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Attorney resume keywords
The skills, tools and terms recruiters search for when hiring an attorney, and a free check of which ones your resume is missing.
Bar admission, practice area and the matters you ran yourself are what hiring partners and legal recruiters read for. Quantify caseload, deal value, motions won or trials first-chaired.
Skills and keywords
Tools and software
Soft skills
Use the exact wording from the posting you are applying to. Only include what is true for you.
Example attorney resume bullets
Keywords work best inside achievements. Each example pairs a keyword with a number:
- Managed a docket of 40 commercial litigation matters from filing through settlement or trial
- Won 12 of 15 dispositive motions, took 40 depositions and first-chaired 3 jury trials
- Led contract drafting and negotiation for 25 commercial agreements worth $18M in combined value
Check your resume for attorney keywords
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Where to put keywords
- Summary: your job title in the posting's words plus your two strongest matching skills.
- Skills section: tools and hard skills, spelled the way the posting spells them.
- Experience bullets: each important skill used in a sentence with a result. A skill that appears only in a list is weak evidence.
More in how to tailor your resume in 15 minutes and how to add numbers to your bullets.