ATS resume checker for paralegals, attorneys and compliance roles
Bar admission or a paralegal certificate comes first, then practice area and tools like Relativity or Westlaw. Check your resume against a real posting and see exactly what to fix. Free, no sign-up to start.
What the ATS and recruiters check
- Bar admission and state, or a paralegal certificate for support roles
- Practice areas named in the posting: litigation, corporate, employment, privacy, regulatory
- Tools: e-discovery and document management (Relativity, iManage, Westlaw, Lexis)
Name things the way the posting does
- State bar admission precisely: "Admitted to practice, State of Illinois"
- Use the posting's practice area names and the regulations you worked under (GDPR, HIPAA, SOX)
- Put the J.D., school and graduation year in Education
A real before and after
A sample paralegal resume scored against a sample posting. Only two bullets and the Skills line changed. The second version names real experience in the posting's words.
Before15
- “Helped attorneys with cases”
- “Organized documents”
After55
- “Provided litigation support on 15 matters, running e-discovery reviews in Relativity”
- “Drafted pleadings and did legal research in Westlaw”
RelativityWestlawE-DiscoveryLegal ResearchLitigation
Scored by the engine as Legal and compliance. Only add what is true for you.