☛ How is a merger/acquisition structured?

☛ Give an example of a recent commercial deal that captured your attention: which party/side in this deal would you like to work for if you were a lawyer and why?

☛ How would you sell on services to a client? - for solicitors in commercial practice only

☛ You are alone in the office and a client phones demanding instant advice, what do you do?

☛ You are alone in the office and a very important client phones demanding you shred various documents of theirs. What do you do?

☛ What would you do if three partners all came to you with work they wanted you to do by 5pm that day?

☛ If you were Lord Chancellor for the day what would you do?

☛ If you had a completely free choice, which law would you like to change and why?

☛ Give me an example of a recent legal decision that you have disagreed with and explain why.

☛ What do you see as the main challenges facing the legal profession in the next few years?

☛ How would you demonstrate to a client that you were commercially aware of their business and their needs?

☛ Why would you want to do legal aid work?

☛ What do you know about the impact of the Human Rights Act on law in this country?

☛ What sort of advocacy experience do you have?

☛ Tell me about a time when you advocated (or performed) poorly?

☛ Why do you think this was?

☛ What are the key skills and qualities for a successful solicitor/barrister?

☛ If you were senior partner in this firm and the BNP came to you for representation what would you do?

☛ If a Client wanted to pay £750,000 for a house in CASH what would you do?

☛ What advice would you give to a friend who wants to set up a restaurant?

☛ How would you explain "the caution" to a client with learning difficulties who is extremely agitated at having just been arrested?

☛ Explain the difference between contract and tort in layman’s terms.