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.
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.
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 Read more…
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.
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!
Find out how you can get help 'bridging the gap' between law school and entering the work force.
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.
Notes looking a bit scary? Can't decipher your own handwriting? We've got some quick tips to help you out.
The four steps every law student should know to become a practising lawyer in NZ.
Auckland Uni student Cecilia Liu gives her top 3 tips to smoothing the transition from high school to law school.
Stephanie Carr, Library Manager at the Davis Law Library sets out a quick three-step guide to deciphering those tricky legal citations.
Ashley Yuan sets out her top tips to get the most out of your time at Law School
Rachel Mullins tells us about her life after law school, working in the Māori Land Court and the Waitangi Tribunal
Kathryn talks about her career as an employment lawyer, her involvement in the Law Society, her vision for the best future for law in New Zealand, her advice to new lawyers, her thoughts on mental health for lawyers, and her joy and love for the practice of law.
Olivia Chamberlain, Policy Analyst for Ministry for the Environment, shares her experiences of another way your law degree can be put to use!
Humanity is on the cusp of creating technological sentience in artificially intelligent machines. This begs the question – how will clones and other sentient technology engage with our legal system?
Some handy legal te reo Māori terms and phrases to use in the classroom, office and in court!
LLL has put together some tips and tricks to help you on finding office work experience, and balancing work with university.
In this episode of The New Lawyer podcast Katie Cowan talks to Anna about all-or-nothing in practice, the work of a litigation solicitor, and what great law firm culture looks like.
How can we really harness the technology to benefit our practice today? Enter: the legal technology entrepreneur – The ‘Legalpreneur’.
"...our taxi ride to south New Delhi was an experience in itself. Imagine a four-lane highway with clear lane markings and then everyone ignoring those road markings and playing a game of Tetris with their vehicles."
"the Otago District Law Society did not allow her full access to their library and excluded her from annual dinners due to her status as a woman. Thankfully, this sort of blatant discrimination is no longer tolerated."