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The Benefits of Working in a Small Law Firm

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Sep 27, 20122 min read

The Benefits of Working in a Small Law Firm

National law firms are often the first employers that come to mind. But the top end of town is not your only option. In fact, smaller firms

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Sep 20, 20122 min read

How to Become a Barrister

You might have heard rumours that there are two species of lawyer, solicitors and barristers. To explain the difference simply,...

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Sep 13, 20123 min read

How to get your First Law Job

Breaking into the legal industry is not the easiest thing to do, but once you're in (and have that all important experience) you'll

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Sep 10, 20124 min read

Behind the Scenes at Local Court

Courtrooms and courts are wondrous magical places where justice is served, the good guys win and gorgeous lawyers vigorously defend the righ

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Why you don’t need to do Law-Related Extra-Curricular Activities

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Sep 7, 20122 min read

Why you don’t need to do Law-Related Extra-Curricular Activities

We've all been told that mooting, witness examination competitions and peer mentoring look good on resumes. But what if you can't th

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Sep 4, 20124 min read

A Life in Law: Q&A with Julian Burnside

Joining the Victorian Bar in 1976 and taking Silk in 1989, Julian Burnside AO QC, has not only built a successful career in commercial litig

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I want your job: Interview with Peter Michie, Prosecutor turned Scuba Diving Entrepreneur

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Aug 31, 20123 min read

I want your job: Interview with Peter Michie, Prosecutor turned Scuba Diving Entrepreneur

“Something you do on the weekend can be like a dream and you think, I wonder if that could ever be a full time reality?” says Peter Michie,

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Behind the News: The Life of a Law Grad in Journalism

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Aug 30, 20123 min read

Behind the News: The Life of a Law Grad in Journalism

It was about 9pm when I received a call that someone had been shot. It was the second time I’d received such a call, both just minutes befor

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Litigation to Liturgy: Interview with Reverend Father Matthew Attia, Lawyer turned Priest

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Aug 30, 20122 min read

Litigation to Liturgy: Interview with Reverend Father Matthew Attia, Lawyer turned Priest

Religion and the law often seem to be two quite distinct and divorced categories in life. But this wasn’t the case for Reverend Father Matth

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You’re Hired! Careers in Legal Recruitment

Wenee Yap

Aug 28, 20123 min read

You’re Hired! Careers in Legal Recruitment

We toil away our law school lives (ostensibly) towards the goal of becoming a lawyer, studying hard to hopefully end up a heroic legal icono

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Interning with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

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Aug 21, 20124 min read

Interning with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Last year the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Strasbourg, France received its first Australian intern. That l

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Using your Law Degree to Get a Non-Law Career

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Aug 20, 20123 min read

Using your Law Degree to Get a Non-Law Career

If you’ve been thinking about taking an alternative career path at the end of uni, you’re probably wondering what potential employers will m

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Aug 17, 20122 min read

Musical Lawyers and Lawyerly Musicians

Music and the law, two disciplines (dare I say art forms?) about as far afield from one another as it’s possible to be. OR ARE THEY? Let’s i

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Aug 15, 20122 min read

Lawyers turned Comedians

As a fourth year law student, I've come to expect the inevitable lawyer joke when I tell people what I am study.

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I want your job: Interview with Lachlan Ball, Social Entrepreneur

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Aug 10, 20123 min read

I want your job: Interview with Lachlan Ball, Social Entrepreneur

“I got the marks and thought it would be really interesting,” says University of Technology, Sydney student Lachlan Ball of his decision to

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I want your job: Interview with Adam Liaw, Lawyer turned MasterChef

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Aug 9, 20123 min read

I want your job: Interview with Adam Liaw, Lawyer turned MasterChef

It’s hard to describe Adam Liaw in a few words. So I’ll try by excessive hyphenation. Everybody remembers the over-achieving, ridiculously-g

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Aug 6, 20122 min read

Law Graduates in Politics

Is it just me, or are there a lot of law graduates in politics? Maybe it’s because you can’t read statutes for three to five years without w

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Aug 3, 20122 min read

The Art of Law: Lawyers Turned Artists

Admittedly, law and fine arts don’t sound like very compatible interests. How could a brain that masterfully analyses cases and legislation

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Aug 2, 20122 min read

Starting a Career in Academia

This time last year I was applying for summer clerkships. I didn’t know what area of law I wanted to practice in, but I was sure that I woul

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Legal Fictions: Why do so many lawyers become writers?

Wenee Yap

Aug 1, 20124 min read

Legal Fictions: Why do so many lawyers become writers?

The writer/lawyer crossover is about as common as your Hollywood singer/actress. What compels us, the legally trained and pessimistically mi

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