How long and detailed should a resume be? For some law schools, that is already clarified from the guidelines: no more than 2 pages. However, some others- such as Berkeley,Stanford and Harvard for instance- do not provide any information on length.
Then my question for these cases is: If my CV is already 2 pages, should I leave out some work experiences I had during my undergrad, e.g. a summer internship at a law firm? Also, is it a good idea to specify my course concentration at the university I attended?
CV/Resume
Posted Nov 28, 2008 21:36
Then my question for these cases is: If my CV is already 2 pages, should I leave out some work experiences I had during my undergrad, e.g. a summer internship at a law firm? Also, is it a good idea to specify my course concentration at the university I attended?
Posted Nov 29, 2008 00:33
Personally, I think you should leave it and not weed out any work experiences because they support your application in one way or another. I have applied to HLS and submitted a 3 page resume so don't worry about it!
If you really see a need to weed something out, you might consider taking non-legal information out?
Good luck!
Cheers,
G
If you really see a need to weed something out, you might consider taking non-legal information out?
Good luck!
Cheers,
G
Posted Nov 29, 2008 12:28
In principle, a CV should not contain too much information. For instance, generally you should not include information on the High Schools you attended. However, if you passed a year abroad, than this information could be quite interesting. Another solution would be to insert this kind of information in the personal statement. Normally, (in the US) you should not include work experience before graduation in your CV. However, in Europe, it is not uncommon that students have quite interesting jobs while studying, e.g. in a law firm. If you worked quite a lot while studying (in order to finance your studies) but still succeed to have very good grades, then I would insert these work experiences in your CV (of course, the description of these jobs should be less detailed). Btw, some Universities have sample CVs on their websites. I think a three pages CV is, in principle, too long.
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