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Lawroscopes: June 2019 (Exam Edition)
Survive Law has taken the liberty of interpreting the stars so you don’t have to. Read our June edition of 2019 Lawroscopes and find out you

Survive Law
Jun 11, 20193 min read


Why the library is your best friend and worst enemy
Any university student worth their salt has a relationship with the university library - albeit it may be a tumultuous one. There are times

Survive Law
Mar 7, 20173 min read


How I Bounced Back From Failing a Unit
Receiving results after a hard and stressful exam period may validate the work you’ve done throughout semester. For others, it may be a mixt

Survive Law
Dec 18, 20162 min read


Exam results feels
Exam season is here, guys and gals. It’s kinda like raspberry season in the sense that there is a lot of sourness and tears, but unfortunate

Survive Law
Jun 8, 20163 min read


Why honesty is really the best policy
With essays coming at you left, right and centre, mid-semester exams happening and clerkship deadlines looming, life as a law student can se

Survive Law
May 3, 20162 min read


Tips and Tricks to Improve Your Marks This Semester
Okay you got me, there’s absolutely no tricks or easy fixes to getting good marks at Law School. Work hard, turn up to lectures…you know the

Survive Law
Mar 3, 20162 min read


5 signs you're headed for burnout
It’s that time of the semester where things are starting to get a bit too much. Exams are only a few weeks away and you’ve still got a whole

Survive Law
Oct 29, 20153 min read


Paperless law schools
Law students should be sponsored by Apple considering the number of Macbooks you’ll find in any given lecture. The sound of the lecturer’s v

Survive Law
Oct 6, 20152 min read


Failing: The Last Law School Taboo
The one thing we law students don't seem to talk about is failing. Let's face it, sometimes clever, educated, hard working students

Survive Law
Jul 1, 20152 min read


The Law of Diminishing Marks
The law of diminishing marks says that the first few marks in an exam question are also the easiest to achieve. The further you wade into th

Survive Law
Jun 12, 20152 min read


Using Flash Cards for Law Exam Revision
If it were possible, I would marry flash cards. I love them that much! Many of us used them in primary school to learn vocabulary and times

Survive Law
May 19, 20154 min read


How to Make a Study Timetable for Exams
Uh-oh. It’s that time of semester. You’ve spent a little too much time watching re-runs of How I Met Your Mother and now exams are only...

Survive Law
May 5, 20153 min read


Think you failed an exam?
There is nothing worse than walking out of an exam and having the feeling that you have just failed. Here are some handy tips for loosening

Survive Law
Dec 1, 20142 min read


How to Study for a Closed Book Exam
I’m terrible at remembering names, and I’m even worse when it comes to numbers – and a closed book exam means memorising lots of case...

Survive Law
Oct 22, 20145 min read


Advice from your Tutor: Law Exam Preparation and Technique
As the nightmare of late night study, spent pens and furiously tabbed notes draws to an end, spare a thought, if you will, for the person...

Wenee Yap
Oct 14, 20144 min read


Meet the Juris Dogtor
He’s not quite a legal beagle, but a poodle by the name of Riley is one of the newest faces at Melbourne Law School. Nicknamed “The Juris Do

Survive Law
Aug 25, 20141 min read


Dealing with Exam Failure
You emerge from the exam with a bad feeling in the pit of your stomach. The possibility of failure suddenly feels very real and imminent. Bu

Survive Law
Jun 30, 20142 min read


Law Student Confessions for Exam Time
Exam time is known for sending students a bit loopy, but there are some students (ahem, law students) who are renowned for being significant

Survive Law
Jun 13, 20142 min read


Law Exam Dos and Don’ts
When exam panic sets in, you might find yourself feeling a bit uncertain about how you should study or what you should do in the actual test

Survive Law
Jun 5, 20143 min read


How to Stop Procrastinating
Although law students have a knack for legal things, our real talent is procrastination. We put things off until tomorrow, and if we can avo

Survive Law
May 28, 20144 min read
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