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LEE GALLIGLE
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Home Address:
10 London Road
Middlemarch
Loamshire
MM2 6AZ
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Term Address:
1a Beech Court
Park Wood
University of Kent
Canterbury, Kent
CT2 7SZ |
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Setting out your address and other contact details in this format saves space and makes a good heading. |
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EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS |
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| 2009 to date |
The University of Kent
LL.B. Law - expect to graduate June 2012 |
| First year: |
Introduction to Law (Distinction); Legal Process (Merit); Constitutional and Administrative Law (Merit); Obligations I (Distinction) |
| Second year: |
Company Law; Obligations II; Property Law; Criminal Law |
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| 2002 - 2009 |
Casubon High School, Middlemarch |
| 2009 |
A-levels: English (A); French (B); History (C) |
| 2008 |
AS levels: Music (B); Media Studies (B) |
| 2007 |
GCSEs: English Language (A); English Literature (A); French (A); German (B); Mathematics (C); History (A); Geography (C); Biology (B); Music (A) |
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Firms will expect a comprehensive list of your academic achievements to date, so include all subjects and grades |
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WORK EXPERIENCE |
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| Summer 2010 |
Bulstrode Insurance Ltd, Lowick |
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Clerical Assistant: data inputting, liaison with clients; general office duties
This developed my skills in dealing with business customers, chiefly over the telephone, and in working accurately under pressure. |
| Summer 2009 |
Hawleys, Middlemarch |
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Two-week work placement with a partner in the property department of a general practice solicitors' firm. I carried out research in relation to a boundary dispute, attended Court and observed interviews with clients. |
| 2007 - 2009 |
Flora Motley Ltd, High Street, Middlemarch |
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Saturday Sales Assistant in fashion store: customer service, stock control, cash handling
This involved me in advising and assisting customers, coping with problems and unexpected situations (such as a fire alarm) and taking responsibility for counting up and banking money |
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Highlight relevant skills gained from non-law employment
Say what you did in any law-related placements, and in what type of firm
Even casual, part-time work can help you to demonstrate skills that will be useful in law firms (but please use your own words to summarise them!) |
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SKILLS |
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| Languages |
Good command of French and German |
| Computing |
Familiarity with Windows packages including MS Word, MS Access and Internet Explorer; experience of Westlaw and Lexis |
| Driving |
Full, clean driving licence |
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Can be useful to mention a driving licence if you are applying to firms in small towns or rural areas, but be sure to spell it correctly (with a C not an S in this context) |
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INTERESTS AND ACTIVITIES |
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| Music |
I play the violin in the University orchestra and was leader of the school orchestra. |
| Sport |
Badminton: member of the University badminton club
Tennis: played for the school team
Swimming and trampolining. |
Car
Maintenance |
I own and maintain a twenty-year-old Mini and enjoy meeting other Mini owners at rallies |
| Travel |
Summer 2010 - two-week international voluntary workcamp in Spain
One month independent travel through France and Italy in summer 2009
Tours with school orchestra to France, Belgium and Norway. |
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Something a bit “different” can help your CV to stand out and be remembered. |
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REFEREES |
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Dr T. Lydgate
Eliot College
University of Kent
Canterbury
Kent CT2 7NS |
Miss R. Vincy
Flora Motley Ltd
High Street
Middlemarch
Loamshire MM1 0FF |
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If you are short of space on the CV, you can just put “References available on request” |
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