Marie Hadley
Tips from your Tutor: 10 Ways to Improve your Problem Solving Assignment
As a marker, I’ve noticed that students of all year levels tend to make the same types of mistakes when it comes to answering hypothetical q
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Survive Law
Aug 7, 20142 min read
Tips for Writing a Reflective Assignment
Reflective assignments: you either love them or loathe them. I fall into the second category. When I received my first reflective assignment
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Jul 30, 20142 min read
Which Learning Type am I?
Understanding the different learning styles and figuring out which one best suits you will allow you to tailor the material to your needs an
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Jul 16, 20143 min read
How to Speed Read
The first thing we all noticed about law school was the readings: hundreds of pages that take hours to get through each week. What if you co
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Jun 5, 20143 min read
Law Exam Dos and Don’ts
When exam panic sets in, you might find yourself feeling a bit uncertain about how you should study or what you should do in the actual test
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Jun 4, 20143 min read
Exam Countdown: Making the most of the Last 24 Hours
I’d be lying if I said that I’ve never crammed the night before or on the day of an exam. Sometimes you get lucky and end up with glowing...
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May 28, 20144 min read
How to Stop Procrastinating
Although law students have a knack for legal things, our real talent is procrastination. We put things off until tomorrow, and if we can avo
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May 20, 20143 min read
Study Group Rules
It is my personal opinion that going through law school is impossible without our baby lawyer companions by our side. I find nothing more da
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May 5, 20143 min read
How to Make an Exam Answer Template
Because exams are just over a month away, here are some tips to help you make an awesome answer template...
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Apr 14, 20143 min read
Five Tips for Writing Awesome Assignments
We have come to the time of semester where most students are planning on getting their assignments under control before the downhill run to
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Apr 11, 20142 min read
My Oxford University Experience
To be honest, there aren’t many things that would persuade me to spend my holidays at university, but the chance to study at Oxford Universi
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Apr 8, 20143 min read
How to Find the Ratio Decidendi
Finding the ratio decidendi of a case has to be one of the trickiest skills to master at law school.
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Apr 8, 20142 min read
See You in Court: Why Court Visits are a must for Law Students
Being in law school sometimes leaves you feeling a bit removed from what you are actually working towards. Maybe that’s why we love watching
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Apr 7, 20143 min read
Academic Kidnapping: Plagiarism and how to Avoid it
Plagiarism. The wrongful appropriation of another author’s words, thoughts, ideas or expressions and the representation of them as your own
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Mar 28, 20142 min read
Referencing Tips
Challenging assignments are the norm in law school, and we can’t afford to be losing marks over something as simple as referencing. Every co
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Feb 23, 20142 min read
Off to a Good Start: Staying on Track in the New Academic Year
We all start the new academic year with ambitious goals. We tell ourselves that we will do all of the weekly readings, prepare for seminars
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Nov 20, 20133 min read
Read like a Lawyer: Strategies for Reading more Effectively
If you're anything like me, you enjoy being captivated and drawn into the world of a good book and although some cases can be just as ca
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Oct 22, 20132 min read
Avoiding Accidental Plagiarism
With so many assignments to do each semester, it’s easy for all those resources to get into a funky mess if you don't keep them in check
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Oct 17, 20132 min read
Tips for Improving your Concentration
We all know how it goes. You sit down at your desk, open your subject guide and tell yourself, “I am going to do all my readings, write that
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Oct 13, 20132 min read
Surviving a Terrible Exam Timetable
It's halfway through the semester. If you're the average law student, you're probably a bit behind on the readings, you have bar
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