Survive Law
Why honesty is really the best policy
With essays coming at you left, right and centre, mid-semester exams happening and clerkship deadlines looming, life as a law student can se
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Survive Law
Apr 29, 20162 min read
The five stages of sitting a law exam
So this is it: final exams. A time for reflection on the whirlwind introduction to whatever topsy-turvy law subject you're doing this...
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Survive Law
Apr 27, 20163 min read
5 Alternatives to that fifth coffee
I think most of you would agree with me when I say coffee is the best thing about my morning, every morning. It’s not bad for you but by the
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Survive Law
Apr 22, 20162 min read
Suits: What it did (and didn't) teach us
I know, we all love Suits, myself included (just finished a binge of all 5 seasons actually, and now anxiously awaiting the 6th). But I thin
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Raychel Plath
Apr 20, 20163 min read
Gender Discrimination: Expectation vs Reality
Gender discrimination is always a hot topic, no matter what industry you're in. And we know that. But this is 2016! We have the vote, al
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Survive Law
Apr 19, 20162 min read
Making the most of limbo
“Just graduated? Congratulations! What are you up to? Oh, you’ve not found work yet? It’s tough out there! What are you doing in the mean ti
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Survive Law
Apr 7, 20162 min read
Class Participation: In it to win it
Not all law units have a percentage of your mark set aside for your participation in tutorials (or seminars, as my university likes to call
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Survive Law
Apr 5, 20162 min read
Profile: Robyn Bradey on Law and Mental Health
Survive Law first encountered social worker and mental health expert, Robyn Bradey, at College of Law's Wellness Forum. We caught up wit
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Survive Law
Apr 5, 20162 min read
Returning to law after 2 and half year hiatus
I’m back. After a two and a half years, I’m calling myself a Law Student once more. I’ve returned to the land of ‘but fors’ and double negat
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Survive Law
Mar 31, 20163 min read
What I wish I knew as a first year
From time to time, we all realise there are things we wish we'd known. Bianca has compiled a list of them to make these moments few and
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Survive Law
Mar 30, 20163 min read
Interning at the Equality Branch
Holly spent her summer as an intern in the Equality Branch of the Department of Premier and Cabinet in the Victorian Government. Here she is
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Survive Law
Mar 26, 20163 min read
The 5 Lecturers You'll Meet
Survive Law's Isabelle hits the nail on the head characterising the many law school lecturers you'll meet along your treacherous jou
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Survive Law
Mar 21, 20163 min read
Community Legal Centres: Part #3 CLC Legend, Ria Shah
In the third installment for the CLC application series, Neeharika Maddula speaks to Ria Shah, an organiser and chief volunteer wrangler at
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Survive Law
Mar 21, 20161 min read
Callout for Clerkship Diaries: 2015/16 edition
Finished a clerkship this past summer? Bursting to talk about it? Survive Law wants you! You: Just finished up a smashing clerkship this pas
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Survive Law
Mar 15, 20162 min read
A date with a barrister (kind of)
It was just another ordinary Friday; I was at the supermarket taking a break from the overwhelming array of cheeses in the dairy aisle when
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Survive Law
Mar 8, 20162 min read
Adjourned: Your Fortnightly News Round-Up
Welcome back to university, Survivors. If you have been stuck under a pile of books and haven’t left the library all week, here are some cur
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Survive Law
Mar 8, 20162 min read
Review: Cybercrime: Legislation, Cases and Commentary
Survive Law's Leanne Rogers dives into Greg Urbas's Cybercrime textbook to give you the scoop on crime's new frontier. Gregor Urbas’...
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Raychel Plath
Mar 6, 20163 min read
Part-time law, Full-time procrastinator
Our resident part-time law student and full-time straight-talker, Raychel, dishes the dirt on what's really going on in a part-time stud
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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
Mar 1, 20163 min read
Law Without Walls: Changing legal practice as we know it
Earlier this year, University of Sydney law students Claudia Sheridan and Sandra Hu travelled to Madrid to work on innovative solutions to t
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