Attorney Resume Keywords & ATS Expectations

This is the live data our resume scanner uses when it detects a attorney resume — the keyword tables, certifications, and titles from our legal detection engine.

Core skills per the U.S. Department of Labor

Source: O*NET 23-1011.00 — Lawyers (onetonline.org, public domain)

legal researchlegal writingnegotiationcase managementclient counselinglitigation

WestlawLexisNexise-discovery softwaredocument management systems

Keywords ATS systems expect on a attorney resume

legalLAWlitigationcontractcontractsagreementagreementsnegotiatenegotiationcourttrialdiscoverydepositionmotionbriefpleadingcomplaintsettlementjudgmentlegal research

Certifications that anchor a attorney resume

jdjuris doctorbar admissionbar certifiedstate barllmpatent bar

Adjacent titles recruiters search alongside "Attorney"

lawyercounselgeneral counselgcassociate attorneypartnerof counsellegal counselparalegallegal assistant

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Methodology: these lists come directly from the detection tables our scanner runs on every legal resume, validated by a pinned regression suite. See our methodology.