Cambridge Law Test (CLT); 2x interviews
Interview 1: discussing a case; Interview 2: applying law to scenarios
Reading law-based news stories
Re-read books mentioned on personal statement
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Test taken: Cambridge Law Test (CLT)
Number of interviews: 2
Time between interviews: 30 minutes
Length of interviews: 20 minutes
Online interview: No
The interviews largely focused upon points of law: the first one revolved around the case in question, with me having to answer questions on it.
The second interview focused on two separate areas of the law, negligence and murder, where I had to read about the law in the interview then apply it to certain scenarios, explaining why I came to the conclusions I did.
To prepare, I did a lot of research into the law - both by reading law-based books (a number of which I found in my school library, including 'What About Law?') and law-based news stories. I also attended a
In terms of what I wish I did differently, I wish I re-read the books I mentioned in my personal statement (they didn’t come up, so I managed to dodge a bullet). I also wish I’d had a look through the Cambridge Law faculty medium page, which gives a large amount of very helpful advice.