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Legal Research for Beginners: Tips and Tricks
Welcome to legal research, the bane of every law student’s life. Legal research takes time. That’s an unfortunate fact. But fear not, my lea
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Survive Law
- Apr 25, 2018
- 3 min
When You've Left Your Assignment to the Last Minute...
It’s an all too familiar feeling – somehow, that assignment you thought you still had at least a week to do is due in 48 hours. Even though
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Survive Law
- Mar 23, 2018
- 2 min
5 Tips for Reluctant First-time Mooters
For the charismatic and quick-witted among us, mooting is a chance to let your inner Harvey Spector shine. For the rest of us, mooting is a
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Survive Law
- May 15, 2017
- 1 min
Not Your Grandma's Clerkship Tips
Since you can't cure cancer, learn Mandarin and keep a perfect GPA, you might need some insider knowledge to crack the clerkship game. A
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Survive Law
- Mar 7, 2017
- 3 min
Checklist for writing a professional email
Writing your first professional email can be daunting. It's a delicate balance between professionalism, politeness and - last but not le
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Survive Law
- Apr 7, 2016
- 2 min
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
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Survive Law
- Mar 3, 2016
- 2 min
Tips and Tricks to Improve Your Marks This Semester
Okay you got me, there’s absolutely no tricks or easy fixes to getting good marks at Law School. Work hard, turn up to lectures…you know the
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Survive Law
- Feb 28, 2016
- 3 min
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
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Survive Law
- Oct 13, 2015
- 2 min
Golden rule for resumes: Short and professionally sweet.
Whether you are leaving the university nest and flying into the big world of scary jobs or you are looking for a casual pub job to cover tex
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Survive Law
- Oct 12, 2015
- 3 min
The lowdown on downtime
As law students we receive a wealth of advice when it comes to study skills, revision techniques and exam prep. We emerge from our degree wi
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Survive Law
- Sep 1, 2015
- 3 min
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
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Survive Law
- Aug 4, 2015
- 3 min
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
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Survive Law
- Jun 18, 2015
- 3 min
Tips and Tricks for your First Law Job
So you’ve got your first law job and you’re keen to put some of that legal learning into practice. If you’ve never worked in a law firm befo
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Survive Law
- Apr 22, 2015
- 3 min
How to get your Motivation Back
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
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Survive Law
- Mar 24, 2015
- 3 min
Geeks United: Tips for a Successful Study Group
We all know study groups can produce great results. Working in a group can reduce your workload, provide different perspectives on a given t
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Survive Law
- Mar 19, 2015
- 2 min
“I’ll do it later...”: How to Stop Procrastinating
“Being a good law student is 3% talent, 97% not being distracted by the Internet.” Okay, so I’ve adapted a quote that was originally about w
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Survive Law
- Mar 1, 2015
- 2 min
Eight Tips for Surviving the New Semester
Summer holidays are over and semester one is here again. It doesn’t matter if you are an excited first year or a law school veteran, these t
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Survive Law
- Feb 18, 2015
- 3 min
How to Be More Productive
Do you feel like you've been coasting? Has discipline been eluding you? Do you get the sense that you lose a lot of study time, although
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Survive Law
- Nov 11, 2014
- 2 min
Statutory Interpretation Tips
An excruciatingly hefty proportion of your law degree depends on your skills of statutory interpretation. It is this skill you should feel m
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Survive Law
- Nov 4, 2014
- 5 min
Tips for Being a Happier Law Student (With some useful stuff about life, law school and goats)
In case you hadn't noticed (you had), law school is a pain in neck. A very rewarding, fulfilling, ego stroking, pain in the neck, but a
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