Client Interview

Blake Dawson Client Interview Competition

The Blake Dawson client interview competition aims to develop the core skill of client contact which is of upmost importance to all legal employers. Competitors take part in a simulated client interview with a mock client and are marked on their ability to not only recognise the legal issues presented by the client but also create a rapport with the person they are interviewing.

Such a rapport is crucial in eliciting all of the relevant facts which may not be willingly given away by the client, but may be crucial to a certain aspect of the legal problem. Student's with the greatest success in this competition are able to garner all the information required from the client, while still maintaining a courteous relationship which is empathetic to the client's circumstances.

This competition is run in the latter part of semester 2 each year and is split into junior (first year) and senior divisions.