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Working Hardly: Signs you were meant to be a Lawyer
Some people were just meant to be lawyers. But how did they know that law was their calling? Here are some tell tale signs that you were mea
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Survive Law
Mar 27, 20142 min read
Studying law ain’t what it used to be (and that’s okay)
Luckily for students today, much has changed in law schools over the past few decades. I spoke with retired barrister John Amor-Smith about
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Mar 22, 20143 min read
Why becoming a Crazy Cat Lady during Law School is Acceptable
If law school is turning you into a crazy cat lady, here are nine reasons why it’s okay. The fact that cats also have nine lives is purely c
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Survive Law
Mar 10, 20142 min read
Book Review: Effective Legal Writing: A Practical Guide
Legal writing can be baffling for first year law students. It’s almost like learning a new language! But trying to write like a lawyer does
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Survive Law
Feb 14, 20141 min read
You know you’re dating a law student when....
Happy Valentine’s Day, law school lovers! It’s not easy dating when you’re in law school, but what can be even harder at times, is dating a
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Survive Law
Feb 13, 20142 min read
Love and Law: Relationships from a Legal Perspective
Studying law is like moulding your mind into new shape. It’s now warped, and sees the world in a different way. Years of torts, land law, cr
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Survive Law
Feb 7, 20141 min read
The Law Student’s Creed
Should you choose to be a law student, May your university experiences be not unreasonable May you sleep well, eat well and socialise...
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Survive Law
Feb 6, 20142 min read
Working Hardly: Classic Cleaver Greene Quotes
Cleaver Greene is easily my favourite TV barrister. He’s dysfunctional, self-destructive, probably hasn’t paid his tax in years, and speaks
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Survive Law
Jan 30, 20143 min read
Working Hardly: The Wisdom of Jeff Winger
Jeff Winger from Community is one of those snarky TV lawyers who you somehow can’t help but love. So before we look at what we can learn fro
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Survive Law
Jan 27, 20142 min read
Wise Things Once said by Law Lecturers
Anyone who’s ever had the pleasure (or is it horror?) of reading through the mess that is my notes will know that I keep a running commentar
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Survive Law
Jan 25, 20142 min read
Australia’s Best Law Student Blogs 2014
Happy Australia Day, Survivors! It’s time for our annual list of our favourite Australian law student blogs…
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Survive Law
Jan 17, 20142 min read
Working Hardly: The Wisdom of Saul Goodman
If you’ve watched Breaking Bad, you’ll be familiar with Saul Goodman. Being a ‘criminal’ lawyer, Saul is perhaps not the character to model
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Survive Law
Jan 7, 20142 min read
Three Things I Learnt from Suits
I became a massive fan of Suits when I was still in high school. There is something about watching Harvey Specter that gives law students mo
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Survive Law
Dec 19, 20135 min read
Celebrities v the Law in 2013
From class actions to copyright disputes and defamation, it’s been another busy year for Tinseltown’s lawyers. Here are some of 2013’s celeb
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Survive Law
Oct 23, 20133 min read
Lawyer Stereotypes v Reality
In Rebel Wilson’s latest starring role on the sitcom Super Fun Night, the real life law graduate plays an uptight lawyer who adopts a new le
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Survive Law
Oct 23, 20132 min read
Confessions of a Procrastinator
In the words of the lyrical genius that is Rihanna – round and around and around and around we go. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, exam time...
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Survive Law
Oct 14, 20131 min read
Working Hardly: Procrastination Art
Have you ever found yourself doodling on your notebook in a lecture or making origami out of post-it notes and been struck by how artistic a
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Survive Law
Oct 10, 20134 min read
The 9 Stages of an All-Nighter
The due date that you fooled yourself into thinking was so far away is now mere hours away. You know it’s going to be a rough night...
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Survive Law
Sep 15, 20132 min read
Working Hardly: The Wisdom of Alan Shore
I’m not actually sure whether the wisdom of Alan Shore from Boston Legal can be practically applied to daily life as a lawyer, but a law fir
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Survive Law
Sep 1, 20133 min read
Working Hardly: Hilarious things said in Court
We’ve scoured the Internet and found some of the most hilarious, dry, witty and bizarre courtroom conversations. Enjoy! Mr. Wilson: The Magn
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