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Review: Workplace Bullying
Survive Law's Jess Awad dishes the dirt on LexisNexis' take on Workplace Bullying. For those of you interested in gaining a broader
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Survive Law
May 26, 20162 min read
Competitiveness: a race to the end
Sometimes I feel like an energizer bunny – it’s a race to the end! With exams and clerkships coming up, the pressure is getting real. I get
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Survive Law
Apr 5, 20162 min read
Profile: Robyn Bradey on Law and Mental Health
Survive Law first encountered social worker and mental health expert, Robyn Bradey, at College of Law's Wellness Forum. We caught up wit
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Survive Law
Apr 5, 20162 min read
Returning to law after 2 and half year hiatus
I’m back. After a two and a half years, I’m calling myself a Law Student once more. I’ve returned to the land of ‘but fors’ and double negat
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Survive Law
Jan 20, 20162 min read
Law degree: You v Negativity
I’m sure by now you’ve heard the news that Law is the new Arts. Law, what is it good for? Absolutely nothing!
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Survive Law
Dec 21, 20152 min read
How to keep things in perspective
During law school, it is very easy to feel overwhelmed when trying to learn about complex areas of law, perfecting clerkship applications, p
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Survive Law
Oct 29, 20153 min read
5 signs you're headed for burnout
It’s that time of the semester where things are starting to get a bit too much. Exams are only a few weeks away and you’ve still got a whole
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Survive Law
Oct 26, 20152 min read
Controlling mental monsters
‘It’s too difficult’. ‘I’m not smart enough’. ‘Everybody hates me’. Do any of these thoughts sound familiar? Psychologists call these types
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Survive Law
Oct 21, 20154 min read
The 8 Times Law School Sucked – And How to Survive
You deserve a medal for getting through law school. Now before everyone rolls their eyes, take a minute to admit that law school can be down
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Survive Law
Oct 12, 20153 min read
The lowdown on downtime
As law students we receive a wealth of advice when it comes to study skills, revision techniques and exam prep. We emerge from our degree wi
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Survive Law
Oct 2, 20152 min read
The Wellness Doctrines
As law students, we put a lot of pressure on ourselves. Pressure to do well, pressure to work hard and pressure to look good doing it. And n
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Survive Law
Sep 29, 20153 min read
Coping with mid-sem mayhem
Mid-semester break, a magical week of no classes. A time when you can catch up on missed lectures, sleep in, and finish off the...
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Survive Law
Aug 21, 20152 min read
Five tips for staying motivated during your degree
In my first year, I was enthusiastic – almost ecstatic – about starting my five-year double degree. Keen and eager, I sped through readings,
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Survive Law
Aug 20, 20152 min read
Tips for a better semester
The time has come to hit our 1,429 page constitutional law textbooks or whatever weighty volume you’ve been blessed with this semester. You’
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Survive Law
Jul 17, 20152 min read
Eat, Sleep, Law, Repeat: Caring for Yourself in Law School
I once heard that law school was “a marathon, not a sprint”, but now that I'm in my fourth year, I’ve found that studying law is more li
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Survive Law
Apr 22, 20153 min read
How to get your Motivation Back
You were so keen at the start of semester, so motivated. Somewhere along the line that fizzled out, and you could really use some motivation
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Survive Law
Apr 1, 20152 min read
Your mental health matters
I found myself at a party one evening speaking to a friend’s dad who is a barrister. I told him of my interests and explained that someone r
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Survive Law
Nov 4, 20145 min read
Tips for Being a Happier Law Student (With some useful stuff about life, law school and goats)
In case you hadn't noticed (you had), law school is a pain in neck. A very rewarding, fulfilling, ego stroking, pain in the neck, but a
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Survive Law
Oct 27, 20143 min read
Eat your way to Great Marks: Exam Time Nutrition
During these frantic weeks before exams, everything that doesn’t directly relate to trying to understand hearsay or the Tasmanian Dam case g
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Survive Law
Oct 15, 20143 min read
Managing Your Mental Health in Law School
Our lecturers and tutors regularly remind us that depression and anxiety are more prevalent among law students and lawyers than in any other
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