Survive Law
Stayin' Alive Throughout a Law Degree
At first, everything radiates novelty, you’re (hopefully) studying something that interests you, you have three months of summer vacation, l
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Survive Law
Jul 26, 20183 min read
5 Study Tips to Stay Motivated This Semester
Every semester ends with a promise to yourself: get your life sorted before the next semester begins. Most of us spend our breaks decompress
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Survive Law
Feb 13, 20172 min read
End of Holiday Mode: Getting Back into Study Mode
Groan. “The holidays went too quick.”“I didn’t catch up on sleep enough...
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Survive Law
Jan 9, 20173 min read
Getting over the Law School Slump
The Law School Slump. We all experience it at some point during law school. Most often, it’s because we’ve been working hard non-stop since
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Survive Law
Dec 21, 20152 min read
How to keep things in perspective
During law school, it is very easy to feel overwhelmed when trying to learn about complex areas of law, perfecting clerkship applications, p
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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
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
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
May 13, 20153 min read
Losing your Law Student Mojo: Dealing with Law School Restlessness
At the start of uni, everything is exciting and anything is possible. But as the semesters march on, the idealism often fades and the restle
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Survive Law
Apr 22, 20153 min read
How to get your Motivation Back
You were so keen at the start of semester, so motivated. Somewhere along the line that fizzled out, and you could really use some motivation
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Survive Law
Feb 18, 20153 min read
How to Be More Productive
Do you feel like you've been coasting? Has discipline been eluding you? Do you get the sense that you lose a lot of study time, although
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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
Aug 18, 20143 min read
Failure: Can I still be a lawyer?
Failing is hard. Failure does not mean you cannot be a lawyer though, and here are some reasons why...
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Survive Law
Aug 5, 20142 min read
Top Five Reasons to Stick with Your Law Degree
Feeling bored? Apathetic? Is the best part about your law degree skipping class to lunch with friends? It was exciting back when you started
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Survive Law
Jul 29, 20143 min read
A Small Fish in a Big Pond: Getting Involved in your First Year of Law School
First year can be quite terrifying. You have to deal with not only being a new university student, but also a new law student – a whole diff
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Survive Law
May 28, 20144 min read
How to Stop Procrastinating
Although law students have a knack for legal things, our real talent is procrastination. We put things off until tomorrow, and if we can avo
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Survive Law
May 19, 20143 min read
Daily Motivation for Law Students
Law school is a busy place and staying motivated can be hard at times. But whether it's a bad mark, a rejection letter, a struggle to fi
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Survive Law
Feb 23, 20142 min read
Off to a Good Start: Staying on Track in the New Academic Year
We all start the new academic year with ambitious goals. We tell ourselves that we will do all of the weekly readings, prepare for seminars
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Survive Law
Nov 16, 20132 min read
Staying Motivated while Looking for Work Experience in a Bad Job Market
At a time when so many law students are struggling to find any kind of legal experience, it is hard not to become disheartened… or to fall i
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Survive Law
Nov 1, 20132 min read
Don't Lose your Idealism at Law School
A lecturer once told me that law school would “beat the naivety out of me”. He was not referring to my belief that evidence and proof were t
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