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We like to call it "sloppy".

Sincere apologies if that post gave a bad impression guys - we genuinely only posted that here because we thought it might have been interesting. To be totally clear, Survive Law has absolutely no relation what so ever with Freehills, or for that matter, any law firm at all - and we're...

Hey Guys, There's a new post up on SurviveLaw that we thought the Bored of Studies crew might find interesting. It's part of our Clerkship Roundup series, this article is a spotlight on the experience of a student at Freehills. Anyway, we'd love it if you'd check it out: Clerkship Roundup –...

Hey Guys, SurviveLaw.com is totally going to be at the Law Careers fair this Friday (26th, Sydney Convention Centre, Darling Harbour), running around (almost certainly dazed, caffeinated and confused) with a camera, doing our best to find the most interesting exhibitors and students to...

I find just stripping out filler and leaving your structure in tact is your best bet. When I say filler, I mean anything that isn't strictly the ratio of each case, and even then I like to cull that down to a sentence or two. I do this because it's rare you'll have to address the particular...

For what its worth, we've got a pretty good outline of tips over at How to Read 300 Pages | Survive Law Ultimately though, the gist of it is: Get organised, and make lists. Scan first. Start with the contents page. Use lecture notes, past student notes, or published subject summaries to...

Without being too transparent, there's a lot here that might help http://survivelaw.com/blog/?s=clerkship.

Thanks very much, I'll have a look into that. Is anyone else having problems? On that note, are there any site features you guys might be interested in seeing?

Hey Not perfectly on point, but with any luck, these might help: organisation | Survive Law How to be an Insufferable Know-It-All | Survive Law and How to Read 300 Pages | Survive Law Cheers, The Survive Law Team

Hey Guys, Just wanted to do a little shout out to let everyone know about the newly refreshed survivelaw.com. We've just relaunched, and figured there might be a fair bit of overlap between this forum. There's plenty of stuff on there about careers, clerkships, internships, graduate jobs...