Survive Law
The Underachiever’s Guide to Faking it in Class
Some law students finish their readings every week, maintain their notes with meticulous care, and come to each seminar/tute/lecture/exam co
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Survive Law
- Mar 6, 2012
- 2 min
Law school study avoidance traps
When it comes to being good students, we’re all guilty of telling ourselves that we’ll ‘get around to it’. For most of us, these traps are v
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Survive Law
- Feb 1, 2012
- 2 min
Summer School: My Day
7:00am: Wake up. Hit the snooze button. 7:15am: Snooze
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Wenee Yap
- Jan 19, 2012
- 3 min
What is Summer School Like?
I’m doing summer school at the moment. Yes, I’m inside reading while my friends are at the beach, but it’s not all bad. Here’s my take on th
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Wenee Yap
- Dec 1, 2011
- 3 min
5 Quick Facts You May Not Know About Postgrad Study
When I graduated the GFC had just hit. Law graduates (even ones with Honours) found it hard to secure a grad job. Some pursued paralegal wor
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Survive Law
- Nov 3, 2011
- 3 min
Preparing for a Law Exam in 24 Hours or Less
I’ve seen his scenario coming for a few days, but I’ve been busy: other exams, bad television repeats, etc. It’s the day before the exam whe
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Survive Law
- Nov 2, 2011
- 2 min
Surviving Back-to-Back Exams
Some years it feels like the exam timetable makers have it in for you. The examination period is nearly a month long, but all your exams are
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Survive Law
- Oct 22, 2011
- 4 min
Should I go on an exchange?
International student exchanges are available at most, if not all, Australian universities. They can be short study programs overseas, or a
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Survive Law
- Oct 6, 2011
- 2 min
Surviving the Socratic Method
You have to admit, it’s a fairly impressive legacy. Even though he lived over 2,400 years ago, the Greek philosopher Socrates, still manages
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Survive Law
- Sep 22, 2011
- 2 min
Manage your Study Time Differently
Long study sessions are hardly my favourite thing. They start well, but after a while my attention drifts and I end up granting myself a ‘sh
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Survive Law
- Sep 20, 2011
- 3 min
Surviving a Take Home Exam
Take home exams have to be my least favourite assessment type. Mostly it’s because they turn your home into an exam room. That said, any exa
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Survive Law
- Jul 27, 2011
- 2 min
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
- Sep 7, 2010
- 2 min
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
- Aug 26, 2010
- 4 min
Surviving your Honours Thesis
Are you writing a thesis and finding it hard to get motivated? So was I until UTS law student and honours thesis survivor Nicholas Mirzai sh
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Survive Law
- Aug 9, 2010
- 4 min
How to Survive a Practice File Assignment
The thing about many Practical Legal Training assignments is that they seem so straightforward. On the face of it, everything looks so simpl
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Survive Law
- Jun 30, 2010
- 4 min
What do you do with Old Textbooks?
When the semester is over and that tatty old plastic sleeve you use as your exam pencil case gets stuffed away, what do you do with those te
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Wenee Yap
- May 19, 2010
- 3 min
The Sky is Falling: Failing, Academic Appeals and Plagiarism
So by now, most of your assignments have been handed in, and if you’re really lucky, have been handed back. If the marks you were hoping for
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Survive Law
- Apr 20, 2010
- 4 min
How to Avoid Making Stupid Mistakes on Assignments
It always happens. You get your subject outline and quickly scan through in the first week of semester. Everything seems straightforward...
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Wenee Yap
- Mar 12, 2010
- 3 min
Last-Minute Exam Crams: Don’t Panic
“How is education supposed to make me feel smarter? Besides, every time I learn something new, it pushes some old stuff out of my brain. Rem
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Wenee Yap
- Mar 10, 2010
- 2 min
Planning for Academic Success
For most students, it is quite understandable to be late on an assessment or find themselves underprepared for an exam at least once in thei
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