting.
FREEA two-page federal resume example with relevant work experience, dates and hours per week.
FREEA formal one-column resume for legal professionals outside the traditional firm track: in-house counsel, compliance, contracts, legal operations and support.
FREEA formal one-column resume for lawyers, with bar admissions and education up front, practice areas listed, and experience written as representative matters with outcomes described by type.
The Attorney Resume presents bar admissions, practice areas and representative matters in the order firms expect. The Legal Resume is a general layout for legal operations and counsel roles, and the Paralegal Resume balances case support, research and document management. All three use conservative single-column structures; the Professional Serif Resume is a good blank version if you'd rather start from a layout.
US federal resumes are longer and more detailed than private-sector ones: hours per week, supervisor details, and full descriptions of duties. The Federal Resume follows that format. Because federal systems parse the text, keep it in a single column and check the ATS-friendly guide before submitting.
Serif type, no color, and matters described by type and outcome rather than client name. If you need more than two pages for a long litigation history, the two-page resume templates keep the formatting consistent across pages.