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CAREER SERVICES OFFICE Resume, Cover Letter, Writing Sample and Thank You Letter Tips Resume Tips Resumes are formal documents that are used by employers to get a sense of who you are and what you have done. While there is no requirement to put every single fact of your life or a job on your resume, what is included must be accurate. Read these tips, review the model resumes which follow, and talk with a CSO counselor to get your resume in top form. 1. Most lawyers use Times New Roman as their font of choice. If you use it, your resume and other documents will look familiar and professional to them. 2. Use a font size that makes sense. 12 point is fine if you need to fill up space. 11 point is more common as you gain legal experience through law school and your resume begins to get a little more crowded. 10 point is about the smallest you can reasonably use. Don’t forget that you can use half point font sizes, too, to make your resume look its best. 3. As a general rule, your resume should be one page, as it is rare that a law student has so much pertinent experience that an employer needs to read two pages to get a good picture of you. However, this is only a general rule, and there are times when a tworesume is appropriate. If you are a student with a substantial previous career that is relevant to legal employers then a tworesume can be justified. Before it goes over to two pages, however, efforts should be made to format your resume so that it looks reasonable on one page. Ask a CSO counselor for help to do this. 4. In general, legal resumes do not contain bullets, which are more common in business resumes. Stick to the paragraph style shown in the models which follow, as this is what legal employers expect to see. 5. Use active verbs to describe your experience. Research and writing ski