At the moment, I'm taking a break from transcribing giant files of doom. I popped onto the internet to see if there had been any replies to work-related email enquiries I'd sent out this morning (nothing definitive, just more work), and noticed that the Uni is still emailing me about LLB courses for next year. This triggered my "triple-check- ( Read more... )

Not only am I graduating (whoa, actually finishing Uni), I'm quite excited about one mark in particular: Legal History. The lecturer made it clear that his subject was not a walk in the park, and also pointed out that the essay topics I chose were the hardest of the lot to do well in, but... I got a 7 (High Distinction)! XD It's particularly ( Read more... )

Tonight I finished my last exam ( Read more... )

When, the night before a 70% exam, dodgy wiring in a light blows the entire lighting circuit of your apartment. Or maybe just one (50s era) fuse. After the real estate agent closes. While you're in the middle of cooking dinner. Hoo-ray.

Being Miss Independent Woman, I've called my (wonderful) Dad, who's coming out from Scarborough to see if there's ( Read more... )

Yes, indeed, a present, for any UQ student or ex-UQ student out there who needs a bit of a break from assignments/exams and the like.

I bring you... "Ibises stole my pie".

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Law students - and people who have to put up with law students - may also appreciate "Library Noir".

New hair tomorrow = exciting
Snow on Mars = intriguing
Economic situation = worrying

• it involves "men of agreeable appearance and pleasant manners" stealing a yacht
• ...having disguised themselves as crewmen
• ...while the owner of the ship is at a RSL dance,

and also features:

• Frenchmen pelting yachters with potatoes, "with some degree of excitement and enthusiasm"
• and then consuming the contents of bottles of beer solely to be able to ( Read more... )

In honour of Talk Like a Pirate Day yesterday, here are a few things you may or may not know about maritime law and/or piracy today:

• Under Article 91 of the Law of the Sea Convention, ships have nationality. Nationality is supposedly based on a "genuine link" to the country in question (plus any conditions that country wants to add), but some ( Read more... )

... is finishing an assignment at a reasonable hour, having discussed everything you need to discuss, and finding that you've hit the word count exactly.

< / nerd >

For a law assignment due soonish, I'm reading a 2000 High Court decision on intranational cross-border tort claims. It was a case before the full court of the High Court, meaning all 7 justices. It also contains one of those blessed gems of an Australian law student's existence: a joint judgment by the majority of the court. (Hooray for not having ( Read more... )