About
The Client Interviewing Competition is a very long standing competition for law
students run by a committee of law academics from law schools in England &
Wales with prizes given by the Law Society of England & Wales. It is part
of the International Client Consultation Competition.
The competition is an annual event which encourages the
promotion and development of the skills involved with client interviewing and
counselling within an educational context. Its prime aim is to promote the development of
lawyers' soft skills and to enable law students to practise them at a high
level.
Law students work in teams of two in a simulated law office.
They interview and advise a “client” -a role-playing actor. They are assessed
according to clearly described criteria which take into account interpersonal
skills as well as their ability to handle a legal problem. Large numbers of law schools take part. As well as the competition, we have run preparatory National Training Day events where students and staff were
briefed and took part in practice interviews with feedback from
experienced
coaches and ex winners of the competition.
After the 2021 competition was cancelled, the 2022 competition was held online. We sincerely hope to be able to have an in person competition in 2023.
You can download a list of all our previous winners.