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Cheat Sheet for Legal Databases
New to legal research? Have no fear! Your cheat sheet to legal research is here with the most popular and easily accessible legal databases.

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Aug 10, 20182 min read


6 Apps That Can Really Ramp Up Your Study
The age of an impossible compromise between overpriced but beautiful Kikki K diaries and cheap but vanilla Officeworks planners is over. Che

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Sep 20, 20174 min read


Book Review: Family Law Case Summaries, 6th Ed, ed. Duncan Holmes, 2016
Textbooks are as much a part of student life as being overtired, broke or hung-over (and sometimes all at once). Each semester we can spend

Survive Law
Aug 11, 20173 min read


7 Subscriptions Every Law Student Needs ASAP
Law school can be overwhelming. To alleviate the chaos, there are some subscriptions that will save you time, money and make law student lif

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Jul 20, 20174 min read


So your group member is a ghost - who you gonna call?
So I decided to do one of those ghost hunting tours the other day. It was freezing, the sky was pitch Blackstone pitch black and the wind w

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Jun 5, 20172 min read


Tips from a tutor: the final weeks of semester
Tutors appear much like Batman: cloaked (or caped) in secrecy, appearing seconds before class and leaving long after you’ve headed to the Un

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May 22, 20172 min read


(Mind)Mapping your way through law school
One of the most dangerous stereotypes of law students is this arduous image. You know what I mean: the daily grind of study and classes; the

Survive Law
Mar 17, 20172 min read


Why the library is your best friend and worst enemy
Any university student worth their salt has a relationship with the university library - albeit it may be a tumultuous one. There are times

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Mar 8, 20173 min read


End of Holiday Mode: Getting Back into Study Mode
Groan. “The holidays went too quick.”“I didn’t catch up on sleep enough...

Survive Law
Feb 14, 20172 min read


You’ve Accepted Your Offer to Study Law, What's Next?
So you’ve turned up to enrolment day at your new law school – and it is just an information overload! Well I’m here to tell that it’s going

Survive Law
Feb 7, 20172 min read


5 Things Your Non-Law Friends Have Said to You Before
Now don’t get me wrong, I know we absolutely adore our non-law friends and fam. In fact, I doubt I could get through my law degree without t

Survive Law
Jan 30, 20172 min read


Cheating on Your Law Degree
Being a law student is like being part of an exclusive club. We live for clerkship season, attending Kirby’s book signings, complaining abou

Survive Law
Jan 27, 20172 min read


Welcome to Summer School
Well done, you’ve made it through another year of law school. Walking out of that last exam for the year can feel like a dream. Not you thou

Survive Law
Dec 24, 20162 min read


Weighing Up the Pros and Cons of Online Classes
With the rise of online course offerings for law, most of us are fortunate to have the choice of whether to go into campus for study, or do

Survive Law
Nov 3, 20163 min read


The 4 Types of Law Student Weekends
The weekend is an elusive creature for law students. It's over before it even begins but it starts just in time for your motivation to l

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Sep 16, 20163 min read


PLT in Cambodia
Uninspired by your PLT prospects? What if I told you you could complete your work experience component in Cambodia? Read on for Chloe's

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Aug 22, 20163 min read


5 Law Firm Insights to Read This Week
Once in a blue moon you log onto your LinkedIn, have a look at who's stalked you, add a few friends and mostly ignore your news feed...

Survive Law
Aug 1, 20163 min read


How to choose electives
Whilst I’m sure, like me you can’t get enough of constitutional law and the rest of the Priestley clan, doing electives is one of the best p

Survive Law
Jul 4, 20163 min read


Experiences in applying for a re-mark
When you’ve poured your blood, sweat and tears into an assignment, the last thing you want to see is a disappointing grade scrawled across t

Survive Law
May 17, 20162 min read


The Low Down on NSW’s Proposed Privacy Laws
"Privacy, once lost, cannot be regained."- NSW Standing Committee on Law & Justice Recent technological advances are blurring

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May 5, 20163 min read
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