2x 45 min interviews, over 1 day
Interview 1: scenarios given beforehand; Interview 2: Roman Law given during interview
Practice papers online
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Relax and think aloud.
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Also, someone else's experience may not reflect your own. Most interviews are more like conversations than tests and like, any conversation, they are quite interactive.
Test taken: LNAT
Number of interviews: 2
Skype interview: No
Interview spread: same day - 1 morning, 1 early evening
Length of interviews: 45 minutes each
We discussed a passage of text that I was given (in interview one, before; and in interview 2, during) and the atmosphere was very relaxed.
In the first interview this was legislation that we applied to different scenarios in the interview.
In the second interview, I was given some Roman law and we discussed it.
It was really just a casual chat about the subject.
I did the practice papers from the LNAT website.
Relax, nobody expects you to know anything or get the answers right in a Law interview. It’s all about understanding how you work through problems and whether you suit the Oxford teaching style.
Just be friendly and talk the