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Inside the Digital Clinical Practice Environment™

JVN Client Interview Studio™

Interview realistic AI clients across criminal, commercial, contract, corporate, employment, environmental and climate law, family, human rights, immigration and refugee law, intellectual property law, conflict of laws and private international law, consumer protection, medical and digital health law, artificial intelligence and technology law, and clinical practice areas. They reveal facts gradually. They get emotional. They expect a professional. When the interview ends, the AI switches roles and becomes your Clinical Supervisor — asking the questions that turn experience into competence.

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How to use this environment

How to run a client interview

Every Studio follows the same clinical rhythm. You will not be asked to know all the law — you will be asked to elicit facts, spot issues, and give humane, professional advice.

  1. 1
    Pick a practice area

    Choose from criminal, family, employment, IP, immigration, health, AI/tech and more. Read the case brief and objectives before you enter.

  2. 2
    Meet your AI client

    The client reveals facts gradually and gets emotional. Build trust, ask open questions, and take notes as you go.

  3. 3
    Advise and reflect

    Identify legal issues, give initial advice, then answer Socratic reflection prompts from your AI Clinical Supervisor.

  4. 4
    Get your competency report

    Graded against nine cross-border lawyer competencies. Saved to your Skills Passport™ and Portfolio.

Try the Grace Achieng demo A short guided interview — no sign-up required.

The 10-stage clinical workflow

Each Interview Studio runs the full Clinical Legal Education cycle — preparation, practice, reflection, and supervision — followed by a structured competency report and a portfolio entry you can show employers.

  1. 1
    Choose Practice Area
  2. 2
    Receive Case Brief
  3. 3
    Interview AI Client
  4. 4
    Take Notes
  5. 5
    Identify Legal Issues
  6. 6
    Provide Initial Advice
  7. 7
    Reflect
  8. 8
    AI Clinical Supervision
  9. 9
    Competency Report
  10. 10
    Portfolio Entry

How the AI client behaves

  • • Speaks like a real person — not a script.
  • • Reveals facts gradually as trust is built.
  • • Becomes emotional when the matter is personal.
  • • Withholds sensitive information unless asked with care.
  • • Does not give itself away as an AI.

Then the role switches

  • • The same AI becomes your Clinical Supervisor.
  • • It asks Socratic, reflective questions instead of feeding answers.
  • • It cites your own words and notes back to you.
  • • It highlights strengths first, then growth areas.
  • • Your performance is graded against nine cross-border lawyer competencies.

Choose a practice area

A growing library of Interview Studios. Each one a complete clinical cycle.

Shared Academy infrastructure

Used in these Programmes

JVN Client Interview Studio™ is a shared JVN Practice Environment. Any School or programme can route learners here — the same Studio serves many curricula.

All Practice Environments
  • School of Clinical Legal Education
  • School of Private Law
  • School of Human Rights & Justice
  • School of Digital Health Law
  • Foundations of Legal Practice (Diploma)

Programmes evolve. As new Schools and courses are added to the JVN Academy, they can plug into this Studio without changing the underlying environment.