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Lawyer-linguists (AD) - Court of Justice

Candidates taking part in the Lawyer-linguists (AD) - Court of Justice competition may have to pass the tests listed below.
 

For the evaluation of their language skills, they may need to pass one or more of the following language knowledge tests:

  • Translation test from language 2 to language 1

  • Translation test from language 3 to language 1

     

Reasoning tests for AD

Reasoning tests:

The reasoning tests are multiple-choice tests to assess your ability to think logically and understand verbal and numerical information, as well as the relations between concepts involving no linguistic, spatial or numerical elements (abstract). 

Try our samples below: (Please note that the sample tests may take longer than usual to load.)

  • Verbal reasoning:

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  • Numerical reasoning:

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  • Abstract reasoning:

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You can also consult an accessible version of these sample tests.
 

Translation samples - Lawyer-Linguists 

German, English, Spanish, French, Italian for Lawyer-Linguists 

Language comprehension tests (AD)

The language comprehension test consists of 12 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) designed to assess your linguistic abilities in vocabulary, grammar/syntax, and style.
Each question presents a scenario with four answer options, only one of which is correct.
Each correct answer awards one point; incorrect answers are not penalized.
Candidates have a total of 25 minutes to complete all 12 questions.
While time management is part of the assessment, the test is designed so that candidates can reasonably answer all questions within the allotted time.
The questions do not require any prior knowledge and are based solely on the information provided in the text.

samples in 24 languages for AD