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Seven Wonders of the Law Student World
Sure, the world has wonders like the Great Pyramid of Giza, but the law student realm has its own. Although they’re no Hanging Gardens of Ba
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Survive Law
Sep 24, 20111 min read
How to Spot a Law Student Zombie
We’re now in the assessment twilight zone – that rapidly diminishing period of time between mid-semester assignments and final exams – and t
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Survive Law
Sep 22, 20112 min read
Manage your Study Time Differently
Long study sessions are hardly my favourite thing. They start well, but after a while my attention drifts and I end up granting myself a ‘sh
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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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Survive Law
Mar 21, 20112 min read
What happened to law student idealism?
Do you remember the first-ever tutorial of your law degree? That tutorial where everyone in the class said their name, something “interestin
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Survive Law
Mar 10, 20113 min read
When Does a Little bit of Law School Competition Become too Much?
Would you ever put a laxative in a peer’s drink just before an exam? Rip out pages from a library book? While most of you would answer no, t
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Survive Law
Mar 1, 20112 min read
First Week Jitters
This week I start law school for the very first time. Those words seem so big and imposing; as if it wasn’t enough to feel like the little k
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Survive Law
Sep 6, 20104 min read
Honours Diary Part 2: 7 Weeks, 4 Days To Go
There’s less than two months until my research thesis is due and I don’t think I’ve ever stressed about an assignment this far ahead of the
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Survive Law
Aug 31, 20103 min read
Having an (Almost) Relaxing Mid-Semester Break
You’re probably thinking about mid-semester break by now. It’s a break that always promises so much and delivers so little. You hope to get
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Survive Law
Aug 24, 20103 min read
Honours Diary Part 1: 9 Weeks, 3 Days To Go
To be honest, I’m not sure how I got into honours. I feel ridiculously unqualified and under prepared for it. Academically, it’s the most am
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Survive Law
Aug 13, 20102 min read
Am I cut out for law school?
If you’re thinking about applying to do law, you’re probably also wondering if it’s right for you. Prospective law students often feel they’
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Survive Law
Aug 12, 20104 min read
What is it like to study law?
So you’re nearing the end of high school and wondering what you’ll do next. Or maybe you’ve finished your first degree and are considering a
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Survive Law
Jul 8, 20103 min read
Why you should do Law Revue
A revue is a comedic performance typically made up of lots of short skits with some song and dance numbers in between. Being involved in a l
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Survive Law
Jul 7, 20102 min read
Networking Doesn't Only Happen at Careers Events
So the past five generations of your family weren’t judges? Then I guess you’re doomed to fail in your legal career… or not. Although ‘no su
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Survive Law
Apr 28, 20104 min read
Starting at Law School: Wenee Yap on What to Expect
"There’s a lot wrong with the world. Mired in hypocrisy, politik, self-interest. Troubled with wars, profiteering, injustice, climate c
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Wenee Yap
Mar 10, 20102 min read
Planning for Academic Success
For most students, it is quite understandable to be late on an assessment or find themselves underprepared for an exam at least once in thei
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Wenee Yap
Feb 14, 20102 min read
Starting out at Law School: Costa Avgoustinos on What to Expect
Costa Avgoustinos, a casual academic at UTS, UNSW LLM student and finalist at Tropfest in 2004, talks to survive law about his time at unive
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Wenee Yap
Feb 13, 20103 min read
How did you do it? Andrew Taylor’s tips for surviving law school
Managing work, study … and everything else! 29 year old artist, schoolteacher and Juris Doctor student Andrew Taylor, feels the pain of olde
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