Law interviews

Which UK universities (specifically England) require an interview for Law? I know Oxford does, but the others aren’t very clear on their website. Could anyone tell me about KCL, LSE, QMUL, Manchester, Durham, Bristol etc? And if you were interviewed for Law, how did it go and what did they ask or make you do? Thanks!

Reply 1

Stiffy Byng

Oxford and Cambridge interview applicants for undergraduate law courses. I do not think that any other universities in the UK do this.

The interviews test agility of thinking, reasoning skills, and response to pressure. The interviews emulate the tutorials/supervisions which are the pedagogical USPs of the two universities.

Reply 2

Stiffy Byng

Example Oxford interviews:

Read Statute A or case B. Answer questions about the meaning and effect of A or B.

Consider social problem X. Devise a rule to deal with X.

The rules about Z are 1, 2, and 3. How do those rules apply to facts a, b, and c?

Why should anyone obey the law?

Should it be illegal to do Y? If so, why? If not, why not?