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How to Prepare for your First Law Exams
Several weeks into the first year of university and you feel as though you’ve got it all sorted out. You know which lectures you can afford

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May 24, 20132 min read


Time Management Tips
Balancing the competing demands of law and life can be incredibly difficult, especially around exam time. Time management will mean somethin

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May 22, 20132 min read


Choosing Electives
Hey law kids! I have some fantastic news for you! There comes a time in your degree when you do actually get to choose some subjects! I know

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May 16, 20132 min read


Amending Law School Mistakes
Somewhere along the way, something went horribly, horribly wrong. The semester began with good intentions: you were going to update your not

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May 14, 20133 min read


How to Make Notes for Open Book Exams
Exam time looms, and you have an open book exam ahead: rejoice! There is a common misconception that open book exams are easier than closed

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May 9, 20132 min read


Avoiding Information Overload
The study of law is like eating an elephant.* The best way to do it is one bite at a time. But what do you do when there are too many elepha

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May 2, 20132 min read


A Beginner’s Guide to Courtroom Etiquette
If you’re planning on becoming a lawyer, it’s best to get acquainted with the court system early. Going to court is highly beneficial for la

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Apr 26, 20132 min read


Five Tips for Better Reading
Law is all about reading; quite a lot of reading, in fact. Unfortunately they haven't invented those nifty things from the Matrix that j

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Apr 18, 20132 min read


Working with Different Law Lecturer Personalities
Some law lecturers will make you thank your lucky stars; others may lead you to question why you’re even bothering to become a lawyer. Here

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Apr 18, 20132 min read


How to Communicate Effectively with your Tutors and Lecturers
Most of your lecturers don’t just come into uni to lecture for a few hours every week and then go home. They normally run one or two courses

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Apr 9, 20133 min read


Ways to Bully Yourself Into Studying
To avoid- or, let's be honest here - minimise procrastination, here are a few strategies that I use to bully myself into studying.

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Apr 5, 20133 min read


The Laws of the Law Library
Every university has a wonderful building filled with books and other resources for students. If you haven’t been to your university library

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Apr 4, 20132 min read


Five Tips for Making Study Sessions more Exciting
At the start of semester, there’s nothing more exciting than getting back into all of those readings and assessments… right? But once you’re

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Apr 3, 20133 min read


Organising your Study Space
I recently found myself becoming the master of organisation and overhaul when I realised I could not find an important document for an asses

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Mar 20, 20132 min read


Tips for Surviving a Boring Lecture
The lights begin to dim as you look to the projector and your lecture commences. Time seems to have slowed to a crawl. The lecturer's mo

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Mar 13, 20132 min read


The Great Font Debate: Picking the Best Typography for CVs and Assignments
Recently pondering the formatting of my resume and scrolling through articles about which font is the best, I discovered what can only be de

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Mar 5, 20132 min read


Why is Legal Research Important?
Whether you're in your first or last semester of your law degree, everyone is always telling you that everything is important: you have

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Feb 28, 20132 min read


Long Distance Law: Studying Law at Uni without being at Uni
Law school is hard. While that might be the most self-evident statement ever typed, spare a thought for the law student completing their deg

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Feb 22, 20132 min read


Why you should spend a Semester Abroad
Have you always thought about doing a semester abroad, but thought it was too difficult? If you can handle piles of paperwork (but heck – yo

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Feb 17, 20132 min read


The Great Priestley 11 Debate: Should we have Core Law Subjects?
The short answer? No. As old folklore/law of yore goes, the Priestley 11 was intended as a definitive list of essential areas of law...

Wenee Yap
Feb 13, 20133 min read
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