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Getting Ready to Start Law School
Yay for you, you got into law school! All that hard work and study has paid off, now you get to go to university and work harder than you ev
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Survive Law
Jan 13, 20122 min read
Book Review: A Private Life by Michael Kirby
Michael Kirby’s memoir, A Private Life: Fragments, memories, friends, has been on my reading list since it came out last year. A few weeks a
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Survive Law
Jan 9, 20122 min read
The Indecisive Law Graduate’s First Year out of Law School
It’s just over a year since I finished my law degree. At the time I had no idea what I was going to do with my life, but one thing was certa
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Survive Law
Jan 6, 20123 min read
Finding (and Surviving) a Graduate Job Overseas
There is no denying it, there is a certain allure to working as an international lawyer. The perks are numerous: bigger pay-cheques, a new c
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Survive Law
Dec 22, 20112 min read
Last-Minute Christmas Gift Ideas for Law Students
This one is for the benefit of our parents, grandparents, siblings and significant others. If you have not done your Christmas gift buying f
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Survive Law
Dec 21, 20111 min read
How to lose a law student in 10 days…
Law students are among the country’s most finicky and meticulous students. We know what we like and, more to the point, we know what we don’
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Survive Law
Dec 15, 20112 min read
Law Student Rites of Passage
There are certain moments in life that you will never forget; some are wonderful, others not so much. There are plenty of the ‘firsts’ that
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Survive Law
Dec 8, 20113 min read
Chin Up: What to do if you fail a law subject
What’s that sound? Oh, it is just the ringing of the dooms day bell, because you failed a subject. Talking about failing a law subject is so
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Survive Law
Dec 7, 20112 min read
Should I become a judge’s associate?
As I finish my second-last year of uni, I find myself faced with yet another career dilemma. As if putting myself through the clerkship appl
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Survive Law
Dec 6, 20113 min read
Guinness (Legal) World Records
Guinness’ famous world records aren’t just about who has the world’s longest fingernails. Have you ever wondered who the oldest judge in the
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Survive Law
Dec 1, 20112 min read
Happy to Grumpy Law Student in 2.4 Seconds
It would be wrong to say law students are always an easy going group of people, but there are a few things that are guaranteed to tip even t
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Wenee Yap
Dec 1, 20113 min read
5 Quick Facts You May Not Know About Postgrad Study
When I graduated the GFC had just hit. Law graduates (even ones with Honours) found it hard to secure a grad job. Some pursued paralegal wor
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Survive Law
Nov 22, 20111 min read
Exam-Inspired Haikus
Here at Survive Law, we know hundreds of ways to wile away the long hours of STUVAC. Our current procrastination method of choice is...
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Survive Law
Nov 17, 20114 min read
You Don’t Need a Commerce Degree to be a Commercial Lawyer
It’s a common belief among law students that if you want to work in a corporate law firm, a commerce, business or economics degree is a huge
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Survive Law
Nov 14, 20112 min read
QUIZ: What does your pen say about you?
At the end of hours of hand-cramping exam torture or vigorous note taking, you come to realise how important finding the right pen is. But w
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Survive Law
Nov 12, 20113 min read
To Specialise or not to Specialise?
A long time ago studying law meant learning every law that existed in your jurisdiction. These days there are too many statutes for that, an
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Survive Law
Nov 7, 20112 min read
Confessions of a Bad Law Student
If every conversation I heard in the law library about how much study everyone does is true, then I am in serious trouble. If I read more th
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Survive Law
Nov 3, 20113 min read
Preparing for a Law Exam in 24 Hours or Less
I’ve seen his scenario coming for a few days, but I’ve been busy: other exams, bad television repeats, etc. It’s the day before the exam whe
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Survive Law
Nov 2, 20112 min read
Surviving Back-to-Back Exams
Some years it feels like the exam timetable makers have it in for you. The examination period is nearly a month long, but all your exams are
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Survive Law
Nov 1, 20114 min read
Things I wish I’d known at law school
Law school doesn’t teach you everything you need to know for your future career. We asked Mallesons lawyers around the country, “What do you
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