Online assessments for law firms and legal teams recruiting trainee solicitors, paralegals, legal secretaries and administrators. Check judgement, reasoning and accuracy with legal content candidates will recognise.
What you can assess
Judgement in legal practice
The legal SJTs present situations from law firms and ask for the most and least appropriate response.
- Trainee solicitors
- Paralegals
- Legal administrators
Reasoning and accuracy
Legal-content ability and skills tests show how candidates reason with legal material and how accurately they check and produce documents.
- Inferences, assumptions and evaluating arguments
- Accuracy, terminology and legal style
- Typing speed and accuracy on solicitor’s letters
Assessments for legal roles
Choose an assessment to see an example question, the format and sample reports.
Trainee Solicitor SJT
Choose the most and least appropriate responses to 16 trainee solicitor situations. Untimed.
Paralegal SJT
Choose the most and least appropriate responses to 16 paralegal situations. Untimed.
Legal Administrator SJT
Choose the most and least appropriate responses to 16 situations in a law firm administration role. Untimed.
Legal Critical Thinking Test
30 legal-practice questions in 30 minutes across five sections. No legal knowledge required.
Legal Comprehension Test
Check legal passages for accuracy, terminology and formatting. 47 items in 25 minutes.
Legal Copy Typing Test
Two solicitor’s letters, 5 minutes each: a clean copy and a marked-up draft.
Why law firms choose Viewpoint
Legal content throughout
Scenarios and passages are written around legal practice, so candidates see realistic work and you see how they would handle it.
Reports for both sides
Assessor Reports give results in bands from Very Low to Very High. Candidate Reports show no scores and give constructive development suggestions.
Fair for candidates
Every candidate gets clear instructions and examples first, and the Legal Critical Thinking Test needs no legal knowledge.
Built around you
We can build a custom SJT around your firm, practice areas and the situations your people really face.
Law firm assessments: frequently asked questions
Which assessments suit trainee solicitor recruitment?
Many firms combine the Trainee Solicitor SJT for judgement with the Legal Critical Thinking Test for reasoning.
Which assessments suit legal support roles?
For paralegals, legal secretaries and administrators, the Paralegal or Legal Administrator SJT works well alongside the Legal Comprehension and Legal Copy Typing Tests.
Do candidates need legal knowledge?
No. The Legal Critical Thinking Test uses short fictional pieces of legal work and needs no legal knowledge.
Is there a pass mark?
No. Reports show high and low scores in bands from Very Low to Very High. The typing test also compares accuracy with the 98% keyboarding standard.
Can we try the assessments first?
Yes. Ask us for a free trial and take the full tests yourself.