Learning how to deal with stress is tricky - everyone has different coping mechanisms and different methods that they’ve come to develop aft

In Survive Law’s 2015 Australian Law Students’ Survey, 55% of law students said they felt stressed about law school most or all of the time.

It’s that time of year again. Time to pin-up your wall planner and brace your biros as we roll out of another summer and hit the books. Whil

We usually turn to lecturers, our law school buddies and law grads for advice when it comes to battling your way through law school. But wha

The Law School Slump. We all experience it at some point during law school. Most often, it’s because we’ve been working hard non-stop since

Receiving results after a hard and stressful exam period may validate the work you’ve done throughout semester. For others, it may be a mixt

Survive Law's Jess Awad dishes the dirt on LexisNexis' take on Workplace Bullying. For those of you interested in gaining a broader

Sometimes I feel like an energizer bunny – it’s a race to the end! With exams and clerkships coming up, the pressure is getting real. I get

Survive Law first encountered social worker and mental health expert, Robyn Bradey, at College of Law's Wellness Forum. We caught up wit

I’m back. After a two and a half years, I’m calling myself a Law Student once more. I’ve returned to the land of ‘but fors’ and double negat

I’m sure by now you’ve heard the news that Law is the new Arts. Law, what is it good for? Absolutely nothing!

During law school, it is very easy to feel overwhelmed when trying to learn about complex areas of law, perfecting clerkship applications, p

It’s that time of the semester where things are starting to get a bit too much. Exams are only a few weeks away and you’ve still got a whole

‘It’s too difficult’. ‘I’m not smart enough’. ‘Everybody hates me’. Do any of these thoughts sound familiar? Psychologists call these types

You deserve a medal for getting through law school. Now before everyone rolls their eyes, take a minute to admit that law school can be down

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

As law students, we put a lot of pressure on ourselves. Pressure to do well, pressure to work hard and pressure to look good doing it. And n

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 assignments that are due when classes resume. It seems so far away. There’s plenty of time to plan and get on top of things. No need to start planning just yet, I can do all that next week… right? Well I hate to break it to you, but mid-semester break is here. Now! Suddenly, you’ve got all your lectures and assignments to catch up on. A feeling of he

In my first year, I was enthusiastic – almost ecstatic – about starting my five-year double degree. Keen and eager, I sped through readings,

The time has come to hit our 1,429 page constitutional law textbooks or whatever weighty volume you’ve been blessed with this semester. You’