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Study Tips and Tricks for Exams
Here are some of my friends' practical and unorthodox study tips...

Survive Law
May 16, 20122 min read


How to write an answer guide for law exams
Walking in to my first substantive law exam, I was sure I was ready. I had a painstakingly-prepared set of notes that covered every principl

Survive Law
May 14, 20122 min read


4 Grammar Mistakes You Should Stop Making
As law students we spend most of our time occupied with reading and writing and our future careers will be solely concerned with deriving me

Survive Law
May 9, 20123 min read


Top 5 Things That Your Law Tutor Hates
At long last we've found a law tutor willing to tell us what they love and hate about our classroom antics and approaches to assignments

Survive Law
Apr 9, 20126 min read


Playing Catch Up
There are undoubtedly times in a law degree where you are bound to get behind. You might be sick for a week, or you might have a motivation

Survive Law
Apr 8, 20122 min read


How to Buy a Suit
Recruitment season is here and you’re beginning to realise that your ‘lawdrobe’ could use a bit of an update. You want to look sharp in your

Head Editor
Apr 2, 20125 min read


Make Your Class Presentations First Class
“According to most studies, people’s number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death....

Survive Law
Mar 28, 20122 min read


Applying for Tipstaff/Associate Positions in NSW
What do I include in my application? What should I address in my cover letter? Where should I begin? The role of a tipstaff or judge's a

Survive Law
Mar 20, 20122 min read


Balancing parenting with law school: 5 tips for new students
So, you are a parent and have decided to embark upon a law degree. Congratulations on your courage and chutzpah at having the audacity to te

Survive Law
Mar 9, 20123 min read


(Welcome to) the Year of Living Dangerously
So we’re entering yet another symbolic new leaf turning: Chinese New Year, 2012. The Year of the Water Dragon. Dragons, according to Chinese

Wenee Yap
Jan 24, 20124 min read


Chin Up: What to do if you fail a law subject
What’s that sound? Oh, it is just the ringing of the dooms day bell, because you failed a subject. Talking about failing a law subject is so

Survive Law
Dec 8, 20113 min read


How to be Awesome at Interviews
Want a law job but worried about the interview? Marque Lawyers managing partner Michael Bradley, who has been interviewing would-be summer c

Survive Law
Oct 13, 20117 min read


Surviving a Take Home Exam
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

Survive Law
Sep 20, 20113 min read


Deciphering Assignment Questions
Maybe it's because law lecturers read too many convoluted judgments, but chances are you’re going to come across a few tricky assignment

Survive Law
Sep 8, 20102 min read


9 Tips for Networking
It’s that time of year. Clerkship talks and networking evenings are back. Fourth years are fluttering around excited and competitive, human

Survive Law
May 11, 20105 min read


How to Avoid Making Stupid Mistakes on Assignments
It always happens. You get your subject outline and quickly scan through in the first week of semester. Everything seems straightforward...

Survive Law
Apr 21, 20104 min read
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