Careers 7/13

Summer Clerk Diary: Ashleigh Alt, McCullough Robertson

Survive Law

Jan 29, 20143 min read

Summer Clerk Diary: Ashleigh Alt, McCullough Robertson

Clerkship season is here again, and summer clerks across Australia will be sharing their work experiences in Survive Law’s annual Summer Cle

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Escape the City: Is Country Lawyering for Me?

Survive Law

Dec 12, 20133 min read

Escape the City: Is Country Lawyering for Me?

Like many law students, I spend a lot of time thinking about what I want to do with my degree. Do I want to practice? If I do, do I want to

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Survive Law

Nov 25, 20133 min read

Life as a Country Lawyer

This year I’ve had the opportunity to do some work experience in Grafton with a solicitor who works as a sole practitioner. There’s a lot th

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Staying Motivated while Looking for Work Experience in a Bad Job Market

Survive Law

Nov 16, 20132 min read

Staying Motivated while Looking for Work Experience in a Bad Job Market

At a time when so many law students are struggling to find any kind of legal experience, it is hard not to become disheartened… or to fall i

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I want your Job: Interview with Juliet Akello, Wyndham Legal Service

Survive Law

Nov 7, 20133 min read

I want your Job: Interview with Juliet Akello, Wyndham Legal Service

During my time as a community legal centre volunteer, I have been fortunate enough to work with an inspiring young lawyer from Wyndham Legal

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Getting Work Experience in the Law when you’re Working Full Time

Survive Law

Sep 30, 20132 min read

Getting Work Experience in the Law when you’re Working Full Time

If you’re working full time, taking a few months off from your job for a legal internship probably isn’t really an option, but getting work

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A Day in the Life of a Circuit Court in Remote Australia

Survive Law

Sep 16, 20132 min read

A Day in the Life of a Circuit Court in Remote Australia

Early in the morning, a convoy of lawyers, corrections staff, bailiffs, Aboriginal liaison officers, interpreters, registrars, victim’s advo

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Now what? Starting my Career in a Bad Job Market

Survive Law

Sep 13, 20133 min read

Now what? Starting my Career in a Bad Job Market

I sometimes find it useful to start at the beginning. I wouldn’t say that my entry into the legal profession was unorthodox; it just wasn’t

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Survive Law

Sep 10, 20132 min read

How to Follow up a Job Application

You slave away over your CV until you finally submit the perfect application for your dream job. But then there's silence. Days and then

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Getting the Graduate Job if you Missed out on a Clerkship: Interview with An Vo

Survive Law

Aug 29, 20132 min read

Getting the Graduate Job if you Missed out on a Clerkship: Interview with An Vo

When he applied for clerkships in his penultimate year of law school, An Vo, like many others, was unsuccessful. Now working as a lawyer in

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Survive Law

Aug 26, 20132 min read

Volunteering at Legal Aid

Volunteering in the community legal sector is an experience every law student should have, but what’s it really like? Here’s a rundown from

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Survive Law

Aug 23, 20132 min read

Dealing with Clerkship Rejection

This can be a difficult time of year for penultimate year law students who’ve missed out on a clerkship. No one likes missing out, and even

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Why it’s Okay not to Apply for Clerkships

Survive Law

Aug 3, 20132 min read

Why it’s Okay not to Apply for Clerkships

Despite having my heart set on various other areas of law, I succumbed to peer pressure and applied to several firms, but I wish I had someo

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Survive Law

Aug 1, 20133 min read

How to Stand Out in the Job Market

“I’ll think about it later…” This is what I hear many students say when I ask them about their plans for after graduation. The idea of what

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Public Policy Reform, Hospitals and Soup: My Internship at the Grattan Institute

Survive Law

Jul 24, 20132 min read

Public Policy Reform, Hospitals and Soup: My Internship at the Grattan Institute

This winter break I was fortunate enough to spend five weeks interning at the Grattan Institute, which is a public policy think tank. The In

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Survive Law

Jul 23, 20133 min read

The World’s Weirdest Law Job Interview

Being a massive fan of Breaking Bad, I decided that my aspiration was to be just like (or working for someone like) Saul Goodman. You better

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Going Bush: Reasons to Start your Career in Rural Australia

Survive Law

Jul 16, 20132 min read

Going Bush: Reasons to Start your Career in Rural Australia

Although the current state of the jobs market means that most law graduates have to cast a wide net when making graduate applications, worki

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Survive Law

Jul 16, 20132 min read

How to Get a Government Job

Ever wanted to have the chance to work on policy development and change the ‘system’ from the inside? Working in government can be very rewa

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Celebs and Schmoozing to Studying Law: Q&A with Rebecca Halpin

Survive Law

Jul 13, 20133 min read

Celebs and Schmoozing to Studying Law: Q&A with Rebecca Halpin

Before law school, Rebecca Halpin worked in the hectic world of sports publicity. Now she’s swapped talent management, music festivals, film

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Survive Law

Jul 11, 20132 min read

Questions to Ask in a Job Interview

Although you've probably been practicing your answers to some common job interview questions, you'll also have an opportunity to ask

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