A running motif amongst law students who I have met is that the class participation component of their courses seems arbitrarily marked, inc

So it’s Semester 1, and the eager baby law student enquiries have started filtering into my academic inbox: “Can I have full list of the lat

Some law students finish their readings every week, maintain their notes with meticulous care, and come to each seminar/tute/lecture/exam co

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Some years it feels like the exam timetable makers have it in for you. The examination period is nearly a month long, but all your exams are

I don’t know about you, but I’m just not in the study mood. My brain is of the impression that it has already learnt enough this semester an

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Long study sessions are hardly my favourite thing. They start well, but after a while my attention drifts and I end up granting myself a ‘sh

Take home exams have to be my least favourite assessment type. Mostly it’s because they turn your home into an exam room. That said, any exa

The average cost of law textbooks each semester is equivalent to the GDP of a small nation. So you’ve scrounged around under your couch for

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The thing about many Practical Legal Training assignments is that they seem so straightforward. On the face of it, everything looks so simpl