My personal view on this is nothing - but not everyone will agree with me on this.
Your interview is about you, not about your interviewers.
I think this may have been asked already, but if we are given the names of our interviewers prior to the interview, what should we be doing with this information?
Hi
@ek125712, I think
@Jessica Booker makes a great point here and that you should certainly not be trying to cater your interview to the interviewers - it would be a big mistake to pretend you are interested in tax law, simply because your interviewer is a tax lawyer, for example. A tax lawyer would appreciate a genuine interest in international arbitration just as much as an international arbitration lawyer (perhaps more so, because they would be less likely to find the gaps in your knowledge🤣 )!
That said, I think it would be a mistake not to even bother looking them up and knowing something small about them, especially because it may help you avoid entering dangerous territory. I have outlined the benefits of how you can use this information
here. It primarily comes down to your ability to create rapport in the interview, which I have also written about
in this post.
Again, do not go out of your way to create rapport in too formulaic of a manner, but if a topic comes up where you feel that you have common ground with your interviewer, I would not hesitate to mention this as they may well be flattered that you know something about them off the top of your head 😊 Law is a very human profession after all and interpersonal skills can be practised and prepared in the same way that other skills can be!
