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    How not to waste your summer (as told by an overzealous law student)
    Survive Law
    • Nov 24, 2016
    • 2 min

    How not to waste your summer (as told by an overzealous law student)

    Besides earning some cash monies to pay your way, here are some other constructive ways you can make use of your summer that will pay divide
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    Community Legal Centres: Part #4 CLC Legend, Andrea Staunton
    Survive Law
    • May 19, 2016
    • 3 min

    Community Legal Centres: Part #4 CLC Legend, Andrea Staunton

    In the fourth installment for the CLC series, Jess Awad speaks to Andrea Staunton from the Peninsula Community Legal Centre about her experi
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    Community Legal Centres: Part #3 CLC Legend, Ria Shah
    Survive Law
    • Mar 21, 2016
    • 3 min

    Community Legal Centres: Part #3 CLC Legend, Ria Shah

    In the third installment for the CLC application series, Neeharika Maddula speaks to Ria Shah, an organiser and chief volunteer wrangler at
    197 views0 comments
    Community Legal Centres: Part #2 Interviews
    Survive Law
    • Feb 25, 2016
    • 5 min

    Community Legal Centres: Part #2 Interviews

    In the second installment for the CLC application series, Stephanie Fiteni tells you exactly how to show that you've got the x-factor in
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    Community Legal Centres: Making your application stand out
    Survive Law
    • Feb 22, 2016
    • 3 min

    Community Legal Centres: Making your application stand out

    Survive Law's resident CLC nerd, Carissa Gay, dishes the secrets to making your CLC application stand out from the crowd in a special tw
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    I want your job: CLC Lawyer, Chimpo Bulawayo
    Survive Law
    • Dec 10, 2015
    • 3 min

    I want your job: CLC Lawyer, Chimpo Bulawayo

    One of the most diverse and challenging places to work at is a Community Legal Centre (CLC). Volunteering at the Northern Suburbs Community
    160 views0 comments
    How to turn your internship into a job
    Survive Law
    • Sep 3, 2015
    • 3 min

    How to turn your internship into a job

    I am in the enviable position of having left my part-time, low wage job in retail for part-time work at the community legal centre where I i
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    Another Reason to Volunteer
    Survive Law
    • Sep 12, 2014
    • 2 min

    Another Reason to Volunteer

    Undeniably, volunteering is a great thing to do and there are numerous ways that you can donate your time and expertise. In our law school l
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    My Volunteer Experience with the Environmental Defenders Office
    Survive Law
    • Mar 25, 2014
    • 2 min

    My Volunteer Experience with the Environmental Defenders Office

    From about half-way through my first year of law I was sure that I wanted a career in environmental law. I’d heard a lot about the Environme
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    I want your Job: Interview with Juliet Akello, Wyndham Legal Service
    Survive Law
    • Nov 7, 2013
    • 3 min

    I want your Job: Interview with Juliet Akello, Wyndham Legal Service

    During my time as a community legal centre volunteer, I have been fortunate enough to work with an inspiring young lawyer from Wyndham Legal
    47 views0 comments
    Getting Work Experience in the Law when you’re Working Full Time
    Survive Law
    • Sep 30, 2013
    • 2 min

    Getting Work Experience in the Law when you’re Working Full Time

    If you’re working full time, taking a few months off from your job for a legal internship probably isn’t really an option, but getting work
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    Community Legal Centres Under Pressure: Report
    Survive Law
    • Jul 1, 2013
    • 1 min

    Community Legal Centres Under Pressure: Report

    Twenty percent of people who approached community legal services had to be turned away in 2011/12, and continued underfunding combined with
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    Community Legal Stories: Volunteering in the Kimberley
    Head Editor
    • Jan 10, 2013
    • 4 min

    Community Legal Stories: Volunteering in the Kimberley

    The brutal Kimberley sun is bearing down, at least forty-eight degrees and threatening to fossilise me into the pavement. The cream pants I’
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    More than Law: Keep Your Non-Law Hobbies
    Survive Law
    • Oct 18, 2012
    • 2 min

    More than Law: Keep Your Non-Law Hobbies

    Law school can seem like a cognisant, ravenous vacuum intent on consuming its students. The pressure is on from enrolment day to become one
    60 views0 comments
    Six Reasons to Volunteer at a Community Legal Centre
    Survive Law
    • Jun 13, 2012
    • 3 min

    Six Reasons to Volunteer at a Community Legal Centre

    Community Legal Centres want you! Volunteering might seem hard while you’re juggling a hectic uni schedule, but it can also be a rewarding e
    1,244 views0 comments
    Why I Love Community Legal Work
    Survive Law
    • Feb 10, 2012
    • 2 min

    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
    12 views0 comments
    Post Clerkship Self-Esteem Repair Kit
    Survive Law
    • Sep 15, 2010
    • 2 min

    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
    63 views0 comments

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