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Summer Clerk Diary: Dave Barton, Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Despite having several years’ experience working full-time, I wasn’t sure what to expect from a clerkship at a commercial law firm. Everyone

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Feb 24, 20122 min read


Summer Clerk Diary: Eva Lee, Minter Ellison
UNSW law student Eva Lee spent her summer clerking with Minter Ellison in Sydney and discovered that there is more to a clerkship than meets

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Feb 21, 20123 min read


Summer Clerk Diary: Aman Gaur, Australian Government Solicitor
Aman Gaur is studying law and economics at Australian National University and spent his summer clerking with the Australian Government Solic

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Feb 20, 20122 min read


Summer Clerk Diary: Mihilini Fernando, Maddocks
Monash law student Mihilini Fernando has spent the break clerking at Maddocks. Here’s her take on the clerkship experience… As I took my fir

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Feb 17, 20122 min read


Summer Clerk Diary: Laura McDonnell, Lander & Rogers
Today’s summer clerk diary is by Deakin University Arts/Law student Laura McDonnell, who shares her experience at Lander & Rogers Lawyer

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Feb 16, 20123 min read


Summer Clerk Diary: Sarah Moore and Wendy Ooi, Moores Legal
Clerkships provide fantastic holiday work experience, but what happens afterwards? Melbourne University Law student Wendy Ooi and law gradua

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Feb 15, 20123 min read


Why I Love Community Legal Work
When I started my law degree three years ago, I had recently returned from living my life as a ‘hippy’ in Latin America.
I knew from my exp

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Feb 10, 20122 min read


Taking an Alternative Career Path: Academia
I completed my law degree in December. In my last semester I could not find the floor of my room and had not left the house in ages – I thou

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Feb 9, 20122 min read


Summer Clerk Diary: Sophie Barrow, DibbsBarker
Sydney University arts law student Sophie Barrow is another clerk who traded her summer in the sun (well, what little sun there was) for the

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Feb 8, 20122 min read


Summer Clerk Diary: Sam Elder, Hunt & Hunt Lawyers
University of Melbourne juris doctor student Sam Elder spent his summer clerking with Hunt & Hunt Lawyers. Here is Sam’s take on the sum

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Feb 7, 20123 min read


I Want Your Job: Interview with Ossian Elkington, Australian Human Rights Commission
Ossian Elkington. JD graduate, former Irish Bachelor of the Year contender, mixed martial arts aficionado, and the man who landed the job so

Wenee Yap
Feb 4, 20122 min read


Summer Clerk Diary: Jacinta Bishop and Rachel Kong, Marque Lawyers
The next instalment in our summer clerkship diary series comes from the clerks at Marque Lawyers. Jacinta Bishop, a juris doctor student fro

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Feb 2, 20123 min read


A Sporting Chance: Considering a Career in Sports Law
The field of sports law is seldom discussed and little understood. It is certainly not a topic mentioned alongside the likes of corporate la

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Jan 30, 20127 min read


The Indecisive Law Graduate’s First Year out of Law School
It’s just over a year since I finished my law degree. At the time I had no idea what I was going to do with my life, but one thing was certa

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Jan 10, 20122 min read


Finding (and Surviving) a Graduate Job Overseas
There is no denying it, there is a certain allure to working as an international lawyer. The perks are numerous: bigger pay-cheques, a new c

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Jan 6, 20123 min read


You Don’t Need a Commerce Degree to be a Commercial Lawyer
It’s a common belief among law students that if you want to work in a corporate law firm, a commerce, business or economics degree is a huge

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Nov 17, 20114 min read


To Specialise or not to Specialise?
A long time ago studying law meant learning every law that existed in your jurisdiction. These days there are too many statutes for that, an

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Nov 13, 20113 min read


Things I wish I’d known at law school
Law school doesn’t teach you everything you need to know for your future career. We asked Mallesons lawyers around the country, “What do you

Survive Law
Nov 2, 20114 min read


A Day in the Life of a Paralegal
Being a paralegal isn’t all about interesting legal research and pushing trolleys of files to and from court. Like any role, it’s a job that

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Oct 25, 20112 min read


I want your Internship: Interview with Jock Steel, UN Intern
If you’re interested in a career in international law, an internship is often a great way to get started. UTS JD student, Jock Steel, talks

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Oct 20, 20114 min read
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