Lex or Law?
January 17, 2022 3:34 pm Leave your thoughtsA step back in time helps us to understand our experience of law. Lex (Latin) for ‘law’ Law (Viking, Icelandic)...
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Summer Book & Series Recommendations
December 22, 2021 12:12 pm Leave your thoughtsThe summer holidays offer the perfect opportunity to sit back and enjoy a good book or television series. Whether it’s...
Wellness Advocate of the Year 2021
December 9, 2021 1:23 pm Leave your thoughtsLeo Cussen Centre for Law congratulates team member Lawyer and Mentor, Desi Vlahos for being named Wellness Advocate of the Year at the recent Lawyers Weekly Women in...
Best of the Best Wellness Tips for Exam Survival Part II
October 28, 2021 11:21 am Leave your thoughtsThe exam period is a stressful part of the university experience. This can lead to burnout, lack of productivity, and general apathy. However,...
Law student, Meg Reid shares her wellbeing advice
October 21, 2021 12:30 pm Leave your thoughtsWe recently heard from Meg Reid, a penultimate LLB/BA student at Deakin and host of the podcast When It’s Falling...
Lawyers as ‘Trusted Advisers’
October 13, 2021 3:36 pm Leave your thoughtsAs a lawyer mentor, I once sat down to coffee with an outstanding law student – selected from a field...
PLT Q&A With Sophia
September 29, 2021 3:37 pm Leave your thoughtsCompleting your PLT is a major step in starting your legal career. At Leo Cussen, you get the opportunity to...
Wellbeing for lawyers – the International Bar Association steps up
September 17, 2021 1:35 pm Leave your thoughtsDesi Vlahos is a Lawyer Mentor in the Leo Cussen Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice and Mental Health First Aid...
Chambers – private workplaces for barristers and judges
September 15, 2021 3:47 pm Leave your thoughtsBarristers and judges work in “chambers” whereas solicitors work in “offices” (pre-Covid anyway!). Did you ever wonder why? Word origins...
HABEAS CORPUS – You shall have the body!
September 2, 2021 12:56 pm Leave your thoughtsLaw students are expected to know when and how to use the expression Habeas Corpus – but what does it...
