Survive Law
How I Bounced Back From Failing a Unit
Receiving results after a hard and stressful exam period may validate the work you’ve done throughout semester. For others, it may be a mixt
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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
Oct 26, 20152 min read
Controlling mental monsters
‘It’s too difficult’. ‘I’m not smart enough’. ‘Everybody hates me’. Do any of these thoughts sound familiar? Psychologists call these types
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Survive Law
Sep 19, 20152 min read
Do your marks really matter after law school?
The reality is, your marks matter – but mainly only to get your foot in the door. This includes clerkships, graduate opportunities at govern
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Survive Law
Mar 28, 20142 min read
Referencing Tips
Challenging assignments are the norm in law school, and we can’t afford to be losing marks over something as simple as referencing. Every co
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Survive Law
Apr 7, 20132 min read
Law's not a competition but I'm winning
I’ve never been the most competitive person. I was the kind of kid who abandoned losing card games before the final draw, who sat making dai
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Survive Law
Feb 26, 20133 min read
Repeating a Subject
I had to repeat a first year subject in my second year. On the first day of uni I arrived at my seminar just in time, with most of the 40 st
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Survive Law
Nov 16, 20122 min read
Re-Mark: Appealing Assignment and Exam Grades
Had an assignment or exam come back with a mark well below what you were expecting? If this has happened to you and you believe your work sh
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Survive Law
Jul 3, 20121 min read
The Results are in…
Finally! It’s the end of semester, and you’re revelling in those magical days between the end of exams and the release of results. You’ve re
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Survive Law
May 22, 20122 min read
Didn’t get the grade you wanted? Approaching Lecturers and Appealing Marks
Final marks for those assignments that you slaved over are starting to come your way. Sometimes you’re pleasantly surprised, but sometimes y
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Survive Law
Dec 23, 20102 min read
How to deal with less than ideal marks
Now that exam results have been released, it is inevitable that some of us are disappointed with our marks. That shouldn’t be an excuse us t
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