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Lifetimes in Law: A New Photo Blog Featuring Legal Practitioners
Beyond lawyer-client interactions, we don’t often see or put much thought into other ways lawyers use their legal skills in the wider commun
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Survive Law
Nov 2, 20163 min read
Weighing Up the Pros and Cons of Online Classes
With the rise of online course offerings for law, most of us are fortunate to have the choice of whether to go into campus for study, or do
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Survive Law
May 26, 20162 min read
Competitiveness: a race to the end
Sometimes I feel like an energizer bunny – it’s a race to the end! With exams and clerkships coming up, the pressure is getting real. I get
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Survive Law
May 16, 20162 min read
Experiences in applying for a re-mark
When you’ve poured your blood, sweat and tears into an assignment, the last thing you want to see is a disappointing grade scrawled across t
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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
Feb 28, 20163 min read
Returning to law school: (actually) helpful tips
Everyone knows that coming back to law school is about making new friends, starting afresh with your organisation goals and (actually) atten
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Survive Law
Oct 21, 20154 min read
The 8 Times Law School Sucked – And How to Survive
You deserve a medal for getting through law school. Now before everyone rolls their eyes, take a minute to admit that law school can be down
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Survive Law
Sep 4, 20153 min read
The five people you’ll meet in a law study group
So as much as we all know that life isn’t like the movies, when I was introduced to the idea of a law study group I was secretly hoping we’d
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Survive Law
Aug 26, 20152 min read
The Penultimate Predicament
Wasn’t first year great? The excitement of university life was so fresh. And second year? Finally shedding off the awkward teen years and ge
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Survive Law
Aug 25, 20152 min read
#NewLaw: The future of legal services?
Fixed fees, lower overheads, increased job flexibility, smarter technologies and the absence of a competitive partnership model – is it too
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Survive Law
Aug 21, 20152 min read
Five tips for staying motivated during your degree
In my first year, I was enthusiastic – almost ecstatic – about starting my five-year double degree. Keen and eager, I sped through readings,
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Survive Law
Apr 20, 20151 min read
18-year-old becomes one of Australia’s Youngest Law Graduates
When he collected his testamur at the University of Southern Queensland last Friday, Jozef Borja-Erece became one of Australia’s youngest ev
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Survive Law
Apr 16, 20152 min read
Getting involved in your first year of university
Before you know it, the first year of law school passes in a blur. I must admit, my experience of first year was certainly a roller coaster
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Survive Law
Mar 18, 20152 min read
My first day of law school
After three months of soaking up the sun at the beach, watching Suits for hours, and not having to worry about opening a textbook, the new,
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Survive Law
Mar 1, 20152 min read
Eight Tips for Surviving the New Semester
Summer holidays are over and semester one is here again. It doesn’t matter if you are an excited first year or a law school veteran, these t
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Survive Law
Feb 24, 20152 min read
Starting law school? Here are some things you should know
First off, congratulations! Maybe you smashed your high school exams and ended up at law school almost by accident, or maybe studying law is
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Survive Law
Feb 17, 20152 min read
A marathon, not a sprint: Running the law school race
As law students we are constantly rushing; our long list of readings and deadlines never seems to shrink. On top of study there’s part-time
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Survive Law
Dec 4, 20142 min read
Lovingly Hating Law School
When I tell people that I study law, I’m often bombarded with questions like, “Do you have a lot of readings? Is it hard? How do you cope?”
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Survive Law
Dec 1, 20141 min read
Australia's 37th law school to launch in 2015
Swinburne University of Technology has announced that it will be offering a law degree from next year. The law faculty, which is based at...
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Survive Law
Nov 4, 20141 min read
Melbourne Law School Wins Castan Human Rights Law Moot
A team from the University of Melbourne has defeated the University of Tasmania to win the eighth Castan Centre Human Rights Law Mooting Com
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