Paralegal resume example
Attorneys want a paralegal who is organised, accurate and knows the practice area. Name your practice areas, caseload, the documents you prepare and the tools you use, with any time or cost you saved.
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Litigation paralegal with 6 years of experience in commercial and employment disputes. Support 4 attorneys on 40 active matters and managed e-discovery of 1.2 million documents for a trial.
- •Support 4 attorneys on 40 active commercial and employment matters.
- •Managed e-discovery of 1.2 million documents in Relativity for a 3-week trial.
- •Filed 60+ documents a month in state and federal courts with no missed deadlines.
- •Built pleading templates that cut first-draft time by about a third.
- •Drafted discovery requests and responses for 30 cases.
- •Organised trial binders and exhibits for 5 trials.
- •Tracked deadlines for 120 matters in Clio.
Summary: weak vs. improved
Organised paralegal with excellent attention to detail.
Litigation paralegal supporting 4 attorneys on 40 active matters. Managed e-discovery of 1.2 million documents for a trial.
Practice area, caseload and a large e-discovery project prove organisation.
Skills to include
- ✓Legal research (Westlaw, Lexis)
- ✓Drafting pleadings and correspondence
- ✓E-discovery (Relativity)
- ✓Court filing and deadlines
- ✓Case management (Clio)
- ✓Document review
Only list skills you actually have -- the AI review in the editor will flag a skill that doesn't appear anywhere else in your resume.
Bullet examples: weak vs. improved
Assisted attorneys with cases.
Support 4 attorneys on 40 active commercial and employment matters.
Attorneys, matters and practice area show your workload clearly.
Handled discovery.
Managed e-discovery of 1.2 million documents in Relativity for a 3-week trial.
Scale and tool show you can handle complex litigation.
Filed court documents.
Filed 60+ documents a month in state and federal courts with no missed deadlines.
Zero missed deadlines is the reliability every firm needs.
How this changes by experience level
Lead with your certificate, internships and legal research or writing samples.
Interned at a legal aid clinic, drafting 25 tenant-defence letters under attorney supervision.
Show caseload, practice area and major projects, like the full example above.
See the full example above.
Show team leadership, process improvement and trial management.
Led a team of 5 paralegals and introduced a deadline system used firm-wide.
Section order
- Contact
- Short summary
- Practice areas and skills
- Experience
- Education and certificate
Common mistakes to avoid
- !Not naming practice areas
- !No caseload or volume
- !Missing paralegal certificate
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Formal layout for attorneys and paralegals, with practice areas and bar admissions.