This would be a typical length of a passage in a verbal reasoning test:

“Legal Cheek” is less than a year old. Its name is a parody of the respected digest of news for the legal community called “Legal Week”. Launched by Alex Aldridge, a law journalist, its posts include a ‘cheeky’ look at legal services, the nature of legal education, and topics of general interest to lawyers and law students. It remains a popular website, and posts are often signposted on their Twitter and Facebook accounts. So far, it has been very wide-ranging. It is said that partners look at it in case they have been mentioned, and it is said that some ‘celebrity’ members of the legal social media community look forward to receiving a name-check. Such a name-check is often a sign of a good status within the social media world of law in the UK.

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[Length of Passage = 135 words]

So could you do the following questions?

‘Legal Cheek’ was launched by David Allen Green.

FALSE. It says clearly in the second sentence that ‘Legal Cheek’ was launched by Alex Aldridge.

Some ‘celebrity’ members of the legal social media community look forward to receiving a name-check.

CANNOT SAY. The Passage reports that ‘it is said that…’, but the statement itself is neither definitely true or definitely false.

Law students unite – and show the law firms that these psychometric tests are very easy!

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