Lawyer and Legal Counsel CV Example
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A lawyer's CV is read on three things: the licence, the practice area and the kind of work — litigation, or advisory and contract work in-house. "Lawyer" alone leaves the employer guessing whether you fit their cases.
Copy-ready professional summary
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Licensed lawyer with five years in commercial and labour cases and contract drafting. Represented clients before the commercial and labour courts, drafted and reviewed 200+ supply, services and lease contracts, and advise management on regulatory compliance.
Skills employers look for
- Litigation
- Contract drafting and review
- Corporate legal advice
- Labour and commercial law
- Pleadings and legal memoranda
- Legal research
Ready-made experience bullets
Replace anything in brackets with your own details, and keep the numbers — they're what sets your CV apart.
- Represented clients in 60+ commercial and labour cases before the competent courts.
- Drafted and reviewed 200+ supply, services and lease contracts and standardised the company's templates.
- Reduced supplier disputes by adding clear delivery and penalty clauses to template contracts.
- Advised management regularly on labour law compliance and updated internal policies.
Education
LLB (Law) — [University], year of graduation.
ATS keywords
Include these terms exactly as written — applicant tracking systems match on literal text.
- lawyer
- legal counsel
- contract drafting
- litigation
- labour law
- commercial cases
Tips specific to this role
Licence and number
If licensed, give the licence number; if a trainee, say so with the length of training and the firm.
Your practice area
Commercial, labour, family, criminal, real estate — put it in the title and summary; it's the first filter.
Numbers, never names
Count cases and contracts by type — with no client name or detail that identifies a case.
Licences and certificates employers ask for
Name in full any you hold, with the number where there is one — many postings screen on these.
- Practising licence from the Saudi Ministry of Justice — give the number, or state that you are a trainee and for how long.
- Membership of the Saudi Bar Association and its accredited training programmes.
- A commercial arbitration certificate — an edge in commercial disputes.
- Compliance and corporate governance certificates — for in-house counsel.
Mistakes specific to this role's CV
- Naming clients or describing their cases — a breach of confidentiality that worries any employer.
- "Lawyer" with no practice area.
- No licence number or training status.
- Listing duties with no count of cases or contracts.
Questions that come up in this role's interviews
Prepare an example from your own work for each — a generic answer is what every other applicant gives.
How do you draft a supply contract that protects the company?
Name the core clauses: scope and specification, delivery dates and penalties, payment terms and warranty, termination, governing law and dispute resolution — then a clause you added that prevented a problem.
An employee has filed a labour claim. What are your steps?
Review the contract, file, attendance and entitlements, assess the company's position honestly, try an amicable settlement if it serves the company, otherwise prepare the memorandum and evidence.
Management asks for something that breaks the law.
Set out the breach and its risks in writing and propose a compliant way to reach the same goal.
How do you keep up with regulatory changes?
Official sources — the Bureau of Experts at the Council of Ministers, the Umm Al-Qura gazette, agency platforms — and professional courses.
Where this job leads
Licensed lawyers move to partner in a firm or open their own; in-house counsel move to senior counsel and then head of legal. Specialising in one area — labour, commercial or real estate — raises demand more than general experience.