Survive Law
Experiences in applying for a re-mark
When you’ve poured your blood, sweat and tears into an assignment, the last thing you want to see is a disappointing grade scrawled across t
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Survive Law
May 4, 20163 min read
The Low Down on NSW’s Proposed Privacy Laws
"Privacy, once lost, cannot be regained."- NSW Standing Committee on Law & Justice Recent technological advances are blurring
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Survive Law
Apr 29, 20162 min read
The five stages of sitting a law exam
So this is it: final exams. A time for reflection on the whirlwind introduction to whatever topsy-turvy law subject you're doing this...
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Survive Law
Apr 7, 20162 min read
Class Participation: In it to win it
Not all law units have a percentage of your mark set aside for your participation in tutorials (or seminars, as my university likes to call
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Raychel Plath
Mar 6, 20163 min read
Part-time law, Full-time procrastinator
Our resident part-time law student and full-time straight-talker, Raychel, dishes the dirt on what's really going on in a part-time stud
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Survive Law
Mar 3, 20162 min read
Tips and Tricks to Improve Your Marks This Semester
Okay you got me, there’s absolutely no tricks or easy fixes to getting good marks at Law School. Work hard, turn up to lectures…you know the
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Survive Law
Feb 22, 20163 min read
Straight Law: Not so straightforward
More law students are opting towards doing double degrees these days and there are several reasons for this. If you’re currently studying a
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Survive Law
Nov 18, 20152 min read
To summer school or not to summer school?
Is it nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous readings or forgo that sea of troubles for a few carefree months in t
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Survive Law
Nov 10, 20152 min read
Exam Templates 101
The law exam problem question is a necessary evil. These questions always involve a factual circumstance where you’re required to advise one
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Survive Law
Oct 6, 20152 min read
Paperless law schools
Law students should be sponsored by Apple considering the number of Macbooks you’ll find in any given lecture. The sound of the lecturer’s v
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Survive Law
Sep 24, 20153 min read
Finding your study soulmate: 7 lessons from your favourite rom-coms
Exams are approaching and romance is the in the air. From the time travelling affairs of past notes to the new friends you've met in thi
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Survive Law
Sep 11, 20154 min read
Six Study Hacks: Expectation v Reality
As a first year I’m very lucky to have more time than those further along to experiment with different study hacks. So when I found Life Hac
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Survive Law
Sep 7, 20153 min read
Writing Convincing Assignments: Critical Analysis Checklist
Whether it's a problem solving question or an essay, when it comes to law school assignments the real marks, the ones that take you from
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Survive Law
Sep 2, 20152 min read
Study in style: How to study for your learning type
Do you ever walk away from a massive study session feeling as though you didn’t actually accomplish anything or find that you’ve fallen asle
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Survive Law
Sep 1, 20153 min read
Word Count Woes: Writing to a Word Limit
The toughest thing about law assignments is the word count. Yep, it's even worse than footnoting. If you're WAY over the word count
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Survive Law
Aug 25, 20154 min read
Surviving Assessable Class Participation
Is there someone in your class who perfectly answers every question before your tutor even finishes asking it? Chances are you hate that guy
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Survive Law
Aug 7, 20153 min read
Lessons learnt from my first year of law school
Looking back at my first year of university, some things worked out great, but others not so much. Before diving into my second year, I trie
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Survive Law
Aug 4, 20153 min read
How to take great notes (and actually remember them)
After going into my contract law exam with only half my exam notes prepared and relying on printed lecture slides for the rest of the course
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Survive Law
Aug 3, 20152 min read
Mastering the Art of Advocacy
Advocacy can sometimes be seen as the arch enemy: we know we have to do it, but public speaking, especially speaking before a distinguished
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Survive Law
Jun 12, 20152 min read
The Law of Diminishing Marks
The law of diminishing marks says that the first few marks in an exam question are also the easiest to achieve. The further you wade into th
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