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Survive Law

Jan 19, 20172 min read

Book Review: Order in Court by David Osborne

Survive Law's Jess Awad ponders the ups and downs of life at the Bar from the perspective of an aspiring barrister. Ever wanted to know...

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Survive Law

Oct 4, 20162 min read

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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Review: Cybercrime: Legislation, Cases and Commentary

Survive Law

Mar 8, 20162 min read

Review: Cybercrime: Legislation, Cases and Commentary

Survive Law's Leanne Rogers dives into Greg Urbas's Cybercrime textbook to give you the scoop on crime's new frontier. Gregor Urbas’...

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Excerpt: Cybercrime (Gregor Urbas, LexisNexis)

Survive Law

Jan 12, 20161 min read

Excerpt: Cybercrime (Gregor Urbas, LexisNexis)

There aren't many of us who haven't imagined ourselves delivering an inspiring closing address worthy of Atticus Finch at the close of a...

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Book Review: Rumpole of the Bailey by John Mortimer

Survive Law

Sep 5, 20142 min read

Book Review: Rumpole of the Bailey by John Mortimer

Rumpole of the Bailey, written by John Mortimer, is a set of funny short stories adapted from a British television series of the same name.

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Book Review: Mastering Law Studies and Law Exam Techniques by Richard Krever

Survive Law

May 29, 20143 min read

Book Review: Mastering Law Studies and Law Exam Techniques by Richard Krever

If you ask a law student what type of assessment they prefer, there’s a good chance that they’ll favour an essay or problem solving assignme

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Book Review: Becoming a Lawyer by Michael Brogan and David Spencer

Survive Law

May 17, 20142 min read

Book Review: Becoming a Lawyer by Michael Brogan and David Spencer

If you’re currently buried in exam notes and textbooks – and let’s face it, most of us are – then you’re probably not in the mood to read a

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Book Review: Effective Legal Writing: A Practical Guide

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 27, 20143 min read

So you want to be a law student?

Starting law this year? On behalf of all current and past law students, I would like to take this opportunity to say a few words, or actuall

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Book Review: 101 Reasons to Kill all the Lawyers by Paul Brennan

Survive Law

Jul 27, 20132 min read

Book Review: 101 Reasons to Kill all the Lawyers by Paul Brennan

If you’ve had one of those weeks (or semesters) where you’ve found yourself thinking that this law caper is horribly dry and dull, 101 Reaso

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Working Hardly: A Book Review of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia

Survive Law

Jul 18, 20132 min read

Working Hardly: A Book Review of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia

Widely recognised as a ‘must-have’ on the bookshelf of any up-and-coming lawyer, the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia is an enc

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Book Review: Eugenia by Mark Tedeschi QC

Survive Law

Jun 22, 20132 min read

Book Review: Eugenia by Mark Tedeschi QC

In 1920, Harry Crawford was charged with the murder of his first wife, Annie. The sensational case captured the attention of the Australian

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Book Review: Emergency Sex (And Other Desperate Measures) by Kenneth Cain, Heidi Postlewait and Andr

Survive Law

Apr 20, 20133 min read

Book Review: Emergency Sex (And Other Desperate Measures) by Kenneth Cain, Heidi Postlewait and Andr

A doctor, a lawyer and a social worker walk into a war zone..

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Book Review: Michael Kirby: Law, Love & Life by Daryl Dellora

Marie Hadley

Mar 31, 20132 min read

Book Review: Michael Kirby: Law, Love & Life by Daryl Dellora

When I began writing this book review, I mulled over how I would do this book justice. Put simply, if you’re a Kirby fan you’ll relish every

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Book Review: Harry Curry, Counsel of Choice by Stuart Littlemore QC

Survive Law

Feb 10, 20132 min read

Book Review: Harry Curry, Counsel of Choice by Stuart Littlemore QC

We all know not to judge a book by its cover. However, as every law student also knows, the finding of loopholes and exceptions to the rule

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Book Review: Madame Prosecutor: Confrontations with Humanity’s Worst Criminals and the Culture of Im

Survive Law

Jan 12, 20132 min read

Book Review: Madame Prosecutor: Confrontations with Humanity’s Worst Criminals and the Culture of Im

“Putting war criminals behind bars depends on the will of men and women, and especially men and women of the bar, to challenge the assumptio

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Book Review: Kill All the Lawyers by Michael Bradley

Survive Law

Jan 6, 20132 min read

Book Review: Kill All the Lawyers by Michael Bradley

“We are an inevitable creation, like the prostitute and the priest.” Such is lawyer Michael Bradley’s amusing conclusion on the origins of l

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Book Review: Bleak House by Charles Dickens

Survive Law

Jan 5, 20132 min read

Book Review: Bleak House by Charles Dickens

“If all the injustice it [the Chancery] has committed, and all the misery it has caused, could only be locked up with it, and the whole burn

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Book Review: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Survive Law

Dec 15, 20122 min read

Book Review: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is one of those classic novels that everyone knows the name of, but not necessarily the story. Set in the

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Book Review: Crimes Against Humanity by Geoffrey Robertson QC

Survive Law

Nov 4, 20122 min read

Book Review: Crimes Against Humanity by Geoffrey Robertson QC

Geoffrey Robertson QC is well known in the legal world for his work on high-profile cases. He appears frequently in the European Court of Hu

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