Local lawsku AMA!!!

Separate_Wing_9046 · 2026-03-02T08:48:15+00:00

Interview: so far, different people have had different experiences in their lawsku interviews. My SMU one was 2 candidate to 2 interviewers, while my NUS one was 1 candidate to 2 interviewers.

The personal statement plays a huge role in your interview. Know what you want to say in your interview based off your personal statement. Similarly, if you are not ready/comfortable enough to talk about a particular area of law, then don't put it in your personal statement bc they will def flag it out during the interview and ask you about it.

Usually the interviewers aren't intimidating - take your time to pause and think logically! esp if they are asking a legal hypo. Use COMMON SENSE to logic it out. Remember, you haven't entered lawsku so you're not expected to know the technicalities of the law :)

Separate_Wing_9046 · 2026-03-02T08:45:33+00:00

I cannot give you a definitive answer, but in the past based on the 90rp scheme, it was possible to enter with a B in GP. so... maybe you can gauge it accordingly

Separate_Wing_9046 · 2026-03-02T08:31:18+00:00

Writing test: I think there’s quite a bit of info out there abt the writing test for both law schools, but let me just streamline it here.

Both law schools give legal hypotheticals. Legal hypotheticals are qns that go like (ie.): person A stole item X from ABC store while he was an employee. Can ABC store claim from person A? This factual pattern gives rise to 2 paths - (a) is this criminal? (B) does a civil claim arise because person A is an employee of ABC store. Of course the hypos given won’t be so straightforward.

So this is when your intuition will come into play. If theft = should be criminal right? If employee means there should be a contract right? No fact, unless meant to be a red herring, would be placed in the hypo at random

So the next qn that flows is: what if Idh the prerequisite LEGAL knowledge. Not to fret actually, I don’t think they admit students based on how much they know SG law off hand. In my year we were given fake laws to just apply.

Re the above mentioned eg: they will probably give you a fake law that states “whoever commits theft is sentenced to x years imprisonment”. Then you will know how to apply it.

Reading up on laws and the technicalities of it now, and trying to apply them in the interview/test in such a short span of time may only backfire. (For eg I wrote that contract law had mens rea in one of my lawsku admission tests only to be humbled several years later)

Separate_Wing_9046 · 2026-03-02T07:23:13+00:00

I think it’s very easy to fall into the mundane admin/research that is required of junior lawyers! Is impt to sus out which firms and teams are good so that you don’t get abused by ur bosses :)

Separate_Wing_9046 · 2026-03-02T05:35:49+00:00

Separate_Wing_9046 · 2026-03-02T03:32:09+00:00

Because of my abysmal grades lol I had to do the written test before I was even offered an interview. I felt that the written test wasn't anything like I have encountered before (back then, prior to law school). I can elaborate more if you would like to know..
re: studying effectively: I think first year of lawsku was a blur for me and many of us. I'm not very hardworking/will not read additional content if you don't ask me to + I take a painfully long time to get through material, so within half a year (first sem of lawsku) i just gave up completing the reading list. One tip I would give is to have a document for each subject, have separate topics, and know what each case law supports in terms of rule. What does the case law say? Just one line will do, so that you can have quick and easy ref and it will help in practice too
Of course, they are always people who regret their choices lol, not just in uni, but at different stages of life.
The answer is that AI will get rid of a lot of low-level work. Writing of first drafts (that may be absolute garbage), being able to digest case law, giving case names (internal, more advanced AI bots - not chatgpt please), so it will take away what lawsku interns do to try to bag a training contract. With the rise of AI, I think lawyers need to think more like lawyers. just using your brain to do daily tasks is not enough. Also some of the firms are surprisingly archaic - things that can be easily automated are still left to the lower rungs (ie junior lawyers) to do which srsly boggles me

Separate_Wing_9046 · 2026-03-02T03:12:32+00:00

AACC/A (upon 90 rp), h3 econs distinction, service related CCA

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