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....
Youth for Peace International Law Competition
Registration for the seventh International Law Competition “Youth for Peace” is now open. The competition deals with issues arising from international armed conflict, with a particular focus on international humanitarian law, human rights law and public international law issues.
Summer Clerk Diary: Michael Hislop, Addisons
Ever wondered what it’s like to do a clerkship? We’re inviting clerks at firms across Australia to give us an insider’s view. Today Michael Hislop, a Juris Doctor student at the University of New South Wales, shares his summer clerkship experience at Addisons
Chicago’s Billy Flynn on How to be a Criminal Defense Lawyer
Billy Flynn, an unbeatable defense lawyer from 1920′s Chicago is the Hollywood lawyer. Men want to be him, ladies want to date him, and criminals want to pay him. Let’s face it, we all at some point wanted to be that lawyer: successful, charming, witty and extravagantly awesome in the courtroom.
So what can we learn from Billy Flynn about convincing a courtroom?
Book Review: A Private Life by Michael Kirby
Michael Kirby’s memoir, A Private Life: Fragments, memories, friends, has been on my reading list since it came out last year. A few weeks ago, I finally cracked the cover and ended up devouring it in less than a day. What can I say? I loved this book.
Unlucky in Law
With long summer days stretching endlessly before us, law students everywhere seem to have surfaced from under their large piles of notes. Gone is the luminous pale glow of our skin, gained from days and nights cramming in darkened rooms! Instead, most of us have reinvented ourselves as beach dwelling, nightclub frolicking, holiday loving party animals.
Well that’s unless you’re like me…
The Hipster Hypothesis (and Chihuahuas)
The Law is as bland as belly button lint on dry toast. My favourite flavour.
One thing that I’ve found rather amusing in my time as a law student is the reaction I get from other students upon hearing what course I do. After an initial reaction of “congratulations”, “that would be hard work” or “who are you and how did you get into my house?” the conversation almost always steers to the same question: “Wouldn’t that be boring?”
The Indecisive Law Graduate’s First Year out of Law School
It’s just over a year since I finished my law degree. At the time I had no idea what I was going to do with my life, but one thing was certain: I was definitely not going to be a lawyer, not for all the Freddo Frogs in the world.