Head Editor
5 Top Tips for The Almost Graduate
It's late. Thankfully I'm not talking about my assignment. I've been doing law for a few years now. It's challenging to keep up with the...
Head Editor
- Aug 26
- 4 min
Top 5 tips for Abandoning Anxiety in Law
Not talking about performance-induced anxiety and law would be disingenuous to the experience of law students altogether. It's perfectly...
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Head Editor
- Jun 25
- 2 min
Law School | Third Year Confessions
Welcome to the third year of your law degree! You're killing it and have worked your brain into a perfectly coordinated pile of legal...
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Head Editor
- Jun 17
- 3 min
Law school | Second-Year Confessions
"You cannot legally force someone to get a vasectomy!" Thankfully, I've never had to announce this in my law tutorials, especially when...
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Marie Hadley
- Jan 26
- 3 min
10 Things that Irritate Your Lecturer About Your Legal Writing
Want to avoid alienating your marker? Stay clear of these common legal writing errors: 1. Informal Language Formal law assessments...
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Marie Hadley
- Jul 14, 2021
- 3 min
5 Tips to Help You Improve Your Law Essays
Want to perfect your law essays? Improve your essay writing with these five tips: 1. Introductions are important Your introduction is the...
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Marie Hadley
- Jul 7, 2021
- 2 min
How to Get Started on Your Law Essay
Struggling to get started on your law essay assignment? Here are my top tips for getting the ball rolling: Breathe If you are feeling...
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Kath Hall
- Jun 16, 2021
- 3 min
Getting Involved in Social Justice as a Law Student
When I first started writing this blog, my primary purpose was to provide you with a comprehensive list of social justice organisations...
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Kath Hall
- Jun 9, 2021
- 3 min
A Law Professors Guide to Exams
Marking exams is one of the hardest things I had to do as an academic. First, there was always time pressure. We usually had only a few...
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Survive Law
- Jun 3, 2021
- 3 min
The Differences Between Law School and Legal Practice
As a licensed lawyer with years of experience, Alex Petraglia has a deep understanding of the differences between being a law student and...
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Survive Law
- May 20, 2021
- 4 min
When you fall out of love with IRAC
Learning how to summarise a case is a rite of passage for any law student. But what do you if you don't find the IRAC or ILAC methods...
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Terry Ang
- Mar 31, 2021
- 5 min
Understanding Cognitive Biases
Intro From litigation to contract negotiations, the legal process is very entwined with the human condition. “Justice systems around the...
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Terry Ang
- Jul 30, 2020
- 6 min
Weaponisation of the law against the proletariat.
SLAPP suits are frivolous lawsuits issued by mega-corporations and individuals with the intention to silence critics.
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Terry Ang
- May 28, 2020
- 6 min
Glad to be a grad
What would a post-Covid19 employment market look like for law graduates of 2020/21? Will the ghost of Law's past determine our future?
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Head Editor
- May 11, 2020
- 4 min
Introspection in isolation
Sick of reading articles telling you to drink water and go outside to find peace during COVID-19, then this piece is for you.
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- Feb 6, 2020
- 5 min
My journey as a law student finalist in 2019
Surviving Law School can be incredibly arduous, at times. But I hope my journey as a law student finalist can help find your own success.
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Survive Law
- Jul 3, 2019
- 2 min
What's the Deal with Obiter Dicta?
Reading a case can be difficult and trying to find the ratio can be even trickier, especially where each judge writes a separate judgment.
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Survive Law
- Jun 25, 2019
- 4 min
Back for Round Two: Doing an LLM
If you're considering doing an LLM, here are some thoughts from a (formerly) reluctant LLM candidate.
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Survive Law
- Jun 18, 2019
- 2 min
Productivity Apps to Keep You Focused
We know, we know. There are plenty of apps out there that claim to boost productivity but we've picked out current faves to keep you on
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Survive Law
- Jun 4, 2019
- 2 min
The Shy Student's Guide to Class Participation
If you feel more confident with the law when it’s just you and your textbook and you stutter when it comes to class participation, here are
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