Survive Law
Wow! Survive Law got shiny!
It’s like a celebrity makeover story. Over the summer we’ve secretly been nipping and tucking our way to a prettier, friendlier and altogeth
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Wenee Yap
Feb 29, 20123 min read
Welcome to Law School, Class of 2012!
So it’s the first day of the new university year (for most of us, anyway). For some, you’ll be taking your first steps not only in law schoo
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Survive Law
Feb 19, 20123 min read
My Jessup Journey: A Story of Survival
It has taken a while to get around to writing this post. You see, I have been in what you could call a ‘decompression’ phase. This decompres
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Survive Law
Jan 17, 20122 min read
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
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
Oct 4, 20113 min read
It’s the Final Countdown…
I was flipping through my diary and doing my usual panic-because-everything-is-due-in-a-few-weeks-then-it’s-exams, and then I realised that
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Survive Law
Sep 24, 20111 min read
How to Spot a Law Student Zombie
We’re now in the assessment twilight zone – that rapidly diminishing period of time between mid-semester assignments and final exams – and t
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Survive Law
Sep 18, 20111 min read
Things I Never Want to do Again Once I Finish Law School
Being a law student has its perks, but also a few drawbacks. Fortunately, many of those downsides are fleeting, and we can all look forward
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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
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 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
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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Survive Law
Aug 24, 20103 min read
Honours Diary Part 1: 9 Weeks, 3 Days To Go
To be honest, I’m not sure how I got into honours. I feel ridiculously unqualified and under prepared for it. Academically, it’s the most am
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Survive Law
Aug 13, 20102 min read
Am I cut out for law school?
If you’re thinking about applying to do law, you’re probably also wondering if it’s right for you. Prospective law students often feel they’
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Survive Law
Aug 12, 20104 min read
What is it like to study law?
So you’re nearing the end of high school and wondering what you’ll do next. Or maybe you’ve finished your first degree and are considering a
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Survive Law
Jul 8, 20103 min read
Why you should do Law Revue
A revue is a comedic performance typically made up of lots of short skits with some song and dance numbers in between. Being involved in a l
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Survive Law
Apr 28, 20104 min read
Starting at Law School: Wenee Yap on What to Expect
"There’s a lot wrong with the world. Mired in hypocrisy, politik, self-interest. Troubled with wars, profiteering, injustice, climate c
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Wenee Yap
Feb 14, 20102 min read
Starting out at Law School: Costa Avgoustinos on What to Expect
Costa Avgoustinos, a casual academic at UTS, UNSW LLM student and finalist at Tropfest in 2004, talks to survive law about his time at unive
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Wenee Yap
Feb 13, 20103 min read
How did you do it? Andrew Taylor’s tips for surviving law school
Managing work, study … and everything else! 29 year old artist, schoolteacher and Juris Doctor student Andrew Taylor, feels the pain of olde
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