As part of keeping my kids (aged six and 10) entertained when we were housebound in the school holidays due to injury, I read them words and

They have drama. They have breakdowns. Law school and reality TV already have some similarities...

Happy Constitution Day! To celebrate its birthday, here are some surprising facts about the Australian Constitution.

Now that the textbooks are safely packed away for a few weeks, it's time to indulge in some leisure reading again. If you're looking

Twitter is a pretty useful resource for law students. You can follow legal academics, find the answers to your legal citation questions, hea

Exam time is known for sending students a bit loopy, but there are some students (ahem, law students) who are renowned for being significant

The law is a strange beast, and it should come as no surprise that there is an abundance of unusual stories and ridiculous cases. Here are j

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

Law school is sometimes a bit like the animal kingdom. While we all share the same habitat and live, predominately, in peace with one anothe

If you’re currently buried in exam notes and textbooks – and let’s face it, most of us are – then you’re probably not in the mood to read a

Some people were just meant to be lawyers. But how did they know that law was their calling? Here are some tell tale signs that you were mea

Luckily for students today, much has changed in law schools over the past few decades. I spoke with retired barrister John Amor-Smith about

Legal writing can be baffling for first year law students. It’s almost like learning a new language! But trying to write like a lawyer does

Studying law is like moulding your mind into new shape. It’s now warped, and sees the world in a different way. Years of torts, land law, cr

Should you choose to be a law student, May your university experiences be not unreasonable May you sleep well, eat well and socialise...

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

Jeff Winger from Community is one of those snarky TV lawyers who you somehow can’t help but love. So before we look at what we can learn fro

Anyone who’s ever had the pleasure (or is it horror?) of reading through the mess that is my notes will know that I keep a running commentar

Happy Australia Day, Survivors! It’s time for our annual list of our favourite Australian law student blogs…

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