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2019, LMR Edition, Issue 0 MICHAEL FRANZ Ugh, first years. This is what happens when you have a slow submission week. With the big boss Editor-in-Chief Anisha taking up all the prime real estate in next week’s issue with her official Week One Welcome, it falls to your humble Managing Editor to scratch out something witty and avuncular for this here LMR issue, to help gird all you freshlings for your big adventure in law school. Problem is, that as an old man I don’t exactly speak the lingua franca of today’s youth. Add to that, right now I’m tired from staying up late watching The Devil Wears Prada, I left this piece way too close to deadline, and I’m sure that at this stage you’ve heard every possible variation of ground-breaking advice from your Pathfinders, orientation panels and assorted seniors to the effect of ‘remember to take care of yourself’. So instead, as De Minimis’ resident mature-age student, I’ve decided to go in a different direction and take time out of my busy schedule of hip replacements and heart medication refills to offer up a good old-fashioned grumpy rant. You children don’t get enough grumpy rants these days. Also, pro tip - nobody expects rants to have much thematic cohesion, internal structure or even good content, so it makes it easier to get away with lazy writing.  2019, LMR Edition, Issue 0 XAVIER BOFFA Law school. You've made it. To get here you’ve endured the LSAT, sat countless exams, and submitted innumerable assignments. If, like me, the thought of a few dozen more doesn't necessarily fill you with excitement, you've come to the right place. 
2019, LMR Edition, Issue 0
KARAN DESAI and YING WONG Here are some of our best JD (and life) tips from day one to admission, in joyous, listenable, easy-to-access format. 36 songs for the 36 days of Semester 1 and the next 36+ months of your life. Enjoy. 
2019, LMR Edition, Issue 0 TILLY HOUGHTON and JAYNAYA DWYER This article was originally published in Vol 12, Issue 12, 2017. That every person before the Court has the right to representation is a fundamental principle for the legal system—if it is to be a just legal system. But in a democratic society that adheres to the free market, this, in practice, looks markedly different: the resources available to a powerful defendant are in many cases superior to those of the plaintiff seeking the jurisdiction of the Court. We all know this, but as the offers for clerkships come out very shortly, it may be worth re-asking the question: why did you choose to study law?  Image: Supplied
2019, LMR Edition, Issue 0 ANONYMOUS A printed version of this open letter appeared outside the lift well on Open Day 2016. It was quickly taken down by University of Melbourne Staff. It details the experience and opinion of one third year JD student, and is being republished here in the LMR Edition (Issue 0) of 2019. Dear Prospective MLS Student, Welcome to the Law School. I am a third year JD student in my final semester at Melbourne Law School. It’s a Sunday, and I am studying at the library - likely what you will be doing three out of four Sundays should you study law here. But before I open my textbooks I wanted to write some truths in the midst of the Open Day fervour so that you may make an informed decision to study law here, or not.  Image: Wikicommons
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