Working Hardly: Random Facts about the Gavel
The iconic hammer of justice seems ubiquitous in pop culture. Every time I watch a crime show, there’s an exasperated judge shouting “Order! Order!” and banging their gavel. Despite this, little is known about the enigmatic mallet of the law.
Laughworthy Latin
Many a law student will remember having to spend vast amounts of time in first year memorising Latin maxims. We’ll post a guide to basic Legal Latin when semester starts, but in the meantime, here’s some useful Latin phrases you won’t learn at law school…
The Wisdom of Judge Judy
To commemorate fifteen years of The Judge Judy Show having entertained bored law students everywhere, we at Survive Law have unearthed fifteen of her most memorable quotations…
Why Law Students Should Blog
Yesterday we published our first-ever annual list of Australia’s Best Law Student Blogs. To prepare the list, we set out across the interwebz in search of fantastic blawgs (law blogs). We unearthed some fantastic blogs, but also quickly learned that naming a top ten would be hard. There were scarcely ten blogs out there. This needs fixing.
Australia’s Best Law Student Blogs
Happy Australia Day, Survivors! To celebrate, we’ve scoured the net for Australia’s best law student blogs (aka blawgs). From late nights and case notes, to High Court judgments and last-minute assignments, there sure is a lot to write about!
Party Games for Law Students
We only have a few weeks of holidays left so it’s time to throw a party and catch up with your law friends before they all disappear under a mountain of cases. All good parties have games, but some common party games need a bit of a makeover…