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USyd Law Student Wins GG’s Essay Competition
University of Sydney law student Neha Kasbekar has won this year’s Governor-General's Undergraduate Essay Competition. Kasbekar and the

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Sep 10, 20131 min read
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Wollongong and Deakin Unis Win Law Film Competition
“Don’t waste your time on Facebook. NOTHING EVER HAPPENS”, was one of the many tips law students offered their peers in this year’s Connecti

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Sep 6, 20131 min read
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Tips for your First Negotiation Competition
Have you recently signed up for your law society’s negotiation tournament? If you’re feeling a bit unsure about how to prepare or how to...

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Aug 21, 20133 min read
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USyd Wins Shine Torts Moot
The University of Sydney is celebrating after winning the Shine Lawyers National Torts Moot in Brisbane last week. In a grand final held at

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Aug 14, 20131 min read
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UQ Defends International Maritime Law Moot Title
The University of Queensland is celebrating after its recent win at the 14th International Maritime Law Arbitration Moot. The victory makes

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Jul 22, 20131 min read
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Constitutional Law Essay Competition Winners Announced
The NSW Young Lawyers have announced the winners of its third annual Sir Anthony Mason Constitutional Law Essay Competition. Announcing the

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Jul 11, 20131 min read
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Bond University Celebrates IP Moot Win
Bond University law students Marryum Kahloon and Caroline Karlsson have won the Beijing Foreign Studies University Intellectual Property Law

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Jun 13, 20131 min read
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Law's not a competition but I'm winning
I’ve never been the most competitive person. I was the kind of kid who abandoned losing card games before the final draw, who sat making dai

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Apr 7, 20132 min read
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My First Law School Competition
Once upon a time I believed that watching me compete in a law school competition would be about as hilarious as seeing my dog in a knitted c

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Aug 23, 20122 min read
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Beware of the Stress Merchant
Exams are here. If you’ve attended most classes and engaged with the course in some meaningful way throughout semester you are going to be f

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Jun 11, 20122 min read
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It's not all about winning
As law students we can often think that we’re infallible. We have tendencies to suit up for no apparent reason and use legal jargon at socia

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May 15, 20122 min read
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Killing them with Kindness in your Penultimate Year
Are you a student in your second last year? People seem to like throwing around the word ‘penultimate’ to describe this phase of our degree.

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Mar 28, 20123 min read
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Law School Mean Girls
Every law school has them. But rather than the quintessential “mean girls” we met through “the plastics” in the 2004 hit film, he mean girls

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Mar 24, 20123 min read
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Pace yourselves, keen beans!
It’s just so exciting, isn’t it? You’re a real law student! You’ve been waking up at 5am for 11am classes, dressing in your nicest rags, and

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Mar 7, 20122 min read
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Bond Uni takes out D.M. Harish Moot
A team from Bond University has won out India’s biggest mooting competition. Law students Sara Trainor and Indhia Duncan won the D.M. Harish

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Feb 17, 20121 min read
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Confessions of a Bad Law Student
If every conversation I heard in the law library about how much study everyone does is true, then I am in serious trouble. If I read more th

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Nov 7, 20112 min read
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What happened to law student idealism?
Do you remember the first-ever tutorial of your law degree? That tutorial where everyone in the class said their name, something “interestin

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Mar 21, 20112 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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