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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
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
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 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
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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Survive Law
May 8, 20143 min read
Law School Blues
My first experience of depression happened at 16. Family and childhood issues from a young age had changed my cheerful, blissfully ignorant
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Survive Law
May 7, 20143 min read
Mental Health Resources for Law Students
Law as a profession has one of the highest rates of depression and anxiety of any occupation, and it all starts in law school. As law studen
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Survive Law
Apr 3, 20143 min read
Looking out for the Signs of Depression and Anxiety
We all know that being a law student can be stressful. However, when the demands of law school are combined with the general stresses of dai
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Survive Law
Oct 1, 20131 min read
Victoria Launches Foundation to Improve Lawyers' Mental Health
A new foundation will be working to improve the mental wellbeing of Victoria’s legal practitioners. Launched last month, the Wellbeing and t
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Survive Law
Sep 21, 20132 min read
Being a Law School Outcast
Countless online forums, note sharing websites and law societies are a testament to the notion that when it comes to law school ‘We’re All I
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Survive Law
Sep 11, 20132 min read
Law School a Major Factor in Student Stress: NZ Survey
More than 85% of New Zealand’s law students experience high levels of stress, and 95% of students say their legal studies are a direct or co
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Survive Law
Aug 27, 20132 min read
Why Seeing a Counsellor isn’t Scary
Whether you’re struggling with the stresses of law school, suffering from depression or dealing with the vicissitudes of life, it’s importan
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Survive Law
Aug 8, 20132 min read
Useful Apps for Law Students
Sure, some of us still enjoy hard copies of legislation, dictionaries and personal organisers, but there's nothing like the convenience
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Survive Law
Feb 12, 20132 min read
Why Yoga is Good for Law Students
Yoga, like the law, has been practiced for thousands of years. You’ve probably heard of it before and imagined super flexible types twisting
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Survive Law
Jan 24, 20132 min read
Stress Less: Why you should be Relaxing Right Now
Stress is no stranger to a law student, but it’s not our best friend either. That’s why the university break is so important (and so awesome
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Survive Law
Oct 31, 20122 min read
A Friend in Need: Depression and the Quiet Cry for Help
As exam time looms closer, anxieties in the law school community are running high. It doesn’t help that one of the common law student charac
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Survive Law
Jun 7, 20123 min read
Overwhelmed by Exams
The stresses of law school are most apparent in the lead up to exams. You feel run down, overwhelmed and pushed to breaking point, but you g
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Survive Law
Apr 17, 20122 min read
Working into the Ground
Law school often reminds me of the theory of natural selection - a survival of the fittest where the beneficial traits include an irrational
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Survive Law
Apr 16, 20123 min read
Mental Health and Students: A Working Solution?
The Sydney University Law Society recently hosted a panel-based discussion forum on the topic of how mental health issues amongst students,
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Survive Law
Apr 5, 20122 min read
How's the Serenity? Turn your weekend into a Power Break
As we approach the madness of mid-semester, most of us are wondering how to find work/life/study balance. Taking a few days off to relax wil
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