Summer Clerk Diary: Sophie Barrow, DibbsBarker
Sydney University arts law student Sophie Barrow is another clerk who traded her summer in the sun (well, what little sun there was) for the chance to experience life in a law firm. Here is Sophie’s clerkship experience with DibbsBarker…...
Summer Clerk Diary: Sam Elder, Hunt & Hunt La...
University of Melbourne juris doctor student Sam Elder spent his summer clerking with Hunt & Hunt Lawyers. Here is Sam’s take on the summer clerk experience… (more…)
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....
Conference: The International Criminal Court, A Ten Year Review
Love international law and human rights? The Australian Human Rights Centre and the University of New South Wales will co-host a conference next month. Titled Justice for All? The International Criminal Court – A Ten Year Review, the conference will discuss the work and impact of the ICC in its first decade.
Working Hardly: Funny Law Quotes
Witty remarks and cutting criticisms about judges, lawyering and the pursuit of justice…
Survive Law is Looking for Australia’s Best Law Student Blogs
This month we’ll be publishing our first-ever list of Australia’s top ten law student blogs (we’re not sure that Australia actually has ten law student blogs, but we’re hoping it does). Tell us about your blawg (aka law blog) or nominate your friend’s site now!
What is Summer School Like?
I’m doing summer school at the moment. Yes, I’m inside read while my friends are at the beach, but it’s not all bad. Here’s my take on the pros and cons of summer school…
You know you’re a law student when…
Last weekend I found myself reading the Magna Carta. I had no commitments and certainly no reason to be reading a centuries-old piece of paper online. Only a law student would spend their lazy Sunday doing something like this. But the law student quirks don’t stop there.
You know you’re a law student when…
Getting Ready to Start Law School
Yay for you, you got into law school! All that hard work and study has paid off, now you get to go to university and work harder than you ever have before! Thankfully you still have a few weeks of sanity left before your brain wants to run away and never come back because you have abused it so badly.
We know obsessive organisation is part of your modus operandi, so what can you do to prepare for law school?
Intern with the Australian Law Reform Commission
If your new year’s resolution was to get some legal work experience, here’s your chance. The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) is currently accepting applications for Semester 1 legal internships.