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Working Hardly: The Devil’s Dictionary for Legal Types
Some days this degree makes us feel a bit cynical, but that’s normal. But as cynical as law students get, none can surpass the master, Ambro
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Survive Law
Aug 21, 20111 min read
Working Hardly: 10 Things I won’t do when I’m a Lawyer
As law students we often talk about what we’ll do when we’re lawyers. But what won’t we do? When I become a lawyer, I solemnly swear that I
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Survive Law
Aug 20, 20112 min read
Working Hardly: Five Awesome Reasons to be a Judge
What lies at the end of your law-career rainbow? A Partnership? How about a seat at the bench? Being a judge is like being a rock star of th
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Survive Law
Jul 27, 20112 min read
The Textbook Free Philosophy
The average cost of law textbooks each semester is equivalent to the GDP of a small nation. So you’ve scrounged around under your couch for
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Survive Law
Jul 15, 20112 min read
Friends, Family and Fools…
If your family tree includes a judge, a Queens Counsel, a barrister, a paralegal or even anyone who has watched a full season of Boston Lega
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Survive Law
Mar 21, 20112 min read
What happened to law student idealism?
Do you remember the first-ever tutorial of your law degree? That tutorial where everyone in the class said their name, something “interestin
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Survive Law
Mar 10, 20113 min read
When Does a Little bit of Law School Competition Become too Much?
Would you ever put a laxative in a peer’s drink just before an exam? Rip out pages from a library book? While most of you would answer no, t
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Survive Law
Mar 1, 20112 min read
First Week Jitters
This week I start law school for the very first time. Those words seem so big and imposing; as if it wasn’t enough to feel like the little k
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Survive Law
Dec 23, 20102 min read
How to deal with less than ideal marks
Now that exam results have been released, it is inevitable that some of us are disappointed with our marks. That shouldn’t be an excuse us t
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Survive Law
Dec 11, 20102 min read
Gift Buying for Law Students
Christmas and the holiday season are upon us, so this week we’ve put together a list of gifts for the law student or law student to be. If y
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Survive Law
Dec 10, 20104 min read
Obscure Laws from Around the World
There are some pretty crazy laws out there. Some of them are relics from ‘more interesting’ times, and although they are no longer enforced,
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Survive Law
Nov 29, 20102 min read
Stuff Law Students Like
Law students don’t like things that militate against their sense of individuality. This presents a problem when they are about as predictabl
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Survive Law
Oct 7, 20102 min read
Book Review: The Centre Cannot Hold by Elyn Saks
“I spent the next hour or so laughing and singing and gibbering away on the roof of Yale Law School. I found several feet of loose telephone
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Survive Law
Oct 6, 20102 min read
Honours Diary Part 3: 3 Weeks, 2 Days To Go
So with the end of the world (aka my thesis due date) looming, I’ve found that every distraction that exists seems to be coming my way. Sinc
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Survive Law
Sep 15, 20102 min read
Post Clerkship Self-Esteem Repair Kit
If you’re still in the running for a summer clerkship, congratulations and good luck. If you didn’t get a clerkship, don’t worry - everythin
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Survive Law
Sep 10, 20105 min read
I want your job: Interview with Michael Bradley- Managing Partner, Marque Lawyers
While the PVA glue on your creative Marque Lawyers clerkship application was still drying, Managing Partner Michael Bradley chatted with Sur
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Survive Law
Sep 7, 20102 min read
Deciphering Assignment Questions
Maybe it's because law lecturers read too many convoluted judgments, but chances are you’re going to come across a few tricky assignment
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Survive Law
Sep 6, 20104 min read
Honours Diary Part 2: 7 Weeks, 4 Days To Go
There’s less than two months until my research thesis is due and I don’t think I’ve ever stressed about an assignment this far ahead of the
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Survive Law
Sep 2, 20102 min read
Eye Care for Law Students
Most veteran law students will tell you that their eyesight has noticeably deteriorated since they started law school. It’s not surprising.
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Survive Law
Aug 31, 20103 min read
Having an (Almost) Relaxing Mid-Semester Break
You’re probably thinking about mid-semester break by now. It’s a break that always promises so much and delivers so little. You hope to get
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