“This engaging and interactive legal interviewing training is a great blend of law and practical hiring skills.
Our hiring managers came away with enhanced interviewing skills and a better understanding about interviewing to choose the right candidate for the job. Thank you!”
Jeri Brown | Vice President of Human Resources | Woodmont Real Estate
Overview
Hiring is one of the most consequential decisions a manager makes, yet interviewing and candidate selection remain among the least-developed leadership skills. At the same time, employment laws continue to evolve, making it increasingly important for hiring managers to conduct interviews that are both effective and legally compliant.
A poor hiring decision can be costly. Just as importantly, an unfair or inconsistent interview process can expose organizations to unnecessary legal risk. Applicants who perceive the hiring process as unfair are significantly more likely to file complaints with the EEOC or pursue legal action.
Our proven Legal Interviewing Training equips hiring managers with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to conduct fair, consistent, and legally defensible interviews that identify top talent while minimizing organizational risk.
Led by experienced employment attorneys who are also engaging facilitators, this highly interactive and customizable half-day program combines legal expertise with practical interviewing techniques. Participants learn through realistic case studies, video scenarios, group discussions, hands-on exercises, and ample opportunities to ask questions and apply what they learn.
Each participant receives a comprehensive workbook and reference guide filled with practical tools, checklists, and best practices that can be used long after the program concludes.
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Participants leave with practical interviewing skills they can use immediately to:
Ready to improve your hiring decisions while reducing legal risk? Contact an LSA expert to learn how our Legal Interviewing Training can be customized for your organization through virtual, onsite, or blended delivery options.
Legal interviewing training helps hiring managers conduct fair, consistent, and legally compliant interviews while selecting the best candidates. It reduces the risk of discrimination claims, improves hiring decisions, and teaches interviewers how to ask job-related questions that comply with federal, state, and local employment laws. Organizations with structured interviewing practices also tend to make more objective and defensible hiring decisions.
A comprehensive legal interviewing training program teaches participants how to ask legal and effective interview questions, use behavioral interviewing techniques, comply with Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) laws, understand reasonable accommodation requirements, evaluate resumes objectively, respond appropriately when candidates voluntarily disclose personal information, document hiring decisions, reduce unconscious bias, and apply structured interviewing methods that improve both hiring quality and legal compliance.
Legal interviewing training is designed for anyone involved in the hiring process, including hiring managers, executives, Human Resources professionals, recruiters, supervisors, team leaders, and employees who participate in candidate interviews. Whether interviewing is an occasional responsibility or a core part of the role, participants gain practical skills that improve hiring decisions while reducing legal risk.
Legal interviewing training reduces hiring risk by teaching managers how to ask only job-related questions, evaluate candidates using consistent criteria, document hiring decisions objectively, avoid questions related to protected characteristics, and conduct interviews that are fair, consistent, and legally compliant. These best practices help organizations minimize the likelihood of discrimination claims while creating a more equitable and defensible hiring process.
Yes. Legal interviewing training can be customized to reflect your organization's hiring process, policies, competency models, interview guides, industry requirements, and unique legal considerations. Using your organization's real hiring scenarios makes the training more relevant and practical, enabling hiring managers to immediately apply what they learn while improving hiring outcomes and maintaining compliance.
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