Legal Research Assistant practice interview
Finding reliable legal authorities, checking their status and turning complex sources into concise research notes. Practise the 5 questions interviewers ask for this role with follow-ups. Paid plans add scored feedback on every answer.
Free with an Intaviu account: 320 credits a month, at 10 credits a minute of practice. Private: interview creators never see them.
- Entry
- 15 minutes
- 5 questions
- Scored feedback on paid plans
About the role
This interview focuses on how you investigate a legal question and communicate a dependable answer. The panel is looking for a disciplined search method, sound treatment of authority, honest handling of uncertainty and writing that helps a lawyer decide what to do next.
How to prepare
- Practise turning a broad factual problem into a list of legal issues, keywords and alternative search terms.
- Review how court hierarchy, jurisdiction and later treatment affect the weight of an authority.
- Prepare to explain how you verify that legislation and cases are current.
- Edit a research note until its question, short answer, analysis and conclusion are easy to follow.
- Choose an example that shows how you corrected your approach when initial searches produced weak results.
Common mistakes
- Starting with a conclusion and searching only for material that supports it.
- Citing a case without checking its court, jurisdiction or later treatment.
- Copying long passages instead of applying the authority to the facts.
- Hiding an unresolved conflict or gap in the available sources.
What to expect
A real first-round interview
5 questions the way interviewers ask for this role, with follow-ups when an answer needs more.
Spoken, like the real thing
Speak your answers in your browser or the free desktop app, with live captions. You can ask the interviewer to repeat anything.
Scored on 4 areas
The things this interview weighs most. With a paid plan, your report shows how you did on each one.
A private report
On Plus, Pro and Premium: every answer scored, your strongest lines quoted and what to say differently next time. Interview creators never see it.
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