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Survive Law first encountered social worker and mental health expert, Robyn Bradey, at College of Law's Wellness Forum. We caught up wit

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

It’s that time of the semester where things are starting to get a bit too much. Exams are only a few weeks away and you’ve still got a whole

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

Mid-semester break, a magical week of no classes. A time when you can catch up on missed lectures, sleep in, and finish off the...

I once heard that law school was “a marathon, not a sprint”, but now that I'm in my fourth year, I’ve found that studying law is more li

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

I found myself at a party one evening speaking to a friend’s dad who is a barrister. I told him of my interests and explained that someone r

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He’s not quite a legal beagle, but a poodle by the name of Riley is one of the newest faces at Melbourne Law School. Nicknamed “The Juris Do

You emerge from the exam with a bad feeling in the pit of your stomach. The possibility of failure suddenly feels very real and imminent. Bu

Exam period is upon us, which means that you probably can’t remember the last time you’ve watched a movie without feeling guilty, or the las

Since your first year of law school most adults/lawyers/distant family members have probably been asking you “what do you want to do with yo

In a world-first for the legal industry, the Tristan Jepson Memorial Foundation yesterday unveiled its Psychological Wellbeing: Best Practic

As a Type A perfectionist law student, I’m never convinced that my best is good enough. I’m of the mindset that working and studying late, s

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Law as a profession has one of the highest rates of depression and anxiety of any occupation, and it all starts in law school. As law studen

A new year of law school means great things: crisp new stationery, new people with fresh brains to pick, and new 9am lectures to not attend.

A new study has found that nearly half of Australian law students feel overwhelmed by their law school workload most or all of the time....