One of the most dangerous stereotypes of law students is this arduous image. You know what I mean: the daily grind of study and classes; the

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After reading the first few sentences of a law essay, most markers will start to formulate an idea of the mark range. If they start with a C

Some of the best advice that I’ve received as a student was delivered to me in a rather surprising way. I was in a particularly poor state l

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A new study has found that nearly half of Australian law students feel overwhelmed by their law school workload most or all of the time. The results of Survive Law’s Australian Law Student Satisfaction Survey revealed that 42% of law students regularly felt overwhelmed by their workload, while 53% also said they felt stressed at law school most or all of the time. The leading causes of stress were: Balancing study with other commitments (such as work or family) – 34.4% Trying

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Survive Law chatted with civil procedure lecturer Sonya Willis about how to approach legal drafting.

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