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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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