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    Securing a Legal Internship
    Survive Law
    • Aug 1, 2019
    • 2 min

    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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    Applying for Government Internships
    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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    The PaTH Programme: is it really for the better?
    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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    Interning at the Equality Branch
    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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    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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    Interning with the Aurora Project
    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. A place that immediately conjures vivid imagery of fireworks, Lake Burley Griffin and inescapable roundabouts. But Canberra is also home to the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. In 2015 I was fortunate enough to do a social science internship at AIATSIS as part of the Aurora Internship Program. AIATSIS i
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    From Careers Fairs to Cover Letters: Mastering the Clerkship Application
    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 painstaking application preparation, and (hopefully) a few interviews. Let’s get started! Pre-Clerkship Events The start of clerkship season is filled with opportunities to learn about prospective employers and the clerkship programs on offer. Law careers fairs occur in most major cities between March and May each year and are a great way to meet
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    My Aurora Internship
    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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    My Internship Experience at the Department of Juvenile Justice
    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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    Five weeks in The Kimberley: My Native Title Internship with the Aurora Project
    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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    Kick Starting your Legal Career in First Year
    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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    Summer Intern Diary: Gram Morris, NSW Law Reform Commission
    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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    Summer Intern Diary: Cameron Ritchie, Hewlett-Packard
    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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    Public Policy Reform, Hospitals and Soup: My Internship at the Grattan Institute
    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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    My Native Title Internship with The Aurora Project
    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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    Interning with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
    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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    On Trial: Unpaid Work Experience and Internships
    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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    I want your Internship: Interview with Jock Steel, UN Intern
    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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