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Can someone give me a good objective statement for a legal resume?
Someone suggested that my resume needed an objective statemnt, which our career services office told us was unnecessary because right out of law school everyone's objective is pretty much the same, right? But what exactly makes a good one, besides the obvious "looking to hone my legal skills and practice my mastery in legal writing"?
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- There aren't any good ones. They never made sense. Leave it out.
- Trust me-put-To work enough hours to warrant the billing I plan to do.
- I agree that it's rather a waste of time. Nobody is going to pay attention. Fresh out of law school, it can be very difficult to find a job. You're looking for someone to take a chance. No objective statement is going to get your foot in the door. Focus on your interviewing schools and don't worry about your "objective statement." Feel free to contact me through this service if you'd like another pair of eyes to go over your resume. I have plenty of experience with this kind of stuff.
- Legal resumes almost never have objective statements. Almost never. The law is still a profession. Can you imagine a doctor putting an "objective statement" on his resume, "to kill as few people as possible while making a lot of money"? Leave it out. You want to practice law, help your clients, and make money. If they need you to write it on your resume, they are too stupid to work for.
- I'd say: "Aspiration to be more awesome" That way you state your purpose while still affirming that your awesome.
