Survive Law
Law School Problems
The guy in the library complaining about how bad the wi-fi signal is. The girl behind him complaining about how she can’t get any work done
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Survive Law
Apr 20, 20124 min read
On Trial: Unpaid Work Experience and Internships
Last week Survive Law reported that the Fair Work Ombudsman had partnered with academics from the University of Adelaide to examine unpaid w
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Survive Law
Apr 20, 20123 min read
Dropping a Subject: Admitting Defeat?
As it approached 3am and I embraced my oversized Federal Constitutional Law textbook in bed, reading and re-reading how the High Court defin
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Survive Law
Apr 19, 20122 min read
You know it’s that time of semester when…
It’s the season of mid-semester meltdowns: the time when a rogue comma can cause a breakdown, and when working on assessments feels more cru
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Survive Law
Apr 18, 20123 min read
Meeting Erin Brockovich
On a recent Saturday I grumbled my way out of bed at 5am. I hate mornings, everyone who knows me can attest to my sheer hatred of everything
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Survive Law
Apr 17, 20122 min read
Don’t Feel Guilty: Facebook can be good for Law Students
To the average law student, Facebook is like caffeine. You probably spend way too much time consuming it and secretly wish you could live wi
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Survive Law
Apr 17, 20125 min read
I want your Job: Interview with Steven Freeland, Professor of International Law and Visiting Profess
Admit it. You and I both know that one of the main reasons we decided to do a law degree was so that we could champion the needs of the poor
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Survive Law
Apr 17, 20122 min read
Working into the Ground
Law school often reminds me of the theory of natural selection - a survival of the fittest where the beneficial traits include an irrational
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Survive Law
Apr 16, 20123 min read
Mental Health and Students: A Working Solution?
The Sydney University Law Society recently hosted a panel-based discussion forum on the topic of how mental health issues amongst students,
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Survive Law
Apr 16, 20123 min read
Things I Hate about Textbooks
Textbooks. They’re the foundation of our seminars, lectures and tutorials. We tab them compulsively, highlight them to oblivion (unless you’
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Survive Law
Apr 15, 20122 min read
Funny and Inspirational Quotations for Mid-Sem Madness
Sometimes being a law student gets downright hard, horrible and exhausting. There's those days when you come home absolutely defeated; y
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Survive Law
Apr 14, 20123 min read
Better than Sliced Bread? The Best Inventions for Law Students
Many wonderful people over the years have enriched the lives of law students. We should take the time to consider and thank them for their v
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Survive Law
Apr 13, 20121 min read
Working Hardly: You know you're a law student when...
When you started law school you thought you could avoid picking up those strange law student habits. Now you embrace them. You know you’re a
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Survive Law
Apr 12, 20122 min read
I just can't read any more
It seems like no matter how hard I try to live a ‘balanced’ lifestyle, I almost never succeed and often find myself on two extremes of the s
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Head Editor
Apr 12, 20124 min read
What do you mean I CAN’T SURVIVE ON CAFFEINE?
It’s been, four weeks since I’ve exercised, Run around the block or even mobilized, Three weeks since I’ve used a spoon, Don’t need manners
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Survive Law
Apr 9, 20126 min read
Top 5 Things That Your Law Tutor Hates
At long last we've found a law tutor willing to tell us what they love and hate about our classroom antics and approaches to assignments
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Survive Law
Apr 8, 20122 min read
Playing Catch Up
There are undoubtedly times in a law degree where you are bound to get behind. You might be sick for a week, or you might have a motivation
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Survive Law
Apr 7, 20123 min read
When Law Students are Twats
Upon finishing my first year of law and starting my second I have noticed a very serious issue that needs to be addressed within the law com
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Survive Law
Apr 6, 20123 min read
How to Love a Law Student
“Imagine being in a goldfish bowl. The lid is sealed. Now imagine this goldfish bowl doesn’t sit next to the window of some retired...
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Survive Law
Apr 5, 20122 min read
How's the Serenity? Turn your weekend into a Power Break
As we approach the madness of mid-semester, most of us are wondering how to find work/life/study balance. Taking a few days off to relax wil
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