Survive Law
What job ads say vs What they mean
1. Mail/courier management, You’ll be the one printing off all the incoming correspondence, or sorting the outgoing correspondence into enve
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Survive Law
Jul 4, 20163 min read
How to choose electives
Whilst I’m sure, like me you can’t get enough of constitutional law and the rest of the Priestley clan, doing electives is one of the best p
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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
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Survive Law
Jun 22, 20162 min read
I don't want to be a conventional lawyer
“I’m Leanne, and I’m in my second last semester.” I announced to my first Property and Securities tutorial just a few weeks ago… “When I gra
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Survive Law
Jun 15, 20163 min read
Advice I wish I received as a graduate law student…
Argh, this one kills me. So many memorandums, so much time wasted… I use to spend a long time doing extra research for cases or going over t
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Survive Law
Jun 8, 20163 min read
Exam results feels
Exam season is here, guys and gals. It’s kinda like raspberry season in the sense that there is a lot of sourness and tears, but unfortunate
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Survive Law
Jun 1, 20162 min read
5 Ted talks to up your interview game
I'm sure you've got plenty a link to Ted talks in the text-thread with your mother because she's just discovered Youtube and she
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Survive Law
May 31, 20162 min read
Sydney Clerkship Masterlist 2016/17
Clerkship season has arrived in NSW! This handy guide has been put together to shed some light on the clerkship process and to help you to f
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Survive Law
May 30, 20162 min read
The PaTH Programme: is it really for the better?
One of the initiatives that came out of the Budget 2016-17 was the Prepare-Trial-Hire (PaTH) Programme, designed to help young job-seekers m
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Survive Law
May 26, 20162 min read
Competitiveness: a race to the end
Sometimes I feel like an energizer bunny – it’s a race to the end! With exams and clerkships coming up, the pressure is getting real. I get
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Survive Law
May 24, 20162 min read
Using legal skills outside the law
Like many before me, I defected from the legal world on completion of my law degree. Although I fretted constantly that I had wasted...
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Survive Law
May 23, 20161 min read
Contemptuously Amusing: Criminal and civil contempt
We law students love an obscure case… For many, an injection of humour results in greater comprehension of legal principles and court decisi
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Survive Law
May 20, 20163 min read
Review: The People v OJ Simpson
At the time of the OJ Simpson trial, I was probably learning to walk and understand words like ‘juice’, ‘glove’ and maybe ‘murder’ given tha
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Survive Law
May 19, 20163 min read
Community Legal Centres: Part #4 CLC Legend, Andrea Staunton
In the fourth installment for the CLC series, Jess Awad speaks to Andrea Staunton from the Peninsula Community Legal Centre about her experi
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Survive Law
May 17, 20162 min read
Prince (of Litigation)
In memoriam of Prince, Survive Law has taken a brief look into the legal legacy left by the flamboyant performer. Apparently, his Royal Purp
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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
May 13, 20164 min read
The Five Stages of Navigating Networking Events
Let’s set the scene – you’re dressed to impress, wearing your new suit and a very eager (if slightly apprehensive) expression, and it's
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Survive Law
May 6, 20163 min read
Writing a law essay (as told by Gina Liano)
More than a few of you probably use The Real Housewives of Melbourne as a crucial procrastination tool. I know I do.
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Survive Law
May 5, 20162 min read
Horrible (potential) bosses
Sometimes the interviewee needs to become the interviewer. Job interviews are just as much about you interviewing the firm as they are inter
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Survive Law
May 4, 20163 min read
The Low Down on NSW’s Proposed Privacy Laws
"Privacy, once lost, cannot be regained."- NSW Standing Committee on Law & Justice Recent technological advances are blurring
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