Survive LawMar 9, 20182 minAre Law Schools Out of Touch?Many law schools are still dominated by old, somewhat outdated course structures and electives. While this structure offers students with a
Survive LawAug 22, 20163 minPLT in CambodiaUninspired by your PLT prospects? What if I told you you could complete your work experience component in Cambodia? Read on for Chloe's
Survive LawMar 31, 20163 minWhat I wish I knew as a first yearFrom time to time, we all realise there are things we wish we'd known. Bianca has compiled a list of them to make these moments few and
Survive LawMar 1, 20163 minLaw Without Walls: Changing legal practice as we know itEarlier this year, University of Sydney law students Claudia Sheridan and Sandra Hu travelled to Madrid to work on innovative solutions to t
Survive LawAug 24, 20152 minWorking at the Magistrates' CourtNot many law students have the chance to get a behind-the scenes experience of a court. For the curious among you, the gist of it is paperwo
Survive LawAug 6, 20153 minFinding legal work experience in unlikely places“How can I get experience if you won’t give me a job?!” This is the question we all scream out after scrolling through the dozens of apparen
Survive LawApr 7, 20152 minMy Work Experience at Legal AidBy the time you reach your mid-30s (as I have) you know that 80 percent of job opportunities are not advertised. Having recently been accept
Survive LawAug 11, 20142 minExpectation v Reality: My First Weeks of LawI have just had the pleasure of commencing law school. I'm glad to report that I wasn't singled out in my first class to answer an e
Survive LawAug 4, 20143 minMy Aurora InternshipThe concept of forsaking your entire winter holiday to undertake an unpaid work experience placement might not seem particularly appealing,
Survive LawJul 15, 20142 minLaw and Labradors: My Work Experience at the RSPCAEarlier this year I was lucky to spend two weeks volunteering at the RSPCA, working with a prosecutor of animal cruelty charges. Each state
Survive LawJun 26, 20142 minThe Trials of a Mature Age Law GraduateAs a mature age student I always had a positive attitude towards finding a job because I honestly and sincerely believe that there is a plac
Survive LawJun 24, 20143 minMy Internship Experience at the Department of Juvenile JusticeI’m four years into my law and criminology degrees and I’ll be honest, I still don’t really know where I want to go. My university has a uni
Survive LawJun 16, 20143 minSurviving the Semester when Everything goes WrongMy semester started with all the usual good intentions. I was feeling super positive about my final year and determined to ace the six units
Survive LawMay 12, 20142 minWhy you should Work and Study LessAs a Type A perfectionist law student, I’m never convinced that my best is good enough. I’m of the mindset that working and studying late, s
Survive LawApr 21, 20143 minWork Experience Ideas for First YearsYou’ve most likely heard the worrying news that now is one of the toughest times in recent history to be searching for a graduate legal job.
Survive LawApr 15, 20143 minMy First Work Experience ExperienceI was in the passenger seat of my friend’s car when I got the phone call telling me my application for work experience at a volunteer legal
Head EditorApr 11, 20142 minMy Oxford University ExperienceTo be honest, there aren’t many things that would persuade me to spend my holidays at university, but the chance to study at Oxford Universi
Survive LawMar 4, 20142 minMy Summer School Experience: The VerdictI chose to do summer school simply because I had nothing planned for the holidays and didn’t want to waste another three months being unprod
Survive LawFeb 6, 20143 minSummer Intern Diary: Cameron Ritchie, Hewlett-PackardMy Hewlett-Packard internship is unlike any other I’ve experienced, or heard of, in many ways. This internship introduced me to a very speci
Survive LawJan 19, 20143 minMy Mooting NightmareThis is absolutely 100% a true story. A few semesters ago at a campus far away, I completed a witness examination moot. The preparation peri