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The Shy Student's Guide to Class Participation
If you feel more confident with the law when it’s just you and your textbook and you stutter when it comes to class participation, here are

Survive Law
Jun 5, 20192 min read


The 5 Law Students You Meet in Your Tutorial
Attending and actually listening and participating through a number of law tutorials in my time, you start to notice a pattern after a while

Survive Law
May 16, 20182 min read


Tips from a tutor: the final weeks of semester
Tutors appear much like Batman: cloaked (or caped) in secrecy, appearing seconds before class and leaving long after you’ve headed to the Un

Survive Law
May 22, 20172 min read


(Mind)Mapping your way through law school
One of the most dangerous stereotypes of law students is this arduous image. You know what I mean: the daily grind of study and classes; the

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Mar 17, 20172 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


New Years' Resolutions: Law Student Edition
So it’s that time of year where we sit and think about who we are, what we did last year and what we can do to become better people this yea

Survive Law
Feb 8, 20163 min read


How to Make a Study Timetable for Exams
Uh-oh. It’s that time of semester. You’ve spent a little too much time watching re-runs of How I Met Your Mother and now exams are only...

Survive Law
May 5, 20153 min read


Tips from your Tutor: How to Write the Perfect Law Essay Introduction
After reading the first few sentences of a law essay, most markers will start to formulate an idea of the mark range. If they start with a C

Marie Hadley
Sep 17, 20142 min read


NSW Creates Tutorials for Self-Represented Litigants
A court case can be overwhelming for litigants at the best of times, but the experience is certainly more daunting if you’re preparing to fa

Survive Law
Feb 18, 20141 min read


Tales of a Truant: A Semester Without Classes
I am surely not alone in my inability to attend the first week of classes. I prefer to avoid the dryness of introductory speeches and admini

Survive Law
Dec 7, 20123 min read


How to Prepare for a Tutorial at the Last Minute
Needed to catch up on the latest episode of Suits? Participated in a procrastibaking marathon? Spent more than a few minutes giggling at mem

Survive Law
Sep 11, 20122 min read
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