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My Volunteer Experience with the Environmental Defenders Office

Survive Law

Mar 25, 20142 min read

My Volunteer Experience with the Environmental Defenders Office

From about half-way through my first year of law I was sure that I wanted a career in environmental law. I’d heard a lot about the Environme

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I want your job: Q&A with Tony French, Notary Public

Survive Law

Mar 20, 20142 min read

I want your job: Q&A with Tony French, Notary Public

Tony French is a sole practitioner from Melbourne who specialises in property, wills and estates and notarial work. Tony spoke to Survive La

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Five weeks in The Kimberley: My Native Title Internship with the Aurora Project

Survive Law

Mar 19, 20143 min read

Five weeks in The Kimberley: My Native Title Internship with the Aurora Project

Fluorescent green foliage, rusty red soil, blackened tree trunks, massive burnt orange rock cliffs, waterfalls, natural pools, gorges, long

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Kick Starting your Legal Career in First Year

Survive Law

Mar 6, 20142 min read

Kick Starting your Legal Career in First Year

Don’t let your year level discourage you from getting involved in the legal industry early. There are plenty of ways to wade into the ocean

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Summer Intern Diary: Gram Morris, NSW Law Reform Commission

Survive Law

Feb 28, 20143 min read

Summer Intern Diary: Gram Morris, NSW Law Reform Commission

Dear Intern Diary, It’s day two of my internship and I’ve somehow convinced myself that I have an acquired brain injury. No matter how many

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Summer Intern Diary: Zoee Bradley, Shine Lawyers

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Feb 19, 20143 min read

Summer Intern Diary: Zoee Bradley, Shine Lawyers

I walked into the shiny foyer full of trepidation. Impressively dressed men and women waltzed into the elevators with a sense of purpose. Th

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Summer Intern Diary: Cameron Ritchie, Hewlett-Packard

Survive Law

Feb 6, 20143 min read

Summer Intern Diary: Cameron Ritchie, Hewlett-Packard

My Hewlett-Packard internship is unlike any other I’ve experienced, or heard of, in many ways. This internship introduced me to a very speci

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Survive Law

Feb 5, 20143 min read

Is Working in Family Law for me?

After I finished law school, I decided to do a PLT placement in a family law firm, as it was an area that I hadn’t studied but wanted to try

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Summer Clerk Diary: Ashleigh Alt, McCullough Robertson

Survive Law

Jan 29, 20143 min read

Summer Clerk Diary: Ashleigh Alt, McCullough Robertson

Clerkship season is here again, and summer clerks across Australia will be sharing their work experiences in Survive Law’s annual Summer Cle

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Escape the City: Is Country Lawyering for Me?

Survive Law

Dec 12, 20133 min read

Escape the City: Is Country Lawyering for Me?

Like many law students, I spend a lot of time thinking about what I want to do with my degree. Do I want to practice? If I do, do I want to

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Survive Law

Nov 25, 20133 min read

Life as a Country Lawyer

This year I’ve had the opportunity to do some work experience in Grafton with a solicitor who works as a sole practitioner. There’s a lot th

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Staying Motivated while Looking for Work Experience in a Bad Job Market

Survive Law

Nov 16, 20132 min read

Staying Motivated while Looking for Work Experience in a Bad Job Market

At a time when so many law students are struggling to find any kind of legal experience, it is hard not to become disheartened… or to fall i

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I want your Job: Interview with Juliet Akello, Wyndham Legal Service

Survive Law

Nov 7, 20133 min read

I want your Job: Interview with Juliet Akello, Wyndham Legal Service

During my time as a community legal centre volunteer, I have been fortunate enough to work with an inspiring young lawyer from Wyndham Legal

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Distinguishing between Competitive and High Achieving Law Students

Survive Law

Oct 21, 20133 min read

Distinguishing between Competitive and High Achieving Law Students

We often assume that the students who are ultra competitive are also the high achievers. I'm here today to challenge that misconception:

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Getting Work Experience in the Law when you’re Working Full Time

Survive Law

Sep 30, 20132 min read

Getting Work Experience in the Law when you’re Working Full Time

If you’re working full time, taking a few months off from your job for a legal internship probably isn’t really an option, but getting work

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A Day in the Life of a Circuit Court in Remote Australia

Survive Law

Sep 16, 20132 min read

A Day in the Life of a Circuit Court in Remote Australia

Early in the morning, a convoy of lawyers, corrections staff, bailiffs, Aboriginal liaison officers, interpreters, registrars, victim’s advo

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Now what? Starting my Career in a Bad Job Market

Survive Law

Sep 13, 20133 min read

Now what? Starting my Career in a Bad Job Market

I sometimes find it useful to start at the beginning. I wouldn’t say that my entry into the legal profession was unorthodox; it just wasn’t

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Survive Law

Sep 10, 20132 min read

How to Follow up a Job Application

You slave away over your CV until you finally submit the perfect application for your dream job. But then there's silence. Days and then

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Getting the Graduate Job if you Missed out on a Clerkship: Interview with An Vo

Survive Law

Aug 29, 20132 min read

Getting the Graduate Job if you Missed out on a Clerkship: Interview with An Vo

When he applied for clerkships in his penultimate year of law school, An Vo, like many others, was unsuccessful. Now working as a lawyer in

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Survive Law

Aug 26, 20132 min read

Volunteering at Legal Aid

Volunteering in the community legal sector is an experience every law student should have, but what’s it really like? Here’s a rundown from

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