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    Book Review: Order in Court by David Osborne
    Survive Law
    • Jan 19, 2017
    • 2 min

    Book Review: Order in Court by David Osborne

    Survive Law's Jess Awad ponders the ups and downs of life at the Bar from the perspective of an aspiring barrister. Ever wanted to know what it's like to work at the Bar - the Criminal Bar?! Order in Court, a fictional novel by English barrister David Osborne, provides us with a protagonist who like all young lawyers, is ambitious. We first join Toby Potts as he strides out of his Bar exam with starry eyes into life as a Barrister. Occasionally prosecuting, but mostly defendi
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    Review: Workplace Bullying
    Survive Law
    • Oct 4, 2016
    • 2 min

    Review: Workplace Bullying

    Survive Law's Jess Awad dishes the dirt on LexisNexis' take on Workplace Bullying. For those of you interested in gaining a broader
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    Review: Cybercrime: Legislation, Cases and Commentary
    Survive Law
    • Mar 8, 2016
    • 2 min

    Review: Cybercrime: Legislation, Cases and Commentary

    Survive Law's Leanne Rogers dives into Greg Urbas's Cybercrime textbook to give you the scoop on crime's new frontier. Gregor Urbas’ Cybercrime: Legislation, Cases and Commentary delivers exactly what its title promises – cybercrime legislation, cases and commentary. What was once an “obscure backwater of law and criminology” is now a ubiquitous topic, with the ‘Internet of Things’ having impacted almost every facet of modern life. Yet it is surprising that very few Australia
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    Excerpt: Cybercrime (Gregor Urbas, LexisNexis)
    Survive Law
    • Jan 12, 2016
    • 1 min

    Excerpt: Cybercrime (Gregor Urbas, LexisNexis)

    There aren't many of us who haven't imagined ourselves delivering an inspiring closing address worthy of Atticus Finch at the close of a flashy criminal trial. But whichever way you lean, defence or prosecution, there's not doubt that as tomorrow's aspiring criminal lawyers, cyber-crime will become part and parcel of your job. And to cover you on all the basics and more, LexisNexis has put together a comprehensive guide to cyber-crime that covers leading international instrum
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    Book Review: Rumpole of the Bailey by John Mortimer
    Survive Law
    • Sep 5, 2014
    • 2 min

    Book Review: Rumpole of the Bailey by John Mortimer

    Rumpole of the Bailey, written by John Mortimer, is a set of funny short stories adapted from a British television series of the same name.
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    Book Review: Mastering Law Studies and Law Exam Techniques by Richard Krever
    Survive Law
    • May 29, 2014
    • 3 min

    Book Review: Mastering Law Studies and Law Exam Techniques by Richard Krever

    If you ask a law student what type of assessment they prefer, there’s a good chance that they’ll favour an essay or problem solving assignme
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    Book Review: Becoming a Lawyer by Michael Brogan and David Spencer
    Survive Law
    • May 17, 2014
    • 2 min

    Book Review: Becoming a Lawyer by Michael Brogan and David Spencer

    If you’re currently buried in exam notes and textbooks – and let’s face it, most of us are – then you’re probably not in the mood to read a
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    Book Review: Effective Legal Writing: A Practical Guide
    Survive Law
    • Mar 10, 2014
    • 2 min

    Book Review: Effective Legal Writing: A Practical Guide

    Legal writing can be baffling for first year law students. It’s almost like learning a new language! But trying to write like a lawyer does
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    So you want to be a law student?
    Survive Law
    • Feb 27, 2014
    • 3 min

    So you want to be a law student?

    Starting law this year? On behalf of all current and past law students, I would like to take this opportunity to say a few words, or actuall
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    Book Review: 101 Reasons to Kill all the Lawyers by Paul Brennan
    Survive Law
    • Jul 27, 2013
    • 2 min

    Book Review: 101 Reasons to Kill all the Lawyers by Paul Brennan

    If you’ve had one of those weeks (or semesters) where you’ve found yourself thinking that this law caper is horribly dry and dull, 101 Reaso
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    Working Hardly: A Book Review of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia
    Survive Law
    • Jul 18, 2013
    • 2 min

    Working Hardly: A Book Review of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia

    Widely recognised as a ‘must-have’ on the bookshelf of any up-and-coming lawyer, the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia is an enc
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    Book Review: Eugenia by Mark Tedeschi QC
    Survive Law
    • Jun 22, 2013
    • 2 min

    Book Review: Eugenia by Mark Tedeschi QC

    In 1920, Harry Crawford was charged with the murder of his first wife, Annie. The sensational case captured the attention of the Australian
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    Book Review: Emergency Sex (And Other Desperate Measures) by Kenneth Cain, Heidi Postlewait and Andr
    Survive Law
    • Apr 20, 2013
    • 3 min

    Book Review: Emergency Sex (And Other Desperate Measures) by Kenneth Cain, Heidi Postlewait and Andr

    A doctor, a lawyer and a social worker walk into a war zone..
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    Book Review: Michael Kirby: Law, Love & Life by Daryl Dellora
    Marie Hadley
    • Mar 31, 2013
    • 2 min

    Book Review: Michael Kirby: Law, Love & Life by Daryl Dellora

    When I began writing this book review, I mulled over how I would do this book justice. Put simply, if you’re a Kirby fan you’ll relish every
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    Book Review: Harry Curry, Counsel of Choice by Stuart Littlemore QC
    Survive Law
    • Feb 10, 2013
    • 2 min

    Book Review: Harry Curry, Counsel of Choice by Stuart Littlemore QC

    We all know not to judge a book by its cover. However, as every law student also knows, the finding of loopholes and exceptions to the rule
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    Book Review: Madame Prosecutor: Confrontations with Humanity’s Worst Criminals and the Culture of Im
    Survive Law
    • Jan 12, 2013
    • 2 min

    Book Review: Madame Prosecutor: Confrontations with Humanity’s Worst Criminals and the Culture of Im

    “Putting war criminals behind bars depends on the will of men and women, and especially men and women of the bar, to challenge the assumptio
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    Book Review: Kill All the Lawyers by Michael Bradley
    Survive Law
    • Jan 6, 2013
    • 2 min

    Book Review: Kill All the Lawyers by Michael Bradley

    “We are an inevitable creation, like the prostitute and the priest.” Such is lawyer Michael Bradley’s amusing conclusion on the origins of l
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    Book Review: Bleak House by Charles Dickens
    Survive Law
    • Jan 5, 2013
    • 2 min

    Book Review: Bleak House by Charles Dickens

    “If all the injustice it [the Chancery] has committed, and all the misery it has caused, could only be locked up with it, and the whole burn
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    Book Review: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
    Survive Law
    • Dec 15, 2012
    • 2 min

    Book Review: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

    Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is one of those classic novels that everyone knows the name of, but not necessarily the story. Set in the
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    Book Review: Crimes Against Humanity by Geoffrey Robertson QC
    Survive Law
    • Nov 4, 2012
    • 2 min

    Book Review: Crimes Against Humanity by Geoffrey Robertson QC

    Geoffrey Robertson QC is well known in the legal world for his work on high-profile cases. He appears frequently in the European Court of Hu
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