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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


Working Hardly: Law School Memes
Hilarious memes about uni life are all over the Internet. Here are some memes based on of our highs and lows from law school.

Survive Law
Mar 20, 20121 min read


Law Student to English Dictionary
Starting law school can be hard at the best of times. It doesn't help that all of a sudden you're bombarded with all this legal jarg

Survive Law
Mar 19, 20124 min read


QUIZ: Should you be studying right now?
Fellow law students, I know. I know! The thought of someone questioning your time management and commitment sends you into a frenzy of seat

Survive Law
Mar 18, 20122 min read


Legal Limericks
Top of the morning to you, Survivors! Happy St. Patrick’s Day! While most people are celebrating with a pint of Guinness or by talking in at

Survive Law
Mar 18, 20121 min read


Living in Fear of the Socratic Method
Oh, Socrates. So clever, so Greek, so dead....

Wenee Yap
Mar 17, 20123 min read


My First Legal Networking Experience
The hopeful youths sip their free ($40 entry fee) glasses of Chandon; most of them are wearing ill-fitting borrowed suits. Most are in their

Survive Law
Mar 15, 20123 min read


How to Stay on Point
So you're back to the law student grind, forced into another year of textbook serfdom. Or maybe you have just begun your illustrious stu

Survive Law
Mar 14, 20125 min read


Should I get a mentor?
Mentoring means something different for everyone. You might occasionally meet for coffee and a few lawyer jokes or you might spend all summe

Survive Law
Mar 14, 20122 min read


How to be Awesome at Class Participation
A running motif amongst law students who I have met is that the class participation component of their courses seems arbitrarily marked, inc

Survive Law
Mar 12, 20125 min read


How much study should I be doing each week?
So it’s Semester 1, and the eager baby law student enquiries have started filtering into my academic inbox: “Can I have full list of the lat

Wenee Yap
Mar 12, 20123 min read


The Law School Check List
So you’re part way into your law degree, and all you’ve done is attend the occasional lecture and bluff your way through tutorials each week

Survive Law
Mar 11, 20122 min read


So, what kind of law student are you?
So, you’ve found yourself at the start of your legal “experience”. Are you here to put the United Nations or Justice Kirby to shame? Did you

Wenee Yap
Mar 10, 20124 min read


Oh no! Not another year of law! Tips for early semester motivation
Even for the most motivated of law students the first few weeks of study feel almost impossible. Who can blame us? We’ve spent months testin

Survive Law
Mar 10, 20122 min read


Tins of Abalone: A Diary of a Law Grad in an ‘Alternative’ Career
Recently, I completed my studies in law (hurrah!) and decided to try something a little different. So, I packed my bags, moved overseas and

Survive Law
Mar 9, 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


The Underachiever’s Guide to Faking it in Class
Some law students finish their readings every week, maintain their notes with meticulous care, and come to each seminar/tute/lecture/exam co

Survive Law
Mar 8, 20124 min read


Pace yourselves, keen beans!
It’s just so exciting, isn’t it? You’re a real law student! You’ve been waking up at 5am for 11am classes, dressing in your nicest rags, and

Survive Law
Mar 8, 20122 min read


Law school study avoidance traps
When it comes to being good students, we’re all guilty of telling ourselves that we’ll ‘get around to it’. For most of us, these traps are v

Survive Law
Mar 6, 20122 min read


Summer Clerk Diary: Lara Macalyk, Gadens Lawyers
Having just completed a clerkship at Gadens; I can easily say it has been an extremely exhilarating and rewarding experience!

Survive Law
Mar 6, 20124 min read
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