Careers, Study and Wellbeing with Katie Cowan
Welcome to Dear Katie
Hello, readers. Welcome to the inaugural article in this advice column for law students and graduates. I am pretty damned delighted to be here.
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Sexual harassment in the workplace – Where to go for help
Recent revelations in the media have highlighted that the legal profession is not immune to sexual harassment in the workplace. If you find yourself in an uncomfortable situation where you are feeling sexually harassed, we have compiled some links and resources that may be of assistance.
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Tips for Surviving Summer School
If you are one of the many who find summer school a necessary evil, but would rather be outside chilling in the sun – check out our tips for surviving your summer indoors.
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Introducing the LLL JOBS BOARD!!!
To celebrate the coming new year, Learn Law Life has vamped up its wardrobe and added a punchy new accessory – the LLL JOB BOARD! We have scoured the net (and various other locations) to bring you recent graduate/junior positions Read more…
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The WCJP is helping you Know Your Tenancy Rights
Know Your Rights Flatting Guide – a practical booklet that aims to teach students about their legal rights when it comes to tenancy. We got Victoria law students Po Tsai and Autumn McNeill to tell us about their involvement in the project.
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Applying for your first serious legal job: CV and interview tips
Applying for your first serious legal job can be daunting … Read on for some tips from Vanessa Syme (People & Performance Manager at MinterEllisonRuddWatts) on how to impress your prospective employer and secure that job!
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Bridging the Gap
Find out how you can get help 'bridging the gap' between law school and entering the work force.
A Day in the Life of
A Day in the Life of a … JustSpeak Board Member and S.A. at the Office of the Children’s Commissioner
Learn Law Life recently had the opportunity to talk with Julia Whaipooti, JustSpeak Board Member, community justice lover, and Senior Adviser at the Office of the Children's Commissioner.
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Tips on effective note-taking!
Notes looking a bit scary? Can't decipher your own handwriting? We've got some quick tips to help you out.
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How to become a practising lawyer after law school
The four steps every law student should know to become a practising lawyer in NZ.
Life
From High School to Law School: Three tips for a smooth transition
Auckland Uni student Cecilia Liu gives her top 3 tips to smoothing the transition from high school to law school.
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Deciphering Legal Citations
Stephanie Carr, Library Manager at the Davis Law Library sets out a quick three-step guide to deciphering those tricky legal citations.
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How to be Efficient with your Law Studies
Ashley Yuan sets out her top tips to get the most out of your time at Law School
A Day in the Life of
A Day in the Life of… an Associate specialising in Māori legal issues
Rachel Mullins tells us about her life after law school, working in the Māori Land Court and the Waitangi Tribunal
Careers, Study and Wellbeing with Katie Cowan
Dear Katie – Should I take tax law?
Dear Katie – Should I take tax law? “Does it matter what subjects I take at law school? Everyone says to do tax law, is this true?” – Lost and Confused, 23 Oh my gosh, please promise me Read more…
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Artificial Intelligence Learning to Discriminate
by Michael Bidwell, The Legal Forecast September is Brisbane Pride Month celebrating its 28th year supporting the LGBTI+ community. As an openly gay lawyer, Editor in Chief for The Legal Forecast and Events Coordinator for Pride in Law, I wanted Read more…
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Proofreader Friend
One thing that your lecturers and advisers never tell you is that your essay can be improved dramatically just by having a friend proofread it. This doesn’t mean that they can go in and actually change your wording and rewrite Read more…
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Legal Design Thinking
Legal Design Thinking By Erika Ly, The Legal Forecast There is immense curiosity in the concept of ‘design thinking’ in the innovation literature. Yet, for a phrase so ubiquitous, it is often misunderstood by lawyers. In practice, design thinking Read more…
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Stick with Your Hobbies
by Zsenai Logan One of the hardest things about study is the feeling that you have to give everything else up to do well. It always feels like a choice. Should I go hang out with my friends or should Read more…
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The legal research process
By Mary-Rose Russell, an extract from Legal Research in New Zealand Components of the legal research process The legal research process comprises a number of discrete steps, each of which calls upon skills which law students are expected to acquire, whether Read more…
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Eyes in the Sky: Threats to Notions of Privacy
"The predominant issue with the current framework is that while it imposes a ‘transparency’ framework and a consent requirement for the collection of sensitive information..."
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Lauren Yeo – My USA College Exchange
"I asked a woman at Walmart where the rubbish bins were on my first day in the US, she looked at me like I was speaking another language"
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AI and Legal Liability: What Happens When AI Goes Wrong?
"Self-learning AI poses interesting and difficult questions for the law. In particular, who is legally liable when self-learning AI goes wrong? The programmers? The users? Or even the AI itself?"