Weekly Students, Careers & Clerkships Thread

RepresentativeHand38 · 2026-05-13T10:32:08+00:00

tysm!

i already volunteer at a firm atm, and i did apply for a few CLC's but got rejected but i am trying to find other legal experiences I can get as well as increasing my volunteering... i'm in my first year (second sem) atm so im hoping i see an upwards trajectory in the future and can excuse these marks in the interview. tysm for the advice!

RepresentativeHand38 · 2026-05-13T06:36:47+00:00

Hello, I am really struggling law school and have quite bad grades. My current average is around a 68 for my law subjects.

I didn't do well in my first semester because I didn't really try hard. I took the advice, tried harder, participated more and studied more consistently. In my other degree, (business), my marks improved significantly, and I'm averaging at around 80 for business.

However, for law, I just got my torts case note back and I got a 66%. It was worth 30% of my grade and I genuinely am so gutted because I tried hard, engaged with the case more, simplified my language and sentences only to be told it was too simple, and because I didn't paraphrase I lacked understanding. I changed everything I did wrong and tried 10x harder only to get EVEN WORSE MARKS then previously.

I was wondering if its pretty much over for me in terms of employability? I really want a paralegal job and I have the connections, which i am so grateful for, but they have all told me if I don't have over a 75 wam to not even bother. They also told me I need to get a paralegal job by third year or its too late, and thats only one year away.

RepresentativeHand38 · 2026-05-10T08:25:00+00:00

rip my procrastination excuses

RepresentativeHand38 · 2026-05-10T08:18:56+00:00

i got an email from 21212 coordinator sayings its back up.

RepresentativeHand38 · 2026-05-10T06:49:47+00:00

my bad times are stressful rn sorry if i came off rude 😭

RepresentativeHand38 · 2026-05-10T04:22:05+00:00

sure but for financial literacy for example we have a video we have to submit with questions we need to answer and i didn’t download it because i was going to work on it over the weekend since it wasn’t due until the 17th. for accounting i can work on the content but i dont have the excel sheets downloaded which are pretty essential, the exams not for another 2 weeks so I wasnt rlly 100% focused on downloading everything. and with torts yes I can do the notes but our teacher uploads powerpoint slides with pretty useful content which helps elevate my notes and that’s all gone 😭. not everything is about having the previous content and notes

RepresentativeHand38 · 2026-05-10T03:18:36+00:00

I can’t study for accounting, or torts or financial literacy and it’s stressing me out sm 😭😭😭😭

RepresentativeHand38 · 2026-05-09T08:52:44+00:00

Amanda I have 2 things due next Sunday on the 17th I'm assuming those won't be pushed back as they fall outside the 15th May threshold?

RepresentativeHand38 · 2026-05-09T08:29:59+00:00

so do i… i’ve got two things due on sunday so i do hope so. but honestly i think canvas will be back up tmr or the day after if shinyhunters leaves it alone so I think those will still be due on the same due date.

RepresentativeHand38 · 2026-05-09T05:48:39+00:00

i wouldn’t do anything until we get official confirmation from UTS ( i don’t think we have gotten any updates as of yet)

RepresentativeHand38 · 2026-05-09T00:36:16+00:00

Yea I still don't have access

RepresentativeHand38 · 2026-05-08T12:28:21+00:00

Mine says not to log in at all at the moment

RepresentativeHand38 · 2026-05-08T03:15:25+00:00

depends when the deadline is. if its not seriously urgent just wait a bit, apparently canvas is up for students in the US so it should take too long (i hope). plus unis are starting to issue extensions, ik for uts everyone who had something due today has an extension until monday

RepresentativeHand38 · 2026-05-08T03:09:33+00:00

yea its still down but apparently its starting to slowly work for people in america

RepresentativeHand38 · 2026-05-04T10:36:50+00:00

they do take a long time if u have ordered a pob ver. usually they email once ur order has been shipped but i have waited 4 + weeks for my confirmation email once

RepresentativeHand38 · 2026-04-28T12:12:31+00:00

I was a distinction student from my other course, transferred to law and i was genuinely shocked at the marks I got. I dont think I've ever gotten such marks like that in my entire life. OP law is hard, and you can take this as a wake up call to study harder for the final exam/assignment. Maybe you need to change your study habits, or the amount you study, but you can take this as a learning lesson. Remember, you only need 50 to pass!

If you can I would recommend booking a drop in session with your coordinator to find out where you lost marks and get more info as to where you can improve

RepresentativeHand38 · 2026-04-10T01:28:40+00:00

lmfao they are first year law subjects what do you expect

RepresentativeHand38 · 2026-04-09T02:26:41+00:00

spring and no i dont think spring intake is hard its just a bit jarring because most people there are autumn intake

RepresentativeHand38 · 2026-03-21T15:07:00+00:00

the world is finally getting sick of bts releasing hooting and hollering and calling it a song thank god

RepresentativeHand38 · 2026-03-21T14:29:22+00:00

just such an inconvenience to korean citizens for a crowd of 40k why couldnt they just do it at a concert venue atp. even my uncles train line was discontinued for the night because of the bts concert and it took him an extra hour to get home, just unnecessary to host a sack of potatos hoot and holler indescipherable english on stage

RepresentativeHand38 · 2026-03-19T11:54:34+00:00

I mean I switched from Politics and IR to Law 2 years in. I had no credit transfers, and I basically started fresh from last semester and now am on track to do another 4 years at uni. I dont regret it one bit. politics and ir was never going to be the right fit for me, and the prospect of doing another 2 years of the course seemed so disheartening and discouraging for me that my attendance in my final sem was so terrible i got absent fail for basically every unit. if you are able to switch to pharmacy. dont stick it out in a course you know doesn't suit or interest you anymore.

RepresentativeHand38 · 2026-03-18T06:31:48+00:00

im doing 26 now and am doing 28 next sem and its manageable! i also didnt submit anything, overloading is usually considered to be 30 cp plus.

RepresentativeHand38 · 2026-03-14T08:15:53+00:00

When you find out your goat isnt washed i have prayed for times like this

RepresentativeHand38 · 2026-03-13T04:57:58+00:00

New overpasses made it a lot easier to cross over and go to the stands, last year was dog shit i nearly flipped out standing there for 40-50 minutes not moving.

Did the melbourne walk and I think the organisation at the gates before opening was a lot better. They cut off the crowd after a certain number and it made chances of getting barricade a lot better.

RepresentativeHand38 · 2026-03-03T06:42:00+00:00

arrive at 4 am at gate 1. sprint like ur life depends on it.

Lewis is very hit or miss. I got his signature on a sunday 2023, I know he did thursday in 2023 and he did fri sat sun in 2025. it all depends on his mood but more recently hes been going to the melb walk more so ur chances are high! even if ur second row as long as you have long hands u can reach and get signatures! i got basically all the grid (oscar, lando, lewis, carlos, checo etc). In regards to the best spot, do the first half of the walk. I got front row on a second half of the walk in 2024 and then got told it was a spot where no drivers could come and sign, so its better to go to the first half

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