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5 times Sandy Cohen proved lawyers have souls
We’ve all heard it: “lawyers have no souls”; “lawyers lack morals”; “they’re a subset of human existence”. Well, what a better way to remind

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Mar 16, 20172 min read


Review: Newton's Law (ABC), Episode 1
In Newton’s Law, I’m not sure what we’re meant to see. As the Daily Review points out, there are no massive faults in the narrative. I agree

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Feb 15, 20173 min read


5 Life Lessons from Barry Zuckerkorn
The reign of Netflix has brought a distinct breath of fresh air to my legal studies. I've been blessed with a variety of television show

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Dec 3, 20162 min read


Review: The People v OJ Simpson
At the time of the OJ Simpson trial, I was probably learning to walk and understand words like ‘juice’, ‘glove’ and maybe ‘murder’ given tha

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May 21, 20163 min read


Suits: What it did (and didn't) teach us
I know, we all love Suits, myself included (just finished a binge of all 5 seasons actually, and now anxiously awaiting the 6th). But I thin

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Apr 22, 20162 min read


If Law School was a Reality TV Series
They have drama. They have breakdowns. Law school and reality TV already have some similarities...

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Jul 18, 20142 min read


Working Hardly: Classic Cleaver Greene Quotes
Cleaver Greene is easily my favourite TV barrister. He’s dysfunctional, self-destructive, probably hasn’t paid his tax in years, and speaks

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Feb 7, 20142 min read


Working Hardly: The Wisdom of Saul Goodman
If you’ve watched Breaking Bad, you’ll be familiar with Saul Goodman. Being a ‘criminal’ lawyer, Saul is perhaps not the character to model

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Jan 18, 20142 min read


Three Things I Learnt from Suits
I became a massive fan of Suits when I was still in high school. There is something about watching Harvey Specter that gives law students mo

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Jan 7, 20142 min read


Working Hardly: The Wisdom of Alan Shore
I’m not actually sure whether the wisdom of Alan Shore from Boston Legal can be practically applied to daily life as a lawyer, but a law fir

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Sep 15, 20132 min read


Working Hardly: What Would Denny Crane Do?
Denny Crane! Rich, famous, powerful. Always offering reasonable doubt for a reasonable price. So many of life’s problems can be solved by si

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Jun 23, 20132 min read


Watching Legal TV Shows: Five Common Law Student Reactions
Suits, Rake, Boston Legal, Law & Order – for law students, watching a legal TV show is a bit of a guilty pleasure. Here are five things

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Jun 7, 20132 min read


The Wisdom of Sandy Cohen
If you're studying law today and your parents allowed you to stay up until 8:30pm on a school night to watch The O.C, you probably cite

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Apr 13, 20133 min read


Life Lessons from Rake’s Cleaver Greene
“You can't try a life, you've got to live an authentic one. Mine might be anarchic, catastrophic, without rhyme or reason, the butte

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Feb 10, 20132 min read


Lies Pop Culture Told Me about Law
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that Legally Blonde, To Kill a Mockingbird and The Castle didn’t play a fundamental part in my decision to stud

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Sep 14, 20123 min read


Law Addiction
Law is part of everyday life, but for those of us reading these pages, it can be all consuming. In fact, I think I may have a problem. I’m a

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Jul 26, 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
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