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News: 29 June 2010
Posted on29. Jun, 2010 by BennettGreen.
The news this week -
Five Academics have discussed the merits of e-books (via Law Librarian Blog). Personally, I’m a massive fan of e-books and I wish more publishers would get onboard. But it seems these academics haven’t yet embraced the amazing resource that is having a wealth of textbooks on your mobile device.
Graduating mid year? [...]
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News: 15 June 2010
Posted on15. Jun, 2010 by BennettGreen.
The news this week -
Lifehacker has a great guide on getting out from under your office crap.
Students might like to read PunkRockHRs article Job Search 101: Your Resume Questions
And while you’re being all proactive-like, Mashable has 13 Essential Tips for Landing a Job on Linkedin (I think I may have already linked this and forgot [...]
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News: 8th June 2010
Posted on08. Jun, 2010 by BennettGreen.
There was no news last week because absolutely nothing happened anywhere in The World. Not because I got lazy. Nope.
The news this week -
The ACCC launched a booklet entitled Australian Consumer Law: A guide to unfair contract terms. I’ve had a quick flick through it and while it’s not exciting enough to qualify for recreational [...]
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News: 25th May 2010
Posted on25. May, 2010 by BennettGreen.
The news this week-
Above the Law has a series (that we plan to steal one day) uh, that is quite good, investigating alternative career paths for lawyers. This week they put up a brief interview with an entrepreneurial lawyer who has gone into business putting interns (equivalent to our vacation clerks) into companies and firms looking [...]
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News: 18th May 2010
Posted on18. May, 2010 by BennettGreen.
The news this week -
16-22 May 2010 is Law Week! It’s like the Royal Show, but for lawyers! By that I mean it’s a week long and chances are you won’t attend. You should though, because there’s seminars and other cool stuff going on.
As an example, Little Lawyers in WA might want to check out [...]
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News: 11th May 2010
Posted on11. May, 2010 by admin.
The News this week -
The Legal Satyricon put out a nice piece on alternative career paths for law grads. Then they put out an even nicer piece about a woman jailed for, uh, well just read it for yourself.
The New Lawyer wrote about the Australian Law Reform Commission being asked to investigate the [...]
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News: 4th May 2010
Posted on03. May, 2010 by BennettGreen.
The news this week -
A man was acquitted of rape after successfully arguing he could not have removed the victim’s skinny jeans without her consent. Yeah. (via @PeterjBlack)
The iiNet Appeal has been set for a four day hearing commencing 2 August 2010. So if there are any movies or albums you’re after you should probably [...]
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