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Why honesty is really the best policy
With essays coming at you left, right and centre, mid-semester exams happening and clerkship deadlines looming, life as a law student can se

Survive Law
May 3, 20162 min read


Class Participation: In it to win it
Not all law units have a percentage of your mark set aside for your participation in tutorials (or seminars, as my university likes to call

Survive Law
Apr 8, 20162 min read


Part-time law, Full-time procrastinator
Our resident part-time law student and full-time straight-talker, Raychel, dishes the dirt on what's really going on in a part-time stud

Raychel Plath
Mar 7, 20163 min read


Returning to law school: (actually) helpful tips
Everyone knows that coming back to law school is about making new friends, starting afresh with your organisation goals and (actually) atten

Survive Law
Feb 29, 20163 min read


Straight Law: Not so straightforward
More law students are opting towards doing double degrees these days and there are several reasons for this. If you’re currently studying a

Survive Law
Feb 23, 20163 min read


To summer school or not to summer school?
Is it nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous readings or forgo that sea of troubles for a few carefree months in t

Survive Law
Nov 19, 20152 min read


Exam Templates 101
The law exam problem question is a necessary evil. These questions always involve a factual circumstance where you’re required to advise one

Survive Law
Nov 11, 20152 min read


Returning Home: Adjusting to Life after Exchange
Have you just returned from a semester overseas feeling a bit of post-exchange-blues? I know I am. I’ve just spent six months abroad....

Survive Law
Oct 7, 20153 min read


Paperless law schools
Law students should be sponsored by Apple considering the number of Macbooks you’ll find in any given lecture. The sound of the lecturer’s v

Survive Law
Oct 6, 20152 min read


Coping with mid-sem mayhem
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...

Survive Law
Sep 29, 20153 min read


Finding your study soulmate: 7 lessons from your favourite rom-coms
Exams are approaching and romance is the in the air. From the time travelling affairs of past notes to the new friends you've met in thi

Survive Law
Sep 25, 20153 min read


Six Study Hacks: Expectation v Reality
As a first year I’m very lucky to have more time than those further along to experiment with different study hacks. So when I found Life Hac

Survive Law
Sep 11, 20154 min read


Writing Convincing Assignments: Critical Analysis Checklist
Whether it's a problem solving question or an essay, when it comes to law school assignments the real marks, the ones that take you from

Survive Law
Sep 7, 20153 min read


Study in style: How to study for your learning type
Do you ever walk away from a massive study session feeling as though you didn’t actually accomplish anything or find that you’ve fallen asle

Survive Law
Sep 3, 20152 min read


Word Count Woes: Writing to a Word Limit
The toughest thing about law assignments is the word count. Yep, it's even worse than footnoting. If you're WAY over the word count

Survive Law
Sep 1, 20153 min read


Everything you weren't told about law exchange
Everyone comes to exchange with different expectations but overwhelmingly, you don’t consider exchange unless you think it will be a magical

Survive Law
Aug 31, 20154 min read


Surviving Assessable Class Participation
Is there someone in your class who perfectly answers every question before your tutor even finishes asking it? Chances are you hate that guy

Survive Law
Aug 25, 20154 min read


Lessons learnt from my first year of law school
Looking back at my first year of university, some things worked out great, but others not so much. Before diving into my second year, I trie

Survive Law
Aug 7, 20153 min read


How to take great notes (and actually remember them)
After going into my contract law exam with only half my exam notes prepared and relying on printed lecture slides for the rest of the course

Survive Law
Aug 4, 20153 min read


Mastering the Art of Advocacy
Advocacy can sometimes be seen as the arch enemy: we know we have to do it, but public speaking, especially speaking before a distinguished

Survive Law
Aug 3, 20152 min read
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