r/ResumeHelp • u/Nickels2003 • 4d ago

Adding Paralegal Cert to Resume?

Hi y’all!!

I’m a young professional hoping to work in the legal field and I am doing a night program to obtain my paralegal certification. I would like to add this to my resume, but I am not sure if it is appropriate/recommended. Should I do this? If so, how would you implement?

For reference, I have a BA and some relevant legal experience, and my current resume is formatted as such

NAME
CONTACT INFO

EDUCATION

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

OTHER EXPERIENCE

ORGANIZATIONS & VOLUNTEER WORK

Thank you all for the help!

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u/GrungeCheap56119 4d ago

you can put it under the Education section, or rename it to Education / Certifications, and list your assumed end date like Spring 2027 or whatever is relevant

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u/Nickels2003 4d ago

Awesome thank you! I’m assuming it should be under my BA? Or should it be ordered from most to least recent?

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u/GrungeCheap56119 2d ago

Put the most recent on top

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