Press release issued:
12 February 2018
The University of Bristol Law School, represented by second year LLB students Annie McLean and Olivia Williams, have won a place in the finals of the National Client Interviewing Competition (to take place 10 March 2018).
Their performance in the regional heats was all the more impressive given that they were predominantly competing against teams either studying on the LPC or who have taken a Client Interviewing unit as part of their course.
The Client Interviewing Competition is intended to give students an understanding as to to how to deal with clients, in terms of personal interaction, extracting information, giving legal advice, and achieving the elusive 'friendly but professional' balance. This is the first year that Bristol has entered, but Catey Thomas will be entering a team again next year and she will be in touch with second year students in September 2018.
Further information
The Client Interviewing Competition is a competition for law students run by a committee of law academics from law schools in England & Wales with prizes given by the Law Society of England & Wales. It is part of the International Client Consultation Competition. The competition is an annual event which encourages the promotion and development of the skills involved with client interviewing and counselling within an educational context. Its prime aim is to promote the development of lawyers' soft skills and to enable law students to practise them at a high level.
Find out more about the national competition here.
