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Survive Law
Jan 25, 20122 min read
Australia’s Best Law Student Blogs 2012
Happy Australia Day, Survivors! To celebrate, we’ve scoured the net for Australia’s best law student blogs (aka blawgs).
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Wenee Yap
Jan 24, 20124 min read
(Welcome to) the Year of Living Dangerously
So we’re entering yet another symbolic new leaf turning: Chinese New Year, 2012. The Year of the Water Dragon. Dragons, according to Chinese
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Survive Law
Jan 21, 20122 min read
Working Hardly: Funny Law Quotes
Witty remarks and cutting criticisms about judges, lawyering and the pursuit of justice… Good laws have their origins in bad morals. –Ambros
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Survive Law
Jan 13, 20122 min read
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 a
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Survive Law
Dec 22, 20112 min read
Last-Minute Christmas Gift Ideas for Law Students
This one is for the benefit of our parents, grandparents, siblings and significant others. If you have not done your Christmas gift buying f
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Survive Law
Dec 15, 20112 min read
Law Student Rites of Passage
There are certain moments in life that you will never forget; some are wonderful, others not so much. There are plenty of the ‘firsts’ that
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Survive Law
Dec 6, 20113 min read
Guinness (Legal) World Records
Guinness’ famous world records aren’t just about who has the world’s longest fingernails. Have you ever wondered who the oldest judge in the
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Survive Law
Dec 1, 20112 min read
Happy to Grumpy Law Student in 2.4 Seconds
It would be wrong to say law students are always an easy going group of people, but there are a few things that are guaranteed to tip even t
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Survive Law
Nov 22, 20111 min read
Exam-Inspired Haikus
Here at Survive Law, we know hundreds of ways to wile away the long hours of STUVAC. Our current procrastination method of choice is...
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Survive Law
Nov 14, 20112 min read
QUIZ: What does your pen say about you?
At the end of hours of hand-cramping exam torture or vigorous note taking, you come to realise how important finding the right pen is. But w
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Survive Law
Oct 30, 20111 min read
Things I’d rather do than study
I don’t know about you, but I’m just not in the study mood. My brain is of the impression that it has already learnt enough this semester an
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Survive Law
Oct 29, 20112 min read
Unique Law Student Abilities
So we may not be able to design bridges or perform complicated lab experiments, but there are plenty of incredible ‘super powers’ that are u
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Survive Law
Oct 20, 20111 min read
Lessons from Exam Insomnia Season
“Sleep is for the weak, not you,” a Newcastle Law Revue video told me once. Approaching law exams means extra late night study and bonus sle
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Survive Law
Oct 8, 20112 min read
The Eight Stages of Exam Preparation
For all our supposed intelligence, most law students struggle to learn from the mistakes of last exam preparation season. Even when we promi
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Survive Law
Oct 3, 20112 min read
Cockney Rhyming Slang for Legal Types
No law student likes wading through readings peppered with more than a few hithertos, herewiths and notwithstandings, but after an afternoon
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Survive Law
Sep 30, 20112 min read
Seven Wonders of the Law Student World
Sure, the world has wonders like the Great Pyramid of Giza, but the law student realm has its own. Although they’re no Hanging Gardens of Ba
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Survive Law
Sep 4, 20112 min read
Working Hardly: The Devil’s Dictionary for Legal Types
Some days this degree makes us feel a bit cynical, but that’s normal. But as cynical as law students get, none can surpass the master, Ambro
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Survive Law
Aug 21, 20111 min read
Working Hardly: 10 Things I won’t do when I’m a Lawyer
As law students we often talk about what we’ll do when we’re lawyers. But what won’t we do? When I become a lawyer, I solemnly swear that I
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Survive Law
Aug 20, 20112 min read
Working Hardly: Five Awesome Reasons to be a Judge
What lies at the end of your law-career rainbow? A Partnership? How about a seat at the bench? Being a judge is like being a rock star of th
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Survive Law
Dec 11, 20102 min read
Gift Buying for Law Students
Christmas and the holiday season are upon us, so this week we’ve put together a list of gifts for the law student or law student to be. If y
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