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Don’t be Mike Ross: Getting Admitted as a Lawyer

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Jun 10, 20143 min read

Don’t be Mike Ross: Getting Admitted as a Lawyer

It's admission time. Because we can't all be like Mike Ross, most of us will actually need to prove that we are admitted lawyers bef

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Survive Law

May 29, 20143 min read

Dealing with Penultimate Year Panic

Since your first year of law school most adults/lawyers/distant family members have probably been asking you “what do you want to do with yo

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I want your job: Q&A with Dominic Esposito, Suburban Lawyer

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May 13, 20143 min read

I want your job: Q&A with Dominic Esposito, Suburban Lawyer

Dominic Esposito is a sole practitioner in small firm in suburban Melbourne. After graduating he started work for a suburban practice dealin

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I Want Your Job: Q&A with Kate Phillips, Legal Officer, Attorney-General’s Department

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May 6, 20142 min read

I Want Your Job: Q&A with Kate Phillips, Legal Officer, Attorney-General’s Department

Kate Phillips graduated from the Australian National University in 2010. She began work as a paralegal at the Australian Capital Territory G

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Law Grad Employment: Hard Truths from a Managing Partner

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May 1, 20143 min read

Law Grad Employment: Hard Truths from a Managing Partner

Every year thousands of Australian law students graduate into a market which cannot absorb more than a fraction of them. Clearly there is a

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The Art of Advocacy: Twenty Tips for your First Court Appearance

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Apr 22, 20144 min read

The Art of Advocacy: Twenty Tips for your First Court Appearance

I have had the immense good fortune to work as a bench clerk for numerous Magistrates hearing thousands of cases across the summary jurisdic

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Survive Law

Apr 21, 20143 min read

Work Experience Ideas for First Years

You’ve most likely heard the worrying news that now is one of the toughest times in recent history to be searching for a graduate legal job.

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Transitioning from Law School to Law Firm: Q&A with Chris Hargreaves, Senior Associate

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Apr 17, 20144 min read

Transitioning from Law School to Law Firm: Q&A with Chris Hargreaves, Senior Associate

Chris Hargreaves started his legal career as a clerk in a small law firm, before being admitted as a lawyer in 2005. He now works as a Senio

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Survive Law

Apr 15, 20143 min read

My First Work Experience Experience

I was in the passenger seat of my friend’s car when I got the phone call telling me my application for work experience at a volunteer legal

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I Want Your Job: Q&A with Alan Farrar, Estate Planning Lawyer

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Apr 11, 20143 min read

I Want Your Job: Q&A with Alan Farrar, Estate Planning Lawyer

After completing his law degree, Alan Farrar spent two years working in a suburban practice before pursing a non-legal career in business fo

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I want your job: Q&A with Michael Gleeson, Barrister

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Mar 31, 20143 min read

I want your job: Q&A with Michael Gleeson, Barrister

Michael Gleeson has a pretty interesting backstory. Originally from Manchester, Michael is qualified as a barrister in both England and Aust

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My Volunteer Experience with the Environmental Defenders Office

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Mar 25, 20142 min read

My Volunteer Experience with the Environmental Defenders Office

From about half-way through my first year of law I was sure that I wanted a career in environmental law. I’d heard a lot about the Environme

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I want your job: Q&A with Tony French, Notary Public

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Mar 20, 20142 min read

I want your job: Q&A with Tony French, Notary Public

Tony French is a sole practitioner from Melbourne who specialises in property, wills and estates and notarial work. Tony spoke to Survive La

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Five weeks in The Kimberley: My Native Title Internship with the Aurora Project

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Mar 19, 20143 min read

Five weeks in The Kimberley: My Native Title Internship with the Aurora Project

Fluorescent green foliage, rusty red soil, blackened tree trunks, massive burnt orange rock cliffs, waterfalls, natural pools, gorges, long

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Kick Starting your Legal Career in First Year

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Mar 6, 20142 min read

Kick Starting your Legal Career in First Year

Don’t let your year level discourage you from getting involved in the legal industry early. There are plenty of ways to wade into the ocean

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Summer Intern Diary: Gram Morris, NSW Law Reform Commission

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Feb 28, 20143 min read

Summer Intern Diary: Gram Morris, NSW Law Reform Commission

Dear Intern Diary, It’s day two of my internship and I’ve somehow convinced myself that I have an acquired brain injury. No matter how many

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Summer Intern Diary: Zoee Bradley, Shine Lawyers

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Feb 19, 20143 min read

Summer Intern Diary: Zoee Bradley, Shine Lawyers

I walked into the shiny foyer full of trepidation. Impressively dressed men and women waltzed into the elevators with a sense of purpose. Th

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Summer Clerk Diary: Laura Simonds, Norton Rose Fulbright

Survive Law

Feb 12, 20142 min read

Summer Clerk Diary: Laura Simonds, Norton Rose Fulbright

After countless alterations to my CV, filing online applications, and sitting in several interview rooms, I was fortunate enough to walk int

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Summer Intern Diary: Cameron Ritchie, Hewlett-Packard

Survive Law

Feb 6, 20143 min read

Summer Intern Diary: Cameron Ritchie, Hewlett-Packard

My Hewlett-Packard internship is unlike any other I’ve experienced, or heard of, in many ways. This internship introduced me to a very speci

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Survive Law

Feb 5, 20143 min read

Is Working in Family Law for me?

After I finished law school, I decided to do a PLT placement in a family law firm, as it was an area that I hadn’t studied but wanted to try

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