Survive Law
Securing a Legal Internship
You may feel like there are no opportunities out there for you and that no one is willing to take on someone with no ‘real’ legal understand
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Survive Law
- Aug 20, 2018
- 2 min
Applying for Government Internships
Every year students migrate from Auckland, Canterbury, Hamilton and Dunedin to participate in the annual government summer internship. These
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Survive Law
- May 30, 2016
- 2 min
The PaTH Programme: is it really for the better?
One of the initiatives that came out of the Budget 2016-17 was the Prepare-Trial-Hire (PaTH) Programme, designed to help young job-seekers m
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Survive Law
- Mar 30, 2016
- 3 min
Interning at the Equality Branch
Holly spent her summer as an intern in the Equality Branch of the Department of Premier and Cabinet in the Victorian Government. Here she is
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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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Survive Law
- Aug 10, 2015
- 2 min
Interning with the Aurora Project
Canberra. The name that automatically dredges up memories of visiting Parliament House and the War Memorial on primary school excursions....
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Survive Law
- Jun 17, 2015
- 6 min
From Careers Fairs to Cover Letters: Mastering the Clerkship Application
The only thing between you and a clerkship is several information sessions/ careers fairs/ networking events, hours of research and...
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Survive Law
- Aug 4, 2014
- 3 min
My Aurora Internship
The concept of forsaking your entire winter holiday to undertake an unpaid work experience placement might not seem particularly appealing,
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Survive Law
- Jun 24, 2014
- 3 min
My Internship Experience at the Department of Juvenile Justice
I’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
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Survive Law
- Mar 19, 2014
- 3 min
Five weeks in The Kimberley: My Native Title Internship with the Aurora Project
Fluorescent green foliage, rusty red soil, blackened tree trunks, massive burnt orange rock cliffs, waterfalls, natural pools, gorges, long
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Survive Law
- Mar 6, 2014
- 2 min
Kick Starting your Legal Career in First Year
Don’t let your year level discourage you from getting involved in the legal industry early. There are plenty of ways to wade into the ocean
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Survive Law
- Feb 28, 2014
- 3 min
Summer Intern Diary: Gram Morris, NSW Law Reform Commission
Dear Intern Diary, It’s day two of my internship and I’ve somehow convinced myself that I have an acquired brain injury. No matter how many
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Survive Law
- Feb 6, 2014
- 3 min
Summer Intern Diary: Cameron Ritchie, Hewlett-Packard
My Hewlett-Packard internship is unlike any other I’ve experienced, or heard of, in many ways. This internship introduced me to a very speci
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Survive Law
- Jul 24, 2013
- 2 min
Public Policy Reform, Hospitals and Soup: My Internship at the Grattan Institute
This winter break I was fortunate enough to spend five weeks interning at the Grattan Institute, which is a public policy think tank. The In
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Survive Law
- Mar 10, 2013
- 3 min
My Native Title Internship with The Aurora Project
For five weeks over my Christmas holidays in 2012, I undertook an Aurora Project internship at the North Queensland Land Council (NQLC) - th
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Survive Law
- Aug 21, 2012
- 4 min
Interning with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Last year the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Strasbourg, France received its first Australian intern. That l
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Survive Law
- Apr 20, 2012
- 4 min
On Trial: Unpaid Work Experience and Internships
Last week Survive Law reported that the Fair Work Ombudsman had partnered with academics from the University of Adelaide to examine unpaid w
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Survive Law
- Oct 19, 2011
- 4 min
I want your Internship: Interview with Jock Steel, UN Intern
If you’re interested in a career in international law, an internship is often a great way to get started. UTS JD student, Jock Steel, talks
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