Law assessment centre

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does anyone have any tips for preparing for an AC at a law firm and i mean like the case studies we would be given and the group work

Reply 1

Asvin0409

Original post by aliaahmadd

does anyone have any tips for preparing for an AC at a law firm and i mean like the case studies we would be given and the group work

With case studies, I'd like to believe that the skills needed are similar to that of the LNAT. So doing some practice with that could be helpful, especially using Arbitio. Getting used to reading legal texts can do wonders for the real deal, assuming the text has a lot of legal terms in it. I'm not sure how the group work exercise are like though, could you please elaborate on how they work?

Reply 2

username7422022

Original post by Asvin0409

what kind of legal texts ? also for context are you a student or a legal profession ? With the group work they might ask you to solve a problem could be legal and work out what the risks could be and sometimes make a solution like how am i meant to know that !

Reply 3

chalks

We need a bit more information here.

What type of firm do you have an AC for? Large City-based commercial firm with international offices? Regional commercial firm? What information have they given you so far about the group exercise?

Reply 4

username7422022

Original post by chalks

We need a bit more information here.
What type of firm do you have an AC for? Large City-based commercial firm with international offices? Regional commercial firm? What information have they given you so far about the group exercise?

wait why does the firm type matter one is an international and other is regional. I haven’t been given any info yet i want to prepare early

Reply 5

chalks

Original post by aliaahmadd

wait why does the firm type matter one is an international and other is regional. I haven’t been given any info yet i want to prepare early

Because the type of work undertaken by those firms may differ and, therefore, the group exercises may have a different focus. Some group exercises may be relatively generic (working in a team to negotiate a general commercial deal) and so unaffected by the type of firm and the work it does. But some firms may have group exercises which are very much tailored to their areas of focus (e.g. family, private wealth, real estate etc) hence my question.

A simple Google search has thrown up the following:

Bakers: Link
CareerinLaw.net: Link
CommercialLawAcademy: Link

Oh, and when I did an Assessment Centre at Wilde Sapte (look them up) in 1995, we each had to draft the rules to Snakes & Ladders.....