How to draft a CV

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PRO FORMA CURRICULUM VITAE

RELEVANT STRENGTHS

• On completion of her training contract Joanne will have spent 6 months in the Employment department of a top 20 national law firm.
• During her training Joanne gained both contentious and non contentious experience in Employment law.
• She has a working knowledge of Word, Windows, Lexis, Outlook and the Internet. She has also used the legal software Solcase and Axxia.
• Joanne speaks French and German fluently.
  

EDUCATION

WORK EXPERIENCE

September 2006 to date
Addlesheds, Manchester
Trainee Solicitor
Employment Law

Contentious

• Joanne has assisted in defending a major corporate client against a number of claims, including wrongful dismissal; sex discrimination; race discrimination; and procedural unfairness in redundancy situations. She has drafted detailed witness statements; Notices of Appearance; Originating Applications and attended Tribunals, both conducting interlocutory applications and sitting behind counsel.
• She assisted in a high value claim for race and disability discrimination. The hearing also included a personal injury claim for psychological damage.

Non Contentious

• Extensive research on areas of employment law including restrictive covenants.
• Corporate support work, due diligence relating to the Seller’s company employment contracts.
• Joanne is preparing a presentation about the Employment Act 2002 to a client’s HR team.
• She advises clients on various aspects of employment law issues including maternity entitlements; Disability Discrimination Act requirements of employers; grievance procedures; Working Time Regulations; constructive dismissals; and minimum wage.

Company/Commercial

• Joanne performed extensive research and updates on terms and warranties.
• Regular contributions to "know how" sessions for the Competition and Commercial team.
• She assisted with the due diligence for a proposed management buy out.
• She drafted articles which were published on the firm’s external commercial web pages.
• Joanne drafted Shareholders Agreements and Articles of Association for a start up business.
• This included purchasing the shelf company, registering the change of details with Companies House and advising the client at meetings.
  

Commercial Property

• Assisting with corporate support work.
• Carrying out many pre-exchange and pre-completion of contract searches.
• She drafted assignment of lease on behalf of a Tenant.
• She negotiated terms of lease on behalf of a Landlord.
  

Commercial Litigation

• Various work connected to enforcement procedures, including drafting Statutory Demands, dealing with Charging Orders and Attachment of Earnings.
• Attendance at many applications in Chambers, client meetings.
• She drafted various applications to court, interviewed witness. She took statements and other support documents.
• Joanne prepared instructions to Counsel and extensively preparation for trials including compiling trial bundles.

VACATION PLACEMENTS

July 2003
B D Potts & Co, Chester
Joanne attended Court, a conference with Counsel and a meeting with a client with reference to a Power of Attorney and a will.

June 2002
9 Bond Street Chambers
Joanne spent a min-pupilage with this reputable Manchester Chambers.

INTERESTS
Joanne enjoys music and is a keen pianist having achieved Grade 8. During University holidays she travelled and worked in the USA as part of the BUNAC program. She enjoys amateur dramatics and recently appeared as Katherine in an open air performance of Shakespeare’s ‘Taming of the Shrew’.

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