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Why honesty is really the best policy
With essays coming at you left, right and centre, mid-semester exams happening and clerkship deadlines looming, life as a law student can se
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Survive Law
Apr 27, 20163 min read
5 Alternatives to that fifth coffee
I think most of you would agree with me when I say coffee is the best thing about my morning, every morning. It’s not bad for you but by the
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Survive Law
Apr 19, 20162 min read
Making the most of limbo
“Just graduated? Congratulations! What are you up to? Oh, you’ve not found work yet? It’s tough out there! What are you doing in the mean ti
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Survive Law
Mar 31, 20163 min read
What I wish I knew as a first year
From time to time, we all realise there are things we wish we'd known. Bianca has compiled a list of them to make these moments few and
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Survive Law
Mar 26, 20163 min read
The 5 Lecturers You'll Meet
Survive Law's Isabelle hits the nail on the head characterising the many law school lecturers you'll meet along your treacherous jou
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Survive Law
Mar 21, 20161 min read
Callout for Clerkship Diaries: 2015/16 edition
Finished a clerkship this past summer? Bursting to talk about it? Survive Law wants you! You: Just finished up a smashing clerkship this pas
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Survive Law
Mar 15, 20162 min read
A date with a barrister (kind of)
It was just another ordinary Friday; I was at the supermarket taking a break from the overwhelming array of cheeses in the dairy aisle when
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Survive Law
Mar 1, 20163 min read
Law Without Walls: Changing legal practice as we know it
Earlier this year, University of Sydney law students Claudia Sheridan and Sandra Hu travelled to Madrid to work on innovative solutions to t
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Survive Law
Feb 28, 20163 min read
Returning to law school: (actually) helpful tips
Everyone knows that coming back to law school is about making new friends, starting afresh with your organisation goals and (actually) atten
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Survive Law
Feb 8, 20163 min read
New Years' Resolutions: Law Student Edition
So it’s that time of year where we sit and think about who we are, what we did last year and what we can do to become better people this yea
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Survive Law
Jan 23, 20162 min read
Sightseeing at the Magistrate's Court
It is 8:44am. I sit in my car and take in my surroundings as 9:00am slowly approaches. I watch as a various assortment of people arrive, par
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Survive Law
Dec 6, 20152 min read
Networking for dummies
We are constantly being told how important networking is. So, you get invited to a networking function and you feel somewhat obliged to go.
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Survive Law
Nov 16, 20153 min read
Clerkship Day #1: What to expect
The first day of any new job can be a bit nerve wracking. So when you're not a qualified lawyer, you're not used to getting out of b
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Survive Law
Oct 28, 20152 min read
Courtly phrases and what they actually mean
The legal world has its own way of talking and it's not just limited to letters and submissions. Spend a bit of time in a courtroom and
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Survive Law
Oct 7, 20153 min read
Returning Home: Adjusting to Life after Exchange
Have you just returned from a semester overseas feeling a bit of post-exchange-blues? I know I am. I’ve just spent six months abroad....
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Survive Law
Sep 22, 20152 min read
When your law degree teaches you that you don’t want to be a lawyer
I’ve learnt a lot during my time at law school. While some of it is on par with the Pythagoras theorem in terms of its relevance, I’ve certa
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Survive Law
Sep 9, 20152 min read
Judge For Yourself: Australian Citizenship Law Amendments
Jess Awad gives you the lowdown on proposed amendments to Australian citizenship laws so you can judge for yourself where you stand. In...
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Survive Law
Sep 8, 20152 min read
“My tutor sucks” and other dangerous phrases
As law students we know that words matter and that words can cost you (no, literally, we’re going to bill you by the hour). But sometimes th
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Survive Law
Sep 4, 20153 min read
The five people you’ll meet in a law study group
So as much as we all know that life isn’t like the movies, when I was introduced to the idea of a law study group I was secretly hoping we’d
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Survive Law
Aug 31, 20154 min read
Everything you weren't told about law exchange
Everyone comes to exchange with different expectations but overwhelmingly, you don’t consider exchange unless you think it will be a magical
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