2025
Registration is now open for the next Brown Mosten International Client Consultation in Glasgow, Scotland from 9-12 April 2025.
The topic will be "Consumer Contracts"
The Brown Mosten International Client Consultation Competition is an annual competition for the winners of national competitions across the world. It provides an exciting opportunity for law students to learn and practice interviewing and counselling skills as well as to meet student and newly-trained lawyers from an amazing range of nations and cultures. In recent years, law students from 38 countries have taken part: Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, China, Croatia, England, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Irish Republic, Jamaica, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Northern Ireland, Poland, Puerto Rico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United States, Uzbekistan and Wales. Each year has a different law subject around which the consultations take place.
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What Students Say
"The competition was a lot of fun, but it also helped me to develop a lot of the soft skills that employers look for. I enjoyed the whole interview process: the niceties around ensuring that a client is comfortable and happy to discuss their issue, questioning them and unpicking their statements to drive at the truth of the situation, and devising a solution that has their best legal and commercial interests at its core. These are important skills for lawyers, as they need to be able to engage with clients and understand their priorities." Dominic Griffin Sussex Law School |
This competition and its criteria are not just for the students that participate in it but they’re for the future of the profession.
- Forrest Mosten
The initial client interview forms the basis for the lawyer-client relationship. The establishment of rapport supports trust and candor, and clear discussion of the legal situation and options allows the client to make an informed choice.
– Selene Mize
When people are in trouble, legal trouble, and they come in to see a lawyer, they want someone who cares, who is empathic, who wants to help them solve the problem and treats them like an equal, not like a subject.
- Forrest Mosten
Client counselling is one of the most important and universal skills for private lawyers around the world.
– Steven Austermiller
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