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Working Hardly: The Devil’s Dictionary for Legal Types
Some days this degree makes us feel a bit cynical, but that’s normal. But as cynical as law students get, none can surpass the master, Ambro

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Sep 5, 20112 min read


Working Hardly: 10 Things I won’t do when I’m a Lawyer
As law students we often talk about what we’ll do when we’re lawyers. But what won’t we do? When I become a lawyer, I solemnly swear that I

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Aug 22, 20111 min read


Working Hardly: Five Awesome Reasons to be a Judge
What lies at the end of your law-career rainbow? A Partnership? How about a seat at the bench? Being a judge is like being a rock star of th

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Aug 21, 20112 min read


The Textbook Free Philosophy
The average cost of law textbooks each semester is equivalent to the GDP of a small nation. So you’ve scrounged around under your couch for

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Jul 28, 20112 min read


Friends, Family and Fools…
If your family tree includes a judge, a Queens Counsel, a barrister, a paralegal or even anyone who has watched a full season of Boston Lega

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Jul 16, 20112 min read


What happened to law student idealism?
Do you remember the first-ever tutorial of your law degree? That tutorial where everyone in the class said their name, something “interestin

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Mar 21, 20112 min read


When Does a Little bit of Law School Competition Become too Much?
Would you ever put a laxative in a peer’s drink just before an exam? Rip out pages from a library book? While most of you would answer no, t

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Mar 11, 20113 min read


First Week Jitters
This week I start law school for the very first time. Those words seem so big and imposing; as if it wasn’t enough to feel like the little k

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Mar 2, 20112 min read


How to deal with less than ideal marks
Now that exam results have been released, it is inevitable that some of us are disappointed with our marks. That shouldn’t be an excuse us t

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Dec 24, 20102 min read


Gift Buying for Law Students
Christmas and the holiday season are upon us, so this week we’ve put together a list of gifts for the law student or law student to be. If y

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Dec 12, 20102 min read


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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Dec 11, 20104 min read


Stuff Law Students Like
Law students don’t like things that militate against their sense of individuality. This presents a problem when they are about as predictabl

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Nov 30, 20102 min read


Book Review: The Centre Cannot Hold by Elyn Saks
“I spent the next hour or so laughing and singing and gibbering away on the roof of Yale Law School. I found several feet of loose telephone

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Oct 8, 20102 min read


Honours Diary Part 3: 3 Weeks, 2 Days To Go
So with the end of the world (aka my thesis due date) looming, I’ve found that every distraction that exists seems to be coming my way. Sinc

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Oct 7, 20102 min read


Post Clerkship Self-Esteem Repair Kit
If you’re still in the running for a summer clerkship, congratulations and good luck. If you didn’t get a clerkship, don’t worry - everythin

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Sep 16, 20102 min read


I want your job: Interview with Michael Bradley- Managing Partner, Marque Lawyers
While the PVA glue on your creative Marque Lawyers clerkship application was still drying, Managing Partner Michael Bradley chatted with Sur

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Sep 10, 20105 min read


Deciphering Assignment Questions
Maybe it's because law lecturers read too many convoluted judgments, but chances are you’re going to come across a few tricky assignment

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Sep 8, 20102 min read


Honours Diary Part 2: 7 Weeks, 4 Days To Go
There’s less than two months until my research thesis is due and I don’t think I’ve ever stressed about an assignment this far ahead of the

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Sep 7, 20104 min read


Eye Care for Law Students
Most veteran law students will tell you that their eyesight has noticeably deteriorated since they started law school. It’s not surprising.

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Sep 3, 20102 min read


Having an (Almost) Relaxing Mid-Semester Break
You’re probably thinking about mid-semester break by now. It’s a break that always promises so much and delivers so little. You hope to get

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Sep 1, 20103 min read
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