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Jul 30, 20153 min read

Starting your legal career overseas

High-flying company executives are not the only ones who get to travel abroad as part of their careers. Law offers numerous opportunities to

Eat, Sleep, Law, Repeat: Caring for Yourself in Law School

Survive Law

Jul 17, 20152 min read

Eat, Sleep, Law, Repeat: Caring for Yourself in Law School

I once heard that law school was “a marathon, not a sprint”, but now that I'm in my fourth year, I’ve found that studying law is more li

Survive Law

Jul 10, 20151 min read

The College of Law to run Survive Law

Survive Law is very excited to announce its new custodians, The College of Law! The College is Australia's biggest provider of practical...

Survive Law

Jul 1, 20152 min read

Failing: The Last Law School Taboo

The one thing we law students don't seem to talk about is failing. Let's face it, sometimes clever, educated, hard working students

Survive Law

Jun 23, 20153 min read

You’ve got a Law Degree... Now what?

It was once the case that law students had the luxury of choosing between numerous firms, now each firm has its choice of hundreds of studen

Survive Law

Jun 18, 20153 min read

Tips and Tricks for your First Law Job

So you’ve got your first law job and you’re keen to put some of that legal learning into practice. If you’ve never worked in a law firm befo

From Careers Fairs to Cover Letters: Mastering the Clerkship Application

Survive Law

Jun 17, 20156 min read

From Careers Fairs to Cover Letters: Mastering the Clerkship Application

The only thing between you and a clerkship is several information sessions/ careers fairs/ networking events, hours of research and...

Survive Law

Jun 12, 20152 min read

The Law of Diminishing Marks

The law of diminishing marks says that the first few marks in an exam question are also the easiest to achieve. The further you wade into th

How to Network when you don’t Know Anyone

Survive Law

May 31, 20153 min read

How to Network when you don’t Know Anyone

No one likes that guy who casually name-drops that his father/mother/great aunt Agnes is/was a barrister/lawyer/High Court judge/ leader of

I want your job: Q&A with Patricia Perlen, academic at Deakin University

Survive Law

May 20, 20152 min read

I want your job: Q&A with Patricia Perlen, academic at Deakin University

Patricia Perlen is an associate lecturer at the School of Law at Melbourne’s Deakin University. I caught up with Patricia to learn more abou

Survive Law

May 19, 20154 min read

Using Flash Cards for Law Exam Revision

If it were possible, I would marry flash cards. I love them that much! Many of us used them in primary school to learn vocabulary and times

Losing your Law Student Mojo: Dealing with Law School Restlessness

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

Survive Law

May 11, 20153 min read

Want to run Survive Law?

Hey Survivors, Survive Law is looking for a new home! That’s right – we’re putting out the call for the next generation of law nerds to take

Law Student Undercover: The Pros and Cons of an Online Degree

Survive Law

May 7, 20152 min read

Law Student Undercover: The Pros and Cons of an Online Degree

I’ve always wondered what life would have been like as an online learner, contemplating discussions in student forums or listening to...

Survive Law

May 5, 20153 min read

How to Make a Study Timetable for Exams

Uh-oh. It’s that time of semester. You’ve spent a little too much time watching re-runs of How I Met Your Mother and now exams are only...

Survive Law

May 4, 20152 min read

Taking the plunge into postgrad study

Do you want to attend another graduation and wear an even fancier robe? Do you want to explore more specific areas of the law than just the

Survive Law

May 1, 20151 min read

The world’s best law schools revealed

The latest ranking of the world’s best law schools has been released and 17 Australian law faculties have made the list. Unsurprisingly,...

I want your job: Q&A with Andrew Crockett, Special Counsel at Whittens & McKeough

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Apr 28, 20153 min read

I want your job: Q&A with Andrew Crockett, Special Counsel at Whittens & McKeough

Andrew Crockett, special counsel at Whittens & McKeough, sheds some light on this intriguingly titled position and offers some perspecti

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

18-year-old becomes one of Australia’s Youngest Law Graduates

Survive Law

Apr 20, 20151 min read

18-year-old becomes one of Australia’s Youngest Law Graduates

When he collected his testamur at the University of Southern Queensland last Friday, Jozef Borja-Erece became one of Australia’s youngest ev