Cameron Clark Resume (Both Pages)

Clark says he included the URL for his LinkedIn profile in case an admissions officer wanted additional information. "They have yet another opportunity to learn about me and the work I am doing," he says.

Ervin says his preference would be to move the awards, presentations, technical skills and affiliations sections of the resume down to the bottom of the resume so that the professional experience portion of the resume began sooner.

Clark mentioned meeting Harvard Law School faculty so admissions officers would know he was interested in the school not just because of its reputation, but because of its people.

Spivey says that he gets calls from nervous applicants who notice small typos in their resumes like this extra period after they have submitted their applications. But Spivey says small typos like this one are unimportant in the admissions process and that applicants should relax. "Even with that one blemish, it's an aesthetically pleasing resume," Spivey says.

Ervin says that writing skills are essential to success in law school and that Clark's professional writing experience was an impressive component of his resume.

Clark says he made a conscious choice to fill his resume with strong, active verbs and precise, clear description so it would capture the imagination of admissions officers.

Clark says he broke the text in his resume into "bite-sized chunks" so it was easy for admissions officers to digest. "I think bullet points are very important," he says. "They flesh out your experience very well."

Clark says that, because he was applying to law school as a college student, he wanted to highlight his academic accomplishments. "I put the education section first because I was going straight from undergrad, and a lot of the experiences I would want to talk about would be things I did in school," he says.

Clark says that he titled the last section of his resume "service learning" to convey his efforts to contribute to his community and what he learned in the process. Spivey says this was a smart choice on Clark's part. "The message that came across to me is that he cared about other people," Spivey says. "The idea that you do unto others is a big plus."

Ervin says that Clark's service learning section was effective, because it demonstrated that he had a strong commitment to public service – a desirable quality in a law school applicant.

Spivey says that Clark made the correct decision by extending his resume beyond a single page, and that it actually could have been longer. "He didn't hold himself to this arbitrary mythological standard that it has to be a page," Spivey says. "He had enough good stuff."

Clark says that opting to let his resume exceed a single page was a tough call, but that it was ultimately the right call for him. He wanted to show admissions officers that even though he was a college student, he had significant work experience.

Clark says he was worried about whether admissions officers would prefer law school applicants who had already graduated college and gained work experience over candidates like him who were applying to law school as college seniors. One of his missions on the resume, he says, was to convey that he had done substantive work.

Spivey says that this resume ought to have included an "interests" section spelling out Clark's passions outside of work and school, because that would have added a human touch to the resume.

Spivey says that this position added gravitas to Clark's resume because it showed that Clark had an understanding of the criminal justice system.