Should I become a judge’s associate?
As I finish my second-last year of uni, I find myself faced with yet another career dilemma. As if putting myself through the clerkship application process wasn’t enough career-related stress for one year, I’m now trying to decide if I should apply for a judge’s associate role.
Survive Law wants YOU!
With summer almost here, we’re brainstorming story ideas and have begun the search for zany law students with ‘strong written communication skills’ to join our team of writers.
Interviews – Not just surviving, but thriving
Want a law job but worried about the interview? Marque Lawyers managing partner Michael Bradley, who has been interviewing would-be summer clerks for two decades, shares his insights and advice with Survive Law
Going Bush: Opportunities in Rural, Regional and Remote Australia
Want a job with plenty of responsibility and variety? How about better work life balance and no commute? If you think working in rural, regional or remote Australia is all about cows, quiet weekends and the CWA, you could be missing out on a lot.
Network like your Career Depends on it
Have you just written your 67th cover letter outlining why you would desperately love to work at (insert law firm name here)? Does the idea of your application sitting among hundreds of other brilliant law students’ CVs make you queasy? Like most law student applicants I have decent marks, but I am no legal savant. So how to get a job?
Ask Survive Law, Now With Added Democracy
Survive Law often receives questions about careers. We wanted to do something different so we put this latest query to our readers: “I’m a law grad who is working as a paralegal in a respected government agency. I’ve been offered a job as a lawyer at a small boutique, but I’ll need to take a substantial pay cut. What should I do? There’s probably no grad job for me here.”
Here’s what you guys had to say