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Legal Assistant resume keywords
The skills, tools and terms recruiters search for when hiring a legal assistant, and a free check of which ones your resume is missing.
Firms hiring legal assistants look for calendaring, filing and billing tasks rather than substantive legal work. Name the practice management software and how many attorneys you support.
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 legal assistant resume bullets
Keywords work best inside achievements. Each example pairs a keyword with a number:
- Supported 4 attorneys in a family law practice, handling legal calendaring and docketing for 60 hearings and deadlines per month with none missed
- Prepared and submitted 35 court filings per week through state and federal e-filing portals
- Entered and reconciled 300 billable hours per month in Clio, cutting invoice corrections by 40%
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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.