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Survive Law

Jun 28, 20165 min read

A law student's guide to building commercial awareness

Just over two months ago, fresh from my first visit to London, I set my mind to applying for a clerkship at Linklaters. I guess when they sa

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

Wenee Yap

Feb 26, 20156 min read

How to Read 300 Pages in One Week Without Really Trying

"Three hundred pages a day is a serious understatement. At my end of the spectrum, I have to read thousands of pages. Law requires...

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Survive Law

Nov 20, 20133 min read

Read like a Lawyer: Strategies for Reading more Effectively

If you're anything like me, you enjoy being captivated and drawn into the world of a good book and although some cases can be just as ca

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Survive Law

Aug 21, 20133 min read

Tips for your First Negotiation Competition

Have you recently signed up for your law society’s negotiation tournament? If you’re feeling a bit unsure about how to prepare or how to...

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Survive Law

Apr 18, 20132 min read

Five Tips for Better Reading

Law is all about reading; quite a lot of reading, in fact. Unfortunately they haven't invented those nifty things from the Matrix that j

Survive Law

Apr 12, 20122 min read

I just can't read any more

It seems like no matter how hard I try to live a ‘balanced’ lifestyle, I almost never succeed and often find myself on two extremes of the s

Survive Law

Mar 6, 20122 min read

Law school study avoidance traps

When it comes to being good students, we’re all guilty of telling ourselves that we’ll ‘get around to it’. For most of us, these traps are v

Survive Law

Nov 7, 20112 min read

Confessions of a Bad Law Student

If every conversation I heard in the law library about how much study everyone does is true, then I am in serious trouble. If I read more th