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.................................................................................................3  \nPREPARING AND SUBMITTING APPLICATIONS ...............................................................................................................4  \nTAKE ADVANTAGE OF CPDC EVENTS AND SERVICES......................................................................................................................... 4  \nAN OVERVIEW: SUGGESTED ORDER OF TASKS IN PREPARING APPLICATION PACKAGES............................................................................ 4  \nA STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE ON APPLICATION PREPARATION ................................................................................................................... 5  \nCREATING YOUR DOCUMENTS .................................................................................................................................... 10  \nTRANSFERABLE SKILLS .............................................................................................................................................................. 10  \nTHE LAWYERING ESSENTIALS ..................................................................................................................................................... 13  \nWRITING POWERFUL ACTION STATEMENTS .................................................................................................................................. 14  \nRESUMES............................................................................................................................................................................... 16  \nCOVER LETTERS ...................................................................................................................................................................... 19  \nRESUME & COVER LETTER CHECKLIST.......................................................................................................................................... 22  \nSAMPLE RESUMES....................................................................................................................................................... 23  \nGENERAL RESUME–GAP IN EXPERIENCE (TRAVEL) ........................................................................................................................ 24  \nGENERAL RESUME–ARTS DEGREE ............................................................................................................................................. 26  \nGENERAL RESUME–SCIENCE DEGREE ......................................................................................................................................... 28  \nPREVIOUS CAREER AND GRADUATE STUDIES................................................................................................................................. 30  \nPUBLIC INTEREST FOCUS ........................................................................................................................................................... 32  \nCONCURRENT EXPERIENCES ....................................................................................................................................................... 34  \nFRENCH COMMON LAW PROGRAM ............................................................................................................................................ 36  \nCOMBINED PROGRAM– PROGRAMME DE DROIT CANADIEN ............................................................................................................ 38  \nSECOND CAREER; PROMOTIONS 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