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Securing a Legal Internship
You may feel like there are no opportunities out there for you and that no one is willing to take on someone with no ‘real’ legal understand
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Survive Law
Aug 20, 20182 min read
Applying for Government Internships
Every year students migrate from Auckland, Canterbury, Hamilton and Dunedin to participate in the annual government summer internship. These
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Survive Law
May 30, 20162 min read
The PaTH Programme: is it really for the better?
One of the initiatives that came out of the Budget 2016-17 was the Prepare-Trial-Hire (PaTH) Programme, designed to help young job-seekers m
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Survive Law
Mar 30, 20163 min read
Interning at the Equality Branch
Holly spent her summer as an intern in the Equality Branch of the Department of Premier and Cabinet in the Victorian Government. Here she is
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Survive Law
Sep 3, 20153 min read
How to turn your internship into a job
I am in the enviable position of having left my part-time, low wage job in retail for part-time work at the community legal centre where I i
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Survive Law
Aug 10, 20152 min read
Interning with the Aurora Project
Canberra. The name that automatically dredges up memories of visiting Parliament House and the War Memorial on primary school excursions....
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Survive Law
Jun 17, 20156 min read
From Careers Fairs to Cover Letters: Mastering the Clerkship Application
The only thing between you and a clerkship is several information sessions/ careers fairs/ networking events, hours of research and...
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Survive Law
Aug 4, 20143 min read
My Aurora Internship
The concept of forsaking your entire winter holiday to undertake an unpaid work experience placement might not seem particularly appealing,
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Survive Law
Jun 24, 20143 min read
My Internship Experience at the Department of Juvenile Justice
I’m four years into my law and criminology degrees and I’ll be honest, I still don’t really know where I want to go. My university has a uni
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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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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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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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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
Jul 24, 20132 min read
Public Policy Reform, Hospitals and Soup: My Internship at the Grattan Institute
This winter break I was fortunate enough to spend five weeks interning at the Grattan Institute, which is a public policy think tank. The In
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Survive Law
Mar 10, 20133 min read
My Native Title Internship with The Aurora Project
For five weeks over my Christmas holidays in 2012, I undertook an Aurora Project internship at the North Queensland Land Council (NQLC) - th
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Survive Law
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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Survive Law
Apr 20, 20124 min read
On Trial: Unpaid Work Experience and Internships
Last week Survive Law reported that the Fair Work Ombudsman had partnered with academics from the University of Adelaide to examine unpaid w
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Survive Law
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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