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Non-Legal Ideas for Legal Resumes
It’s no secret that legal employers are placing less emphasis on marks, and more on broad knowledge and curiosity. An obsession with commerc
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Survive Law
Oct 31, 20173 min read
How to Attack an Empty CV
If you're looking at your CV and feeling a little overwhelmed (or underwhelmed by what’s on it) there are few things you can try to beef
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Survive Law
Aug 2, 20173 min read
Finding a Job With No Legal Work Experience
Remember your first day of law school? You sauntered in with an air of confidence, swaggering over to your desk as if you were already Harve
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Survive Law
Mar 7, 20173 min read
Checklist for writing a professional email
Writing your first professional email can be daunting. It's a delicate balance between professionalism, politeness and - last but not le
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Survive Law
Feb 1, 20172 min read
Perspective: Working In-House
(The answer is no) During my time at law school, the firm environment was the career path predominantly discussed. Paralegal roles, clerkshi
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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
Aug 1, 20163 min read
5 Law Firm Insights to Read This Week
Once in a blue moon you log onto your LinkedIn, have a look at who's stalked you, add a few friends and mostly ignore your news feed...
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Survive Law
Jul 6, 20162 min read
What job ads say vs What they mean
1. Mail/courier management, You’ll be the one printing off all the incoming correspondence, or sorting the outgoing correspondence into enve
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Survive Law
Jun 22, 20162 min read
I don't want to be a conventional lawyer
“I’m Leanne, and I’m in my second last semester.” I announced to my first Property and Securities tutorial just a few weeks ago… “When I gra
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Survive Law
May 30, 20162 min read
The PaTH Programme: is it really for the better?
One of the initiatives that came out of the Budget 2016-17 was the Prepare-Trial-Hire (PaTH) Programme, designed to help young job-seekers m
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Survive Law
May 24, 20162 min read
Using legal skills outside the law
Like many before me, I defected from the legal world on completion of my law degree. Although I fretted constantly that I had wasted...
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Survive Law
May 19, 20163 min read
Community Legal Centres: Part #4 CLC Legend, Andrea Staunton
In the fourth installment for the CLC series, Jess Awad speaks to Andrea Staunton from the Peninsula Community Legal Centre about her experi
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Survive Law
May 13, 20164 min read
The Five Stages of Navigating Networking Events
Let’s set the scene – you’re dressed to impress, wearing your new suit and a very eager (if slightly apprehensive) expression, and it's
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Raychel Plath
Apr 20, 20163 min read
Gender Discrimination: Expectation vs Reality
Gender discrimination is always a hot topic, no matter what industry you're in. And we know that. But this is 2016! We have the vote, al
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Survive Law
Mar 30, 20163 min read
Interning at the Equality Branch
Holly spent her summer as an intern in the Equality Branch of the Department of Premier and Cabinet in the Victorian Government. Here she is
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Survive Law
Mar 21, 20163 min read
Community Legal Centres: Part #3 CLC Legend, Ria Shah
In the third installment for the CLC application series, Neeharika Maddula speaks to Ria Shah, an organiser and chief volunteer wrangler at
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Survive Law
Feb 25, 20165 min read
Community Legal Centres: Part #2 Interviews
In the second installment for the CLC application series, Stephanie Fiteni tells you exactly how to show that you've got the x-factor in
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Survive Law
Feb 22, 20163 min read
Community Legal Centres: Making your application stand out
Survive Law's resident CLC nerd, Carissa Gay, dishes the secrets to making your CLC application stand out from the crowd in a special tw
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Survive Law
Jan 30, 20163 min read
I want your job: Q & A with Sarah Lynch, CEO of BucketOrange
Why did you study Law? It’s a degree that teaches you how the world works. I’ve always had a strong interest in social justice and wanted to
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Survive Law
Jan 27, 20162 min read
Practicing after law school? Help!
One word: confounding. As I approached Internships and Clerkships, there was a sudden discord between how I thought the law profession would
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