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Law student CV example

A law student CV is read for grades, a real interest in legal work and signs that you can be trusted with detail and with clients.

Put your degree and module marks first, then legal experience such as a law clinic or an insight week, then the part-time job that shows you hold responsibility. This example is a second-year law student applying for vacation schemes.

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Oliver Bamford
Second-year law student
Leeds · 07700 900252 · [email protected]

Profile

Second-year LLB Law student at the University of Pennine Vale with a first-year average of 68, including 72 in Contract Law. Volunteers at the university law clinic, interviewing clients about housing and employment problems and drafting advice letters for a supervising solicitor. Works 16 hours a week in a supermarket, including cash office shifts. Looking for a 2027 vacation scheme in a commercial firm.

Education

LLB (Hons) Law, University of Pennine Vale 2025–2028

Year 1 average 68: Contract Law 72, Public Law 70, Criminal Law 66

A levels: History A*, English Literature A, Politics A 2025

Legal experience

Student Adviser (volunteer), Pennine Vale Law Clinic October 2025–present

Interview clients about housing disrepair and unpaid wages, take attendance notes and draft a first advice letter for the supervising solicitor to check.

Research the law for each case and keep files to the clinic’s confidentiality rules.

Insight week, Hartley Quayle LLP, Leeds April 2026

Shadowed a trainee in the real estate team, wrote a research note on break clauses and sat in on a client call.

Work

Customer Assistant, Fairfield Supermarket, Leeds 2023–present

Work 16 hours a week around lectures; trained to cover the cash office, counting and banking the day’s takings.

Handle complaints and refunds at the customer service desk.

Mooting and pro bono

Semi-finalist, first-year mooting competition 2026

Street Law: taught two sessions on tenants’ rights at a sixth-form college 2026

Skills

Legal research on Westlaw and LexisNexis

Attendance notes and plain-English letters

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Fictional example for a law student. Every person and employer in it is invented. Replace every detail with your own.

What law firms look for, and where this CV shows it

The job asks you toWhere this CV shows it
Advise clients on legal matters and courses of actionClient interviews and first advice letters at the law clinic, checked by a solicitor
Research legal records and case lawResearch for each clinic case and a note on break clauses
Draft confidential letters, contracts and legal documentsAttendance notes and advice letters, kept to the clinic’s confidentiality rules
Attend meetings, tribunals and negotiations to resolve legal issuesA client call with a real estate team during the insight week
Be thorough and pay attention to detailTrusted with the cash office: counting and banking takings

The left column follows the National Careers Service job profile for a solicitor: the work a vacation scheme lets you try.

Facts checked against National Careers Service: Solicitor on and Solicitors Regulation Authority: Qualifying work experience on .

Inside this example
  • Profile: 64 words here
  • Education: 31 words here
  • Legal experience: 76 words here
  • Work: 34 words here
  • Mooting and pro bono: 18 words here
  • Skills: 13 words here

How to write yours

01

Grades first

Firms screen on grades. Give your year average and two or three module marks, not just the degree title.

02

Write the clinic as legal work

Interviewing clients, attendance notes and draft letters are trainee tasks. Say who checked your work.

03

Keep your part-time job

A job held through a degree shows reliability. Say what you are trusted with, such as the cash office.

04

Name the scheme you want

End the profile with the scheme or practice area, and change it for each firm.

Questions about a law student CV

Do I need a law degree to become a solicitor?

Your degree does not have to be in law to qualify as a solicitor, but you need legal knowledge to pass the Solicitors Qualifying Exam, which has two parts, and you also need two years of qualifying work experience (National Careers Service). Put your degree and your SQE plans together under Education.

Does law clinic volunteering count as qualifying work experience?

Qualifying work experience can be paid or voluntary, in up to four organisations, and can include a placement during a law degree or work in a law clinic, as long as it is real legal work and a solicitor confirms it (Solicitors Regulation Authority, checked 16 October 2026). Note the dates and who supervised you.

Should I put my module marks on my CV?

Competition for solicitor roles is strong, so you need to show consistently good grades as you progress through your education (National Careers Service). Give your average and your best module marks.

Do insight weeks and open days count as experience?

Work experience in different legal settings can help you stand out and show your commitment, and there are diversity work experience schemes for under-represented groups (National Careers Service). List each one with what you did there.

Minimal and one page: grades, then legal experience, then work. Many large firms take vacation scheme applications through an online form; keep this CV for smaller firms, clinic and pro bono roles, and a form’s upload box.

Guides for this CV

Education and qualifications Turning duties into results Volunteering as experience How to write a cover letter

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