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Things I Hate about Textbooks
Textbooks. They’re the foundation of our seminars, lectures and tutorials. We tab them compulsively, highlight them to oblivion (unless you’

Survive Law
Apr 16, 20123 min read


Funny and Inspirational Quotations for Mid-Sem Madness
Sometimes being a law student gets downright hard, horrible and exhausting. There's those days when you come home absolutely defeated; y

Survive Law
Apr 15, 20122 min read


Better than Sliced Bread? The Best Inventions for Law Students
Many wonderful people over the years have enriched the lives of law students. We should take the time to consider and thank them for their v

Survive Law
Apr 14, 20123 min read


Working Hardly: You know you're a law student when...
When you started law school you thought you could avoid picking up those strange law student habits. Now you embrace them. You know you’re a

Survive Law
Apr 13, 20121 min read


When Law Students are Twats
Upon finishing my first year of law and starting my second I have noticed a very serious issue that needs to be addressed within the law com

Survive Law
Apr 7, 20123 min read


An Ode to My Sanity
Dear Sanity, I'm sorry things had to end this way. It's not you; it's me. I've fallen madly in love with a dark seductress..

Survive Law
Mar 31, 20122 min read


Working Hardly: Fitness, Law Student Style
It can be difficult to make time for exercise when you've got four assignments due in the next five days and can't remember the last

Survive Law
Mar 25, 20121 min read


Law Student and Jurist Bill 2012
After much debate it the fictional house of law school reps (see Facebook) some amendments have been made to the Law Student and Jurist Bill

Survive Law
Mar 23, 20125 min read


Working Hardly: Law School Memes
Hilarious memes about uni life are all over the Internet. Here are some memes based on of our highs and lows from law school.

Survive Law
Mar 20, 20121 min read


QUIZ: Should you be studying right now?
Fellow law students, I know. I know! The thought of someone questioning your time management and commitment sends you into a frenzy of seat

Survive Law
Mar 18, 20122 min read


Legal Limericks
Top of the morning to you, Survivors! Happy St. Patrick’s Day! While most people are celebrating with a pint of Guinness or by talking in at

Survive Law
Mar 18, 20121 min read


Top Five Inspirational Films For Law Students
It’s unlikely that as a law student you’ll find time to lie around and watch films...who am I kidding? Any excuse to procrastinate is a good

Survive Law
Mar 3, 20124 min read


Summer School: My Day
7:00am: Wake up. Hit the snooze button. 7:15am: Snooze

Survive Law
Feb 1, 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

Survive Law
Jan 30, 20122 min read


Australia’s Best Law Student Blogs 2012
Happy Australia Day, Survivors! To celebrate, we’ve scoured the net for Australia’s best law student blogs (aka blawgs).

Survive Law
Jan 26, 20122 min read


Working Hardly: Funny Law Quotes
Witty remarks and cutting criticisms about judges, lawyering and the pursuit of justice… Good laws have their origins in bad morals. –Ambros

Survive Law
Jan 21, 20122 min read


Book Review: A Private Life by Michael Kirby
Michael Kirby’s memoir, A Private Life: Fragments, memories, friends, has been on my reading list since it came out last year. A few weeks a

Survive Law
Jan 13, 20122 min read


Law Student Rites of Passage
There are certain moments in life that you will never forget; some are wonderful, others not so much. There are plenty of the ‘firsts’ that

Survive Law
Dec 16, 20112 min read


Happy to Grumpy Law Student in 2.4 Seconds
It would be wrong to say law students are always an easy going group of people, but there are a few things that are guaranteed to tip even t

Survive Law
Dec 2, 20112 min read


QUIZ: What does your pen say about you?
At the end of hours of hand-cramping exam torture or vigorous note taking, you come to realise how important finding the right pen is. But w

Survive Law
Nov 14, 20112 min read
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