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Making the most of limbo
“Just graduated? Congratulations! What are you up to? Oh, you’ve not found work yet? It’s tough out there! What are you doing in the mean ti
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Survive Law
- Mar 1, 2016
- 3 min
Law Without Walls: Changing legal practice as we know it
Earlier this year, University of Sydney law students Claudia Sheridan and Sandra Hu travelled to Madrid to work on innovative solutions to t
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Survive Law
- Oct 7, 2015
- 3 min
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. Away from away from work, responsibilities, and expectations of friends and family. The freedom of non-graded pass marks allowing me to relax and actually get involved in societies, events and taking weekend trips away with friends. I’ve found it pretty tough adjusting back to the life at home. The vast adjustment back to strict responsibilitie
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Survive Law
- Aug 31, 2015
- 4 min
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
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Head Editor
- Jul 30, 2015
- 3 min
Starting your legal career overseas
High-flying company executives are not the only ones who get to travel abroad as part of their careers. Law offers numerous opportunities to
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Survive Law
- Dec 16, 2014
- 3 min
I Want Your Job: Interview with Rachel French, Legal Counsel for Amatheon Agri
Rachel studied Arts/Law before completing a Master of Laws, specialising in international law. She is currently working in Berlin as the in-
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Survive Law
- Dec 7, 2014
- 3 min
A Law Grad Wanders Around the World
Midway through 2013, I was about to finish my undergraduate law degree. I was starting my Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice and I was bored
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Survive Law
- Nov 24, 2013
- 2 min
Escape from the Law: My Semester Abroad
All law students have probably had the thought, “what would university be like if I didn’t study law?” Last semester I got to find out when
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Survive Law
- Jul 26, 2013
- 2 min
Taking a Post-Uni Gap Year
One of my professors told me that the best time to be in university is when the economy is in recession. While there’s some debate about the
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Survive Law
- Jun 20, 2013
- 2 min
On Exchange in Florence
When planning to study law in Florence, a lot of questions came to mind. Would I get any study done? Is gelato a breakfast food? Is there su
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Survive Law
- Mar 9, 2013
- 3 min
The Post-Exchange Blues
Have you just come back from a semester abroad? I have, and here’s something they don’t really tell you in the pre-exchange info sessions –
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Survive Law
- Feb 17, 2013
- 2 min
Why you should spend a Semester Abroad
Have you always thought about doing a semester abroad, but thought it was too difficult? If you can handle piles of paperwork (but heck – yo
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Survive Law
- Feb 12, 2013
- 2 min
Summer Intern Diary: Working in Human Rights in South Africa
In August last year I was selected to participate in the UNSW South Africa Human Rights Clinic. The program would involve travelling to Sout
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Survive Law
- Dec 3, 2012
- 2 min
Sightseeing for the Travelling Law Student
Hooray! Summer holidays are here! It’s time for road trips and overseas holidays, for broadening horizons (and trying local beers). Because
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Survive Law
- May 4, 2012
- 3 min
Going Global: Should I go on International Exchange?
My study exchange adventure took me to University of Lapland, Finland in 2011. When I got home I signed up to tell other students at my univ
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Survive Law
- Oct 22, 2011
- 4 min
Should I go on an exchange?
International student exchanges are available at most, if not all, Australian universities. They can be short study programs overseas, or a
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Survive Law
- Dec 10, 2010
- 4 min
Obscure Laws from Around the World
There are some pretty crazy laws out there. Some of them are relics from ‘more interesting’ times, and although they are no longer enforced,
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