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What to pack for ALSA Conference 2012
ALSA Clayton Utz Conference kicks off in Melbourne next Monday. As students around Australia count down the days, the ALSA team takes a look
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Survive Law
Jun 21, 20123 min read
The Third Year Itch
As a bright-eyed high school graduate applying to study law I was constantly warned that I would be facing one of the biggest challenges of
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Jun 11, 20122 min read
Beware of the Stress Merchant
Exams are here. If you’ve attended most classes and engaged with the course in some meaningful way throughout semester you are going to be f
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Jun 8, 20122 min read
Studying Law in Regional Australia
Hi there! A moment please, while I put down my Akubra and corn husk. There, that’s better. What were we going to talk about? Oh, that’s righ
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Jun 5, 20123 min read
Law Below the Line
Like thousands of other people worldwide, I spent the second week of May living on just $2 per day to raise money for people living in extre
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May 30, 20122 min read
Should I Defer my Degree for a Semester?
As we hurtle toward end of semester at a rate that would leave a NASCAR driver sobbing in a corner, it’s inevitable that we start to think a
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May 23, 20122 min read
The Law Student Diet Plan
Law students have the worst eating habits. Don't believe me? Take a look at how we eat our way through the semester.
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May 22, 20122 min read
Surviving my First Semester of Law... Sort of.
As a first year, I spend most of my time at uni feeling extremely confused. How does the library work? Why are my classes scattered all...
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Survive Law
May 15, 20122 min read
Thanks, Mum!
Mothering a law student is a special challenge. Mood swings, frenzied periods of study and irrational behaviour are as common as the piles o
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Survive Law
May 15, 20122 min read
It's not all about winning
As law students we can often think that we’re infallible. We have tendencies to suit up for no apparent reason and use legal jargon at socia
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Survive Law
May 12, 20123 min read
Losing Faith in Law
As I near exam period each semester I begin to not only fret and drink a lot of iced tea, but I simultaneously decide that I’m going to eith
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Survive Law
May 7, 20121 min read
Stuff Law Students Don’t Say
Law students are a curious breed, and you’ll often hear them say the darndest things, but here are a few things you’ll probably never hear u
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May 5, 20123 min read
Law Student Style
Growing ever more eclectic as the weeks roll by, here's how law students coherently combine fashion, Federalism and functionality.
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Apr 29, 20122 min read
The Guilt of a Law Student
Law student guilt. It’s a phenomenon that attacks law students everywhere, regardless of GPA or university. Consider this scenario: it’s you
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Apr 23, 20122 min read
Being the Middle Child at Law School
That awkward moment when you step back into a classroom then realise that the students around you are barely out of high school. That really
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Apr 22, 20123 min read
A Law Student’s Guide to Social Situations
Law students often complain of art student envy: the feelings of jealousy you have when you see yet another Facebook status about how awesom
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Apr 20, 20123 min read
Dropping a Subject: Admitting Defeat?
As it approached 3am and I embraced my oversized Federal Constitutional Law textbook in bed, reading and re-reading how the High Court defin
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Apr 18, 20123 min read
Meeting Erin Brockovich
On a recent Saturday I grumbled my way out of bed at 5am. I hate mornings, everyone who knows me can attest to my sheer hatred of everything
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Apr 13, 20121 min read
Working Hardly: You know you're a law student when...
When you started law school you thought you could avoid picking up those strange law student habits. Now you embrace them. You know you’re a
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Survive Law
Apr 7, 20123 min read
When Law Students are Twats
Upon finishing my first year of law and starting my second I have noticed a very serious issue that needs to be addressed within the law com
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