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Escape the City: Is Country Lawyering for Me?

Like many law students, I spend a lot of time thinking about what I want to do with my degree. Do I want to practice? If I do, do I want to

Life as a Country Lawyer

This year I’ve had the opportunity to do some work experience in Grafton with a solicitor who works as a sole practitioner. There’s a lot th

A Day in the Life of a Circuit Court in Remote Australia

Early in the morning, a convoy of lawyers, corrections staff, bailiffs, Aboriginal liaison officers, interpreters, registrars, victim’s advo

Going Bush: Reasons to Start your Career in Rural Australia

Although the current state of the jobs market means that most law graduates have to cast a wide net when making graduate applications, worki

Community Legal Stories: Volunteering in the Kimberley

The brutal Kimberley sun is bearing down, at least forty-eight degrees and threatening to fossilise me into the pavement. The cream pants I’

Studying Law in Regional Australia

Hi there! A moment please, while I put down my Akubra and corn husk. There, that’s better. What were we going to talk about? Oh, that’s righ