Survive Law
How to Survive Studying Law by Distance
Studying off campus can be a very appealing option: there are no classes to attend and you can study when it suits you. It sounds pretty cru
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Survive Law
Aug 20, 20123 min read
Using your Law Degree to Get a Non-Law Career
If you’ve been thinking about taking an alternative career path at the end of uni, you’re probably wondering what potential employers will m
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Survive Law
Aug 18, 20122 min read
My Oxford Experience
In between recovering from final exams and submitting clerkship applications, I spent my winter break completing a short study programme on
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Survive Law
Aug 17, 20122 min read
Musical Lawyers and Lawyerly Musicians
Music and the law, two disciplines (dare I say art forms?) about as far afield from one another as it’s possible to be. OR ARE THEY? Let’s i
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Survive Law
Aug 16, 20122 min read
The Cost of Procrastination
We all know that the true definition of study is ‘using Facebook with an open textbook nearby’. We’re all guilty of spending our time and mo
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Survive Law
Aug 15, 20122 min read
Lawyers turned Comedians
As a fourth year law student, I've come to expect the inevitable lawyer joke when I tell people what I am study.
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Survive Law
Aug 14, 20122 min read
Poor at Law: Savings for Students
Law school can sometimes feel like you’re dining a posh restaurant where nothing on the menu suits your student budget. Luckily, there are s
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Survive Law
Aug 13, 20122 min read
Staying Motivated in your Final Semester of Law
If the phrase “light at the end of the tunnel” is being thrown around a lot at the moment, you must be in your final semester of your law de
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Survive Law
Aug 12, 20122 min read
Why do I Procrastinate?
Procrastination – we’re all guilty of it. Don’t deny it. Maybe you’re shaking your head in response to this, and saying “but I’m organised!”
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Survive Law
Aug 10, 20123 min read
I want your job: Interview with Lachlan Ball, Social Entrepreneur
“I got the marks and thought it would be really interesting,” says University of Technology, Sydney student Lachlan Ball of his decision to
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Survive Law
Aug 9, 20123 min read
I want your job: Interview with Adam Liaw, Lawyer turned MasterChef
It’s hard to describe Adam Liaw in a few words. So I’ll try by excessive hyphenation. Everybody remembers the over-achieving, ridiculously-g
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Survive Law
Aug 8, 20123 min read
Free Online Study Resources
So you still haven’t made it to the uni bookshop, or maybe you’re finding that your new textbook is so confusing that it may as well have be
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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
Aug 6, 20122 min read
Law Graduates in Politics
Is it just me, or are there a lot of law graduates in politics? Maybe it’s because you can’t read statutes for three to five years without w
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Head Editor
Aug 5, 20122 min read
A Letter to my Loved Ones
I’m barely back at uni and I can already see that the next twelve weeks will quickly be swallowed up by readings and last-minute assignments
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Survive Law
Aug 4, 20122 min read
In Defence of the Stay at Home Law Student
I admit it. I’m one of those law students. The kind that disappears after the first week and only reappears for the last lecture of semester
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Survive Law
Aug 3, 20122 min read
The Art of Law: Lawyers Turned Artists
Admittedly, law and fine arts don’t sound like very compatible interests. How could a brain that masterfully analyses cases and legislation
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Survive Law
Aug 2, 20122 min read
Starting a Career in Academia
This time last year I was applying for summer clerkships. I didn’t know what area of law I wanted to practice in, but I was sure that I woul
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Wenee Yap
Aug 1, 20124 min read
Legal Fictions: Why do so many lawyers become writers?
The writer/lawyer crossover is about as common as your Hollywood singer/actress. What compels us, the legally trained and pessimistically mi
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Survive Law
Aug 1, 20122 min read
August is Alternative Careers Month
It won’t come as any surprise to you that not all law students end up as lawyers. What might surprise you is what they do instead. This mont
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