Survive Law
How to Survive your First Law Exam
There are a few things I wish I'd known about university exams, particularly those of the law school variety, before I sat them for the
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Survive Law
Jun 5, 20123 min read
Law Below the Line
Like thousands of other people worldwide, I spent the second week of May living on just $2 per day to raise money for people living in extre
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Survive Law
Jun 4, 20123 min read
How to Impress During Your Clerkship
Congratulations, winter clerk, you've got the job! Now what? How do you set yourself apart from the other clerks? How do you ‘win friend
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Marie Hadley
Jun 3, 20122 min read
Sentenced to Study
You have been charged with ‘omission to study all semester,’ and the Prosecution appears to have a significant amount of evidence against yo
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Survive Law
Jun 2, 20121 min read
“I’m a law student” – The Three Common Reactions
In my first year I was bright-eyed and so proud to be a law student. Even my mum bragged about it. When someone asked what I did I would pro
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Survive Law
Jun 1, 20124 min read
The Law Student Tool Kit
The law student's weapons of choice are usually strong comprehension skills, a keen sense of the broad picture, and a powerful reaction
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Survive Law
May 30, 20122 min read
Should I Defer my Degree for a Semester?
As we hurtle toward end of semester at a rate that would leave a NASCAR driver sobbing in a corner, it’s inevitable that we start to think a
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Survive Law
May 29, 20123 min read
The Most Important Minutes: Planning your Time in Exams
I believe that the most important minutes of the exam are the first 15 minutes and the last 15 minutes. These are the crucial moments when y
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Survive Law
May 28, 20123 min read
The (Horror) Story of my First Ever Law Exam
Allow me to share with you the story of my first ever law school exam: the torts exam of a thousand (slow and painful) deaths. I was a young
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Survive Law
May 26, 20122 min read
How to Live in the Library: A Law Student’s Guide to Coping in Silence
With exams approaching, the inevitable cramming sessions are just around the corner. While you can always study at home, university librarie
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Survive Law
May 25, 20122 min read
Pre-Exam Procrastination
Finals are coming up so procrastination is inevitable. There’s the usual procrastination on Facebook, and reading completely irrelevant worl
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Survive Law
May 24, 20122 min read
Assignment Advice from Your Marker
I recently finished my law degree and crossed over to the ‘dark side,’ working at a university and marking assignments, essays and exams.
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Survive Law
May 23, 20122 min read
The Law Student Diet Plan
Law students have the worst eating habits. Don't believe me? Take a look at how we eat our way through the semester.
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Survive Law
May 22, 20122 min read
Surviving my First Semester of Law... Sort of.
As a first year, I spend most of my time at uni feeling extremely confused. How does the library work? Why are my classes scattered all...
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Survive Law
May 22, 20122 min read
Didn’t get the grade you wanted? Approaching Lecturers and Appealing Marks
Final marks for those assignments that you slaved over are starting to come your way. Sometimes you’re pleasantly surprised, but sometimes y
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Survive Law
May 19, 20121 min read
Working Hardly: An Irreverent Guide to Incidental Law Student Fitness
Feeling guilty because you haven’t made it to the gym this week? Starting to think that Fruit Ninja may not count as exercise? No need to fr
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Head Editor
May 17, 20122 min read
How to Prepare for Exams in Four Weeks
So it’s about four weeks until the start of exams and you’re four weeks behind on readings? Don’t panic! Your fate is not yet sealed. Here a
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Survive Law
May 16, 20122 min read
Study Tips and Tricks for Exams
Here are some of my friends' practical and unorthodox study tips...
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Survive Law
May 15, 20122 min read
Thanks, Mum!
Mothering a law student is a special challenge. Mood swings, frenzied periods of study and irrational behaviour are as common as the piles o
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Survive Law
May 15, 20122 min read
It's not all about winning
As law students we can often think that we’re infallible. We have tendencies to suit up for no apparent reason and use legal jargon at socia
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