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Innovation Popcorn: Building Judge Hercules
Angus Murray and Daniel Owen from The Legal Forecast explain that the use of a little thing called “data analytics” can allow lawyers to emb

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Aug 4, 20175 min read


Australia’s Next High Court Judge Revealed
The federal government has named the 52nd justice of the High Court of Australia. When Justice Kenneth Hayne retires from the Court on 5...

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Apr 14, 20151 min read


High Court welcomes new judge
There’s a new High Court Justice in town. Today Justice Geoffrey Nettle will be sworn in as the 51st judge of the High Court of...

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Feb 3, 20151 min read


Retired Judge Researching Law Students’ Society’s History
Retired judge Graham Fricke QC has recently begun researching the history of the Melbourne University Law Students’ Society (MULSS). The Uni

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Sep 14, 20131 min read


Working Hardly: Laughs from the Bench
It's exam season so we thought we'd share some of our favourite quotes from the bench. Anyone who says that the law is boring or tha

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Jun 1, 20134 min read


A Day in the Life of a Judge’s Associate
Ditching the textbooks for full time work is as magical as I ever could have imagined. I was fortunate enough to be appointed as a Judge'

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Apr 16, 20134 min read


Applying for Tipstaff/Associate Positions in NSW
What do I include in my application? What should I address in my cover letter? Where should I begin? The role of a tipstaff or judge's a

Survive Law
Mar 20, 20122 min read


Working Hardly: The Wisdom of Judge Judy
To commemorate fifteen years of The Judge Judy Show having entertained bored law students everywhere, we at Survive Law have unearthed fifte

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Jan 30, 20122 min read


Working Hardly: Five Awesome Reasons to be a Judge
What lies at the end of your law-career rainbow? A Partnership? How about a seat at the bench? Being a judge is like being a rock star of th

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Aug 21, 20112 min read
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