Role library
Build a role-specific application with cvlift's published resources for Legal. Every link below points to a guide or example currently available.
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CV example
Legal CV example: compare 3 UK CVs for entry-level, mid-level and senior applicants. See how to present work, volunteering and education.
A convincing legal CV makes close reading easy: the reader can quickly see what you handled, how you approached it and what changed because of your work. This guide provides a practical legal CV template, a strong legal personal statement and worked guidance for turning duties into specific, defensible evidence.
Interview guide
Practise 12 legal interview questions focused on legal analysis and judgement, clients, communication and service, and priorities, delivery and resilience.
Legal interview formats differ between employers and routes. For Law Commission team interview candidates, questions cover behaviours, legal research and legal skills, technical motivation, handling complex information and relevant areas of law; Judicial Appointments Commission selection exercises use a selection day…
Put the guidance to work
Use these examples as a guide. Write about your experience in your own words.
