Blog | survivelaw

Mar 8, 2019
3 min

Stayin' Alive Throughout a Law Degree

At first, everything radiates novelty, you’re (hopefully) studying something that interests you, you have three months of summer vacation, l

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5 Study Tips to Stay Motivated This Semester

Eric

Jul 26, 2018
3 min

5 Study Tips to Stay Motivated This Semester

Every semester ends with a promise to yourself: get your life sorted before the next semester begins. Most of us spend our breaks decompress

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End of Holiday Mode: Getting Back into Study Mode

Jess Awad

Feb 13, 2017
2 min

End of Holiday Mode: Getting Back into Study Mode

Groan. “The holidays went too quick.”“I didn’t catch up on sleep enough...

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Hima

Jan 9, 2017
3 min

Getting over the Law School Slump

The Law School Slump. We all experience it at some point during law school. Most often, it’s because we’ve been working hard non-stop since

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Bianca Anstis

Dec 21, 2015
2 min

How to keep things in perspective

During law school, it is very easy to feel overwhelmed when trying to learn about complex areas of law, perfecting clerkship applications, p

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Kiralee

Oct 26, 2015
2 min

Controlling mental monsters

‘It’s too difficult’. ‘I’m not smart enough’. ‘Everybody hates me’. Do any of these thoughts sound familiar? Psychologists call these types

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The 8 Times Law School Sucked – And How to Survive

Leeor Adar

Oct 21, 2015
4 min

The 8 Times Law School Sucked – And How to Survive

You deserve a medal for getting through law school. Now before everyone rolls their eyes, take a minute to admit that law school can be down

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Five tips for staying motivated during your degree

Molly

Aug 21, 2015
2 min

Five tips for staying motivated during your degree

In my first year, I was enthusiastic – almost ecstatic – about starting my five-year double degree. Keen and eager, I sped through readings,

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Losing your Law Student Mojo: Dealing with Law School Restlessness

Kat Crossley

May 13, 2015
3 min

Losing your Law Student Mojo: Dealing with Law School Restlessness

At the start of uni, everything is exciting and anything is possible. But as the semesters march on, the idealism often fades and the restle

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Kat Crossley

Apr 22, 2015
3 min

How to get your Motivation Back

You were so keen at the start of semester, so motivated. Somewhere along the line that fizzled out, and you could really use some motivation

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Kat Crossley

Feb 18, 2015
3 min

How to Be More Productive

Do you feel like you've been coasting? Has discipline been eluding you? Do you get the sense that you lose a lot of study time, although

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Miljana

Dec 4, 2014
2 min

Lovingly Hating Law School

When I tell people that I study law, I’m often bombarded with questions like, “Do you have a lot of readings? Is it hard? How do you cope?”

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Cameron

Aug 18, 2014
3 min

Failure: Can I still be a lawyer?

Failing is hard. Failure does not mean you cannot be a lawyer though, and here are some reasons why...

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Top Five Reasons to Stick with Your Law Degree

Kat Crossley

Aug 5, 2014
2 min

Top Five Reasons to Stick with Your Law Degree

Feeling bored? Apathetic? Is the best part about your law degree skipping class to lunch with friends? It was exciting back when you started

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A Small Fish in a Big Pond: Getting Involved in your First Year of Law School

Tara Pratarelli

Jul 29, 2014
3 min

A Small Fish in a Big Pond: Getting Involved in your First Year of Law School

First year can be quite terrifying. You have to deal with not only being a new university student, but also a new law student – a whole diff

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Kat Crossley

May 28, 2014
4 min

How to Stop Procrastinating

Although law students have a knack for legal things, our real talent is procrastination. We put things off until tomorrow, and if we can avo

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Laura

May 19, 2014
3 min

Daily Motivation for Law Students

Law school is a busy place and staying motivated can be hard at times. But whether it's a bad mark, a rejection letter, a struggle to fi

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Off to a Good Start: Staying on Track in the New Academic Year

Elizabeth A

Feb 23, 2014
2 min

Off to a Good Start: Staying on Track in the New Academic Year

We all start the new academic year with ambitious goals. We tell ourselves that we will do all of the weekly readings, prepare for seminars

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Staying Motivated while Looking for Work Experience in a Bad Job Market

Laura

Nov 16, 2013
2 min

Staying Motivated while Looking for Work Experience in a Bad Job Market

At a time when so many law students are struggling to find any kind of legal experience, it is hard not to become disheartened… or to fall i

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Allyssa

Nov 1, 2013
2 min

Don't Lose your Idealism at Law School

A lecturer once told me that law school would “beat the naivety out of me”. He was not referring to my belief that evidence and proof were t

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