Lithium has 3 electrons, arranged 1s2 2s1. Written on the previous noble gas that is [He] 2s1, and the shells hold 2, 1 electrons from the innermost outwards.
Hund's rule leaves 1 unpaired electron in the ground state, which is what makes the free atom paramagnetic.
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