Lawyer / advocate CV / resume — a full example

Litigation and advisory practice. Bar licence, courts appeared in, and the areas of law you actually practise.

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A lawyer CV in Nepal lists the Nepal Bar Council licence first — it is the difference between an advocate who can appear in court and a law graduate who cannot. The example above names the courts you appear before, and practice areas specific enough to tell a firm which files to give you: land and inheritance disputes, not 'civil and criminal law'. The format works for advocates and law freshers in Nepal, and for a lawyer resume in India with your State Bar Council enrolment.

What to notice in this one

The Nepal Bar Council licence is listed first. It is the difference between an advocate who can appear in court and a law graduate who cannot.
Courts are named — district, high, supreme — because a firm hiring for litigation needs to know where you can stand up.
Practice areas are specific. 'Civil and criminal law' is on every law CV; 'land and inheritance disputes' tells a firm which files to give you.

Advocate Rajesh Mishra

Advocate — Civil and Corporate

Kathmandu · +977 98XXXXXXXX · rajesh.mishra@example.com · linkedin.com/in/rajeshmishra

Summary

Advocate with four years of practice before Kathmandu District Court and Patan High Court, focusing on land and inheritance disputes, contracts and company registration. Drafts around 20 pleadings, contracts and legal opinions a month. Licensed by the Nepal Bar Council.

Experience

Associate Advocate

Law firm · Babarmahal, Kathmandu · Shrawan 2080 – Present

Appear before Kathmandu District Court and Patan High Court in civil matters
Handle land, inheritance and partition disputes, around 25 active files
Draft around 20 pleadings, contracts and legal opinions a month
Advise small companies on registration and contract terms with the Office of Company Registrar

Junior Lawyer

Senior advocate's chamber · Kathmandu · 2078 – 2080

Researched precedent and drafted writ petitions and replies for the senior advocate
Attended hearings and kept case diaries for around 40 files

Education

Bachelor of Laws (LLB)

Nepal Law Campus, Tribhuvan University · 2073 – 2078

Skills

Civil litigation
Land and inheritance law
Contract drafting
Legal research
Company registration

Languages

Nepali — Native
Maithili — Native
English — Professional

Certifications

Advocate licence — Nepal Bar Council, 2078

Nepal Bar Association membership — Nepal Bar Association, 2078

The name, employers and numbers above are invented. Replace every one of them — a CV that still says Advocate Rajesh Mishra is worse than no CV at all.

Lawyer CV format

The sections, in the order an employer reads them.

Name, licence and contact — Bar Council licence under your name, then phone, email and city.
Profile — Years of practice, courts, practice areas and the kind of clients.
Experience — Each firm or chamber with dates, courts, matters handled and drafting volume.
Education — LLB or BALLB, LLM, with college, university and year.
Practice areas and skills — Litigation, drafting, research, company work, arbitration — specific areas.
Publications, moots and trainings — Articles, moot courts, legal aid clinics, trainings.
References — A senior advocate you worked under.

Lawyer CV objective

Two to adapt — change the numbers and names to yours. A career objective, or summary, is the two or three lines under your name.

With experience

Advocate licensed by the Nepal Bar Council with four years before Kathmandu District Court and Patan High Court, focusing on land and inheritance disputes, contracts and company registration, and drafting around 20 pleadings, contracts and opinions a month. Looking for a senior associate role in a litigation or corporate firm.

For a fresher

LLB graduate with a Bar Council licence, a six-month internship in a senior advocate's chamber, and moot court and legal aid clinic experience. Strong in legal research and drafting. Looking for a junior associate role.

More career objective examples, for every job

Skills to put on a lawyer CV

Civil litigation
Legal drafting — pleadings, contracts, opinions
Legal research
Land and inheritance law
Company registration and corporate compliance
Arbitration and mediation
Client counselling
Nepali and English legal writing

Lawyer CV for freshers

A lawyer CV with no experience leads with the LLB, your licence or bar exam status, and your internships — which chamber or firm, how long, and what you drafted or researched. Moot courts, legal aid clinics and published articles are real evidence. Name the area you want to practise in. A firm hiring a junior wants research and drafting it can rely on.

Download a lawyer CV in Word or PDF

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Common questions

How do I write a lawyer CV with no experience?

Lead with your law degree and licence or bar exam status, describe internships by chamber and task, add moot courts, legal aid clinics and articles, and name the area you want to practise in.

What should a lawyer CV include?

Your Bar Council licence, courts you appear before, specific practice areas, matters and drafting volume, your law degrees, publications and moots, and a senior advocate as reference.

Does this lawyer CV format work in India?

Yes. Replace the Nepal Bar Council licence with your State Bar Council enrolment and AIBE status, and name the Indian courts you appear before.

Can I download a lawyer CV in Word format?

Yes. Open this example in the builder, change the details to yours and download it as a Word file or a PDF, free and with no sign-up.

Examples for other fields

Fresher — no work experience

Just finished studying, no job yet. The hardest CV to start, and the most common.

Biodata (बायोडाटा)

The बायोडाटा a local-level, government or cooperative office asks for — personal particulars first, written in Nepali.

IT and software

Developer, QA, support or sysadmin. The one field where a link is worth more than a paragraph.

Accountant

Accounts, audit and tax. A Nepali employer checks the software and the filing first.

Teacher

School and college teaching. The licence and the levels taught come before anything else.

Staff nurse

Hospital and clinic nursing. The council registration is checked before anything else.

Bank and finance

Bank, finance company and co-operative roles. Compliance counts more than sales figures.

Health assistant (HA)

Health post and PHC work. Council registration is the first thing checked, so it goes near the top.

Pharmacist

Retail or hospital pharmacy. Council registration and the drugs you have actually handled are what get read.

Medical lab technician

Pathology and diagnostic lab work. The tests you can run unsupervised are the whole CV.

Driver

Licence category, years without an accident, and the routes you know. Everything else is secondary.

Security guard

Service background, shift discipline and what you actually guarded. Written for agencies and for export employment.

Electrician

Trade level, the work you have wired, and the licence. Written for site work at home and abroad.

Hotel and hospitality

Front office, F&B or housekeeping. Star rating, cover counts and languages are what a hotel reads.

Office assistant

Computer operator and office assistant work — the most common office job in Nepal. Typing speed and Nepali keyboard are checked before anything else.

Receptionist

Front desk at a clinic, office or school. Manner, phone volume and calendar handling are the job.

Sales and distribution

Counter sales, route sales or distribution. Targets and territory are the whole CV.

NGO and INGO

INGO, NGO and project work. Donors, districts covered and beneficiary numbers are what a recruiter scans for.

Civil engineer

Site or design. NEC registration comes first, then the buildings you have actually stood on.

Marketing officer

Digital and on-ground. In Nepal that means Facebook first, and the numbers to prove it worked.

Doctor / medical officer

MBBS and medical officer roles. NMC registration first, then the departments and patient loads you have carried.

Dentist

BDS and clinic practice. Registration, the procedures you do unsupervised, and a patient count per day.

Physiotherapist

Hospital, rehab or sports physio. NHPC registration, caseload and the conditions you treat.

Medical representative

Pharma field sales. Doctors covered, pharmacies in the territory, and target achieved — the three numbers that matter.

Caregiver

Elderly and patient care, at home or abroad. Language level, care skills and the hours you have worked.

Customer service

Call centre, telecom and ISP support. Call volume, resolution and satisfaction scores are the whole job.

HR officer

Recruitment, payroll and labour compliance. Nepal's Labour Act and SSF are what separate an HR CV here from one copied from abroad.

Microfinance field officer

Centre meetings, loan disbursement and collection. Portfolio size and repayment rate are what a microfinance CV is judged on.

Graphic designer

Print, social and brand work. The portfolio link does the persuading; the CV says what you made and for whom.

Agriculture

Agriculture graduates and technicians. Field extension, the crops you know, and the programmes you have worked on.

Veterinary officer

Livestock and animal health. Council registration, the species you treat, and field programmes.

Welder / fabricator

Structural and pipe welding. Processes, positions and a skill-test level — what Gulf and local contractors test you on.

Auto mechanic

Two-wheeler, car or heavy vehicle repair. The vehicles you fix and the systems you diagnose.

Chef / cook

Hotel, restaurant and overseas kitchens. Station, cuisines and covers — the three things a head chef asks.

Housekeeping

Room attendant to housekeeping supervisor. Rooms per shift, standards and chemicals — for hotels here and abroad.

Trekking and tour guide

Licensed trekking and cultural guiding. Routes, altitude experience and the languages your groups speak.

Cabin crew

Air hostess and flight attendant. Safety training, languages and service — what an airline assessment day tests.

Journalist

Print, online and broadcast reporting. Beat, outlet and bylines — and links to the stories.