Cambridge Law Test (CLT); x2 interviews
Interview 1; questions on legal scenarios, personal statement; Interview 2; more questions on legal scenarios, discussion on interest in subject
reread personal statement; stayed up to date with legal news; mock interview
past papers
Read around the subject, such as 'What About Law?', to clarify why you want to study it at university level.
Remember this advice isn't official. There is no guarantee it will reflect your experience because university applications can change between years. Check the official Cambridge and Oxford websites for more accurate information on this year's application format and the required tests.
Also, someone else's experience may not reflect your own. Most interviews are more like conversations than tests and like, any conversation, they are quite interactive.
Test taken: Cambridge Law Test (CLT)
Number of interviews: 2
Time between interviews: About 3 hours
Length of interviews: 25 minutes
Online interview: No
I had two interviews, with two interviewers in each. 30 mins before each interview, I was given two scenarios (so four total) to read and think about - these each raised a legal issue which the ensuing discussion then focused on. In the interviews themselves, I would respond to the material and then the interviewers would challenge my answers or develop the scenarios further.
I was also asked a couple of questions about my Personal Statement in the first interview, and about my general interest in the subject (i.e. what is your favourite area of law) in the second.
I reread my personal statement, reminding myself about the content I had included and thought about broader questions they might ask - e.g. why have you chosen to apply to Law? I found
I did a mock interview which was very helpful.
I practiced doing a past paper in timed conditions and look at some others which were available online.
If you can, reading 'What About Law?' is a useful text for seeing if you actually like the subject - it gives a good overview of what studying Law is actually like. Other than that, just keep in mind that the interviews generally test your responses in the moment - so they can be a bit hard to prepare for.