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A solicitor’s CV is read for admission, practice area and the work you run yourself.

Put the year you were admitted at the top, describe the type and size of your caseload without naming clients, and show tribunal or court work, supervision and the clients you bring in. This example is an employment solicitor five years qualified.

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Niamh Gallagher
Solicitor, Employment
Birmingham · 07700 900253 · [email protected] · Admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales, 2021

Profile

Employment solicitor, admitted in 2021, advising employers and senior employees. Runs about 30 tribunal claims and advisory matters at a time, from unfair dismissal and discrimination to TUPE transfers and restructures. Prepares claims through to final hearing, briefs counsel and supervises a trainee. Looking for a senior associate role in a regional employment team.

Experience

Associate Solicitor, Employment, Ashcombe Reid LLP, Birmingham 2023–present

Run about 30 matters at a time for employers in manufacturing, retail and education, including unfair dismissal, disability discrimination and whistleblowing claims.

Take tribunal claims from the ET3 response to final hearing: witness statements, disclosure, bundles and schedules of loss; instruct and brief counsel.

Advise on restructures and TUPE transfers, including consultation timetables for collective redundancies.

Draft settlement agreements, contracts and staff handbooks, and run monthly HR update sessions for clients.

Supervise a trainee and a paralegal and review their drafting.

Solicitor, Employment, Ashcombe Reid LLP 2021–2023

Trainee Solicitor, Lowry Fenn Solicitors, Wolverhampton, 2019–2021 (seats in employment, litigation, private client and property)

Qualifications

Legal Practice Course, Distinction 2019

LLB (Hons) Law, 2:1, Charnwood University 2015–2018

Skills

Employment tribunal procedure and preliminary hearing advocacy

Settlement agreements, contracts and policies

Training HR teams and managers

Practical Law, Westlaw and case management systems

Additional information

Member of the Employment Lawyers Association. Writes the firm’s quarterly employment law briefing for clients.

Fictional example for a solicitor. 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 actionAdvice to employers on restructures, TUPE transfers and collective redundancies
Instruct barristers or advocates to act for clientsCounsel instructed and briefed for final hearings
Draft confidential letters, contracts and legal documentsSettlement agreements, contracts and staff handbooks
Attend meetings, tribunals and negotiations to resolve legal issuesTribunal claims run from the ET3 response to final hearing
Keep up to date with changes in the lawMonthly HR updates and a quarterly briefing for clients

The left column follows the National Careers Service job profile for a solicitor.

Average pay: £30,000 a year for a starter and £80,000 for an experienced solicitor, working 37 to 50 hours a week (National Careers Service, checked 16 October 2026).

Facts checked against National Careers Service: Solicitor on .

Skills to list for this job

The skills the National Careers Service lists for a solicitor, in CV wording. Put down only the ones you can show, each with where you used it.

  • Legal knowledge, including court procedures and regulations
  • Thorough, with close attention to detail
  • Talking clearly with different people
  • Active listening
  • Clear, logical reasoning
  • Explaining legal matters in plain English
  • Clear written communication
  • Taking feedback and working well under pressure
  • Competent with computers and everyday software
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From the National Careers Service profile, checked 17 October 2026.

A profile if you are starting out

This CV's profile is written for someone with experience. Here is the same job at the other level: copy it, or open it in the editor with this CV and write over it.

Newly qualified solicitor in employment law, admitted this autumn after a training contract with seats in employment, dispute resolution, commercial and private client. Ran tribunal claims for employers under supervision, from the response to the hearing bundle, and drafted settlement agreements. Looking for a newly qualified or junior associate role in an employment team.
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Inside this example
  • Profile: 54 words here
  • Experience: 110 words here
  • Qualifications: 12 words here
  • Skills: 24 words here
  • Additional information: 15 words here

How to write yours

01

Admission year at the top

Your admission year in the contact lines, and your years qualified in the first sentence, tell a partner your level at once.

02

Describe the caseload

How many matters you run, for which kinds of client and how far you take them says more than a list of practice areas.

03

Show supervision and clients

Supervising a trainee, training clients’ HR teams and bringing in work are what a senior associate role asks for.

04

One line for the training contract

Once you are qualified, the firm, the years and the seats are enough.

Questions about a solicitor CV

Which route to qualifying should I put on my CV?

The National Careers Service lists the SQE route (a degree or equivalent, both parts of the SQE and two years’ qualifying work experience), the Solicitor Level 7 Degree Apprenticeship and on-the-job training with a legal firm. If you started a qualifying law degree, GDL or LPC before 2021, you can qualify by the traditional route until 2032. Give your route and the year you were admitted.

What checks do solicitors need to pass?

To qualify you must meet the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s character and suitability requirements, and solicitors need to pass enhanced background checks (National Careers Service). Give your admission year exactly as it was.

Should I name my practice area?

With experience you could become a partner, manage an in-house legal department or specialise in an area such as employment, criminal justice, corporate or family law (National Careers Service). Name your area in the first line of your profile.

Can I name my clients?

Write about matters by type, sector and value, never by a client’s name or a detail a reader could trace.

Should I list Law Society or other memberships?

You could join The Law Society for professional development, training and industry contacts (National Careers Service). Put memberships and committee roles under Additional information.

Professional and one page: admission and profile on top, the current role in detail and the training contract in one line. A second page is fine once you have a long list of reported cases or a partner-level client list.

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