It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of David Cruickshank, a pioneer of the BMICCC.  Read more about his life and contribution here.  

2025

We are very pleased to announce that the next Brown Mosten International Client Consultation will be held in Glasgow, Scotland from 8-12 April 2025!
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2024

The 2024 Brown Mosten International Client Consultation Competition, hosted jointly by Poland and Ukraine, was held at John Paul II Catholic University in Lublin, Poland from 10-13 April 2024.  Teams from Armenia, Australia, Canada, Croatia, England, Georgia, Germany, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Lithuania, Malaysia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Northern Ireland, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Ukraine, United States and Wales competed.

Congratulations to the semi-finalists from Australia, Croatia, Malaysia, Poland, Ukraine and USA.  The runners up were Emma Rowe and Kate Nolan from Ireland, coached by Rachael Hession,  and Austeja Ragauskaite and Kevin Gomez Marrero from the Netherlands, coached by Agustin Parise. 

The winners were Team Scotland, Callum Leeson and Ailsa Gardyne, coached by Val Bremner.​

The winning team from Scotland, Ailsa Gardyne and Callum Leeson, with their coach Val Bremner, congratulated by last year's winners, host Delaine Swenson, and the ICCC Exec. Photo by Olivia Andira.

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Callum and Ailsa in action in the final round. Photo by Olivia Andira.

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.

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." 
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Dominic Griffin
Sussex Law School

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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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