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The age of an impossible compromise between overpriced but beautiful Kikki K diaries and cheap but vanilla Officeworks planners is over. Check out these 6 highly user-friendly apps that can minimise distractions and maximise productivity.

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A great mentor is like a 7 in one multicooker – they can act as a career advisor, study assistant, networking coach, opportunity creator, proof reader and confidant. Mentors are an essential part of the professional journey. Given the current climate of the legal profession having a surplus of lawyers than there are jobs, building a solid network is extremely important in the law world. A mentor can help you in a plethora of ways and can save you a serious amount of time and energy to give you that competitive edge.

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Law balls are usually wedged in the middle of semester, which means preparations can get put on the backburner. Before you know it, you’re hunting for suits an hour before the event or drying your nails in the Uber to the venue. Here are some tips on how to best avoid looking like a hot mess by lining everything up a year in advance.

Survive Law and The Legal Forecast have teamed up to provide law students with bite-sized, easy-to-understand explainers on the latest law-tech and legal innovation hot topics.

If you were to die today, what would you want to happen to your social media accounts, email, videos and photos stored on the cloud? Would you want your family to receive access to every message you have sent over the internet or would your entire internet presence erased?

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In Survive Law’s 2016 Australian Law Students’ Survey, 55% of law students said they felt stressed about law school most or all of the time. Feeling stressed about law school is almost unavoidable but even just taking a 15 minute break is conducive to help you de-stress.

Let’s be real, 15 minutes is not that much out of your day. You’ve probably already spent 15 minutes scrolling through your Instagram feed, checked your Facebook feed for the 10th time today, and even posted a photo of you with the dog filter to your Snapchat story. 

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So one of your friends has decided to be that person who organises a law-themed party, because you know, you can never be too extra about the fact you’re a law student. While everyone turns up in a suit and pretends they didn’t have time for a change of clothing after their paralegal shift, you’re going to be a tad more adventurous.