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Working Hardly: Lawyer Jokes
At Survive Law, we love a good lawyer joke. There’s no use fighting it so we figure we may as well embrace it. After all, it comes with the
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Survive Law
Sep 7, 20122 min read
Why you don’t need to do Law-Related Extra-Curricular Activities
We've all been told that mooting, witness examination competitions and peer mentoring look good on resumes. But what if you can't th
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Survive Law
Sep 7, 20122 min read
A Lack of Consideration: Dealing with the Challenges of Group Work
Admittedly, there are fewer group assignments in law than in other degrees, but even if you’ve been able to avoid tutorial group presentatio
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Survive Law
Sep 5, 20122 min read
Working Hardly: Driven to Classroom Distraction
We’ve all come to law school to learn, right? But sometimes our learning is interrupted by that student who distracts, irritates or just pla
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Survive Law
Sep 4, 20122 min read
Handling those Not-So-Awesome Days
So, here I am. Having skipped my last hour of class today, I find myself extremely tired, shaky from too much coffee, stressing about my moo
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Survive Law
Sep 4, 20124 min read
A Life in Law: Q&A with Julian Burnside
Joining the Victorian Bar in 1976 and taking Silk in 1989, Julian Burnside AO QC, has not only built a successful career in commercial litig
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Survive Law
Sep 3, 20122 min read
Fake Law School Friends
Law school is awesome. In a typical class you may find yourself sitting next to a future barrister, partner of a top firm or justice of the
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Survive Law
Sep 2, 20122 min read
The Perfect Law Student Myth
So there I was standing in front of wide-eyed first years, answering questions about how to be a good law student, or better yet, how to be
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Survive Law
Sep 1, 20123 min read
How to have the Worst Law Ball Ever
I remember when I first heard that there was such thing as a law ball. A ball! Dream #242: check. But let's be honest, the ball isn'
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Survive Law
Aug 31, 20123 min read
I want your job: Interview with Peter Michie, Prosecutor turned Scuba Diving Entrepreneur
“Something you do on the weekend can be like a dream and you think, I wonder if that could ever be a full time reality?” says Peter Michie,
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Survive Law
Aug 30, 20123 min read
Behind the News: The Life of a Law Grad in Journalism
It was about 9pm when I received a call that someone had been shot. It was the second time I’d received such a call, both just minutes befor
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Survive Law
Aug 30, 20122 min read
Litigation to Liturgy: Interview with Reverend Father Matthew Attia, Lawyer turned Priest
Religion and the law often seem to be two quite distinct and divorced categories in life. But this wasn’t the case for Reverend Father Matth
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Survive Law
Aug 29, 20123 min read
Ten Ways to Improve your Class Presentations
Remember when it was totally uncool to know how to do stuff on a computer? These days, you’ll be left behind if you don't know how to sh
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Survive Law
Aug 29, 20122 min read
Law School Flu
Law school, believe it or not, is a cesspit of germs and disease. Okay, so the law library isn’t going to turn into a scene from the 1995 cl
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Wenee Yap
Aug 28, 20123 min read
You’re Hired! Careers in Legal Recruitment
We toil away our law school lives (ostensibly) towards the goal of becoming a lawyer, studying hard to hopefully end up a heroic legal icono
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Wenee Yap
Aug 26, 20122 min read
Sleeping like a Law Student
Law students are famous for never sleeping enough (if at all). You know the feeling. Semester begins with all the optimism of Julie Andrews’
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Survive Law
Aug 25, 20122 min read
Tweeting Legal Eagles: Why Twitter is good for Law Students
Like most things on the Internet, Twitter can be a brilliant procrastination aid. But social media isn’t just about sharing pictures of your
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Survive Law
Aug 24, 20122 min read
Road Test a Law Degree with a University Guest Program
Aspiring lawyer? Budding barrister? Future Attorney General? If this sounds like you but you’re still a little hesitant to dive into a law d
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Survive Law
Aug 23, 20122 min read
My First Law School Competition
Once upon a time I believed that watching me compete in a law school competition would be about as hilarious as seeing my dog in a knitted c
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Survive Law
Aug 21, 20124 min read
Interning with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Last year the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Strasbourg, France received its first Australian intern. That l
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