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My resume is pretty long, 1.5-2 pages, because I've been out of UG for 8 years now and have had a few jobs. I see a lot of people advocating a one page resume, but that would mean taking out a big chunk of responsibilities that i had in each job to fit in anything else.

Is it that big a deal you make it a page, or is 2 pages okay?

Also -how are people listing community service on their resume? Mine I usually just had in a category for others (would just add a line saying - volunteered at this place, for this project, etc), but dont know how law schools would like to see it (would they instead like to see the organization name and responsibilities as a volunteer? Then repeating for every place?)

Any help would be much appreciated.

Include things that would be relevant to your law school application. If you worked as a grease monkey at Pep Boys for year, dont include this. If you waited tables at the Peppermint Hippo for a few months, dont include this.

Include things that relate to academia, customer relations and community service. For the last one include the name of the organization and a general description of what you did.

Dont go crazy with this. This resume is not that important. Schools just want to see that youve done something productive with your life prior to law school.

Good luck!

Thanks for the feedback. Figured.

Since you have been out of UG for 8 years then 2 pages could be fine (assuming you have enough to say without going into silly things)
I think the general rule is one page unless you've been out of UG for 3+ years.

Some schools throw me off. For example:
Boston U says no length on resume
UT Austin says up to three pages (what!?)