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Applying for Tipstaff/Associate Positions in NSW

Survive Law

Mar 20, 20122 min read

Applying for Tipstaff/Associate Positions in NSW

What do I include in my application? What should I address in my cover letter? Where should I begin? The role of a tipstaff or judge's a

Survive Law

Mar 20, 20121 min read

Working Hardly: Law School Memes

Hilarious memes about uni life are all over the Internet. Here are some memes based on of our highs and lows from law school.

Survive Law

Mar 18, 20124 min read

Law Student to English Dictionary

Starting law school can be hard at the best of times. It doesn't help that all of a sudden you're bombarded with all this legal jarg

Survive Law

Mar 18, 20122 min read

QUIZ: Should you be studying right now?

Fellow law students, I know. I know! The thought of someone questioning your time management and commitment sends you into a frenzy of seat

Survive Law

Mar 17, 20121 min read

Legal Limericks

Top of the morning to you, Survivors! Happy St. Patrick’s Day! While most people are celebrating with a pint of Guinness or by talking in at

Wenee Yap

Mar 16, 20123 min read

Living in Fear of the Socratic Method

Oh, Socrates. So clever, so Greek, so dead....

Survive Law

Mar 15, 20123 min read

My First Legal Networking Experience

The hopeful youths sip their free ($40 entry fee) glasses of Chandon; most of them are wearing ill-fitting borrowed suits. Most are in their

Survive Law

Mar 14, 20125 min read

How to Stay on Point

So you're back to the law student grind, forced into another year of textbook serfdom. Or maybe you have just begun your illustrious stu

Survive Law

Mar 14, 20122 min read

Should I get a mentor?

Mentoring means something different for everyone. You might occasionally meet for coffee and a few lawyer jokes or you might spend all summe

How to be Awesome at Class Participation

Survive Law

Mar 12, 20125 min read

How to be Awesome at Class Participation

A running motif amongst law students who I have met is that the class participation component of their courses seems arbitrarily marked, inc

How much study should I be doing each week?

Wenee Yap

Mar 12, 20123 min read

How much study should I be doing each week?

So it’s Semester 1, and the eager baby law student enquiries have started filtering into my academic inbox: “Can I have full list of the lat

Survive Law

Mar 11, 20122 min read

The Law School Check List

So you’re part way into your law degree, and all you’ve done is attend the occasional lecture and bluff your way through tutorials each week

Wenee Yap

Mar 10, 20124 min read

So, what kind of law student are you?

So, you’ve found yourself at the start of your legal “experience”. Are you here to put the United Nations or Justice Kirby to shame? Did you

Oh no! Not another year of law! Tips for early semester motivation

Survive Law

Mar 9, 20122 min read

Oh no! Not another year of law! Tips for early semester motivation

Even for the most motivated of law students the first few weeks of study feel almost impossible. Who can blame us? We’ve spent months testin

Tins of Abalone: A Diary of a Law Grad in an ‘Alternative’ Career

Survive Law

Mar 9, 20122 min read

Tins of Abalone: A Diary of a Law Grad in an ‘Alternative’ Career

Recently, I completed my studies in law (hurrah!) and decided to try something a little different. So, I packed my bags, moved overseas and

Balancing parenting with law school: 5 tips for new students

Survive Law

Mar 8, 20123 min read

Balancing parenting with law school: 5 tips for new students

So, you are a parent and have decided to embark upon a law degree. Congratulations on your courage and chutzpah at having the audacity to te

The Underachiever’s Guide to Faking it in Class

Survive Law

Mar 8, 20124 min read

The Underachiever’s Guide to Faking it in Class

Some law students finish their readings every week, maintain their notes with meticulous care, and come to each seminar/tute/lecture/exam co

Survive Law

Mar 7, 20122 min read

Pace yourselves, keen beans!

It’s just so exciting, isn’t it? You’re a real law student! You’ve been waking up at 5am for 11am classes, dressing in your nicest rags, and

Survive Law

Mar 6, 20122 min read

Law school study avoidance traps

When it comes to being good students, we’re all guilty of telling ourselves that we’ll ‘get around to it’. For most of us, these traps are v

Summer Clerk Diary: Lara Macalyk, Gadens Lawyers

Survive Law

Mar 6, 20124 min read

Summer Clerk Diary: Lara Macalyk, Gadens Lawyers

Having just completed a clerkship at Gadens; I can easily say it has been an extremely exhilarating and rewarding experience!