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Surviving your Honours Thesis
Are you writing a thesis and finding it hard to get motivated? So was I until UTS law student and honours thesis survivor Nicholas Mirzai sh

Survive Law
Aug 27, 20104 min read


Honours Diary Part 1: 9 Weeks, 3 Days To Go
To be honest, I’m not sure how I got into honours. I feel ridiculously unqualified and under prepared for it. Academically, it’s the most am

Survive Law
Aug 25, 20103 min read


Am I cut out for law school?
If you’re thinking about applying to do law, you’re probably also wondering if it’s right for you. Prospective law students often feel they’

Survive Law
Aug 13, 20102 min read


What is it like to study law?
So you’re nearing the end of high school and wondering what you’ll do next. Or maybe you’ve finished your first degree and are considering a

Survive Law
Aug 13, 20104 min read


How to Survive a Practice File Assignment
The thing about many Practical Legal Training assignments is that they seem so straightforward. On the face of it, everything looks so simpl

Survive Law
Aug 10, 20104 min read


Survey Reveals Law Graduate Pay Rates
The results of the annual Australian Graduate Survey have been released. Graduate Careers Australia interviewed 122,000 recent graduates for

Survive Law
Jul 28, 20102 min read


Why you should do Law Revue
A revue is a comedic performance typically made up of lots of short skits with some song and dance numbers in between. Being involved in a l

Survive Law
Jul 9, 20103 min read


Networking Doesn't Only Happen at Careers Events
So the past five generations of your family weren’t judges? Then I guess you’re doomed to fail in your legal career… or not. Although ‘no su

Survive Law
Jul 8, 20102 min read


What do you do with Old Textbooks?
When the semester is over and that tatty old plastic sleeve you use as your exam pencil case gets stuffed away, what do you do with those te

Survive Law
Jun 30, 20104 min read


Clerkship Roundup – My Adventure at Allens Arthur Robinson
Clerkship application time is nearly here again! If you’re still deciding what firms to apply to, here’s a sneak peek at what it’s like to c

Survive Law
Jun 22, 20103 min read


The Sky is Falling: Failing, Academic Appeals and Plagiarism
So by now, most of your assignments have been handed in, and if you’re really lucky, have been handed back. If the marks you were hoping for

Wenee Yap
May 19, 20103 min read


9 Tips for Networking
It’s that time of year. Clerkship talks and networking evenings are back. Fourth years are fluttering around excited and competitive, human

Survive Law
May 11, 20105 min read


Starting at Law School: Wenee Yap on What to Expect
"There’s a lot wrong with the world. Mired in hypocrisy, politik, self-interest. Troubled with wars, profiteering, injustice, climate c

Survive Law
Apr 29, 20104 min read


How to Avoid Making Stupid Mistakes on Assignments
It always happens. You get your subject outline and quickly scan through in the first week of semester. Everything seems straightforward...

Survive Law
Apr 21, 20104 min read


Clerkship Roundup – How I Earned My Clerkship at Mallesons
As we make our way towards July and away from Summer, we’ll be looking at the clerkship season from the perspective of recent Summer Clerks

Survive Law
Apr 9, 20106 min read


Thinking Ahead: Your Practical Placement for PLT
Whether you’re in a last minute panic like me, or you’re planning ahead, here are a few tips and resources for finding that perfect placemen

Survive Law
Mar 23, 20103 min read


Last-Minute Exam Crams: Don’t Panic
“How is education supposed to make me feel smarter? Besides, every time I learn something new, it pushes some old stuff out of my brain. Rem

Wenee Yap
Mar 12, 20103 min read


Planning for Academic Success
For most students, it is quite understandable to be late on an assessment or find themselves underprepared for an exam at least once in thei

Wenee Yap
Mar 10, 20102 min read


I Want Your Job: Interview with Lisa Pryor, SMH Columnist
“I have been really lucky. I have been able to forge a career that I really enjoy. Not everyone is lucky enough to have everything fall into

Wenee Yap
Feb 18, 20103 min read


Starting out at Law School: Costa Avgoustinos on What to Expect
Costa Avgoustinos, a casual academic at UTS, UNSW LLM student and finalist at Tropfest in 2004, talks to survive law about his time at unive

Wenee Yap
Feb 14, 20102 min read
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