Survive Law
Trials and Tribulations of a Law Student's Textbook
Five-hundred page textbooks are almost an essential for every law student. You start to accumulate something of a collection reminiscent of
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Survive Law
Feb 8, 20163 min read
New Years' Resolutions: Law Student Edition
So it’s that time of year where we sit and think about who we are, what we did last year and what we can do to become better people this yea
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Survive Law
Aug 20, 20152 min read
Tips for a better semester
The time has come to hit our 1,429 page constitutional law textbooks or whatever weighty volume you’ve been blessed with this semester. You’
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Survive Law
Apr 9, 20152 min read
“I'm good at law school, but I hate it”
Even those law students who love what they do sometimes have moments of doubt, but if you're finding every day a drag it may be time to
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Survive Law
Mar 1, 20152 min read
Eight Tips for Surviving the New Semester
Summer holidays are over and semester one is here again. It doesn’t matter if you are an excited first year or a law school veteran, these t
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Survive Law
Jun 16, 20143 min read
Surviving the Semester when Everything goes Wrong
My semester started with all the usual good intentions. I was feeling super positive about my final year and determined to ace the six units
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Survive Law
Dec 4, 20133 min read
Why having a Semester off isn’t a Big Deal
Let me just premise this by saying I've had a tough year. As in, a really tough year, and it's set me back in my studies quite signi
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Survive Law
Nov 24, 20132 min read
Escape from the Law: My Semester Abroad
All law students have probably had the thought, “what would university be like if I didn’t study law?” Last semester I got to find out when
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Survive Law
Aug 18, 20132 min read
Avoiding Mid-Semester Nightmares
It's almost that time of the semester, folks. Mid-semester is nearly here! It’s the ideal time to take stock of your progress this semes
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Survive Law
Mar 12, 20133 min read
The Week Two Blues
The first week of a new semester is always exciting. Seeing friends again, optimistically stacking new textbooks on your desk and best of al
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Survive Law
Dec 7, 20123 min read
Tales of a Truant: A Semester Without Classes
I am surely not alone in my inability to attend the first week of classes. I prefer to avoid the dryness of introductory speeches and admini
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Survive Law
Nov 29, 20123 min read
Ten Lessons Learnt During a Busy Semester
Some semesters are tougher than others, and the semesters where you take on extra shifts at work, join a few intense extra-curricular activi
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Survive Law
Aug 7, 20122 min read
Surviving Four (or More) Law Subjects in a Semester
Last semester I took on four law subjects. And while I survived (I use that word lightly) it was by far the worst experience of my life. By
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Survive Law
Apr 19, 20122 min read
You know it’s that time of semester when…
It’s the season of mid-semester meltdowns: the time when a rogue comma can cause a breakdown, and when working on assessments feels more cru
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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
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Survive Law
Apr 3, 20123 min read
The Mid-Semester Slump
The frenetic work ethic borne from having four assignments due in the same week hasn’t kicked in yet. You know it can’t last; you know that
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Survive Law
Mar 9, 20122 min read
Oh no! Not another year of law! Tips for early semester motivation
Even for the most motivated of law students the first few weeks of study feel almost impossible. Who can blame us? We’ve spent months testin
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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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