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Fantastic Four: Inspirational Women in Law
Getting back into the headspace to study again after the summer break can be a strenuous and tedious activity. Needless to say, it can be di

Raychel Plath
Feb 18, 20162 min read


I want your job: Q & A with Sarah Lynch, CEO of BucketOrange
Why did you study Law? It’s a degree that teaches you how the world works. I’ve always had a strong interest in social justice and wanted to

Survive Law
Jan 31, 20163 min read


Practicing after law school? Help!
One word: confounding. As I approached Internships and Clerkships, there was a sudden discord between how I thought the law profession would

Survive Law
Jan 27, 20162 min read


LinkedIn: Dos and Don’ts
LinkedIn is a great way to grow and expand your professional network within your field and abroad. You never know when someone that you'

Survive Law
Jan 11, 20162 min read


I want your job: CLC Lawyer, Chimpo Bulawayo
One of the most diverse and challenging places to work at is a Community Legal Centre (CLC). Volunteering at the Northern Suburbs Community

Survive Law
Dec 11, 20153 min read


22k Problems but a job ain’t one
There once was a magical job advertisement that would help solve the lack of employment opportunities for law graduates. Alas, there’s a cat

Survive Law
Oct 27, 20152 min read


Golden rule for resumes: Short and professionally sweet.
Whether you are leaving the university nest and flying into the big world of scary jobs or you are looking for a casual pub job to cover tex

Survive Law
Oct 14, 20152 min read


I want your job: Criminal Defence Lawyer, Jessie Smith
Jessie Smith is a criminal defence lawyer at Stary Norton Halphen but outside her legal career, Jessie manages a fair-trade business called

Survive Law
Oct 8, 20153 min read


Do your marks really matter after law school?
The reality is, your marks matter – but mainly only to get your foot in the door. This includes clerkships, graduate opportunities at govern

Survive Law
Sep 19, 20152 min read


How to turn your internship into a job
I am in the enviable position of having left my part-time, low wage job in retail for part-time work at the community legal centre where I i

Survive Law
Sep 3, 20153 min read


Secret to Success? Think like a lawyer
If there’s anything I wish I’d known in my first year of law school it would be these two things: First, find the best coffee..

Survive Law
Aug 27, 20152 min read


#NewLaw: The future of legal services?
Fixed fees, lower overheads, increased job flexibility, smarter technologies and the absence of a competitive partnership model – is it too

Survive Law
Aug 26, 20152 min read


Working at the Magistrates' Court
Not many law students have the chance to get a behind-the scenes experience of a court. For the curious among you, the gist of it is paperwo

Survive Law
Aug 24, 20152 min read


Interning with the Aurora Project
Canberra. The name that automatically dredges up memories of visiting Parliament House and the War Memorial on primary school excursions....

Survive Law
Aug 10, 20152 min read


Finding legal work experience in unlikely places
“How can I get experience if you won’t give me a job?!” This is the question we all scream out after scrolling through the dozens of apparen

Survive Law
Aug 6, 20153 min read


Starting your legal career overseas
High-flying company executives are not the only ones who get to travel abroad as part of their careers. Law offers numerous opportunities to

Head Editor
Jul 31, 20153 min read


You’ve got a Law Degree... Now what?
It was once the case that law students had the luxury of choosing between numerous firms, now each firm has its choice of hundreds of studen

Survive Law
Jun 23, 20153 min read


Tips and Tricks for your First Law Job
So you’ve got your first law job and you’re keen to put some of that legal learning into practice. If you’ve never worked in a law firm befo

Survive Law
Jun 18, 20153 min read


From Careers Fairs to Cover Letters: Mastering the Clerkship Application
The only thing between you and a clerkship is several information sessions/ careers fairs/ networking events, hours of research and...

Survive Law
Jun 17, 20156 min read


How to Network when you don’t Know Anyone
No one likes that guy who casually name-drops that his father/mother/great aunt Agnes is/was a barrister/lawyer/High Court judge/ leader of

Survive Law
Jun 1, 20153 min read
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