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Legal Terms Translated by Kids
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
Survive Law
- Jul 18, 2014
- 2 min
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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Survive Law
- Jul 9, 2014
- 2 min
Surprising Facts about Australia’s Constitution
Happy Constitution Day! To celebrate its birthday, here are some surprising facts about the Australian Constitution.
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Survive Law
- Jul 3, 2014
- 4 min
The 20 Best Books for Law Students
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
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Survive Law
- Jun 19, 2014
- 2 min
Law Laughs: The Funniest Legal Tweeps
Twitter is a pretty useful resource for law students. You can follow legal academics, find the answers to your legal citation questions, hea
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Survive Law
- Jun 13, 2014
- 2 min
Law Student Confessions for Exam Time
Exam time is known for sending students a bit loopy, but there are some students (ahem, law students) who are renowned for being significant
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Survive Law
- Jun 6, 2014
- 2 min
Working Hardly: Hilarious Court Cases and Claims
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
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Survive Law
- 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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Survive Law
- May 23, 2014
- 3 min
What type of law student are you?
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
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Survive Law
- May 17, 2014
- 2 min
Book Review: Becoming a Lawyer by Michael Brogan and David Spencer
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
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Survive Law
- Apr 18, 2014
- 1 min
Working Hardly: Signs you were meant to be a Lawyer
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
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Survive Law
- Mar 27, 2014
- 2 min
Studying law ain’t what it used to be (and that’s okay)
Luckily for students today, much has changed in law schools over the past few decades. I spoke with retired barrister John Amor-Smith about
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Survive Law
- Mar 10, 2014
- 2 min
Book Review: Effective Legal Writing: A Practical Guide
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
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Survive Law
- Feb 13, 2014
- 2 min
Love and Law: Relationships from a Legal Perspective
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
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Survive Law
- Feb 7, 2014
- 1 min
The Law Student’s Creed
Should you choose to be a law student, May your university experiences be not unreasonable May you sleep well, eat well and socialise too! And may you manage to get acceptable grades. May your highlighters be numerous and overflowing May you have the funds to purchase, and the strength to carry your textbooks May your templates be perfectly crafted and comprehensible And may your word counts be met, but not exceeded. May your coffee be potent and plentiful May your SWOTVACs b
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Survive Law
- Feb 6, 2014
- 2 min
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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Survive Law
- Jan 30, 2014
- 3 min
Working Hardly: The Wisdom of Jeff Winger
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
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Survive Law
- Jan 27, 2014
- 2 min
Wise Things Once said by Law Lecturers
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
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Survive Law
- Jan 25, 2014
- 2 min
Australia’s Best Law Student Blogs 2014
Happy Australia Day, Survivors! It’s time for our annual list of our favourite Australian law student blogs…
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Survive Law
- Jan 17, 2014
- 2 min
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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