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Anybody who is transferring given thought to how they will designate such on their resume? You obviously need to disclose it. I was thinking something like:

Jim Shoe

Georgetown University Law Center
Juris Doctor, 2012 (expected)
Transfer student from University of Florida Levin School of Law
GPA: 3.58 Class rank: 17 / 103 (top 18%)
Etc., Etc.

Florida State University
Bachelor of Science, 2009

chitown825 wrote:Anybody who is transferring given thought to how they will designate such on their resume? You obviously need to disclose it. I was thinking something like:

Jim Shoe

Georgetown University Law Center
Juris Doctor, 2012 (expected)
Transfer student from University of Florida Levin School of Law
GPA: 3.58 Class rank: 17 / 103 (top 18%)
Etc., Etc.

Florida State University
Bachelor of Science, 2009

Under your education section, I'd go with something more along the lines of this:

GULC
J.D. candidate 2012

Uiversity of Florida Levin School of Law, 2009-2010
GPA: 3.58 - 17/103

FSU
B.S. blablabla 2009

Of course you can add all the bolds, italics and that other stylized nonsense.

Also, abbreviate Juris Doctor and Bachelor of Science to J.D. and B.S. Everyone reading it knows what they stand for and you don't risk sounding like a self-important doucher.

seespotrun wrote:Also, abbreviate Juris Doctor and Bachelor of Science to J.D. and B.S. Everyone reading it knows what they stand for and you don't risk sounding like a self-important doucher.

I wasn't asking for resume advice--I put about 5 seconds of thought into Jim Shoe's fictitious resume. I only sought your opinion on the designation of one's transfer status.

chitown825 wrote:

seespotrun wrote:Also, abbreviate Juris Doctor and Bachelor of Science to J.D. and B.S. Everyone reading it knows what they stand for and you don't risk sounding like a self-important doucher.

I wasn't asking for resume advice--I put about 5 seconds of thought into Jim Shoe's fictitious resume. I only sought your opinion on the designation of one's transfer status.

I wasn't saying that you were a self-important doucher. Just passing along some wisdom that the gods laid upon me.

chitown825 wrote:Anybody who is transferring given thought to how they will designate such on their resume? You obviously need to disclose it. I was thinking something like:

Jim Shoe

Georgetown University Law Center
Juris Doctor, 2012 (expected)
Transfer student from University of Florida Levin School of Law
GPA: 3.58 Class rank: 17 / 103 (top 18%)
Etc., Etc.

Florida State University
Bachelor of Science, 2009

Here's what I'm doing until I have a semester at the new school:

Jim Shoe

Georgetown University Law Center
Juris Doctor, 2012 (expected)

University of Florida Levin School of Law
Fall 2009 - Spring 2010
GPA: 3.58 Class rank: 17 / 103 (top 18%)
Etc., Etc.

Florida State University
Bachelor of Science, 2009

That's a bit misleading I think. It doesn't make it obvious that the GPA is from the school you transferred from (although you'd think an employer would be able to figure this out on his own)

I would reccomend something like this:

Georgetown University Law Center
Juris Doctor, 2012 (expected)
Transfer student from University of Florida Levin School of Law

University of Florida Levin School of Law
GPA: 3.58 Class rank: 17 / 103 (top 18%), First year courses completed
Etc., Etc.

Florida State University
Bachelor of Science, 2009



That being said, I haven't completely figured out how to do it, but your original post would a bit misleading I think

You Wish's might be better than mine though

YouWish wrote:Here's what I'm doing until I have a semester at the new school:

Jim Shoe

Georgetown University Law Center
Juris Doctor, 2012 (expected)

University of Florida Levin School of Law
Fall 2009 - Spring 2010
GPA: 3.58 Class rank: 17 / 103 (top 18%)
Etc., Etc.

Florida State University
Bachelor of Science, 2009

Credited. Your new Career Services Office should tell you/give you an example, but it will almost certainly look like this. No need to have the word "transfer" anywhere on there- they get it.

seespotrun wrote:

chitown825 wrote:

seespotrun wrote:Also, abbreviate Juris Doctor and Bachelor of Science to J.D. and B.S. Everyone reading it knows what they stand for and you don't risk sounding like a self-important doucher.

I wasn't asking for resume advice--I put about 5 seconds of thought into Jim Shoe's fictitious resume. I only sought your opinion on the designation of one's transfer status.

I wasn't saying that you were a self-important doucher. Just passing along some wisdom that the gods laid upon me.

On second thought, I am now declaring that you are a self-important doucher.

UCLAtransfer wrote:

YouWish wrote:Here's what I'm doing until I have a semester at the new school:

Jim Shoe

Georgetown University Law Center
Juris Doctor, 2012 (expected)

University of Florida Levin School of Law
Fall 2009 - Spring 2010
GPA: 3.58 Class rank: 17 / 103 (top 18%)
Etc., Etc.

Florida State University
Bachelor of Science, 2009

Credited. Your new Career Services Office should tell you/give you an example, but it will almost certainly look like this. No need to have the word "transfer" anywhere on there- they get it.

I agree with this. However, re: spelling things out vs. abbreviating, the career people at the school I'm transferring from made me spell out almost everything from JD to BS to the states I was referring to, etc. I thought it was stupid, but did it anyway. I will seek counsel on this at my new school.

This is how career services told me to do it:

Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California
Juris Doctor Candidate, May 2012

SOUTHWESTERN LAW SCHOOL, Los Angeles, California
Attended: August 2009 – May 2010 (1L year)
Class Rank: Top 20%; Grade Point Average: 3.433
Honor: Invited to join Law Review

WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, Middletown, Connecticut
Bachelor of Arts, History, May 2005

Your CSO will have a policy for this. I would ask them.

CSO told me this:

NEW SCHOOL
Candidate for Juris Doctor, May 2012

OLD SCHOOL
Completed First-Year Juris Doctor Curriculum
then list your several accolades

Harvard's sample follows this format:

New School, City, State
Candidate for J.D., Month, Year

Old School, City, State
First year, 2009-2010 (Transferred to Harvard Law School)
Honors: Invited to join the Old School Law Review
Activities:

Undergrad, City, State
B.X. in Y, Month, Year
Honors:
Activities: