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I want your job: Interview with Peter Michie, Prosecutor turned Scuba Diving Entrepreneur

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Aug 31, 20123 min read

I want your job: Interview with Peter Michie, Prosecutor turned Scuba Diving Entrepreneur

“Something you do on the weekend can be like a dream and you think, I wonder if that could ever be a full time reality?” says Peter Michie,

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Behind the News: The Life of a Law Grad in Journalism

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Aug 30, 20123 min read

Behind the News: The Life of a Law Grad in Journalism

It was about 9pm when I received a call that someone had been shot. It was the second time I’d received such a call, both just minutes befor

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Litigation to Liturgy: Interview with Reverend Father Matthew Attia, Lawyer turned Priest

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Aug 30, 20122 min read

Litigation to Liturgy: Interview with Reverend Father Matthew Attia, Lawyer turned Priest

Religion and the law often seem to be two quite distinct and divorced categories in life. But this wasn’t the case for Reverend Father Matth

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You’re Hired! Careers in Legal Recruitment

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Aug 28, 20123 min read

You’re Hired! Careers in Legal Recruitment

We toil away our law school lives (ostensibly) towards the goal of becoming a lawyer, studying hard to hopefully end up a heroic legal icono

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Interning with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

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Aug 21, 20124 min read

Interning with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Last year the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Strasbourg, France received its first Australian intern. That l

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Using your Law Degree to Get a Non-Law Career

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Aug 20, 20123 min read

Using your Law Degree to Get a Non-Law Career

If you’ve been thinking about taking an alternative career path at the end of uni, you’re probably wondering what potential employers will m

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Aug 17, 20122 min read

Musical Lawyers and Lawyerly Musicians

Music and the law, two disciplines (dare I say art forms?) about as far afield from one another as it’s possible to be. OR ARE THEY? Let’s i

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Aug 15, 20122 min read

Lawyers turned Comedians

As a fourth year law student, I've come to expect the inevitable lawyer joke when I tell people what I am study.

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I want your job: Interview with Lachlan Ball, Social Entrepreneur

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Aug 10, 20123 min read

I want your job: Interview with Lachlan Ball, Social Entrepreneur

“I got the marks and thought it would be really interesting,” says University of Technology, Sydney student Lachlan Ball of his decision to

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I want your job: Interview with Adam Liaw, Lawyer turned MasterChef

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Aug 9, 20123 min read

I want your job: Interview with Adam Liaw, Lawyer turned MasterChef

It’s hard to describe Adam Liaw in a few words. So I’ll try by excessive hyphenation. Everybody remembers the over-achieving, ridiculously-g

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Aug 6, 20122 min read

Law Graduates in Politics

Is it just me, or are there a lot of law graduates in politics? Maybe it’s because you can’t read statutes for three to five years without w

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Aug 3, 20122 min read

The Art of Law: Lawyers Turned Artists

Admittedly, law and fine arts don’t sound like very compatible interests. How could a brain that masterfully analyses cases and legislation

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Aug 2, 20122 min read

Starting a Career in Academia

This time last year I was applying for summer clerkships. I didn’t know what area of law I wanted to practice in, but I was sure that I woul

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Legal Fictions: Why do so many lawyers become writers?

Wenee Yap

Aug 1, 20124 min read

Legal Fictions: Why do so many lawyers become writers?

The writer/lawyer crossover is about as common as your Hollywood singer/actress. What compels us, the legally trained and pessimistically mi

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Aug 1, 20122 min read

August is Alternative Careers Month

It won’t come as any surprise to you that not all law students end up as lawyers. What might surprise you is what they do instead. This mont

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Work Experience with Queensland’s Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions

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Jul 20, 20123 min read

Work Experience with Queensland’s Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions

I knew I wanted to be a public prosecutor from an early age, and since starting law I frequently stalked the Office of Public Prosecutions i

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Jul 10, 20123 min read

What if I don’t like my clerkship?

So, through some slight exaggerations on your resume, a fluke or strange planetary alignment, you've landed a clerkship. Everyone congra

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Jun 29, 20122 min read

Clerkship Alternatives

If a clerkship isn't your thing, there are plenty of different work experience opportunities that can be just as valuable. Here are my t

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The A-Z of Clerkship Applications and Interviews

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Jun 18, 20123 min read

The A-Z of Clerkship Applications and Interviews

Keen to apply for a clerkship but unsure about how to get started? This nifty A-Z guide is for you… Applications should be succinct,...

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Six Reasons to Volunteer at a Community Legal Centre

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Jun 13, 20123 min read

Six Reasons to Volunteer at a Community Legal Centre

Community Legal Centres want you! Volunteering might seem hard while you’re juggling a hectic uni schedule, but it can also be a rewarding e

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