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    Profile: Robyn Bradey on Law and Mental Health
    Survive Law
    • Apr 5, 2016
    • 2 min

    Profile: Robyn Bradey on Law and Mental Health

    Survive Law first encountered social worker and mental health expert, Robyn Bradey, at College of Law's Wellness Forum. We caught up wit
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    Controlling mental monsters
    Survive Law
    • Oct 26, 2015
    • 2 min

    Controlling mental monsters

    ‘It’s too difficult’. ‘I’m not smart enough’. ‘Everybody hates me’. Do any of these thoughts sound familiar? Psychologists call these types
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    Eat, Sleep, Law, Repeat: Caring for Yourself in Law School
    Survive Law
    • Jul 17, 2015
    • 2 min

    Eat, Sleep, Law, Repeat: Caring for Yourself in Law School

    I once heard that law school was “a marathon, not a sprint”, but now that I'm in my fourth year, I’ve found that studying law is more li
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    Your mental health matters
    Survive Law
    • Apr 1, 2015
    • 2 min

    Your mental health matters

    I found myself at a party one evening speaking to a friend’s dad who is a barrister. I told him of my interests and explained that someone r
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    Managing Your Mental Health in Law School
    Survive Law
    • Oct 15, 2014
    • 3 min

    Managing Your Mental Health in Law School

    Our lecturers and tutors regularly remind us that depression and anxiety are more prevalent among law students and lawyers than in any other
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    Law School Blues
    Survive Law
    • May 8, 2014
    • 3 min

    Law School Blues

    My first experience of depression happened at 16. Family and childhood issues from a young age had changed my cheerful, blissfully ignorant
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    Mental Health Resources for Law Students
    Survive Law
    • May 7, 2014
    • 3 min

    Mental Health Resources for Law Students

    Law as a profession has one of the highest rates of depression and anxiety of any occupation, and it all starts in law school. As law studen
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    Looking out for the Signs of Depression and Anxiety
    Survive Law
    • Apr 3, 2014
    • 3 min

    Looking out for the Signs of Depression and Anxiety

    We all know that being a law student can be stressful. However, when the demands of law school are combined with the general stresses of dai
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    Victoria Launches Foundation to Improve Lawyers' Mental Health
    Survive Law
    • Oct 1, 2013
    • 1 min

    Victoria Launches Foundation to Improve Lawyers' Mental Health

    A new foundation will be working to improve the mental wellbeing of Victoria’s legal practitioners. Launched last month, the Wellbeing and t
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    Being a Law School Outcast
    Survive Law
    • Sep 21, 2013
    • 2 min

    Being a Law School Outcast

    Countless online forums, note sharing websites and law societies are a testament to the notion that when it comes to law school ‘We’re All I
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    Law School a Major Factor in Student Stress: NZ Survey
    Survive Law
    • Sep 11, 2013
    • 2 min

    Law School a Major Factor in Student Stress: NZ Survey

    More than 85% of New Zealand’s law students experience high levels of stress, and 95% of students say their legal studies are a direct or co
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    Why Seeing a Counsellor isn’t Scary
    Survive Law
    • Aug 27, 2013
    • 2 min

    Why Seeing a Counsellor isn’t Scary

    Whether you’re struggling with the stresses of law school, suffering from depression or dealing with the vicissitudes of life, it’s importan
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    Useful Apps for Law Students
    Survive Law
    • Aug 8, 2013
    • 2 min

    Useful Apps for Law Students

    Sure, some of us still enjoy hard copies of legislation, dictionaries and personal organisers, but there's nothing like the convenience
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    Why Yoga is Good for Law Students
    Survive Law
    • Feb 12, 2013
    • 2 min

    Why Yoga is Good for Law Students

    Yoga, like the law, has been practiced for thousands of years. You’ve probably heard of it before and imagined super flexible types twisting
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    Stress Less: Why you should be Relaxing Right Now
    Survive Law
    • Jan 24, 2013
    • 2 min

    Stress Less: Why you should be Relaxing Right Now

    Stress is no stranger to a law student, but it’s not our best friend either. That’s why the university break is so important (and so awesome
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    A Friend in Need: Depression and the Quiet Cry for Help
    Survive Law
    • Oct 31, 2012
    • 2 min

    A Friend in Need: Depression and the Quiet Cry for Help

    As exam time looms closer, anxieties in the law school community are running high. It doesn’t help that one of the common law student charac
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    Overwhelmed by Exams
    Survive Law
    • Jun 7, 2012
    • 3 min

    Overwhelmed by Exams

    The stresses of law school are most apparent in the lead up to exams. You feel run down, overwhelmed and pushed to breaking point, but you g
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    Working into the Ground
    Survive Law
    • Apr 17, 2012
    • 2 min

    Working into the Ground

    Law school often reminds me of the theory of natural selection - a survival of the fittest where the beneficial traits include an irrational
    9 views0 comments
    Mental Health and Students: A Working Solution?
    Survive Law
    • Apr 16, 2012
    • 3 min

    Mental Health and Students: A Working Solution?

    The Sydney University Law Society recently hosted a panel-based discussion forum on the topic of how mental health issues amongst students,
    12 views0 comments
    How's the Serenity? Turn your weekend into a Power Break
    Survive Law
    • Apr 5, 2012
    • 2 min

    How's the Serenity? Turn your weekend into a Power Break

    As we approach the madness of mid-semester, most of us are wondering how to find work/life/study balance. Taking a few days off to relax wil
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