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The Fear of Making Mistakes
The other day I came home from work and cried. Firstly, I’d like to say that it is okay to cry. As a law student, I know that we like to fee

Wenee Yap
Apr 5, 20123 min read


The Mid-Semester Slump
The frenetic work ethic borne from having four assignments due in the same week hasn’t kicked in yet. You know it can’t last; you know that

Survive Law
Apr 3, 20123 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


Finding Study Life Balance
It took me a while to notice how depressed I actually was. When I burst into tears sitting at my computer for third time in a week, I looked

Survive Law
Apr 1, 20123 min read


An Ode to My Sanity
Dear Sanity, I'm sorry things had to end this way. It's not you; it's me. I've fallen madly in love with a dark seductress..

Survive Law
Mar 31, 20122 min read


Book Review: The Lincoln Lawyer Series by Michael Connelly
In a time when every second person is reading The Hunger Games, The Lincoln Lawyer is exactly the kind of reading that could motivate any la

Survive Law
Mar 30, 20126 min read


Money Matters: How to Fund things you Enjoy
"All the things I could do, if I had a little money..." Apologies for the ABBA lyrics, but most of us poor uni students are thinki

Survive Law
Mar 30, 20123 min read


College to Day Kid: Adapting to Life off Campus
Although I'm more than halfway through my degree, this year it feels like I have started all over again. Why, you ask? I've finally

Survive Law
Mar 30, 20122 min read


Getting Free Legal Advice
Working in a community legal centre, I've been confronted by a huge range of issues that need urgent legal advice. Unfortunately, as we

Survive Law
Mar 29, 20123 min read


Single vs. Double Degrees
Should you do a straight law degree or a double degree combining law with another discipline? Just like a Constitutional Law exam, there are

Survive Law
Mar 29, 20122 min read


Killing them with Kindness in your Penultimate Year
Are you a student in your second last year? People seem to like throwing around the word ‘penultimate’ to describe this phase of our degree.

Survive Law
Mar 28, 20123 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


The Fear within Me
By reading this article, you're probably not going to take much away that is applicable to your life, to your legal education. It is bas

Survive Law
Mar 27, 20123 min read


Put Your Best Face Forward: The new Facebook Timeline, Privacy and what it means for users
Whether you’re a new face looking for a friend in the law library corridors or a long suffering student staring down the clerkship/someone-p

Survive Law
Mar 26, 20124 min read


Working Hardly: Fitness, Law Student Style
It can be difficult to make time for exercise when you've got four assignments due in the next five days and can't remember the last

Survive Law
Mar 25, 20121 min read


Law School Mean Girls
Every law school has them. But rather than the quintessential “mean girls” we met through “the plastics” in the 2004 hit film, he mean girls

Marie Hadley
Mar 24, 20123 min read


Law Student and Jurist Bill 2012
After much debate it the fictional house of law school reps (see Facebook) some amendments have been made to the Law Student and Jurist Bill

Survive Law
Mar 23, 20125 min read


Crazy Things Law Students Do To Stay Awake
Most of us will pull at least one crazy law related all-nighter during our degrees. This is a feat requires an ingenious method of staying a

Survive Law
Mar 22, 20122 min read


Become a Diligent-Looking Law Student in 5 Simple Steps
Every so often there’s an article that boasts to give the best tips on how to become a successful law student. This one is a little differen

Survive Law
Mar 22, 20123 min read


Anxiety: A Law Student's Experience
It wasn't until my first year law school that I became aware of just how uncontrollable my anxiety was. I can count at least ten occasio

Survive Law
Mar 21, 20123 min read
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