Sample Lawyer Resume

A lawyer is the backbone of the legal system in any society without whom there will be the rule of anarchy on the streets. A lawyer works in the court of law and tries to mete justice to the guilty and set free the guiltless. He has to be knowledgeable about all the laws and loopholes in them, so as to use them to his advantage. Lawyers can be of many types, ranging from criminal lawyers to property lawyers. Each of them has to study a different set of laws and specialise in the relevant area. This sample resume is provided so as to equip you with the ability to write your own resume by following the way in which this one is written.

Gean Kim
738, Lexington Ave,
Idaho, ID, 27842
(298) 753- 6742
gean.kim@email.com

EDUCATION:

B.A., 1970, Yale University
J.D., 1974, University of Virginia
LL.M., 1976, University of Illinois

EMPLOYMENT:

Professor, Stetson University College of Law
St. Petersburg, Florida
July 1977 - Present (Associate Dean, January 1984 - May 1988;

Associate Professor, August 1979 - August 1982;
Assistant Professor, July 1977 - August 1979)

Subjects: Criminal Law, Law, Literature, and Film, Sentencing, Law and Mental Health, Sexual Orientation and The Law, Legal Writing, Criminal Procedure, Postconviction Remedies, Conflict of Laws Visiting Associate Professor, University of Virginia School of Law
Charlottesville, Virginia
August - December 1981
Subjects: Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure
Assistant Professor, West Virginia University College of Law
Morgantown, West Virginia
August 1975 - May 1977
Subjects: Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Juvenile Courts, Prisoners' Rights, Jurisprudence
Teaching Assistant, University of Illinois College of Law
Champaign, Illinois
August 1974 - May 1975
Research Assistant, Juvenile Justice Standards Project
Charlottesville, Virginia
June 1973 - August 1974

PUBLICATIONS:

"Atticus Finch, Boris A. Max, and the Lawyer's Dilemna," Texas Wesleyan Law Review (forthcoming). "Da Vinci Versus Kafka: Looking for Answers," New York City Law Review (forthcoming).
"In Defense of Porfiry Petrovich," 26 Cardozo Law Review, 2283 (2005).
"Minority Report and the Law of Attempt," 1 Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law 689 (2004).
"Hawthorne's 'The Custom House, Introductory to The Scarlet Letter," and the Conflict Between Individual Liberty and Social Control," 53 Syracuse Law Review 1279 (2003).
"Judicial Exploitation of Mens Rea Confusion, at Common Law and Under the Model Penal Code," 18 Georgia State University Law Review 341 (2001).
"Kenneth Starr -- Among Others -- Should Have (Re)read 'Measure for Measure,'" 26 Oklahoma City University Law Review 261 (2001).
"Falconer: John Cheever's Prison Novel," 25 Legal Studies Forum 377 (2001).
"The Early Years of the Stetson Law Review," 30 Stetson Law Review (2000) (with Scott W. Fitzpatrick).
"The Appeal Provision of Florida's Criminal Punishment Code: Unwise and Unconstitutional," 11 University of Florida Journal of Law and Public Policy (1999) (with Stephen M. Everhart).
"Parker v. Levy: A Primer in Judicial Persuasion," 49 Journal of Legal Education 97 (1999).
Book Review (Paul H. Robinson's Criminal Law), 73 Notre Dame Law Review 781 (1998).
"Literature in a Criminal Law Course: Aeschylus, Burgess, Oates, Camus, Poe, and Melville," 22 Legal Studies Forum 45 (1998).
"Vagueness and the Construction of Criminal Statutes -- Balancing Acts," 5 Virginia Journal of Social Policy and the Law 1 (1997).
"Naked Lunch for Lawyers: William S. Burroughs on Capital Punishment, Pornography, the Drug Trade, and the Predatory Nature of Human Interaction," 27 California Western International Law Journal 101 (1996).
"Punishment by Family and Community in Katherine Anne Porter's Noon Wine," 29 Akron Law Review 205 (1996).
"Alienation by Contract in Paris Trout," 35 South Texas Law Review 289 (1994).
"Tales of Informed Consent: Four Years on an Institutional Review Board," 2 Health Matrix: Journal of Law-Medicine 193 (1992) (published under a pseudonym).
"Constitutional Rights in the Family Context," in 1B Current Perspectives in Psychological, Legal and Ethical Issues: Children and Families 9 (1991) (edited with Sandra Anderson Garcia).
"Prosecution of the Pregnant Addict: Does the Cruel and Unusual Punishment Clause Apply?," 27 Criminal Law Bulletin 99 (1991) (with Sandra Anderson Garcia).
"Institutionalized Delinquent and Maladjusted Juveniles: A Psycholegal Systems Analysis," 68 Nebraska Law Review 261 (1989) (with Sandra Anderson Garcia, Eric Drogin, and Richard E. Spana).
"The Roles of Counsel for the Parent in Child Dependency Proceedings," 22 Georgia Law Review 1079 (1988) (with Sandra Anderson Garcia).
"Protecting Forcibly Institutionalized Mental Patients from Unwanted Drug Therapy: A Fourth Amendment Analysis," 12 Law & Psychology Review 1 (1988) (with Sandra Anderson Garcia).
"Techniques of Strict Construction: The Supreme Court and the Gun Control Act of 1968," 13 American Journal of Criminal Law 123 (1986).
"Strict Construction of Firearms Offenses: The Supreme Court and the Gun Control Act of 1968," Law & Contemporary Problems, Winter 1986, at 163.
"Constitutional Criminal Procedure, 1984 Eleventh Circuit Survey," 36 Mercer Law Review 1149 (1985) (with Thomas C. Marks, Jr.).
"Federal Habeas Corpus Relief and the Death Penalty: Finality with a Capital F," 36 University of Florida Law Review 252 (1984).
"Constitutional Criminal Procedure, 1983 Eleventh Circuit Survey," 35 Mercer Law Review 1139 (1984) (with Thomas C. Marks, Jr.).
"Criminal Practice and Procedure" in William H. Namack III & W. McKinley Smiley, Jr., Florida Lawyer's Guide (1984 & Supps. 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990).
"The Opportunities of Lawyering and the Demands of Law School" (with Michael I. Swygert), "Legal Research and Writing from First Year to Law Review," and "A Plea for Greatness" (with Michael I. Swygert), in Maximizing the Law School Experience, 12 Stetson Law Review 549 (1983) (edited with Michael I. Swygert).
"The Rights of Adolescents," 23 William & Mary Law Review 363 (1982).
Book Review (Joseph G. Cook & Paul Marcus, Criminal Procedure (1981)), 48 Tennessee Law Review 805 (1981).
Arrest: The Law in Florida (1981 & Supp. 1982) (with Thomas C. Marks, Jr., and Jerome C. Latimer).
"The Role of Waiver in the Juvenile Court: Questions of Philosophy and Function" (with Charles H. Whitebread), in Major Issues in Juvenile Justice Information and Training: Readings in Public Policy (John C. Hall et al. eds. 1981).
"Electoral Graffiti: The Right to Write-In," 5 Nova Law Review 201 (1981).
Habeas Corpus: The Law in Florida (1980).
"Transfer Between Courts Under the Indiana Juvenile Code," 54 Indiana Law Journal 577 (1979).
"Electronic Tracking Devices: Constitutional Problems and Solutions," 67 Kentucky Law Journal 987 (1979) (with Thomas C. Marks, Jr.), reprinted in Criminal Law Review - 1980 (James G. Carr ed. 1980).
Book Review (1 Charles E. Torcia, Wharton's Criminal Law (14th ed. 1978)), 8 Stetson Law Review 259 (1978).
"A Critique of the Proposed West Virginia Criminal Code," 80 West Virginia Law Review 1 (1977) (with Jay Montgomery Brown).
"Streamlining Criminal Procedure in Magistrate Court," 79 West Virginia Law Review 339 (1977) (with Diana L. Fuller).
"Transfer Between Courts: Proposals of the Juvenile Justice Standards Projects," 63 Virginia Law Review 221 (1977) (with Charles H. Whitebread).
"Deterring Fourth Amendment Violations Through Police Disciplinary Reform," 14 American Criminal Law Review 245 (1976).
"Juvenile Double Jeopardy," 63 Georgetown Law Journal 857 (1975) (with Charles H. Whitebread).