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Summer Clerk Diary: Genevieve McManamey, Hicksons
UTS law student Genevieve McManamey has spent her summer clerking at Hicksons. From early morning train rides and managing client queries to
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Feb 18, 20123 min read
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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
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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 14, 20123 min read
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Social Media-Savvy Clerks Share Tips with Charity
Corrs Chambers Westgarth’s Sydney summer clerks were given a unique pro bono project this clerkship season.
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Feb 10, 20121 min read
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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
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Summer Clerk Diary: Smriti Arora, Mallesons Stephen Jaques
Today’s summer clerk diary entry comes from Smriti Arora, a commerce/ law student at the University of New South Wales, who is spending her
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Feb 3, 20123 min read
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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
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Confessions of a Law Clerk
Your first weeks of being a law clerk are a bit like starring in a comedy of errors. There are plenty of hilarious stuff ups (at least they’
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Sep 29, 20113 min read
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When Does a Little bit of Law School Competition Become too Much?
Would you ever put a laxative in a peer’s drink just before an exam? Rip out pages from a library book? While most of you would answer no, t
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Mar 10, 20113 min read
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Post Clerkship Self-Esteem Repair Kit
If you’re still in the running for a summer clerkship, congratulations and good luck. If you didn’t get a clerkship, don’t worry - everythin
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Sep 15, 20102 min read
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Networking Doesn't Only Happen at Careers Events
So the past five generations of your family weren’t judges? Then I guess you’re doomed to fail in your legal career… or not. Although ‘no su
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Jul 7, 20102 min read
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Clerkship Roundup – My Adventure at Allens Arthur Robinson
Clerkship application time is nearly here again! If you’re still deciding what firms to apply to, here’s a sneak peek at what it’s like to c
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Jun 22, 20103 min read
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Clerkship Roundup – How I Earned My Clerkship at Mallesons
As we make our way towards July and away from Summer, we’ll be looking at the clerkship season from the perspective of recent Summer Clerks
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Apr 8, 20106 min read
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