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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
Jul 26, 20132 min read
Taking a Post-Uni Gap Year
One of my professors told me that the best time to be in university is when the economy is in recession. While there’s some debate about the
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Survive Law
Jun 6, 20131 min read
ANU Legal Workshop to Replace Wollongong Uni’s PLT
The University of Wollongong has chosen a course delivered by ANU Legal Workshop to replace its in-house practical legal training (PLT) prog
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Survive Law
Jun 6, 20133 min read
To Lawyer, or not to Lawyer: Finding Alternative Roles in the Legal Industry
Unlike the law students who were lucky to have secured graduate legal employment, I was unfortunately watching the golden grad employment bo
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Survive Law
Apr 24, 20133 min read
“I don’t know what to do with myself”: My Post-Law Life
I shudder as I see the flashing icon of a fellow law graduate pop up on my Facebook. Don’t get me wrong. I absolutely adore my fellow law al
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Survive Law
Apr 19, 20132 min read
Study v Work v Life: Learning Law, Postgrad Style
Just over three years ago I decided to apply to study law as a postgrad so I could pursue my passion for access to justice and be able to ad
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Survive Law
Apr 15, 20134 min read
A Day in the Life of a Judge’s Associate
Ditching the textbooks for full time work is as magical as I ever could have imagined. I was fortunate enough to be appointed as a Judge'
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Survive Law
Apr 1, 20133 min read
Graduate Job Hunting… and Angry Birds
You thought that property law was the most horrific thing you had ever done, didn’t you? You thought that after 1,000 pages of equity and tr
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Wenee Yap
Jan 7, 20132 min read
What Happened to the Law Graduates of the GFC?
November 2008. Recession was looming. Depression was threatening. The world, as always, was ending.
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Survive Law
Jan 2, 20131 min read
Life After Law School
Ask a first year student where they expect to be one year after law school and the answer might be “interning at the United Nations” or “wor
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Survive Law
Sep 18, 20122 min read
Five Things to do Before you Finish Law School
Going to law school is a unique and (hopefully) once in a lifetime experience. Here are five things you should do before you graduate from l
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Survive Law
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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Survive Law
Jul 11, 20122 min read
There’s no such thing as a ‘typical’ JD student
Us JD students are a random bunch. We come from all walks of life and often have strange and wonderful stories about to how we ended up in l
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Survive Law
May 15, 20122 min read
Getting Admitted: Practical Legal Training, Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice and Traineeships
Perhaps you've seen final year law students or recent graduates wandering around muttering acronyms like PLT and GDLP. At some stage ev
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Survive Law
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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Survive Law
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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Survive Law
Oct 4, 20113 min read
It’s the Final Countdown…
I was flipping through my diary and doing my usual panic-because-everything-is-due-in-a-few-weeks-then-it’s-exams, and then I realised that
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Survive Law
Sep 28, 20113 min read
The Secret Lives of Lawyers: Interview with Sarah Zeleznikow, Graduate Lawyer
Law is undoubtedly a demanding career path, and having a hobby outside of work or study is essential to maintaining a sense of balance. For
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Survive Law
Sep 18, 20111 min read
Things I Never Want to do Again Once I Finish Law School
Being a law student has its perks, but also a few drawbacks. Fortunately, many of those downsides are fleeting, and we can all look forward
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