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Summer Clerk Diary: Dave Barton, Corrs Chambers Westgarth

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Feb 24, 20122 min read

Summer Clerk Diary: Dave Barton, Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Despite having several years’ experience working full-time, I wasn’t sure what to expect from a clerkship at a commercial law firm. Everyone

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Summer Clerk Diary: Eva Lee, Minter Ellison

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Feb 20, 20123 min read

Summer Clerk Diary: Eva Lee, Minter Ellison

UNSW law student Eva Lee spent her summer clerking with Minter Ellison in Sydney and discovered that there is more to a clerkship than meets

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Summer Clerk Diary: Aman Gaur, Australian Government Solicitor

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Feb 20, 20122 min read

Summer Clerk Diary: Aman Gaur, Australian Government Solicitor

Aman Gaur is studying law and economics at Australian National University and spent his summer clerking with the Australian Government Solic

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Summer Clerk Diary: Mihilini Fernando, Maddocks

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Feb 17, 20122 min read

Summer Clerk Diary: Mihilini Fernando, Maddocks

Monash law student Mihilini Fernando has spent the break clerking at Maddocks. Here’s her take on the clerkship experience… As I took my fir

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Summer Clerk Diary: Laura McDonnell, Lander & Rogers

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Feb 15, 20123 min read

Summer Clerk Diary: Laura McDonnell, Lander & Rogers

Today’s summer clerk diary is by Deakin University Arts/Law student Laura McDonnell, who shares her experience at Lander & Rogers Lawyer

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Summer Clerk Diary: Sarah Moore and Wendy Ooi, Moores Legal

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Feb 14, 20123 min read

Summer Clerk Diary: Sarah Moore and Wendy Ooi, Moores Legal

Clerkships provide fantastic holiday work experience, but what happens afterwards? Melbourne University Law student Wendy Ooi and law gradua

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Feb 10, 20122 min read

Why I Love Community Legal Work

When I started my law degree three years ago, I had recently returned from living my life as a ‘hippy’ in Latin America. I knew from my exp

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Taking an Alternative Career Path: Academia

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Feb 9, 20122 min read

Taking an Alternative Career Path: Academia

I completed my law degree in December. In my last semester I could not find the floor of my room and had not left the house in ages – I thou

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Summer Clerk Diary: Sophie Barrow, DibbsBarker

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Feb 8, 20122 min read

Summer Clerk Diary: Sophie Barrow, DibbsBarker

Sydney University arts law student Sophie Barrow is another clerk who traded her summer in the sun (well, what little sun there was) for the

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Summer Clerk Diary: Sam Elder, Hunt & Hunt Lawyers

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Feb 6, 20123 min read

Summer Clerk Diary: Sam Elder, Hunt & Hunt Lawyers

University of Melbourne juris doctor student Sam Elder spent his summer clerking with Hunt & Hunt Lawyers. Here is Sam’s take on the sum

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I Want Your Job: Interview with Ossian Elkington, Australian Human Rights Commission

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Feb 4, 20122 min read

I Want Your Job: Interview with Ossian Elkington, Australian Human Rights Commission

Ossian Elkington. JD graduate, former Irish Bachelor of the Year contender, mixed martial arts aficionado, and the man who landed the job so

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Summer Clerk Diary: Jacinta Bishop and Rachel Kong, Marque Lawyers

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Feb 2, 20123 min read

Summer Clerk Diary: Jacinta Bishop and Rachel Kong, Marque Lawyers

The next instalment in our summer clerkship diary series comes from the clerks at Marque Lawyers. Jacinta Bishop, a juris doctor student fro

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A Sporting Chance: Considering a Career in Sports Law

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Jan 30, 20127 min read

A Sporting Chance: Considering a Career in Sports Law

The field of sports law is seldom discussed and little understood. It is certainly not a topic mentioned alongside the likes of corporate la

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The Indecisive Law Graduate’s First Year out of Law School

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Jan 9, 20122 min read

The Indecisive Law Graduate’s First Year out of Law School

It’s just over a year since I finished my law degree. At the time I had no idea what I was going to do with my life, but one thing was certa

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Finding (and Surviving) a Graduate Job Overseas

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Jan 6, 20123 min read

Finding (and Surviving) a Graduate Job Overseas

There is no denying it, there is a certain allure to working as an international lawyer. The perks are numerous: bigger pay-cheques, a new c

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You Don’t Need a Commerce Degree to be a Commercial Lawyer

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Nov 17, 20114 min read

You Don’t Need a Commerce Degree to be a Commercial Lawyer

It’s a common belief among law students that if you want to work in a corporate law firm, a commerce, business or economics degree is a huge

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Nov 12, 20113 min read

To Specialise or not to Specialise?

A long time ago studying law meant learning every law that existed in your jurisdiction. These days there are too many statutes for that, an

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Nov 1, 20114 min read

Things I wish I’d known at law school

Law school doesn’t teach you everything you need to know for your future career. We asked Mallesons lawyers around the country, “What do you

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Oct 25, 20112 min read

A Day in the Life of a Paralegal

Being a paralegal isn’t all about interesting legal research and pushing trolleys of files to and from court. Like any role, it’s a job that

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I want your Internship: Interview with Jock Steel, UN Intern

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Oct 19, 20114 min read

I want your Internship: Interview with Jock Steel, UN Intern

If you’re interested in a career in international law, an internship is often a great way to get started. UTS JD student, Jock Steel, talks

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