Legal Issue and Risk Identification Questions

Ability to identify and structure all relevant legal issues and risks arising from complex business scenarios. This includes spotting contractual risks, regulatory compliance gaps, intellectual property concerns, employment law implications, litigation exposure, reputational risk, and secondary or cascading consequences across domains. Candidates should separate relevant facts from background noise, identify multiple layers of concern, and resist premature conclusions before fully scoping the situation. Demonstrate logical structuring of issues for analysis, articulating each issue as a clear question or statement, and assess severity, likelihood, and potential business impact. Show awareness of interdependencies between issues and provide a prioritized framework for further legal analysis and remediation, such as issue trees, risk matrices, and recommended next steps. For more senior or staff level candidates, demonstrate integration across legal domains and nuanced judgment about trade offs and mitigation strategies.