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Survive Law
Jul 2, 20132 min read
Reforming the Legal Profession: Yea or Nay?
As a Victorian lawyer who wants to practice across Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory, the idea of national regul
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Survive Law
Jun 20, 20132 min read
LinkedIn for Law Students
If you're already on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, throwing another social network into the mix shouldn't be difficult. After all
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Survive Law
Jun 16, 20132 min read
How to Find Holiday Work Experience… and do I even want it?
How do you find holiday work in the law - especially when you've never worked in the law before and every ad (even the entry-level ones)
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Survive Law
Jun 6, 20133 min read
To Lawyer, or not to Lawyer: Finding Alternative Roles in the Legal Industry
Unlike the law students who were lucky to have secured graduate legal employment, I was unfortunately watching the golden grad employment bo
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Survive Law
Apr 30, 20132 min read
Learning Client Interviewing
As a law student, at some point in the rapidly approaching future, you are probably going to deal with a real life client. Your first client
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Survive Law
Apr 15, 20134 min read
A Day in the Life of a Judge’s Associate
Ditching the textbooks for full time work is as magical as I ever could have imagined. I was fortunate enough to be appointed as a Judge'
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Survive Law
Apr 1, 20133 min read
Graduate Job Hunting… and Angry Birds
You thought that property law was the most horrific thing you had ever done, didn’t you? You thought that after 1,000 pages of equity and tr
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Survive Law
Mar 14, 20132 min read
Tips for your First ‘Serious’ Job
So you’ve got yourself a job. And I mean a job job. You’ve landed something that’s more than babysitting the neighbour’s kid or helping your
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Survive Law
Mar 10, 20133 min read
My Native Title Internship with The Aurora Project
For five weeks over my Christmas holidays in 2012, I undertook an Aurora Project internship at the North Queensland Land Council (NQLC) - th
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Survive Law
Feb 28, 20132 min read
Summer Clerk Diary: Bob Liang, Herbert Geer
I recently completed a summer clerkship at Herbert Geer in Sydney. I wasn’t sure what to expect, as this was my first exposure to commercial
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Survive Law
Feb 21, 20132 min read
A Day in the Life of a Junior Lawyer
6:30am: Alarm goes off. Hit snooze. Getting up and organised can wait for another half hour...
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Survive Law
Feb 20, 20132 min read
Summer Clerk Diary: Hamish McAvaney, Linklaters
In November/December 2012, I was lucky enough to travel to the UK to undertake a four-week clerkship with global law firm Linklaters in thei
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Survive Law
Feb 18, 20132 min read
Finding a Mentor in the Workplace
So you’ve finally graduated, found the job of your dreams and living the Boston Legal lifestyle that you thought would never happen. Well.
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Survive Law
Feb 15, 20132 min read
Confessions of a First Year Clerk
After my final exams, I was exhausted and ready to begin a long holiday filled with doing absolutely nothing. That was until an email arrive
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Survive Law
Feb 12, 20132 min read
Summer Intern Diary: Working in Human Rights in South Africa
In August last year I was selected to participate in the UNSW South Africa Human Rights Clinic. The program would involve travelling to Sout
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Survive Law
Feb 8, 20133 min read
Summer Clerk Diary: Jonathan Wilcox, The Benevolent Society
My summer clerkship at The Benevolent Society has given me an excellent insight into the demanding role of a General Counsel/Company Secreta
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Feb 5, 20132 min read
Summer Clerk Diary: Zohra Arbabzada, Champion Legal
I decided to apply for a summer clerkship with Champion Legal located in Parramatta, Western Sydney, because I really identified with the fi
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Survive Law
Jan 31, 20133 min read
Summer Clerk Diary: Alice Wang and Joshua Woo, Webb Henderson
We have been summer clerks at Webb Henderson’s Auckland office since November, and are loving every moment of the experience. Unlike some of
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Survive Law
Jan 29, 20133 min read
Summer Clerk Diary: Tori Grimshaw, King & Wood Mallesons
Arriving at the King & Wood Mallesons Sydney office, a summer clerk might expect to undertake a first task such as getting personally ac
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Survive Law
Jan 23, 20133 min read
Summer Clerk Diary: Isabella Dickson, Marque Lawyers
Sadly, I am not the Summer Clerk at Marquee Nightclub, as many believe I am, but at the crazy team of lawyers who make up this ever growing
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