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Lawroscopes: June 2019 (Exam Edition)
Survive Law has taken the liberty of interpreting the stars so you don’t have to. Read our June edition of 2019 Lawroscopes and find out you
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Survive Law
Mar 7, 20173 min read
Why the library is your best friend and worst enemy
Any university student worth their salt has a relationship with the university library - albeit it may be a tumultuous one. There are times
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Survive Law
Dec 18, 20162 min read
How I Bounced Back From Failing a Unit
Receiving results after a hard and stressful exam period may validate the work you’ve done throughout semester. For others, it may be a mixt
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Survive Law
Jun 8, 20163 min read
Exam results feels
Exam season is here, guys and gals. It’s kinda like raspberry season in the sense that there is a lot of sourness and tears, but unfortunate
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Survive Law
May 3, 20162 min read
Why honesty is really the best policy
With essays coming at you left, right and centre, mid-semester exams happening and clerkship deadlines looming, life as a law student can se
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Survive Law
Mar 3, 20162 min read
Tips and Tricks to Improve Your Marks This Semester
Okay you got me, there’s absolutely no tricks or easy fixes to getting good marks at Law School. Work hard, turn up to lectures…you know the
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Survive Law
Oct 29, 20153 min read
5 signs you're headed for burnout
It’s that time of the semester where things are starting to get a bit too much. Exams are only a few weeks away and you’ve still got a whole
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Survive Law
Oct 6, 20152 min read
Paperless law schools
Law students should be sponsored by Apple considering the number of Macbooks you’ll find in any given lecture. The sound of the lecturer’s v
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Survive Law
Jul 1, 20152 min read
Failing: The Last Law School Taboo
The one thing we law students don't seem to talk about is failing. Let's face it, sometimes clever, educated, hard working students
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Survive Law
Jun 12, 20152 min read
The Law of Diminishing Marks
The law of diminishing marks says that the first few marks in an exam question are also the easiest to achieve. The further you wade into th
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Survive Law
May 19, 20154 min read
Using Flash Cards for Law Exam Revision
If it were possible, I would marry flash cards. I love them that much! Many of us used them in primary school to learn vocabulary and times
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Survive Law
May 5, 20153 min read
How to Make a Study Timetable for Exams
Uh-oh. It’s that time of semester. You’ve spent a little too much time watching re-runs of How I Met Your Mother and now exams are only...
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Survive Law
Dec 1, 20142 min read
Think you failed an exam?
There is nothing worse than walking out of an exam and having the feeling that you have just failed. Here are some handy tips for loosening
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Survive Law
Oct 22, 20145 min read
How to Study for a Closed Book Exam
I’m terrible at remembering names, and I’m even worse when it comes to numbers – and a closed book exam means memorising lots of case...
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Wenee Yap
Oct 14, 20144 min read
Advice from your Tutor: Law Exam Preparation and Technique
As the nightmare of late night study, spent pens and furiously tabbed notes draws to an end, spare a thought, if you will, for the person...
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Survive Law
Aug 25, 20141 min read
Meet the Juris Dogtor
He’s not quite a legal beagle, but a poodle by the name of Riley is one of the newest faces at Melbourne Law School. Nicknamed “The Juris Do
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Survive Law
Jun 30, 20142 min read
Dealing with Exam Failure
You emerge from the exam with a bad feeling in the pit of your stomach. The possibility of failure suddenly feels very real and imminent. Bu
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Survive Law
Jun 13, 20142 min read
Law Student Confessions for Exam Time
Exam time is known for sending students a bit loopy, but there are some students (ahem, law students) who are renowned for being significant
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Survive Law
Jun 5, 20143 min read
Law Exam Dos and Don’ts
When exam panic sets in, you might find yourself feeling a bit uncertain about how you should study or what you should do in the actual test
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Survive Law
May 28, 20144 min read
How to Stop Procrastinating
Although law students have a knack for legal things, our real talent is procrastination. We put things off until tomorrow, and if we can avo
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