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acknowledgements BL ACK ACRE Sydney University Law Soceity Annual Yearbook 2016 EDITORS Sally Kirk Henry McCoy Judy Zhu D E S I G N & L AY U P Judy Zhu WITH THANKS TO Kieran Hoyle, SULS Publications Director PHOTOGRAPHY Official pictures of Sydney University Law Society events were provided by SULS. All other photos were taken by Judy Zhu, unless otherwise specified.

PRINTING Megacolour DISCLAIMER The publication Blackacre was compiled and published by students of the University of Sydney. The editorial team acted under the guidance of the Sydney University Law Society. The Editors-in-Chief do not con rm the accuracy, completeness, wholeness, or validity of the information provided in this publication. Furthermore, the views re ected in this publication do not re ect the views of the Editors-in-Chief or the Sydney University Law Society.

The editors of Blackacre acknowledge the traditional owners and custodians of this land, the Gadigal people of the Eora nation.

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D E A N ’S F O R E W O R D

by Joellen Riley

EDITORS ’ FOREWORD

by Henry McCoy, Judy Zhu & Sally Kirk

W E ’ V E C O M E A L O N G WAY

by Alice Zhou

W H I T E A C R E : A L AW S C H O O L RETROSPECTIVE

by Meena Mariadassou

BL ACK ACRE THROUGH THE AGES

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STUDENT SURVEY

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THE MOOT COURT ‘COMPLEX’ & COURTROOM ETIQUET TE

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BERLIN AND CAMBRIDGE OFFSHORE UNITS

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S TA F F PROFILES

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STUDENT PROFILES

by Will Hanna

by Zachary Thompson, Tiffany Jade Villanueva & Serene Zhuang

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dean’s foreword

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BY J O E L L E N R I L E Y A standard Blackacre question: ‘What did you love at Law School?’

I always find the graduating students’ answers to that one quite illuminating. Some will rather churlishly give no credit to anything but the coffee that provided the 11am kick-start to their first lecture for the day. But most will talk about people. Many will be glad of the enduring friendships made with fellow sufferers over five or more long years grappling with the law. The responses that really warm my heart are those that name inspiring teachers. Professor Peter Gerangelos’ wise and humane counsel. Jamie Glister’s facetious humour. John Stumbles’ patient kindness (and breathtaking mastery of the mysteries of insolvency law). Rolphie’s ascerbic wit recounting salacious tales of defamation. Penny Crossley’s boundless dedication to student wellbeing. These too are the things I love about this Law School. The eclectic bunch of scholars, absolutely committed to their research, and to providing the best legal education to successive generations of aspiring lawyers. And the students. It is the greatest privilege in the world to work in a place like this. I do hope you all remember your law school days as fondly as I shall remember all my years here, first as a student, then a teacher, and – for a little while – as your Dean.

editors’ foreword

BY S A L LY K I R K , H E N R Y M C C OY A N D J U DY Z H U

Congratulations to the Class of 2016 we made it! After years of hard work, dedication and a crippling caffeine addiction you all deserve a memento to preserve the memories of your time within the hallowed halls of Sydney Law School. Lessons have been learnt, both big (the rewards of hard work and persistence) and small (defendent is spelled defendant), memorable experiences have been enjoyed and, most importantly, friendships have been forged. As you will soon read for yourselves, this was a unifying factor among all submissions. Law School is a humbling experience in which we surprise ourselves and where we test our limits through dedication and commitment. It is made only possible by those who we surround ourselves with and the collective experience of the group. We are blessed to be part of this community, where our fellow students will one day help forge the laws of our country and promote justice and fairness.

Thank you to all those who contributed and for the mammoth effort put in by the editorial team. This was not a small task and the hours of your time are greatly appreciated.

As Law School draws to a close, it’s important to remember that as one chapter of our lives ends, the next chapter is just beginning (though hopefully we’ll have weaned off the caffeine by then). Congratulations and don’t fuck it up.

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P H OTO B Y K I E R A N H OY L E

we’ve come a long way

BY A L I C E Z H O U

“There is no doubt that we’ve grown and flourished from our (awkward, but unaware) first-year selves.”

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When I was asked to write a piece on how far we’ve come since our first Foundations lecture – starry-eyed and mistakenly thinking that the next few years would involve analysing legal issues arising from Vertical Limit – I was unsurprised (and thankful) to find that we’ve come a long way.

Trawling through our initially over-used and later abandoned ‘Class of 2016’ Facebook group, I was certainly thankful to realise that we’ve come a long way since making comments such as “WOO LATIN” and finishing assignments so early that we had the time to ask “Does anyone know if we need an abstract?”. Indeed, shared among us are too many accolades to name. But we are more than this. We are diverse, intellectually curious, intensely fun, and most importantly, commercially aware. There is no doubt that we’ve grown and flourished from our (awkward, but unaware) first-year selves.

However, reading through our comments in the aforementioned Facebook group, I came to the surprising realisation that in many respects, we’ve barely changed. To illustrate: On attending class: “This is pretty terrible, but does anybody in my tute know my instructor’s name?”

Replace “only Foundies” with any subject you’ve taken during your time here.

On word limits: “The last ten are the hardest, I just started pluralising everything to avoid using ‘a’.”

The last ten are still the hardest.

On the AGLC: “Can anyone guess how I might cite something that Micah wrote on my last essay as a marking comment?”

The AGLC probably has an answer for this. After all, it is 334 pages long.

On bibliographies: “Do we need a bibliography?”

Do we? Do different rules apply to electives? Remind me how we have time to be asking this?

On alcohol: “End of Legal Research drinks. Thoughts?”

We still know it’s pretty terrible.

Omit “thoughts?”.

On readings: “Is the reading for the tute next week the ‘1. Scope of Tort Law’ section or the ‘2. Historical Background’ section?”

On alcohol and assignments: “A bottle and a half of red in and the essay’s almost done.”

We’re still asking the question (sometimes). We’re certainly not following through anymore (if we ever were).

Little did we know that four years later, Professor Peter Gerangelos would endorse this approach.

On law school anxiety: “Don’t think I’m gonna panic yet… don’t stress! It’s only Foundies.”

On reality: “… the bitter hangover that is the realisation that we’re stuck with AustLII… for the rest of our working lives…”

It’s a shame AustLII is still so aesthetically displeasing.

On graduating… eventually: “Well I hope one day if/when I graduate with my law degree…”

Still hoping.

So perhaps it’s better to say that we’ve come a long way in all the aspects that matter. And for that, we say, as we said in the first few months of law school, “thanks, law school, ily”.

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whiteacre: a law school retrospective

BY M E E N A M A R I A D A S S O U

or: 14 crazy things you won’t believe actually happened at Sydney Law School

To commemorate the 161st year of Sydney Law School’s existence, the Blackacre editors and I felt there was no more auspicious time to reflect on the long (and sometimes questionable) history of this institution. In homage to the premier journalistic form of our era, this piece will proceed as a ‘list-icle’.

1. In 1983, not one first year student received a D or HD in Torts. Between 1980 to 1983, only 50% of first year law students passed all of their subjects.

2. ‘Political correctness’ is a phenomenon much maligned

by Donald Trump. He would have felt right at home with the graduating class of 1993, whose Blackacre included awards for ‘Biggest Jugs’, ‘Best Buns’, ‘Biggest Tease’, ‘Biggest Sleaze’ and ‘Best Vomit’.

3. The Telegraph-Mirror (precursor to the esteemed Daily Telegraph) contacted the Law School in 1993, wanting to speak to some female law students, then ran a headline referring to them as “Man-eating Lesbians”.

4. The “notes economy” was alive and well even 50 years ago, when one ‘Bill Gummow’ was famous for his “widely dispersed lecture notes”.

5. In 1998, our very own Associate Professor Arlie Loughnan ran on a feminist ticket for the SULS executive called ‘The X Factor’ (prior to the TV show).

They lost the election but “had a good experience!”

6. In the 90s, the Australian Tax Office took out a fullpage ad in Blackacre. It’s hard to decide what to love more: taxpayer money going to (a) “overfunded private schools”1, or (b) a publication from Australia’s oldest law school documenting every piss up and hook up that took place that year.

7. In 1983, “SULS served notice on the Faculty that it is not prepared to accept the same old excuses offered

by Faculty for its abnormally high examination content and staffing shortages”. We’ve made a lot of progress since then, particularly with the eradication of mandatory 100% exams. Nevertheless, SULS continues to lobby the Faculty on similar issues today.

8. Blackacre in the 90s: “The toilets in the Law School are appallingly maintained”. Anyone who has walked into a cubicle only to discover a Jackson Pollack special on the seat below them would be well aware of the enduring significance of this comment.

Frankly, I’m impressed we’ve retained this aspect of the infrastructure despite moving to an entirely new building.

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9. In 1992, a group of female students founded a feminist discussion group called Fems Rea. Founding members included our own Ms Miiko Kumar and Associate Professor Belinda Smith. The group even had their own room in the Phillip Street campus, which Miiko helped fight for. Faculty members Arlie Loughnan and Irene Baghoomians were also members during their time at Law School. No one seems to know why the group ceased operating. It is possible that the move to the main campus resulted in students becoming more involved in campus-wide autonomous groups (such as the Wom*n’s Collective) instead of Fems Rea. 10. In 1983, the SULS executive reported that “The Law Society this year must do all in its power to break away from the Students Representative Council and save law students from paying good money after bad to that organisation… The SRC has become a white elephant that has outlived its usefulness, and is incapable of providing the level of service that the Law Society can provide.” Honi Soit recently revealed that the outgoing SRC President failed to attend nearly 2/3 of the 2016 Academic Board meetings despite being paid a $40,000 wage (provided by students). I’ll leave it to you to decide whether this aspect of University life has evolved or not.

11. In 1993, homophobic graffiti was still prevalent in the bathrooms, although a Faculty policy to eliminate the use of homophobic language at Law School was welcomed. An LGBTI group of staff & students started meeting to provide mutual support in a “sometimes hostile and largely heterosexual environment in the Law Faculty”. While we sadly haven’t come quite as far as we might have hoped (see: George Christensen; plebiscite), I think it is fair to say that Law School is a much more tolerant place these days. At the very least, this poem from Blackacre 2014 titled ‘Confessions of a Straight Woman in Law School’ suggests that the (openly) non-heterosexual community has grown: “I see him across the hallway.

He’s gay. I see his beautiful green eyes in the Taste line. Gay. I danced with his friend at law ball. Gay. I hooked up with him in first year. Gay. We dated throughout second year. Gay in final year.”

12. John Kerr’s Blackacre profile states that he received “maximum benefit from lectures by closing eyes and snoring stertorously” (see overleaf ). Anyone who has succumbed to three-thirtyitis in the dreaded post-lunch lecture can empathise with the man who would go on to single-handedly undermine Australia’s democracy.2 13. Current law students are much more discerning about allowing the publication of their own nudes. I counted three bare asses, seven shirtless torsos (including one

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where an Elvis impersonator shaved an ‘E’ into his chest hair) and immeasurable lost dignity in the 1993 edition. While I have not yet seen the final copy of this year’s Blackacre, I do not have much hope that we will reach those lofty heights.

14. In true Buzzfeed fashion, I saved the best for last: the 1969 Law Ball featured a stripper.3 Tickets to Law Ball in 1969 year cost $4. The stripper cost $30. This is the equivalent of SULS spending $937.50 on a stripper this year (based on the cost of a 2016 nonAccess ticket). Also, the event was called the ‘Carbolic Smoke Ball,’ proving that even our illustrious forebears enjoyed terrible legal puns. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

1. Thanks Simon Birmingham.

2. (Note to future employers: this is called humorous hyperbole).

3. If you don’t believe me, see below for confirmation from the SULS archives.

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blackacre through the ages

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P H OTO F R O M T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F SY D N E Y A R C H I V E S

A FEW FA M I L I A R FA C E S F R O M BACK IN THE D AY: Blackacre 1990

WOMAN STUDENT WINS MEDAL

For the second time in the history of the Law School, a woman has obtained the supreme honour by winning the University Medal in Law. Mary Gaudron, a slight redhead with a temper to match ("I'm only a quarter Irish") overcame the much vaunted problems of the Part-Time Course, and has rightly earned the congratulations and goodwill of her fellow students.

in fourth year gained first prize in Succession a week before her daughter was bom.

Mary has all the attributes of the thoroughly disconcerting, accomplished debater. She has a keen analytical mind, a magnificent command of language, and sheer audacity.

Opponents are demolished in a very few fourletter words.

Blackacre 1990 JOHN WINSTON HOWARD

When we first met John in 1957 he was a youthfullooking, bewildered and ambitious young man trying to make the best of his newly-acquired environment.

Today, he is still almost as youthful-looking, no longer bewildered but self-assured and mature. His intelligent approach to Law, superadded to his years of valuable debating experience, ensure that John is going to be a truly successful and competent "mouthpiece." In politics he hasand always been a —Chris Honnor Lewis Yee. Mary lays staunch down the Liberal, laic at thewhereas Catalina. his views on morality were rather conservative; it is great to see that his moral standards are, at last, beginning to move in line with But the medal has been not the first ot Mary has worked for the Commonwealth his political Mary's achievements. She is an experienced and convictions.

F. E. Fischer & Laws, but hopes

caver and active committee member of the Sydney Speleological Society, obtained her Leaving Certificate at fifteen, completed two years of Arts by the time she was eligible to enter the Faculty acquired a with laughter whenofweLaw, showed husband by the end of her second year, and

Mr Howard roared him his valedictory from Blackacre 1960. He told us that we were "better than the Canberra press gallery". That is surely no compliment. We didn't take it as one.

ultimately to go to the Bar. Perhaps she will make a hit of money, but she will carr> women's achievements further than the retarded New South Wales judicial system could ever expect.

Australian law is sliding into vulgar Americanisms.

One can't hope to meet a nicer gal.

I don't really agree with this stupid habit of people commenting on every latest case. I think it's crazy.

It's spilling into the political arena too. I think that police ministers and attorneys-general should shut up about cases. I really do...".

With respect to his "views on morality" he said thatWILLIAM MONTAGUE CHARLES GUMMOW Continuing on this theme Mr Howard told us that "at the time it was written, I would have been Bill came to heLaw School inhe1961 after a atwo years' sowhen schoolEditor worked barristers' terribly disappointed if they had said otherwise".journ in Arts.

Aleft Student and a asseasoned mooter, Chambers.

There, he "met a lot his Commenting that valedictories generally were "ahe is clerk noted inforDenman his widely dispersed lecture notes, lively sense of humour and above all his good natured of eminent Q.C.s whose names I may have read in big rubbish", he confessed that "I think I was as readiness to assist other people. Articled to the oldest the papers but they weren't on television and they bewildered as the next student, coming from thelegal firm in Sydney, he is reputed to know more about and the law ten enveloping it thanHeany other clerk giving second grabs". went on, "I relatively cloistered atmosphere of Sydney's thenaspirinweren't at the Law School.

While his success last year may think it's crazy. I really do. I think lawyers shouldhave Selective High School system". surprised those who regarded the first portion as subject be shut upprescriptive about talking about cases.asSonoshould to a permanent right, it came surprise to those aware Iofthink ho- it's thoroughly applies ministers. ridiculous. he Don't you?".himself tc. the task in hand.

"The Australian law is sliding into vulgar Americanisms..."

The clean cut look of Mr Howard and friends in 1960 speaks of a fairly conservative student body.

It gives no hint of the massive social changes that were to follow shortly after. He said that it was a "little bit" unusual to be a Liberal Conservative student in those days but pointed out that 1960 "was actually a bit before the huge change. The world really changed at universities in the early 1960s. That was the big change. I always say that when the social history of the post World War II period is written the five years of most momentous change were between 1960 and 1965".

Now hang on a minute. We're asking the questions here. This never happens on "Four Corners". What would the Canberra press gallery do here?

Blackacre hurriedly said something about the perception that someone had to be accountable.

"Yes but hang on, hang on, hang on. The whole idea of having an independent Police Commissioner is to let him deal with it. I mean the Treasurer doesn't comment on every tax decision.

That is the whole idea of having an independent Commissioner". page 95

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"So why does it happen?" asked Blackacre. berating itself for a lack of research on the principles of Ministerial responsibilty in the Westminster system. "Because some politicians can't shut up" is the reply. It is not because there

1970:

THE MORE THINGS CHANGE, THE MORE T H E Y S TAY T H E S A M E :

David Marr on the pressing issues of the day.

1972:

Has Charles Waterstreet changed at all in the intervening years? Signs point to no.

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1987 (left) & 1993 (right):

Law Revue lyrics circa the eighties and early noughties. Or: how, over two decades later, we’re all still private school wankers and job security is a myth.

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It's a problem that is sweeping Australia-¥L Bank law schools and the Australian legal profession and is one which National Australia-¥L Bank should be addressed by any 61 publication. socially responsible It is therefore with some trepidation that we feel it is our duty to break the bad news to

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"Computers are n o w doing legal tasks which until recently were only a twinkle in the eye of your average computergoober..." you. Computers are now doing legal tasks which until recently were only a twinkle in the eye of your average computer-goober.

Not only are they revolutionising Precedents sections in law firms, but (with a bit of human help) they can actually create new documents.

This new technology (sorry to use that word) is known as a Legal Expert System. If it takes off in a^ big way then those of you who hate anything with a screen unless it plays midday movies can be comforted by the thought that your clients will at least receive some expert 'advice'. It's necessary to put 'advice' in quotes because

its functions are still quite limited but the basic idea is that the computer asks you the relevant questions, you type in the answers and by the wonders of modern technology a terribly well 61 written, concise document is spat out of a printer.. Various interested parties around the city (such as Redfem Legal Centre) are working on a myriad of programs. These include ones about Victim's Compensation Claims, Wills, Consumer Credit and Family Law.

"the real benefits from expert

"it is a very unpleasant reality that those of us with FONT syndrome may be die ones to suffer most..."

And now, another poem Such systems have been developed partly as a response to

systems and from information technology generally will be in providing new opportunities...the spirit should be one of innovation, whether it is to provide services that could not have been resourced in the past, to reduce

He had a PhD and LLB A lordly voice and top CV A beaten man he stopped the lecture And cursed the overhead projector

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"Where Are They Now?" (PART ONE):

the amount of time spent doing routine documentation. (Of course

costs by amounts previously not viable or to increase the quality of

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1993:

Sound familiar, anyone?

1997:

Hand-me-down notes: another familiar Law School fixture. (But a vastly preferable one to the state of the bathrooms).

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1993 (top left), 1994 (bottom left) & 1997 (right):

Yet another familiar fixture, much like the disaster better known as the law school toilets: Law School Survivor. Better known as: “So, you want a summer clerkship?�

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1993:

TMZ or Blackacre? You decide.

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1997:

Tinder for the pre-smartphone generation: SULS Blind Date Night.

1998:

Presented without comment.

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Richard Lancaster

Bom near Leipzig, the illegitimate son of a Lutheran clergyman, Richard Friedrich Josef Lancaster attended the famous Pforts School, then went to university at Prague where he read Schopenhauer and Nietzsche, and made and broke his friendship with Wagner.

The death of his horse, of which he was exceptionally fond, coincided with a complete mental and moral degeneration. He now divides his time between driving through Ararat at speed, stepping off either foot and declaring to his friends "Behold in me the tyrant of Turin".

AND A FEW MORE FA M I L I A R FA C E S F R O M B A C K I N T H E D AY:

Mark Leeming

Cronulla Lad to High Court.

Having almost overcome his Sydney Grammar education and residence at St Paul's College, Mark is well on his way to the top, via the benches of the Federal and High Courts. Mark's clear thinking equity style, and a sometimes mercenary approach to his studies have laden him with academic rewards. Varying lively participation in lectures with vigorous slumbering, Mark's frankness has seen him excel in mooting and debating. Travel is a dominant motif: bike to Law School and infrequent sorties around Australia and the world. Mark's fierce intellect stands him in good stead for mahjong and poker, but also conceals a gentler side: he is genuinely caring and compassionate.

Mark enjoys the finer things in life: good books, music, theatre and dinner parties. He is great company and a loyal friend.

Ifs 10.48am and you're still waiting. Nothing's happening. tfpl20 head to Level 5.

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ifyou decide to stick around; tjtpl2

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student survey

In an example of real hard-hitting journalism, we thought we’d tackle the topic of the law student: what kind of people are we? How have we changed from twenty years ago? Our completely unscientific survey suggests that these days, we’re a bunch of caffeine addicts who likely still live with our parents, and who mostly don’t believe in that old adage that “Ps get degrees.” We’re a bit more earnest than our 1996 counterparts, with almost six times as many people calling the law school a “stimulating inspired environment in which to learn the law” (either that, or the move to main campus really helped).

We’d probably also stake good money on the claim that just like in 1996, some of you weren’t entirely honest about your substance use.

So, without further ado, we present to you our take on the census, complete with a comparison to twenty years ago - and unlike certain government departments, we managed this one without any server failures. Eat your heart out, Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Where do you buy most of your clothes?

-- online -- Target/Kmart -- Country Road/Myer/David Jones -- fashion shop on Oxford St What do you think you will be doing in ten years time?

-- partner of a large city law firm & doing nothing else -- partner of a small suburban law firm & playing golf on Fridays -- writing articles for the ALJ and marking essays & exams -- carrying a sack full of books around Phillip St & wearing a silly wig -- doing something else that is law related -- something totally devoid of any legal content -- acquiring even more university debt What do you do in the uni holidays?

-- spend lots of money and have a really good time -- spend no money and still have a really good time -- find a job, earn lots of money and have a shitty time -- start reading for next semester’s subjects

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41.1% 14.5% 35.5% 8.5%

14% 60%1 9%

11.1%

20%

5.8%

12%

4.2%

11%

21.2%

14%

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46%

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27%

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22%

2.7%

5%

1. Previously “Country Road/Jag/GBs/DJs.” 2. Psychedelics/ecstasy were a combined category in 1996.

3. It should go without saying that Tinder did not exist in the 90s, and that this particular part of the question was a recent addition.

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What do you take regularly?

-- alcohol -- tobacco -- cannabis -- ecstasy/MDMA -- speed -- valium -- nodoze -- psychedelics -- caffeine -- none If you had some spare time to watch TV, which programme would you choose?

-- Suits -- Game of Thrones -- Rick & Morty -- House of Cards -- Friday Night Football -- The Bachelor -- whatever Netflix tells me to watch Are you: -- unattached, unaffected and unconcerned?

-- single by seeking that special someone (on Tinder)?

-- in a long lasting liaison?

-- promiscuity is not a dirty word What was your first degree?

-- Arts -- Economics -- Commerce -- Science -- Other

2016

1996

59.8% 10.3% 6.5% 8.2% 4.3% 3.8% 8.2% 5.4% 75.5% 15.8%

44% 7% 10% 5%2 5% 4% 4% 5% 18%

18.5% 21.7% 6.5% 17.4% 7.1% 15.2% 13.6%

3% -

27.7%

34%

18.6%

20%3

41.8% 11.9%

41% 5%

45.7% 7% 31.7% 11% 9.7%

58% 18% 1% 14% 9%

Which did you enjoy studying more?

-- First degree -- Law Why did you choose law?

-- money -- prestige -- money AND prestige -- exercises the mind -- my mum/dad did -- no idea really What do you consider most when you dress in the morning?

-- today’s fashion statement (certain images must be maintained) -- comfort (you have to feel good to look good) -- hygiene (whatever is least filthy) -- time (my train/bus leaves in two minutes) If you were really thirsty which would you prefer: -- clean fresh water -- a fruit juice -- a coke -- a beer -- a cigarette Is law school: -- a stimulating inspired environment in which to learn -- a flawed but adequate site for the law faculty -- too far away from Manning -- proof that LSD and architects don’t mix Do you practice safe sex when doing it?

-- yes -- no -- sometimes -- at the start of a relationship What is your idea of a satisfying mark?

-- HD (only one of us can get the medal) -- D (honours has a nice ring to it) -- C (I think I am getting the hang of this) -- P (I didn’t fail)

2016

1996

33.7% 66.3%

67% 33%

1.1% 8.2% 28.4% 30.1% 8.7% 23.5%

15% 17% 26% 7% 35%

24.9%

13%

42.7%

51%

5.9% 26.5%

6% 30%

60% 16.2% 9.7% 10.8% 3.2%

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Do you live: -- in a mouldy share home with other students?

-- in a renovated Paddington terrace with yuppies who think you go to work every day?

-- in college because you like living with 237 other people just like you?

-- in the suburbs because you can’t afford rent anywhere else?

-- with the olds?

When you graduate will you: -- get a job real fast so you can make back all the money you haven’t been earning for the last 5+ years?

-- wonder if, now that it’s all over, law isn’t really what you want to do after all -- frame your degree and look to postgraduate work?

-- get extremely drunk When you are actually at law school, where do you spend the most time?

-- class (finding out how much work you have to do) -- Taste/the Law Lawns (talking about how much work you have to do) -- Lawbry (actually doing the work you have to do) -- Levels 4-6 (brown nosing the lecturer for the work that you didn’t do) How do you keep fit?

-- put on slinky tights and ponce around at the gym -- play netball/football -- train quietly on your own -- heavy breathing -- carry law books Do you think you will be married in 10 years time?

-- yes -- no

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4. The various locations for the 2016 version were updated to reflect the campus change - the 1996 percentages shown are for the Phillip St campus equivalents (aka whatever’s in the brackets was the same across both years).

5. 26% of respondents in 1996 chose ‘Word 6’ as an option.

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the moot court ‘complex’ and courtroom etiquette

BY W I L L H A N N A

A common occurrence for mooters who spend too much time in the moot court complex is contracting the moot court ‘complex’ (MCC).

which may be useful if you ever find yourself in an actual court (initials definitely have no connection to the culprit on whom the tip is based).

Symptoms include Vitamin D deficiency,; terrible injokes, inexplicable suit-wearing, hermit-like tendencies (continuing to study in the moot court well after the moot has actually happened), and strong regrets about not doing medicine like your parents wanted. People with MCC may sometimes also experience an increase in their visual acuity to the point of being able to find the single italicised comma in a 60 page memoranda. Such a ‘benefit’ is usually only temporary however.

1. If there is food in the room, resist the urge to eat it (especially during your own submissions). If you do give in and start munching on that cake, always chew with your mouth closed (TS).

Despite being highly contagious, there is very little person-to-person MCC transmission. Somehow rambling speeches about obscure areas of the law, tetchiness and a propensity to take off mid-semester to Europe and other exotic places like Brisbane and UNSW are not conducive to strong social relationships. Mooters tend to mix with other mooters. In that sense, mooting is the law student’s leprosy.

I don’t remember exactly when I contracted MCC, but it was probably around second year. Despite the quirks, I don’t think I would have had it any other way. Some of my best university experiences were with mooting and the amazing people I met along the way. Mooting was also one of the rare occasions I did any case reading; something that I hear is quite an achievement for any law student. I learnt a lot, but two realisations really stand out.

First, I like red ties. At the same time, I have learned to question whether it’s worth the risk of wearing one in case someone else does the same (multiple red ties look aggressive). That is a personal disappointment. But on a more serious note, the frequency with which I consider that question also underlies the broader disappointment that not many women do mooting. Mooting (and advocacy) rewards male traits.

Second is that mistakes happen, but outside Law School they have actual consequences. Over the past four years, I’ve kept tabs on embarrassing/memorable mooting moments. I’ve fashioned some of my favourites into ‘tips’

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2. Do not interrogate or cross-examine opposing counsel directly, even if they misrepresent the facts of the case (NB).

3. Using the ablutions before going into court is essential to the maintenance of fresh pants (DC).

4. Always arrive clean shaven and on time (TF).

5. ‘Losing’ an earring on the floor of the International Court of Justice is a good excuse to spend more time in the room (SI).

6. Do not decline an invitation from a High Court judge to take a selfie with them. You will regret it (WH).

7. Do not yell “FUCK!” when a judge of the NSW Supreme Court is standing right behind you (MP).

8. It is expected that counsel will wake a judge that has fallen asleep by ‘accidentally’ dropping books on the bar table and/or sneezing loudly. Saying “Did you fall asleep there?” is not acceptable (MM).

9. Briefcases are not cool. Don’t be a briefcase wanker (DC).

10. Finally, remember that nerves are good for you. A lump of carbon placed in those nervous, clenched fists may produce a diamond at the end (PW).

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the berlin offshore unit

BY Z A C H A R Y T H O M P S O N

In July, I took the ‘Philosophy of Law’ elective in Berlin.

I joined thirty-odd students from Sydney and we were taught by Professor Sadurski in the law faculty at Humboldt University. The scarred German capital turned out to be the ideal setting for an introduction to legal philosophy and the course was a real highlight of my time at the Sydney Law School.

This is perhaps because I only intended for the course to add some productivity to an otherwise frivolous European holiday. The prospect of swapping the Med for Berlin was not immediately appealing, but my reservations dissipated when I joined my classmates in the Australian Embassy for the first day of classes and realised how immensely privileged we were to be studying legal philosophy in this city.

We covered the same topics that we would encounter in Sydney – positivism, natural law, paternalism and various theories about rights and duties – but our surroundings provided an added poignancy. Four German regimes have based their capital in Berlin over the last century and the city is peppered with buildings and monuments that project the power of the state in starkly different ways.

Humboldt’s law faculty provides a perfect example. Our classes were held in a palatial Neo Baroque building that housed the Prussian Royal Library, next to a statue of Frederick the Great on horseback so tall that the Kaiser’s sabre-rattling expression was visible from our second storey classroom. From these windows in 1933, thousands of books containing ‘degenerate literature’ were defenestrated and burnt by Nazi thugs in the square below. The building’s present drab and brutalist interior came from the era of socialist East Germany when the University played a key role in injecting ‘politically dependable’ students with DDR dogma.

A particularly memorable lesson was provided by Jelena von Achenbach, a guest lecturer from Humboldt who introduced us to the Radbruch formula. Based on natural law, this was a mechanism developed after the Second World War to retrospectively punish individuals for actions that had been lawful under previous regimes. As recently as twenty years ago, the formula was used to prosecute East German border guards who were ordered to shoot defectors jumping over the Berlin Wall. A short walk from our classroom, and surrounded by the refurbished Reichstag building and imposing new glass and steel buildings of the German federal government, is the memorial to those who died on the wall. As I understand it, these new buildings are designed to symbolise a powerful, yet transparent new government where the German people can keep an eye on the law making process.

Amongst the realness of Berlin’s past, my favourite aspect of the course was enjoying modern Berlin with my classmates. The city’s cafes, restaurants, galleries, museums and monuments are glorious in their eclecticism. There were so many casually outlandish bars and clubs humming with classy Berliners that we were quick to forget the rectitude of Sydney’s nightlife. The people we encountered were friendly, chic and generally indifferent to the history of oppression and conflict that characterised Berlin until 1990. It was sublime encountering city’s vibrant, liberal character and I feel like the Berlin of Christopher Isherwood and Marlene Dietrich’s era is being revivified.

Studying legal philosophy in Berlin was a tremendously rewarding part of my degree. To those who feel a European holiday and meaningful legal education do not mix, this course is for you.

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the cambridge offshore unit

BY T I F FA N Y J A D E V I L L A N U E VA

After two and a half years of surviving semester-long streams and having my WAM battered by corporations law and property, I thought it was time to take a new approach to my JD degree and enrol for intensive offshore study. Although tentative that intensive learning would be harsher on my marks, the appeal of studying at Cambridge University and media law (having studied defamation and privacy the previous semester) convinced me to go for it, and do a three week trek around Europe while I’m at it.

The course was fairly shorter when compared to other offshore subjects on offer, I’m sure the class was not complaining – Cambridge was a beautiful place to explore.

Being a masters’ level study unit, the class was comprised of people from all walks of life with different areas of focus in law. The duration of the course mainly illuminated how grossly unprepared we were in terms of readings, and how it is actually possible to survive a 7 hour class with a hangover from hell – luckily the co-ordinators (David Rolph & Barbara McDonald) didn’t come down hard on us. The Hogwarts-esque lunches in the dining hall was also a pleasant surprise which gave us the opportunity to get to know each other and quiz the guest lecturer (whilst picking up on some Eurotrip tips).

On a more law-oriented note, the course was great in terms of learning from the best. It covered all areas of media law – ranging from defamation and privacy to open justice and litigation. The guest speakers, some of the most renowned lawyers in England, all brought their own expertise and entertainment when lecturing about English laws. One barrister was even representing Mila Kunis for a case (although he needed to be reminded of her name). The course definitely gave me some serious consideration about pursuing media law in the long term. Since I opted to complete the 7000 word essay on defamation law reform, I suppose I’m fairly informed on the topic now.

All in all, Cambridge was a once in a lifetime experience and one that I will take with me long after I graduate.

Perhaps the most memorable experience would be punting down the River Cam (think the English version of gondoliering) and hearing about the enriching history about Cambridge – although I was not one of the lucky ones in terms of getting a singing punter. It was a nice break from the usual hustle and bustle of law school and chomping through box meals in the lawbry study booths.

BY S E R E N E Z H U A N G One of the advantages of doing an accelerated course over the span of a few days in a foreign country is that Sydney Law School would usually invite renowned guest speakers from that country on the subject matter. We had the luxury of attending classes given by top English lawyers and lecturers on media law. The topics discussed were very comprehensive and up-to-date with current issues happening in media law in both Australia and the UK. It felt really interactive and I learned a great deal about what was outside of the textbook through participating in intellectual discussions in class. Both the Sydney Law School lecturers and guest speakers would have lunch together with the students daily and I thought that was a great way to continue discussion into informal talks on general topics about everything else under the sun.

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I thought it was a great way to breathe life into a law subject by just being in a different environment outside of Sydney. It was an opportunity to meet new students who you might not have met in your year before, and to be taught be foreign lecturers who were experts in their respective fields.

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E M I LY C R AW F O R D What is your favourite thing about law students?

Their seemingly unending capacity for enthusiasm and hard work – every time I teach public international law, I am always impressed by how so many students are genuinely keen on learning, even if it’s not a subject they have any interest in making their career. Public international law can be pretty technical at times, and so many students take on a full load of complex subjects, along with other work and extra-curricular activities, and are still able to be interested and excited by the world around them.

What is the strangest thing a student has said to you or asked you?

I’ve been pretty lucky that my students have all been top notch - I don’t think I have had anything particularly strange said directly to me. I’ve had some unusual comments in student feedback forms, but that’s an anecdote for another profile…

What do/don't you miss about being at law school?

What do I miss? The feeling of camaraderie I experienced during my degree – even when we were all struggling with Fed Con or Evidence (or maybe I was the only one struggling…), there was a great feeling that we were all in this together. I don’t miss the feeling of struggling to understand a subject – sometimes things just don’t ‘click’ for you, and its frustrating. At its worst, law school could be like that every day.

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What were you known for at law school (undergraduate or postgraduate)?

As a postgrad, I was known for my penchant for baking. It was a great stress reliever while I was writing my PhD. If you hadn't pursued a career in law, what would you be doing today?

I think I still would have become an academic – my first degree was in Film Studies and I seriously considered pursuing an academic career in that area. I love teaching and research so I think I would have wound up an academic eventually no matter what.

Do you have any interesting past students that we might know of?

Is it cheesy to say that all my past students are interesting? (Yes, but its true). I don’t know that I’ve taught anyone who has gone on to fame and fortune just yet… but give it a few years.

Do you have any advice for the graduating class?

Law school can be pretty cut throat and competitive, but I would say this – in the long run, don’t compare yourself with everyone else, or rank yourself against each other. The only person you should try and be better than is yourself, because you’re the only one who has to live in your own head.

Pursue what makes you happy and fulfilled, because none of us get out of here alive. To quote Ferris Bueller, life moves pretty fast, and if you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

PENELOPE CROSSLEY What is your favourite thing about law students?

Their level of inquisitiveness coupled with their ability to come up with completely outlandish hypotheticals.

What do/don’t you miss about being at law school?

emerging trends and considering how they might develop in the future will present you with the opportunity to become an expert in a dynamic and growing area. Also try and find an area to develop expertise which is relatively recession-proof...

I miss having the time to learn about other interesting areas of law that are completely unrelated to my own research. I used to love being able to wander across the road at lunchtime and watch the criminal trials in the King Street Supreme Court.

What were you known for at law school (undergraduate or postgraduate)?

I was known for being over involved in University and Law School life. I was VP of the Union, on the SULS Exec twice, on Campus Committee, on the Council of ALSA and on multiple committees. I was also a bit of a nerd who liked to sit at the front of classes.

Do you have any advice for the graduating class?

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ANDREW DY E R What is your favourite thing about law students?

Most students are young, and many have accordingly not had time to get boring or humourless - or to lose their ideals.

What is the strangest thing a student has said to you or asked you?

Last year, I was teaching two students who, I discovered, were taping my lectures surreptitiously. I was going to let it pass, because I couldn’t be bothered having an argument about it, but then one of them said something that annoyed me, so I asked him and his mate why they thought it was a good idea to tape what I was saying without first obtaining my consent.

He said ‘everyone does it, so we’re just making sure that we don’t get left behind’. A couple of students overheard this and started laughing.

I said ‘everyone does not do it! Those other students were laughing at what you just said.’ But the student was totally unfazed. Without missing a beat, he said, ‘no, they were laughing at you; they couldn’t believe that you are so naive as not to realise that everyone tapes what you’re saying.’ At that stage, I just had to laugh. There’s no point reasoning with people like that.

What do/don’t you miss about being at law school?

I’m still here, so I don’t miss anything!

But when I was working in various legal jobs in the city, I certainly missed the freedom that exists in a University.

When I got back here in 2010, I appreciated both the autonomy and the fact that I could sit around all day reading and thinking. As an undergraduate student, I didn’t realise how privileged I was to be a student.

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What were you known for at law school (undergraduate or postgraduate)?

I don’t know that I was known for anything at Sydney, where I completed my LLB. I deliberately kept a low profile, and I didn’t turn up to too many lectures. I acted in, wrote for and directed a number of law revues at UNSW, so I would have been known for that there; but I was, and am, suspicious of groups, group-think and conformity, so I was glad to be able to retreat to Sydney once the revue had finished each year, rather than sitting around on the library lawn at UNSW with a group of ‘revuers’ talking loudly about some revue after-party where person A had pashed person B (etc).

When I was doing my LLM, I was probably known for having my head in a book the whole time. I went along to the doctor this year for a skin check. She said that, even though I have fair skin, my skin is very good.

What I took away from that is that there are some advantages to being a total nerd.

If you hadn’t pursued a career in law, what would you be doing today?

I think that I would be acting and writing, but I’m glad that I’m not doing that. As a comedian, you have this advantage over other actors: you write your own material, so have much more control over how much work you get. But it is a difficult job: even extraordinarily talented comedians, such as John Cleese and Ricky Gervais, cannot maintain the standard indefinitely. And it is precarious.

You might be everyone’s mate while you’re making people laugh, but as soon as you’re not, a lot of your mates disappear.

One of the many things that I like about being an academic is that I get to perform; and I find that writing problem scenarios allows me to be a bit creative - although maybe some people might substitute ‘offensive’ or ‘unnecessarily crude’ for ‘creative’.

Do you have any interesting past students that we might know of?

I narrowly missed out on teaching Stuart Clark, the former Australian fast bowler, in 2010. I’m a cricket fan and would have liked to have taught him, but unfortunately he was placed in a colleague’s class.

Do you have any advice for the graduating class?

Try to avoid becoming pompous and hierarchical: this sort of behaviour is endemic in the legal profession, but some of the best lawyers are neither particularly self-important nor inegalitarian in their approach. This is possibly because they are adequate people, and therefore do not feel the need to prove themselves.

Also, if you are ever managing people, make sure to try to empathise with them. In my time in the legal profession, I saw few good managers.

If you can encourage people, you are more likely to get the best out of them. You should only change people’s work where it is necessary to do so; it shouldn’t be enough that you would have phrased something slightly differently. If you start micromanaging, all you are likely to get back from those with whom you are working is resentment.

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SCOT T G R AT TA N What is your favourite thing about law students?

Law students are not a homogenous group by any means, but most possess the combination of intelligence, exuberance and humour. In addition, most don’t yell like some supervising partners, clients and practitioners on the other side.

What is the strangest thing a student has said to you or asked you?

A student once asked me how old I was and on hearing my answer followed up with, ‘So, this is what I have to look forward to …”.

What do/don't you miss about being at law school?

I don’t miss routinely staying up until midnight preparing for class, but I do miss the predictable rhythm of life as a law student: reading, reading, more reading and assessment.

What were you known for at law school (undergraduate or postgraduate)?

Always having an ample supply of quills, ink and parchment.

If you hadn’t pursued a career in law, what would you be doing today?

Is s 128 of the Evidence Act still in force?

Do you have any interesting past students that we might know of?

Perhaps. How often does Jamie Glister refer to his better half ?

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Also, a former student went on to become a Minister of the Crown, but was better known by the public for his dance moves in a state of semiundress than he was for his portfolio.

He was a good student though.

Do you have any advice for the graduating class?

Wherever you work, in whatever capacity, always be nice to the support and administrative staff. It is inevitable that you will make mistakes.

In addition to being entitled to respect in any case, people are more likely to go the extra mile in helping you correct errors if you are a good colleague.

SHEEL AGH MCCRACKEN What is your favourite thing about law students?

If you hadn't pursued a career in law, what would you be doing today?

As other academics have remarked over the years, it is their curiosity.

Wondering why legal principles are the way they are - where they’ve come from, where they’re heading - makes for absorbing discussions.

I’d like to think I would be a schoolteacher, although I have to admit I didn’t seriously consider it in my teens when I was making choices as to what to study. Now I see teaching as amongst the most important and demanding of careers.

What is the strangest thing a student has said to you or asked you?

One question puzzling me for a while was whether I thought lawyers in commercial law practice would actually read cases. The prospect of yet more reading in a life beyond law school was seemingly unattractive to a student in the midst of all the reading that a law degree requires.

What do/don't you miss about being at law school?

Do you have any advice for the graduating class?

It’s common advice, but I think it’s worth repeating: Be receptive to the opportunities that your degree opens up and don’t dismiss them out of hand simply because they don’t appear to fit a particular career strategy at the time.

Think hard about their possibilities… and enjoy finding out where they take you!

I occasionally miss that feeling of ‘camaraderie’ that came from getting through a difficult course together.

At our 30-year reunion I was very struck by how immediately and comprehensively we lapsed back into friendly banter.

What were you known for at law school (undergraduate or postgraduate)?

According to some at least, being constantly on the squash court! I was selected for the university team, but as the most junior member I found myself having to fend off frequent challenges from those who wanted to stake their claim.

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D AV I D ROLPH What is your favourite thing about law students?

I like surrounding myself with smart people. As a general rule, law students fit that bill.

What is the strangest thing a student has said to you or asked you?

There have been a few odd things that law students have said to me over the years. There was the poor first year student in Torts who came down to ask me during the break whether she could go to the toilet. There was the student who was upset that she was not able to have a meeting with me at 3:00 p.m. on a Saturday afternoon in January. The clear winner, though, was the student who came up with the following hypothetical when we were discussing reasonable means of escape for the purposes of the tort of false imprisonment: “So what if there was a sleeping giant and someone built a doll’s house around it? A normal size person would be able to get out but the giant couldn’t.” I choose not to record my response.

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What were you known for at law school (undergraduate or postgraduate)?

As an undergraduate at Sydney, I was known for my handwriting; my coffee-drinking; my novel-reading; my commitment to obscure legal trivia; my omnipresence on Level 8 of the Old Law School Library, near the law reports and the photocopiers; and my set of typed lecture notes.

If you hadn’t pursued a career in law, what would you be doing today?

I would be a novelist and film critic, I think, not that these are necessarily excluded by a career in academia and the law.

Do you have any interesting past students that we might know of?

Apart from a Big Brother intruder and two politicians, including a Minister of the Crown, the most interesting past student I have taught is the impossibly glamorous Margaret Zhang.

What do/don’t you miss about being at law school?

Do you have any advice for the graduating class?

I miss the discretionary time you have as a university student, which I can report you do not have in deep adulthood. I do not miss sit-down examinations - I have always been a slow writer, so I always preferred research essays.

It is pedestrian but true: Do something you are interested in, because then it will feel less like work (it will still be work but it will not be as bleak than if you were bored stiff ).

TIM STEPHENS What is your favourite thing about law students?

Millennials are unfairly maligned in Australia (especially if they are hipsters). The Gen Y law students I’ve taught at the Sydney Law School have been brilliant, lively, interesting and community-spirited. I often say that it is a privilege to teach the wonderful students who come to Sydney Law School, and I mean it.

What is the strangest thing a student has said to you or asked you?

I think it’s fair to say that most law students are conformist types, so it is rare that I receive left-field requests.

Sometimes there are slightly strange requests to help with assessments, like anxious midnight emails before an exam asking me to look at an answer to a past paper. I get lots of requests to write references, and I almost always agree to do so unless I don’t know the student at all and the reference is for a rental application in Abu Dhabi.

I haven’t been asked to represent a student in court, or help bury a pet that passed away the week before an essay was due (the sad demise of which prompted an obviously meritorious application for special consideration). Students do sometimes write sweet things on anonymous feedback forms that make me blush a little.

What do/don’t you miss about being at law school?

Law school life, unlike postUniversity life, is laid out for us and has a rhythm to it. There are lectures, tutorials, assignments, exams, holidays, part time work in KFC. Repeat.

And parties, law balls, law revues, and mooting. Repeat. Then summer

clerkships, then worrying about the future, then graduation and the brave new world.

The thing I miss most about being at law school is being amongst a close knit group of friends with whom you share some of the best experiences in life. I also miss the old law school building with its run-down cafeteria, pool table and table tennis on Level 5 overlooking St James’ Church and the courts. We used to spend hours there in the comfy couches talking about nothing much in particular.

What were you known for at law school (undergraduate or postgraduate)?

I was known (or like to think I was known) for quite a few things at law school. I was President of SULS in 1998 following a very unusual election. There were two teams vying to control SULS, and the election rules allowed you to vote either for a team as a whole, or below the line for individual team members. A bit like the Senate, except before the rules were changed specifically to allow people wearing tin foil hats to be elected.

The election was close, and there was quite a lot of below the line voting.

Disappointingly, everyone on my team lost. Except me. I tied with my opposing Presidential candidate.

Exactly. 219 votes each I think it was.

There was nothing in the rules to sort out what to do. Do we toss a coin? Or wrestle (I would have lost)? Or should my opponent step down as obviously he was the weak link in his team?

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Trump sharing the Presidency? No, neither can I, and thankfully it was nothing like that. We got along quite well.

I loved the law revues, and sang (pretty well, with Roger O’Keefe and others), wrote skits (reasonably well), helped direct (with Chas Licciardello and others) and also danced (really badly). I was best known in the law revues for my impersonation of sports broadcaster Bruce McAvaney in the nude skits. That’s right, a nude Bruce McAvaney. These were the days before smart phones, so thankfully my modesty was preserved. I do recall John Howard, who came along to see a revue that his daughter Melanie was producing, very sensibly put his hands over his face when the nude skit started.

If you hadn’t pursued a career in law, what would you be doing today?

Well actually I didn’t pursue a standard career in law. After working at the NSW Crown Solicitor, Henry Davis York, and Mallesons Stephen Jaques, I realised that I really wanted to be an academic. I was doing some part time teaching, and loved it, and decided that it was for me.

I was encouraged by a professor to start a PhD and the rest is pretty much history. If I didn’t become an academic, I would like to have pursued a career at the bar. I enjoyed and was good at mooting (and still love being involved with the Jessup). If I was to do something completely outside of law then maybe it would be politics or journalism. Or I could have combined both and worked for News Corp.

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Do you have any interesting past students that we might know of?

Do you have any advice for the graduating class?

I certainly studied with lots of interesting students. Several of the Chasers ( Julian Morrow, Craig Reucassel, Chas Liccardello and Dom Knight), Roger O’Keefe and Ed Hamalgyi were all friends. I’ve also taught lots of interesting students, many of whom have gone on to have amazing careers all around the world.

It makes me feel very old to think that I taught both Penny Crossley (constitutional law) and Andrew Dyer ( Jessup moot). One of my best known former students is the wonderful climate change activist Anna Rose who founded the Australian Youth Climate Coalition while studying international law. Anna is an inspiration.

My overriding advice would be ‘don’t be boring’. It’s advice that I was given

by Professor Ivan Shearer in 1998 when I was editing Blackacre and I interviewed him much as you’ve interviewed me. This is what Ivan said then, and it still holds true: ‘I notice sometimes students I knew to be vibrant, attractive people with all kinds of interests outside the law – fun to be with and full of interesting ideas – you see them 10-20 years late and they’ve become boring. They can only ever talk about their cases and gossip about the profession and so on. It’s really sad to see people like that. Somehow or other they’ve lost something along the way.’

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A M E L I A A C H T E R S T R A AT • L L B The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Taking immediate dislike to anyone from Saskatchewan since the development of the PPSA. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Joined the church. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: Understanding the perils of the triple split infinitive. My favourite quote from Law School is: “I once had a client who left all of her money to the RSPCA - or some other unworthy charity” - Emmett J in Roman Law. After graduating, the next step for me is: Saving the world, one corporate client at a time.

“Amelia is the only person I’ve met who can tell the same stories multiple times and still make them entertaining - it is probably because she changes parts of each story to ensure maximum comic effect depending on the audience.”

A L E X A N D R A A L FA R O • J D If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Traveled the world. I really wish: I had more money.

During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: My sanity. What got me through Law School was: Caffeine, chocolate and alcohol.

NICOLA ALROE • LLB The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: A stress related eyelid twitch.

My favourite experience from Law School is: Finally attaining moot court swipe card access. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: To bail to Glebe for lunch. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Become a florist. I really wish: Hillary Clinton wins the 2016 Presidential election. I will probably be remembered for: My baking prowess. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Professor Gerangelos. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: A beautiful bunch of quirky friends. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: My belief in the essential integrity of most government institutions. My favourite quote from Law School is: “In addition to teaching you how to fish, law schools also want to send you to heaven” - the Legal Profession textbook. My biggest regret is: Assuming that the law is more complicated than it actually is. What got me through Law School was: Stubborn refusal to give up/back down.

ANDREW ABRAHAM • JD “It was with sheer pleasure that first my eyes saw Andrew Abraham in the hallowed halls of Sydney Law School on February 2014. In the subsequent three years Andrew has displayed unmatched loyalty, generosity, and kindness. I am proud to count Andrew as one of my closest friends.” - Nathan Stormont

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S A L LY A N D R E W S • L L B The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: My crippling Pristiq dependency. My favourite experience from Law School is: Having a genuine panic attack during my Real Property mid sem. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Imagine what life would have been like if I had attended First Year Law Camp. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: had a teen pregnancy. I really wish: My ex had sent me an invite to his wedding. I will probably be remembered for: Halfheartedly volunteering for Sam Kwon’s failed 2016 USU board campaign. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: my other degree. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: Learning the brutal lesson of how low I truly sit within the hierarchies of Sydney private school social circles. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: Any semblance of a relationship with my daughter. My favourite quote from Law School is: “The lawyers have twisted it into such a state of bedevilment that the original merits of the case have long disappeared from the face of the earth.” - Charles Dickens, Bleak House” After graduating, the next step for me is: Finding some other external benchmark on which to base my fragile self esteem. My biggest regret is: Picking Sydney Uni. What got me through Law School was: Henry Street.

Don’t let that sardonic drawl fool you; once you get to know her, she’s a real bitch’ - James Barrow

L AURA ARMENIAN • LLB The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Probably learning more about how to condense sentences by chucking an ‘-s’ or an ‘-ing’ in there. Tabbing and highlighting everything. Also my pre-exam ritual: making sure I watch an episode of Suits the night before, getting coffee from my local coffee shop on the morning of, and listening to Kanye and Jay-Z right before heading into the exam. My favourite experience from Law School is: “Optional mid-sems; conversely, my least favourite experience is 100% finals. Also, when Wayne Courtney accurately predicted that the Bachelor, Blake, was a male escort (in our T&C 2 assignment) long before the press got a hold of it. Would love to see his take on the Bachelorette. I will probably be remembered for: Being the poor man’s Kim Kardashian, incorrectly answering every other question in any of my classes, my stamina to pull an all-nighter, an endless supply of energy drinks The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: During my media and defamation law class when David Rolph taught me a life lesson...sending dick pics received voluntarily to your mates is a breach of confidence and you will be held liable in a court of equity. Bonus points to Rolph for letting me use the term ‘dick pics’ in an assignment. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: My WAM, my sanity, a bikini body. My favourite quote from Law School is: “Professor Gerangelos: “Stay off the drugs”. Micah regarding the mid-semester exam: “You guys can come in or not, sit the exam but if you’re not confident, you don’t have to hand it in.” Me to Micah: “Can we sit the exam, hand it in and if we don’t like our mark just opt for a 100% final?” Micah: “”I’m literally giving you every option but that”. “Will this be scaled?” My biggest regret is: Not trying my hand at this mooting thing earlier. I could have been great (but probably not). What got me through Law School was: Roy Chowdury aka the Chief Justice aka the reason I haven’t failed, Bronte Lambourne/Mitch Cleaver/ Fay-Zan’s notes (I don’t know any of you but thank you for helping me not fail), Fisher Coffee Cart’s supply of Sugarfree V’s, last-minute binding at Officeworks but also a solid group of mates. The last one definitely made the last 5 years worthwhile and manageable.

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M U M TA S H A S S U D A N I • J D The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Getting irrationally angry at people who talk in the lawbry. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Going to the postgrad tea room and eating cookies. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: A law degree What got me through Law School was: The brownies at Taste.

D O M AT W E L L - H A R R I S • J D The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Reading hard copy law reports for the tactile experience. My favourite experience from Law School is: Encountering many brilliant people. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Been in the navy. My favourite quote from Law School is: “It is, it is a glorious thing, to be a Pirate King,” said W. S. Gilbert: but he was speaking of ship pirates. Today we speak of film pirates. It is not a glorious thing to be, but it is a good thing to be in for making money.’ - Rank Film Distributors v Video Information Centre [1982] AC 380, 403 (Lord Denning MR). After graduating, the next step for me is: Into commercial law. My biggest regret is: Having not taken a train or plane from London to Berlin for Philosophy of Law.

L AURA AUSTIN • JD The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Talking to my textbook to get through the hours of reading. My favourite experience from Law School is: Heading to the Royal immediately after exams. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: My law degree. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: Many hours of sleep. My biggest regret is: Not competing in more competitions. What got me through Law School was: Coffee. Coffee. More coffee.

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JAMES BARROW • JD My favourite thing to do at Law School is: To forcefully ignore all approaching deadlines until the very last minute, before attempting to illicit sympathy from everyone around me. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Had to find another outlet in which to fulfil the inescapable bourgeoisie aspirations of my middle-class upbringing. I really wish: I spent as long on my clerkship applications as I did on this questionnaire. I will probably be remembered for: An unfounded enthusiasm for class participation. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Jaded ex-law students. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: The capacity to swallow my dreams.

My favourite quote from Law School is: “Lawyers belong to the people by birth and interest and to the aristocracy by habit and by taste” Alexis de Tocqueville - Democracy In America, 1831. After graduating, the next step for me is: To measure my life in six minute increments until I die. My biggest regret is: Not introducing myself as “JimBones Barrow” in foundies. What got me through Law School was: The insightful scholars of the Flodge Jurisprudential Awareness Society.

“He did his assignments like he did his men: in a single sweaty eight-hour all-nighter, fuelled by an heady cocktail of moans, self hatred, and promises to never engage in this behaviour again.” Sally Andrews

NICOL A BORTON • LLB The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Remembering key moments in my life based on what law subjects I was studying at the time. Sad, I know. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Passive-aggressively resent anyone who monopolises prime study spots in the law library. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Pursued some profession where you don’t have to be taken seriously, so that I could go on a reality show like the Bachelor and it wouldn’t affect my future career. I really wish: That the Law School would turn the old Philip Street building into a recreational water park so that every time any law student got stressed or bored or didn’t have enough money to go to a real water park they could go to Philip Street and use the water park. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: The notes of Josh Chalkley, Bronte Lambourne, and the elusive ‘RM’ who readily sells his notes, but doesn’t seem to actually exist in human form. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: The realisation that whatever Kirby says is never actually the law. My favourite quote from Law School is: “As a lawyer, ethical behaviour is critical. And, I assure you that those who get disbarred will start off by lying about assignment word counts, or watching YouTube videos during my lectures.” - Professor Gerangelos. After graduating, the next step for me is: An ostentatious photo in the Quad. My biggest regret is: Consuming an unhealthy number of bread-based products from Taste every day. What got me through Law School was: Meeting the most capable, intelligent, and hilarious lifelong friends I could have ever hoped for.

“Nicola ‘sassy flamenco lady emoji’ Borton is a dead set legend - I will be eternally in awe of and thankful for her Revue-making humour, her ‘how fucked are you because i’m 10/10 fucked’ empathy, her fierce intelligence, her ability to cut through stupid social pretences with ‘oh no I definitely do Facebook stalk you’ and her undying loyalty to the people who adore her.” - Liv Ronan

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MIKE BUTLER • JD The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Becoming a law-bore at parties.

My favourite experience from Law School is: Finishing the bloody thing. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Moan. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Saved myself a bucketload of cash. I really wish: I had an extra week for every assignment I ever had.

I will probably be remembered for: My short shorts. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: The good lecturers: the Olivia Dixons, the Jamie Glisters, the Andrew Dyers, the Scott Grattans and the Helen Irvings. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: The only way to eat an elephant is one teaspoon at a time. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: My arteries to ice-cream. My favourite quote from Law School is: “I must do justice, whatever the law,” Lord Denning.

After graduating, the next step for me is: To have my path lit by the bridges I have burnt. My biggest regret is: Jumping into the snake-pit of student politics. What got me through Law School was: The Canadians, the international students, the quirk bags and kebabs.

“It’s only a rort if you’re not in on it and I want in on it,’ is what he said on his first day. I’ve never forgotten it” - Mark Smith “Walking with a true friend in dark is better than walking alone in light and Mike is that friend” - Sonya Jahanzeb

VICTORIA CAI • LLB If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Brought so much shame upon my family. I will probably be remembered for: My winged liner being on point even in the midst of finals hell. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: An intensely high caffeine tolerance. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: Copious A4 pages at the altar of open book exams. I hope they’re all in a better place now.

CHUQI CHEN • JD The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Check my to-do list a thousand times a day. My favourite experience from Law School is: Surrounded by intelligent and amazing people; and being taught by brilliant lecturers (in particular Ross Anderson, the legendary storyteller). My favourite quote from Law School is: “DON’T buy gift cards.”” - Jamie Glister “In the end, you will only remember two cases from FedCon classes, Boilermakers case and Engineers case.” - Anne Twomey. “Yaah? Are we happy with that?” - Ross Anderson. After graduating, the next step for me is: Get some rest and be a lawyer. What got me through Law School was: Support from my husband.

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M A R I S S A C A S I M AT I S • J D The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Smokin ciggies oopsie! My favourite experience from Law School is: Those just crazeeeee law ball times with ma fav french toast gals - #besties4lyf #whatwuldeyedowithoutthem #keepinmealive #imasurvivor My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Skip class - hehe P’s get degrees right? ... ohhhhh or checkin out Andrew Dyer omg what a hottie! If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Maybe like medicine or something - need to have options to marry rich ya know #dolladollabillsya’ll #donth8mecuzyouaintme I really wish: that wine night was a subject - HD’s for me! I will probably be remembered for: ( . )( . ) During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Dr pimple popper #pusslyf #procrastination legit though there is nothing more satisfying then watching those pimps get popped! The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: putting together my Survivor strategy 2017 - watch out boys and girls - mcas in a da house... or on da island... #baewatch During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: boys, my humanity, being a bada$$ b1tc#, hittin d@ clubs - for serious..... Kimmy K used to have nothing on me but now I’m like that chick off My Big Fat Greek Wedding before she gets done up - that ain’t pretty. My favourite quote from Law School is: ‘f$#k b1tche$ get mon3y’ After graduating, the next step for me is: husband hunting... duh, is this seriously a question?

My biggest regret is: leaving mumma Casimatis - this whole ‘being independent’ thing was real fab but like gal needs some home cooked spanaikopita, tzatziki and a cracker greek salad. Big girl gotta eat ya know! nom nom nom. What got me through Law School was: my numero unos (the GMG) for real you keep me sane and make the world a better place - what a cracker ride it has been #noregrets. Oh, and spiking my coffee with baileys... nothing like taking the edge off exams hehe.

SOORIM CHA • JD The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Reading everything doubting everything. My favourite experience from Law School is: Getting coffee with friends during break. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Going home. I will probably be remembered for: Healthy organic veggie life. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: Life isn’t easy. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: My youth and beauty. After graduating, the next step for me is: To make the world a better place. What got me through Law School was: Reading weeks.

I VA N C H A N • L L B The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Printing out a lot of useless notes. My favourite experience from Law School is: The friends and banter. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Having no clue what was going on in class. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Joined the Army full-time and become a pilot. I really wish: Law School wasn’t that hard. I will probably be remembered for: Trash talk. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Prashaanth Kumar Rajandran. They say God was on his game when he created this specimen of a man. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: Doing all the readings is like drinking out of a hose, it’s just impossible. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: My eyesight, I’m going to need a strong set of glasses soon. My favourite quote from Law School is: “Have courage and be kind” Cinderella After graduating, the next step for me is: Plant my money tree. My biggest regret is: Stressing out too much during Law School. What got me through Law School was: Straight black Traditional Afternoon Tea - a lot of it.

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CHARIS CHAN • LLB The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: The ability to churn out 4000word long essays in one day…and then refining that to the golden word count of 1999.

My favourite experience from Law School is: That feeling when you’re in MacLaurin Hall for a final exam and you can see your whole cohort, everyone equally as terrified about what the next 2 or 3 hours will bring. Also the mutual understanding afterwards of how soul-destroying it was, but also the thrill of finishing another subject/semester/ year. Also the many lunchtimes spent on the Law Lawns reading the Bible and praying with fellow EU Law students. And those moments of bumping into friends as you walk around campus. I will probably be remembered for: Being an ancient relic who still handwrites in class. Going to every ICJ class without fail. Winning Micah Burch’s 2016 Australian Income Tax NCAA Basketball competition. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Peter Gerangelos, for showing us that a good teacher will care more about their students’ wellbeing than their WAM; Graeme Coss, for taking classroom participation to the next level and making us act out various Criminal Law cases; Orion Leung and Caitlin Munday, for demonstrating through their humble and tireless service of EU Law that Jesus matters above all else. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: That Law School is not the most important thing. My favourite quote from Law School is: “Aspire to be the best lawyer that you can be, and you might end up on the High Court, or as a professor of constitutional law.” (Professor Gerangelos) Because he lived it out. My biggest regret is: Not discovering the secret bathrooms at the back of Level 0 until Fourth Year. What got me through Law School was: The wonderful community of Evangelical Union Law students with their friendship, prayers, and constant encouragement. The Ombudsman Team (Ivan, Eunica, and Clinton) for being there through thick and thin. The many friends who have shared in the stressful and the joyous, semester after semester. And ultimately, God for being the One who sustains.

“Charis is the most organised and squeaky clean person I know, but I think what really defines her is her other-centred thoughtfulness and her ability to see the bigger picture of life - there has been many a restless and stressful night before an exam where an encouraging text and prayer has helped me get through; she often gifts friends with inspiring/challenging/uplifting quotes on sticky notes.” - Esther Lee “Charis never ceases to inspire those around her: she is the most loyal and genuine friend, she always puts others before herself, and she attends every ICJ class (literally).” - Ivan Li

D AV I D C I L O N A • J D The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Saying ‘precedent’ in regular conversation. My favourite experience from Law School is: Being in Ross Anderson’s classes. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Study! But at the med library. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Continued to contemplate what to do with my life. I really wish: The best for my classmates. I will probably be remembered for: My hair.

During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Professors Kevin Walton and Roger Magnusson. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: Learning that it’s socially acceptable to tie a cable knit sweater around your neck...apparently. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: My health. My favourite quote from Law School is: ‘Where’s Concord?’After graduating, the next step for me is: Travel. My biggest regret is: Sociological Theories of Justice. What got me through Law School was: Phillip Morris International.

“There’s only one ‘u’ in you.”

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XINBIN CHEN • LLB My favourite experience from Law School is: Law Revue. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: To order a crispy pork belly baguette served with brie, rocket and honey mustard mayo and devour it, on a hot sunny day. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Joined the army/navy - became a General - staged a coup - established a new regime. So basically, instead of studying law and fighting for justice, I would be justice. I really wish: I did more actual study. I will probably be remembered for: Being Wally or Goku, just not me. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: My time. My favourite quote from Law School is: “What year are you in?” by everyone. What got me through Law School was: Piles of money for the tuition.

FIONA CHENG • JD The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Mastering the ability to sleep absolutely anywhere - sitting down, standing up, eyes open - you name it. My favourite experience from Law School is: Trotting to the other side of the globe for Media Law at Cambridge. I will probably be remembered for: Oscillating between fervently organising social events one moment and bordering on complete detachment the next. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: Learning to appreciate that while everyone has an opinion, law students will always ensure they have the first and final say. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: Copious amounts of sleep. My biggest regret is: As a Melbournian, not taking proactive steps to remedy the bad coffee epidemic at Sydney Law School. What got me through Law School was: Bonding with some of the brightest and quirkiest individuals from all around the world. You know who you are.

GABI CHIU • JD The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Crossfitting, and not bragging that I crossfit. My favourite experience from Law School is: Did I mention I crossfit? My favourite thing to do at Law School is: leave - whether it is to attend training, brunch, the gym, the pool, a game, a ball, a surgery, or lady business. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Become a professional footballer, or, had that failed, married one (though that dream is still alive). I really wish: I had socialised more. I could use a few more friends. I will probably be remembered for: my elaborate assortment of activewear. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: My Fitbit - I am eternally grateful for its gentle encouragement, motivating me to get up, get out, and find the most decedent brunch or dessert within a 10,000 step radius. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: Knowledge. Now I will no longer have to resort to flirting and/or bribery to get out of speeding tickets and parking fines. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: My heart willingly to the beautiful and wise professor Jeremy Duru, for whom my unrequited love knows no bounds. My favourite quote from Law School is: you win some, you lose some. After graduating, the next step for me is: A wedding isle or a shopping isle. I am at a crossroads. My biggest regret is: That this year the Law Ball and the AFL grand final fell on the same day #youwinsomeyoulosesone. What got me through Law School was: SULS, spaghetti, and celibacy.

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DARREN JAMES CL ARK • JD The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Crippling self-doubt. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: The guru himself, Keyvan Malone (a.k.a Kevin Mallon). During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: my sobriety. My favourite quote from Law School is: “Let’s get undergraduate business school drunk” - Keyvan Malone. After graduating, the next step for me is: See above... What got me through Law School was: Spencer Land.

ANDREW COUNSELL • LLB The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Underlining text unnecessarily, knowing that it is unlikely I will look at the document again... If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Continued my studies in organometallic chemistry, and enrolled in a PhD. I really wish: The lunch-time line for Taste wouldn’t block the stairs. I will probably be remembered for: My surname. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Professors Rolph, Kinley, and Gerangelos. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: To learn that enslavement to the idea of achieving what the world considers to be the best life or career, is just that. My favourite quote from Law School is: “You can bottle-feed a goat if you want to” - Associate Professor Jamie Glister, on activities he wouldn’t object to occuring in his classroom. After graduating, the next step for me is: Heading to Cambridge, United Kingdom with my then-wife, for further study, work, and to enjoy the weather.

MUSOOD DARWISH • JD My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Spend quality time with my friends. My favourite quote from Law School is: “Attending class is a secular form of godliness” Banking and Finance Lecture. What got me through Law School was: Having a great network of friends and of course, excessive amounts of caffeine.

M AT T H E W D E R U S H A • J D If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Lived in a van. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: There’s no such thing as being prepared. After graduating, the next step for me is: Buying a van.

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J A C K D AV I E S • J D The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: A slight twitch and mild paranoia. My favourite experience from Law School is: Law Revue! I met a lot of wonderful people and I grew a lot as a person and a performer. I really wish: That all of the friends that I have made have happy and successful futures. I will probably be remembered for: My conquest of Gaul between 58 BC to 50 BC. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: The ibis. Never underestimate an ibis. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: A machine like ability to disassemble information. I also found some treasure (the contents of which I cannot disclose, of course). During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: My favourite quote from Law School is: “Sit-down fat boy!” - Dr. Sevel describing a Texas deposition by Joe Jamail aka. the King of Torts. After graduating, the next step for me is: I want to see mountains again! Mountains Gandalf ! What got me through Law School was: My peers!

It was through talking with classmates that I was able to continue the inexorable march towards graduation.

“Jack is a great guy. He does a great job.” - Donald Trump “Jack has effectively spent the last 3 years spreading the good word of Elon Musk. Next time you walk the halls f the Law School and hear the word ‘terraform’, think of Jack.” - Brendon Francis

FA B I A N D I L I Z I A • L L B The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Reading only hard copies of cases in the Commonwealth Law Reports, mainly out of an inexplicable disdain toward their digital duplicates. My favourite experience from Law School is: Being able to moot before judges of the highest courts of Australia. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Submitting a piece of work or assignment knowing that it was comprehensively done to the best of my ability. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Lived in Italy. I will probably be remembered for: My red bicycle that I got around the place with. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: The difficulties I experienced. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: Minor degrees of sanity and idealism. My favourite quote from Law School is: In summertime village cricket is the delight of everyone...In the village of Lintz in the County Durham they have their own ground, where they have played these last 70 years. They tend it well. The wicket area is rolled and well mown. The outfield is kept short...Yet now after 70 years a judge of the High Court has ordered that they must not play there any more...He has done this at the instance of a newcomer who is no lover of cricket...The whole village will be much the poorer’ - Miller v Jackson [1977] 1 QB 966, 976 (Lord Denning MR). After graduating, the next step for me is: To work as an associate. What got me through Law School was: The knowledge that obtaining a law degree could open up possibilities to achieve fantastic things and positively impact fellow citizens and society more generally.

G A B R I E L L E D OY L E • L L B My favourite experience from Law School is: Forging great friendships. After graduating, the next step for me is: Travelling, then starting as a graduate at a commercial law firm.

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OLIVER DUCHESNE • JD My favourite experience from Law School is: The seven week orientation program at Uppsala on exchange. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: To have fika after class.

If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Not had the pleasure of living with Louis Penna and Jonny Vaux for six months in Flogsta. I really wish: I had more classes with Tor Ratcliffe.

During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Johan ‘Kungen’ Gavelin.

TESSA DUDFIELD • LLB The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Obsessive highlighting and using “reasonable person” way too much in conversation. Also, an irrational fear of ibises.

My favourite experience from Law School is: Meeting such a great, intelligent and diverse group of people. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Studied psychology or international relations. I really wish: It didn’t take me four years to work out that the law building doors open from the side, not the middle. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: A new perspective on the world. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: A bit of my sanity. I think it’s been worth it. After graduating, the next step for me is: Trying to get the travel bug out of my system. My biggest regret is: No regrets! I wouldn’t change my time at law school. What got me through Law School was: Too much coffee and a sneaky study wine.

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A N J A E L LW O O D • J D The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Finishing each other’s... My favourite experience from Law School is: Cambridge. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: 10 minute breaks. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: studied Medicine.

I will probably be remembered for: Losing Mary’s passport. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: David Kinley. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: debt. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: my tan. My favourite quote from Law School is: “I’m going, but I’m leaving early.” After graduating, the next step for me is: Party house. My biggest regret is: Not going to the ghostly warehouse party on Friday. What got me through Law School was: Mary.

“I’m not doing anything this weekend.”

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ISABELL A EDINGER -REEVE • LLB My favourite experience from Law School is: South East Asian Law School. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Become a writer or academic. I really wish: I hadn’t bought so many new textbooks. I will probably be remembered for: My red hair and close relationship with the law library. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Justice Leeming, Simon Butt and Micah Burch. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: Friendships. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: My fashion sense. My biggest regret is: Doing an economics degree instead of an arts degree.

A L I E L AYO U B I • J D The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Eating Nutella and drinking dangerous amounts of coffee during exam season. My favourite experience from Law School is: Surviving it. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Banter with my crew.

If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Probably done an MA in Diplomacy. I really wish: We were taught back at the St. James campus! I will probably be remembered for: Raging over a “particular unit’s” marks. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: How far I’m willing to push myself outside my comfort zone. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: A world view I would otherwise not have gained by not going to law school During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: More than I’d like to admit. My favourite quote from Law School is: First year they scare you to death; second year they work you to death; third year they bore you to death.

After graduating, the next step for me is: Make some moolah. My biggest regret is: Not starting law school earlier. What got me through Law School was: Nutella and coffee.

“So, when do we get to wear those wigs?”

KARLA ELIAS • JD The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Practising my legal argument skills on my husband on a regular basis! If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Become a professional baker. I really wish: I wasn’t so good at procrastinating. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: “...that I’d never be able to think the same again - that being a lawyer is something that’s part of who I am as an individual now” - Anita Hill. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: Sleep! What got me through Law School was: The hope that it will all be worth it one day.

J O A N N A FA N • L L B The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Calculating study time in six-minute units. My favourite experience from Law School is: Karaoke until 4am during Shanghai Winter School. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: To be in the law library after hours and spread my stuff out over the 4 person desk. I really wish: That I would have known law school does come to an end and final year finishes fast. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: Cramming skills. My favourite quote from Law School is: There is no greater pleasure than sitting down on a Saturday afternoon with a glass of wine and some High Court judgments. What got me through Law School was: Coffee from Taste.

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ALEXANDRA FINCH • LLB My favourite experience from Law School is: Law Revue. Hands down (in clumps).

My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Go home after a long day of being at Law School. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Been less argumentative at dinner parties.

I will probably be remembered for: Singing songs about port-a-loos and morning-aftersex brunch. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Statistically speaking, Professor Roger Magnusson, as I’m pretty sure I attended at least 80% of my Medical Law seminars. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: “That lamb on the street, whoah” – Law Revue, 2016. My favourite quote from Law School is: “I haven’t started either.” After graduating, the next step for me is: Travel, further study, then snuggling up into a corporate law comfort blanket - for at least as long as it takes until I have accrued enough wealth to buy and look after a really nice dog. What got me through Law School was: The loyal, passionate, and bright women in my life.

Z O E F I T Z PAT R I C K • L L B The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Inappropriate use of latin legal terminology in day-to-day, non-legal conversations. My favourite experience from Law School is: Annual Law Ball dancefloor antics. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Socialise. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Failed at a career in equestrian eventing, and quickly realised I should have gone with the initial idea of studying law. I really wish: Someone would occasionally clean the law school bathrooms. I will probably be remembered for: Lunchbox creations. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Rachel Zane. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: A comprehensive collection of procrastination activities. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: Any ability to accept anyone’s opinion without excessive and unnecessary over-analysis. My favourite quote from Law School is: “Boys and girls, don’t do drugs” - Peter Gerangelos. My biggest regret is: Never having the guts to actually plant an ibis into the ground by its beak, next to the undeniably similar statute outside the Law Annexe (temporarily of course - just to make a statement), despite grand and frequent claims that one day I would. What got me through Law School was: Beat the Q and a campus parking sticker.

B O W E N F OX • L L B The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Spelling ‘connexion’ with an ‘x’ and then going back and changing it to ‘connection’ to seem less pretentious. Then having the inescapable feeling that ‘connexion’ is better and that I should change it back.

My favourite experience from Law School is: The semester I took Professor Gerangelos’ course: Constitutional Law, or ‘You should have learned Roman civic history and the federal government is coming for you’. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Become a teacher. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: There are too many things to name just one! Studying under some fantastically knowledgeable professors, being challenged by the courses and other students, making great (hopefully) life-long friends, and eating many Taste baguettes. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: The best years of my life! My favourite quote from Law School is: Too bad, so sad’ (torts Professor Neyers’ explanation of damnum sine injuria). After graduating, the next step for me is: Some months traveling, some more relaxing, and then starting life as a commercial firm grad.

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CALLUM FORBES • JD I will probably be remembered for: Making Fetch happen. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Professor David Rolph’s Twitter feed. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: An elevated appreciation for sound ethical decision making. What got me through Law School was: At all times, having a strong grip on a bottle (or two) of Diet Coke.

PA U L I N E F O S T E R • L L B The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Power napping before exams.

My favourite experience from Law School is: Getting aggressive during a Negotiation Competition and being told, ‘this isn’t a courtroom drama!’ If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Auditioned for Home and Away. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Professor Gerangelos. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: The value of balance. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: My sanity. After graduating, the next step for me is: Commencing a legal graduate role.

My biggest regret is: Not doing more moots. What got me through Law School was: Caffeine and friends.

BRENDON FRANCIS • JD The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Studying in a building that could fall apart at any second. My favourite experience from Law School is: Hands down - The Sydney Law Revue. This was followed up by my least favourite experience from Law School - studying for mid-sems after missing 4 weeks of class. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Treat reading weeks like responsibility-free, endless vacations.

If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Cured cancer, discovered alien life and reversed global warming... but corporate law can change the world too, right? I will probably be remembered for: Playing Jesus in two separate Law Revues. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: The Half-Blood Prince (AKA Bronte Lambourne).

My favourite quote from Law School is: “These wedges are for the table.” What got me through Law School was: The constant and unwavering support of my parents, sister, boyfriend, friends, housemates, acquaintances, concerned bystanders, oblivious bus-drivers and automated check-out machines.

“Brendon is the love child of Matthew McConaughey, the Angel Gabriel and Mary Poppins practically perfect in every way. B will be remembered for his obsession with Survivor, injuring his hand through “too much tennis” and inexplicable and ongoing Moot Court access.” - Hope Williams “Brendon is a wonderful friend. I’d like to thank him for all the fun, help and support that he has given me over my time at law school. He will go far and I continue to wish him all the best.” Jack Davies

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C AT H E R I N E G A M B L E • L L B The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Typing too loudly. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: To fall asleep in the sun on the lawns. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Studied archeology. I really wish: I remembered more from Contracts. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Peter Gerangelos. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: The ability to type down a lecture word-for-word. My favourite quote from Law School is: “Yah?” - Ross Anderson. After graduating, the next step for me is: To abandon all responsibilities and travel for six months. What got me through Law School was: Reading weeks.

LISA GAO • LLB The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: An almost obsessivecompulsive need to perfectly format all of my exam notes. My favourite experience from Law School is: Catching up on all my readings (usually within a day or two of the exam) and finally understanding what the heck the course was about. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: continued to buy gift cards like a fool (thanks IPCL). I really wish: That I could remember all the law I’ve learned over the past five years. Instead all that’s left are vague memories of a snail in a ginger beer bottle and a lingering sense of dread every time someone says “consideration”. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Peter Gerangelos (the politics and personalities of High Court judges), Matthew Conaglen (a genuine interest in Equity) and Ross Anderson (don’t get injured in New Zealand). The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: Precision in reading, writing and thinking - as well as some lifelong friends! During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: A few hundred hours of sleep and a solid chunk of my sanity during the dreaded second semester of fourth year. My favourite quote from Law School is: (referring to Cockburn v GIO Finance) “that’s right everybody, it’s pronounced COH-burn” - John Stumbles After graduating, the next step for me is: to start work as a graduate at Allen & Overy in 2017. My biggest regret is: Getting so bogged down in the anxiety of exams that I didn’t fully enjoy and appreciate the law I was learning. What got me through Law School was: The support of friends and family. Also those occasional witty comments or snarky metaphors which would find their way into a judgment (usually one of Lord Denning’s) would always inspire me to read on.

TOM GARDNER • LLB The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Using the word ‘substantive’.

If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Studied more classics. Classics and classical history may yet be useful to a lawyer — at least Professor Gerangelos says so. My favourite quote from Law School is: “Truth, like all other good things, may be loved unwisely — may be pursued too keenly — may cost too much’ - Pearse v Pearse (1846) 1 De G & Sm 12, 28..

Also, in a legal research class in 2014: ‘Did anyone else see the water buffalo on King Street this morning?’ It seemed odd but sure enough ‘Water buffalo on the loose in Newtown’ appeared on the Herald website soon after.” After graduating, the next step for me is: Leaving the leaky law library and becoming a lawyer. What got me through Law School was: Good friends and Taste’s mediocre flat white.

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M AT T G R E E N • L L B The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Noiselessly closing the doors to lecture theatres. I, along with many students over the years, developed this habit following the traumatic stress of being castigated by Ms Baghoomians for closing doors too loudly.

My favourite experience from Law School is: Snapchat stories during the week before exams, the end-of-semester standing ovation for Professor Gerangelos. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Bronte Lambourne’s truly exceptional study notes. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: The barista’s name at Fisher Coffee Cart, so that I could follow him on Spotify. His name is Andrew Wong and his playlist called Chill is a gift to the world. My favourite quote from Law School is: “By a 6:1 majority (Kirby J dissenting).” What got me through Law School was: the realisation that an adequate answer to any question is often whatever sounds reasonable.

T I F FA N Y H A • L L B The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Literally cutting and pasting my typed notes into a notebook before open book exams – it allowed for easy page-flicking during moments of panic! If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Lived in the shadow of my older (lawyer) sister until the end of time. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: The ability to enjoy any crime or law-based television show without criticising its inaccuracies. After graduating, the next step for me is: Travelling the UK and US for seven weeks, before finally entering the world of full-time work in commercial law. What got me through Law School was: The notes of students from previous years. (Don’t tell Gerangelos!)

ANTHONY HALL • JD The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Agoraphobia. My favourite experience from Law School is: Prof. Gummow’s brilliant cameo appearance on the Real Prop lecture circuit. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: To sit on the lawn and do my readings. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Been an entrepreneur by default. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Prof. Andrew “Jurisdictional” Edgar. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: To remove large and vital portions of your class notes when sending them to a close friend who missed class through illness. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: A positive sense of self. My favourite quote from Law School is: “Give me my official transcript!” - Oscar Berry. After graduating, the next step for me is: Recharging the batteries then embarking on the next chapter. My biggest regret is: Not doing the Cambridge summer school elective. What got me through Law School was: A highly aggressive approach to outsourcing notes.

“He’s an alright bloke but for god’s sake don’t let him near your prescribed textbook!” - George Morrison

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WILLIAM HANNA • LLB The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Answering most questions in groups of three; writing exclusively in Garamond; and getting all my HDs. My favourite experience from Law School is: Getting all my HDs. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Become a teacher; a vet; or anything where I could add to all my HDs. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: All my HDs. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: About 3 or 4 relationships per HD. My biggest regret is: All my HDs. What got me through Law School was: Knowing that while the Law School often teaches us to be better than others, we can always be better to others.

“Will enjoyed a string of successes in the sandstone halls of Sydney Grammar School, and arrived at University only to discover that he was now a political minority. At least he still had the sandstone. By sheer force of will, he overcame these obstacles to become the friend you dream of having at law school: the friend who gladly sends you his lecture notes when you cannot (be bothered to) attend class; the friend who will spend an hour explaining Quistclose trusts to you; even the friend who will drive an hour out of his way to drop you home when you misplace your car. We are lucky to call him a mate. Will intends to make partner at 25 and retire at 30. After this, he hopes to follow in the footsteps of his idol and “[re]invent the internet” – unattributed “Got to know Will a little bit at uni, but not much. He seems okay.” – Meena Mariadassou

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J U L I A N H E AT H • L L B The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Without fail I tenderly kiss my exam booklet at the end of reading time. My favourite experience from Law School is: Asking a former Justice of the High Court (Gummow) if they had ever practiced law.

I really wish: Peter Gerangelos was around during my formative years. I will probably be remembered for: Not going to class yet having the most comprehensive notes come STUVAC. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: My curious palette (Shout out to Taste Baguette). After graduating, the next step for me is: Uncertain at this point.

I have received a tonne of job offers so it’s really a matter of letting the bidding war take its course... My biggest regret is: Getting such a high ATAR. What got me through Law School was: Being able to tell everyone that I study law.

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N AT H A N H A U S E R • L L B The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Superstition. Know if the year is ordained to be an annus mirabilis or an annus horribilis, but always touch wood to be safe. My favourite experience from Law School is: Competing in the 2015 Jessup Moot Court Competition with the four best people in the world, and winning in Washington DC! My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Extended lunches on the law lawns. Blue sky. Warm weather. Soft grass. Spirited conversation. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Become a writer! I really wish: I weren’t in a masochistic relationship with deadlines. I will probably be remembered for: Talking too much. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: The judgments, of course! The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: Life-long friends and extraordinary opportunities. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: Sleep. My favourite quote from Law School is: “Never the one to be succinct, here is a professor, a judge and a playwright: “Justice McHugh was the designated driver of the 1990s, steering the Court safely home after it had become drunk on United States notions of rights.” – Professor Peter Gerangelos.

“The proceedings reveal a strange alliance. A party which has a duty to assist the court in achieving certain objectives fails to do so. A court which has a duty to achieve those objectives does not achieve them. The torpid languor of one hand washes the drowsy procrastination of the other. Are these phenomena indications of something chronic in the modern state of litigation? Or are they merely acute and atypical breakdowns in an otherwise functional system? Are they signs of a trend, or do they reveal only an anomaly?

One hopes for one set of answers. One fears that, in reality, there must be another.” – Heydon J in Aon Risk Services Australia Limited v Australian National University (2009) 239 CLR 175. “Roper: So now you’d give the Devil benefit of law! More: Yes. What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil? Roper: I’d cut down every law in England to do that! More: Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned round on you — where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country’s planted thick with laws from coast to coast — man’s laws, not God’s — and if you cut them down — and you’re just the man to do it — d’you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I’d give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety’s sake.” – Robert Bolt, A Man for All Seasons.” After graduating, the next step for me is: A firm? The courts? A beach? Who knows?! My biggest regret is: Not going on exchange. What got me through Law School was: Coffee.

ISABEL HEWIT T • LLB The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Questioning everything.

My favourite experience from Law School is: The relationships I have developed and deepened. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Absorb the intellect around me. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Been quite directionless, I would imagine. I really wish: That I could take more classes taught David Rolph. I will probably be remembered for: Never knowing the answers in my Corporations seminar. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: The cohort around me and the different ways people think and act. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: The ability to keep a level head, and the friends. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: Sleep and sanity. My favourite quote from Law School is: Taste. After graduating, the next step for me is: Work in the big city. My biggest regret is: I do not have any regrets - we are where we are because of what has happened to us. What got me through Law School was: My best friend and rock, Steph Rigg. And my family of course.

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GENEVIEVE HEHIR • JD The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: The simple smirk when someone asks me “oh you’re still in this class?” oops. My favourite experience from Law School is: Drinking three large long blacks and still being able to fall asleep with my eyes open. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Listen to Alison Pert. The woman is a genius and reminds me of a badass Mary Poppins. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: A healthier liver. I really wish: I had kept those new semester resolutions - “I solemnly swear I will go to every lecture and stop looking at cat memes in class.” I will probably be remembered for: Death staring SNAILS (Students Not Actually In Law School) in the 2 hour reserve of the Law Library. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Suits taught me everything I know. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: How to clean your bedroom. It never is properly clean. You can’t study with a messy bedroom, its the procrastination technique that keeps on giving.

During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: So many dollars on text books that are out of date the next year, that have never been touched and are accumulating dust at the bottom of my wardrobe. My favourite quote from Law School is: During Exams: “Hi Mum, In case you’re wondering, I’m calling from Hell.” After graduating, the next step for me is: To collapse to my knees and breath in the fresh air - in a manner akin to Andy Dufresne’s moment of freedom from Shawshank. My biggest regret is: Putting so much effort in to Foundations of Law. What got me through Law School was: The Courtyard Cafe. They say that remedies are the most important part of any law school problem question. Rose starts with the same letter as remedy - coincidence?

JACK HOLOHAN • LLB The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: An obsession with writing neat study notes that ended with using a ruler when writing to ensure my notes were straight.

My favourite experience from Law School is: Being a member of the Social Justice SubCommittee as a Co-Chair for the SULS Juvenile Justice Mentoring program at Cobham.

The opportunity to be involved in a number of different social justice projects including the SULS Regional Schools Visit and the ability to make a difference while at Law school was an incredibly rewarding and my favourite experience from Law School. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: studied Forensic Chemistry. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: The most important thing I learnt from Law school is that while you must love what you do in terms of a career, it is important to have a balanced life with outside interests that make you a more worldly person (thanks Professor Gerangelos!)

During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: Countless hours of sleep and at times my sanity. What got me through Law School was: Coffee and red wine.

SAM HOPPE • LLB My favourite experience from Law School is: Spending time with the awesome people I’ve met. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Everything but actually attending class (or exams). If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Probably stuck with commerce.

During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Other students. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: Beautiful friends. After graduating, the next step for me is: Selling my soul to corporate law. My biggest regret is: Actually doing all of the readings in first year. What got me through Law School was: Taste.

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BRENDAN HORD • JD The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Eating plain biscuits while working on a deadline. My favourite experience from Law School is: Running through the streets of Paris; after having just landed for the Vis Moot. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Aspired to study law. I really wish: I was better at golf. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: Resilience. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: Spending quality time with my dog. My favourite quote from Law School is: The first and greatest commandment for Australian law students I should say is discipline. And if asked the second I should repeat discipline ...’ - Sir Garfield Barwick. My biggest regret is: Buying tickets to SULS parties and then not attending.

D AV I D H U • L L B My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Walking into an empty room at the Law library and claiming it as my own until someone with a better title comes along. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Never discovered the many ways of consuming coffee. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Contracts Law. More precisely, the amount of contracts I inadvertently enter into on a daily basis. This has turned me into a cynic and has severely debilitated my social interactions. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: Read fast and read smart. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: Countless hours of sleep. My favourite quote from Law School is: “(as) clear as mud?” - Every Law professor ever.

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JENNY HUANG • LLB The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Numbering my thoughts “firstly”, “secondly” etc in conversation, and framing the truths of life as general principles + exceptions. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: I almost took up a cadetship with an accounting firm; I am so very glad I studied law instead. However, in a hypothetical other life I would have made it my life’s endeavour to become a film director. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: How to think like a lawyer, or at least how to sound like one when I am trying to force dodgy online companies to respect my rights as a consumer. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: Idealism. After graduating, the next step for me is: Doing my part to solve the world’s problems, and starting work in management consulting. My biggest regret is: Not spending enough time in the sunshine and appreciating that life is still relatively care-free, and not joining the Circus Society.

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NASREEN JAHAN • LLB The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Drowning my late-night essay woes in Arthur marathons. My favourite experience from Law School is: Miraculously avoiding death scrambling up a 2,930 metre high active volcano on field school in Indonesia. Then realising that actually, surviving five years of law school (somewhat) mentally unscathed is probably a bigger feat. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Chuckle without prejudice at my (sui) generis use of law puns, which have only caused nominal damages to my reputation as bona fide comedian (blatant misrepresentation).* (*Author is not liable for any cringing induced by these statements.”) During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Peter Gerangelos, who taught us that federal statute-making power is much like the The One Ring- once you wear it, the desire to Rule Them All is all-consuming. Roger Magnusson, whose inspiring passion for medical law has left me forever distrustful of those who wear stethoscopes. And last - but certainly not least - Simon Butt, who is living proof that one should always beware sneaky illicit substances in Indonesian curries. You’re dope, Simon. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: Learning to go easy on myself, beating perfectionist tendencies, nurturing friendships and self-care, and remembering that no matter how many words we have left to cut or reference, we will always make it through! Also that a good grouch on the lawns with friends is a cure-all for law school lethargy. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: Sleep, sanity, sympathy from family. What got me through Law School was: The special pile of brownies that always featured in the regular whinge-and-binge fests with my wonderful friends. And prayers. Only prayers could have got me through evidence.

SONIA JAHANZEB • JD The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Waking up at 3:30 am to fit in full-time work and full-time study commitments. My favourite experience from Law School is: Dressing up for the law ball and sharing the night with friends. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Reading a subject, which is relevant to real life, Personally, I love being able to apply my legal knowledge in everyday situations. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Made an appearance on ‘The Bachelor’ TV show... I passed the audition! ;) I really wish: I can become Justice Kirby one day I will probably be remembered for: Avoiding any romantic advances, and getting angsty at friends who turn up late for group assignments! During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Mistakes, especially when I’ve procrastinated and left things to the last minute. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: Great friendships and excellent opportunities to start practicing in a real law firm. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: Sleep: I usually only slept 4-5 hours a night in my final year; an active social life; free time: this was especially the case in my final semester when my employer offered me full-time work, which I completed while working through my full-time degree. My favourite quote from Law School is: “Sonya, did you sleep last night? What are those bags under your eyes?” After graduating, the next step for me is: Recovery; to become a barrister, with aspirations to pursue a career direction in criminal law. My biggest regret is: I made some tough choices, but no regrets. What got me through Law School was: My sister, my parents and my friends’ support through my degree. As much as I’m glad to finally finish, I will miss seeing the friendly faces who’ve accompanied me on the journey.

I look forward to keeping in touch. I’m sure we’ll have plenty of good laughs about all the late nights and panic attacks, thankful that we all stuck with it and made it to graduation.

“No heart compares to the heart of a friend like Sonya.” - James Wood “Sonya is a very hardworking, intelligent, diligent, friendly, and caring person and friend. She is one of my closest friends at uni and has made my experience here and beyond enjoyable.” - Romman Sheihk 88

CLINTON JIANG • LLB The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Speaking in relative terms (likely, possible, probable, reasonable, etc.) far too often in everyday life. My favourite experience from Law School is: Peter Gerangelos’s Fed Con wisdom teachings, Ross Anderson’s story time, Tim Stephen’s horse stance and how everything bleeds together in Olivia Dixon’s seminars. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Reading on the precious few elevated seats in the Turnbull Foundation Reading Room on a bright Spring morning. I really wish: Mid-semester break was in the middle of semester During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Lecturers and tutors who love to teach and exceedingly bright and inspirational friends and peers. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: When I commenced my degree, I had little knowledge of politics, government or law so I am thankful to have grown to appreciate the grounding that Australia’s legal system gives to society. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: Many hours of post-midnight sleep, time in the sun and a common sensitivity to the dreadful situations that plaintiffs find themselves in. My favourite quote from Law School is: “Ladies and gentlemen, if you want to stay pure and unencumbered, don’t accept money, it is fool’s gold… You know when sometimes you spot a good rock and you pick it up but it turns out to just be dirt that crumbles in your hand? There must be an element of rock in you, non-negotiable values that are not for sale…Otherwise you will be like clustered soil that breaks when pressed lightly.” - One of the great ones, Professor Peter Gerangelos. After graduating, the next step for me is: Full-time work! What got me through Law School was: Reading weeks and the friends who shared the experience alongside me and the thought that perhaps what I was learning may one day help people in their time of need.

“You could always count on Clinton to bring some laughs when times got stressful and to be there for you during all the highs and lows in life. Just don’t count on him to be at class on time.” - Ivan Li “I met Clinton in second year and though we couldn’t be further apart in some respects (see Public Law classes at 9am), I am deeply thankful for the many laughs and conversations shared, for his constant encouragement and prayerfulness, and above all, for how he has shown me that Law School isn’t the most important thing, because Jesus is.” - Charis Chan

ALBERT JING • LLB The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Borrowing additional books from the law library at the beginning of a semester on a subject but often not actually ever reading them. My favourite experience from Law School is: Not being too confident about the materials in a subject prior to the reading week and then coming back a week later feeling like an expert. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Have a really productive midday class and then enjoy the lunch break. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Focused more on my swimming career or undertaken some volunteer work or studied a science degree. I really wish: That visions, regardless of how impossible they may seem, can come true. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: Gained great confidence in my abilities but to have been challenged enough such as to know that there is always more to learn and room to be better. Equal to this–the many great friendships made. My favourite quote from Law School is: “The practice of law is a noble profession” –Peter Gerangelos. After graduating, the next step for me is: Gain work experience and develop my business/legal skills. Strive to reach my full potential in my chosen pursuits – and hopefully make a positive difference in the world.

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BENJAMIN JONES • JD The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Hanging out with Canadians.

My favourite experience from Law School is: Post-exam beers. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Survive. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Had a lot more money and free time. I really wish: Arsenal would win the premiership again. I will probably be remembered for: Not being memorable. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: My fellow law students. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: A Juris Doctor. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: Time, money, mental and physical health. My favourite quote from Law School is: “Follow your heart” - Shawn Hooper. After graduating, the next step for me is: Get a job.

My biggest regret is: Choosing some of the professors that I have. What got me through Law School was: Caffeine and alcohol. Not together. Well, sometimes together.

P H I L I P PA J O S E P H • J D The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Constantly using the ‘synonym’ tool. My favourite experience from Law School is: enjoying the ‘A’ grade banter and puns that only law students could supply. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: wear my ‘Sydney Law’ hoodie and judge the non-law plebs in the law library. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Ross Anderson, and all the anecdotes he told us.

The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: critical thinking skills, multi-tasking and a new depth of persistence. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: sleep, sanity, social skills, and several chickens to the exam gods. My favourite quote from Law School is: “I feel comfortable using legal jargon in everyday life - I object!” - Elle Woods. After graduating, the next step for me is: Travelling the world.

What got me through Law School was: a (un)healthy caffeine and chocolate addiction.

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AMANDA KANDILIS • LLB If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Probably fulfilled my parents’ dream of their child doing good ol’ commerce (#typicalAsians) I really wish: Professor Gerangelos would write a book filled with life advice. I will probably be remembered for: Being invisible. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: Procrastination skills During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: My coffee virginity. Desperate times call for desperate measures. After graduating, the next step for me is: find ways to convince the Australian government to let me stay (#internationalstudent). What got me through Law School was: Lots of red wine and my solid peers.

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NICHOLAS KARAM • LLB My favourite experience from Law School is: Watching Law Revue every year and making amazing new friends. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Grab a coffee from taste, sit on the law lawns and bask in the sun while chatting the day away with friends. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Only had an Arts degree (queue the unemployment jokes). I really wish: I had done more of my readings for certain subjects.

During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Professor Peter Gerangelos - how can anyone forget those life lessons about integrity and caring for one another!?

Absolute classics! The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: The friends that I have made, the knowledge I have consumed and the problem (questions) that I have solved. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: My social life (somewhat). My favourite quote from Law School is: He (or she) who comes into equity must come with clean hands After graduating, the next step for me is: Travel then fulltime adulthood as a graduate lawyer. My biggest regret is: Not getting involved in extracurricular activities earlier on in Law School. What got me through Law School was: The people and the coffee.

STEPHEN KE • LLB My favourite experience from Law School is: Competing in an international moot #humblebrag. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: “I slay, hey, I slay, okay, I slay, okay, all day, okay, I slay” If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Less proud parents #justkidding #notreally. I will probably be remembered for: Choking on a pretzel in Interpretation (Thanks Liz). During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Brilliant lecturers: Prof Gerangelos, Ross Anderson, Dr Olivia Dixon, Prof Helen Irving. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: I’ve learned how to develop an argument. After graduating, the next step for me is: “werk werk werk” as a grad lawyer. What got me through Law School was: Optimism. Passion. Sarcasm.

Character Assassinations.

“I was surprised to hear that Stephen’s interviewing strategy involved talking about Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen movies.” - Eric Shi

A N D R E W K E L LY • J D The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Everything needs to be size 12 Arial. My favourite experience from Law School is: Hearing Darude playing on the Carillon. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Having beers in the sun, lying on the lawns outside the law building. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Worked in strata....I’m glad I studied law. I really wish: More lectures were recorded. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: My friends. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: The ability to step back and analyse things from an objective perspective. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: Two goats. My favourite quote from Law School is: “You will see other constitutional lawyers carrying a copy of the constitution with them.... but not me. You only need that if you’re unsure.”

After graduating, the next step for me is: Completing PLT and moving on to the next challenge. My biggest regret is: Not being able to moot as much as I would have liked.

What got me through Law School was: Coffee, Suits and James Spader’s soothing voice.

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NINA KHOURY • LLB “Nice Innovative Naughty Awesome: NINA!” - all acrostic poem creative credit to Sam Quinn

W E R R D A N ( W O O DY ) K H O U R Y • J D The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Resolving disputes amongst my siblings with rules of Civil Procedure and Evidence. My favourite experience from Law School is: Tussling endlessly with friends over inane points of law. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Been a talk-show host. I will probably be remembered for: Stirring controversy in class discussions. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: Learning to trust my gut. My favourite quote from Law School is: From Foundations lecturer Fady Aoun when he explained to me why he set such an incredibly difficult final exam in 2013 - “When the snow melts, the shit shows”. After graduating, the next step for me is: The battleground of Trial Advocacy.

D AV I D K I M • L L B The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Plebeian power naps on the couches in the 024/026 corridor. My favourite experience from Law School is: speaking into the microphones on the tables in Court 12A, thinking that they were off, only to hear my silly remark boom through the PA and throw my equity class into a confused silence. I really wish: I had found out about the clean alternative toilets on Level 0 earlier. That and Halsbury’s Laws of Australia. I will probably be remembered for: bringing my own mug to class and brewing myself a tea during lecture breaks (something I picked up from my main man, Harry Stratton). During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Elaine Yeo, who taught me to empathise even with the amoral corporate lawyer decked to the cufflinks with the figurative scalps of vanquished community legal centres. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: how much truth there is in that proverb in Ecclesiastes that reads “of making many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh.” My favourite quote from Law School is: getch’yo caveat on! What got me through Law School was: the terror of being “Socratised” by devotees of the on-call pedagogy.

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YEABEE KIM • JD The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Obsessed with minute details.

My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Drinking iced coffee on the law lawns. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: No debt. I really wish: To go to Italy. I will probably be remembered for: Drinking Iced coffee. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Teachers. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: Clear future plans. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: Sleep.

My favourite quote from Law School is: You are innocent until proven guilty. After graduating, the next step for me is: Catch up on sleep while travelling Italy and build my career in criminal law. What got me through Law School was: Friends, iced coffee and food.

JACQUELINE KING • JD The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: My go-to highlighter is the yellow one. Something about it just makes the readings look better. There is a hierarchy of highlighter colours that I adhere to religiously. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: had a much less stressful 3 years and more money because law books and alcohol are $$$. I really wish: Taste/any Usyd cafe had a delivery service within the law building and law libes.

During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: 3 years of my health and well-being.

And probably quite a few sunny days too- being stuck in the law building classrooms that don’t even have windows. #usydfail My favourite quote from Law School is: “pens down” After graduating, the next step for me is: A well deserved holiday as far away (from Usyd) as possible then working for a commercial law firm. My biggest regret is: Not finding out about the CBD campus earlier. And then this year when too many people found out about it. What got me through Law School was: “I’ll do it tomorrow.”

L I LY KO N G • L L B The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Adding legal talk into a normal conversation, like saying “I didn’t have to do that, there was no acceptance of that offer!”

My favourite experience from Law School is: Shanghai Winter School - exploring Shanghai with new and amazing people, going out every night for the bars and clubs, being scared of eating street food and giving in anyway (it was delicious). My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Enjoying the afternoon breaks on the Law Lawns with friends. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: My placement which has shown the practical side of what Law School couldn’t teach. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: Knowledge to understand the world and the experience to face it so I can step out into the world a little less naive and ignorant. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: A social life, not being able to meet up with friends because of midsems or finals. After graduating, the next step for me is: First, travelling and seeing the real world, basically enjoying my life. After that, who knows? I don’t think I will be going into law, although it might be a possibility in the future. I’ll be going into commerce for my grad job. My biggest regret is: Not being involved in university societies more and enjoying the university experience; not having more money to spend for holidays and trips overseas so I could take advantage of the long university breaks. What got me through Law School was: A study schedule, and in the end having to learn everything for the semester during StuVac anyway, and forgetting it afterwards.

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R O G E R KO N G • L L B The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Speed reading. My favourite experience from Law School is: Hearing the applause Professor Gerangelos received after his final lecture. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Engage in interesting discussions with my friends. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Been a musician. I really wish: There were more rooms with windows in the Law School. I will probably be remembered for: The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: To get a good balance between work, friends and family. My favourite quote from Law School is: “Write so that a Year 9 student can understand what you’re saying.” After graduating, the next step for me is: To train as a Property and Construction Lawyer. My biggest regret is: Not going to Law Camp. What got me through Law School was: My great friends who were very supportive. If you wish, you may ask one or two of your friends to provide a short quotation (please keep it to one sentence) about yourself.

“ROGER: Reliable, Organised, Good friend, Environment & planning law nerd, Ready with investment advice.” - Chris Walsh

RACHEL KRUST • LLB The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Creating a makeshift standing desk in the Lawbrary and sporting SULS-themed activewear. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: The opportunity to have met great people and made great friends. After graduating, the next step for me is: Working in management consulting. What got me through Law School was: Portuguese chicken on rye, less mayo.

O L G A KU BY K • L L B The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Speaking on the phone for hours. My favourite experience from Law School is: The law revue. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Lunch at law lawns and post-exam drinks at Taste. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Had life. I really wish: I did not study too much. I will probably be remembered for: My Ukrainian success story. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Professor Gerangelos. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: Confidence.During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: Parting. My favourite quote from Law School is: Every time a law student prints exam notes, a tree dies. After graduating, the next step for me is: Practising certificate My biggest regret is: Stressing too much. What got me through Law School was: Coffee.

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K H O S R O W K YA N I A N • L L B The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Using “prima facie” and “bona fide” in day to day conversations, and colour coding a hard copy of the AGLC. My favourite experience from Law School is: Getting to know some incredibly intelligent and interesting people! Also, sitting in lectures and learning life lessons from the one and only Professor Peter Gerangelos. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Sit on the lawns with a few friends and watch the hours go by in what seems like seconds. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Inconceivable! During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Austlii and Professor Peter Gerangelos. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: Making friends for life and learning some law.

During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: Sleep. My favourite quote from Law School is: “If you don’t like reading, do Dentistry” - from the first day of law school. After graduating, the next step for me is: Travel around with friends and see the world, before starting full time work next year. My biggest regret is: No regrets! What got me through Law School was: The light at the end of the tunnel!

ARIANA L ADOP OULOS • LLB The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: A tendency to occasionally drop the phrase “vicissitudes of life” in normal conversations. In other words, a tendency to occasionally be a know-it-all jerkbag. My favourite experience from Law School is: Meeting former Justice Kirby and asking if I could call him “Kirbs.” My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Complain about the state of the bathrooms on Level 0. Obviously, I jest; it’s not my favourite thing to do, I just do it a lot. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Probably become a teacher. After graduating, the next step for me is: I’d love to spend a year or two living and working abroad (ideally somewhere in Latin America).

After coming back to Australia, I’ll probably pursue law or do a teaching degree. What got me through Law School was: The lovely people I’ve met across the years at Law School. I would not have passed without the help of study buddies and study groups. More importantly, they’ve kept me sane and happy. Being a part of the Law Revue was also truly wonderful.

HOLLIA LAM • JD The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: To say flip to the last page of the judgment and see what the final decision is. My favourite experience from Law School is: To do the readings and know exactly what the lecturer is on about (rarely happens). My favourite thing to do at Law School is: probably Mooting. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Stayed at home and did nothing... HAHA. I really wish: To meet Michael Kirby. He is cool. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Lord Denning. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: To read more before you speak. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: my beauty sleeps. My favourite quote from Law School is: “It depends...” After graduating, the next step for me is: To work as a solicitor at a commercial law firm. My biggest regret is: Nothing. I am still alive, I can still achieve my dreams. What got me through Law School was: The coffee and cake from Taste.

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SPENCER LAND • JD The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Writing in size 6 font to fit entire legal concepts onto one post-it note. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Listen to a story from Ross Anderson. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: A solid group of great friends. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: My eyesight My favourite quote from Law School is: “I wanna get undergrad business school drunk” - Kevin Mallon (post JDII final exams). What got me through Law School was: All the Canadians I met day one and our token Aussie.

ELLEN L AUGHTON • LLB The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Spelling my name out when I order a coffee. My favourite experience from Law School is: Law Revue. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Read messages on the back of the toilet doors. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Eaten that muffin. I really wish: I had gone to that Gummow Lecture in Intro to Real Prop. I will probably be remembered for: My yellow scarf.

During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Hope Williams’ notes.

The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: Frands.During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: a baby lamb. My favourite quote from Law School is: “Being nice is something stupid people do to hedge their bets” - Guy in chinos at lawbry. After graduating, the next step for me is: crippling debt. My biggest regret is: sacrificing that baby lamb, it was pretty cute. What got me through Law School was: The frosty winds of the Alaskan plains.

“This is a made up quote” - Person McPersonface

D A R R E N L AW L E S S • J D If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Probably done a science degree. Oh well, next time!

The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: A keen knowledge of the law and advanced legal reasoning skills. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: Three years. After graduating, the next step for me is: Practical Legal Training.

My biggest regret is: Not making even more friends. What got me through Law School was: My friends plus lots and lots of caffeine.

RACHEL ELIZABETH LE BRANSKY • JD The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Refusing to use any online legal resources at work because I’m practicing for my closed-book exams. My favourite experience from Law School is: Hearing ‘you have 10 minutes to go; you may no longer leave the exam room’. I really wish: Legally Blonde wasn’t a LIE...179 my &*^. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: Life-long friends!

My favourite quote from Law School is: “Don’t worry. I also did an undergraduate Arts degree, so if you don’t know what a corporation or the ASX is, that’s okay” - Tim Bowley, Corporations Law lecturer, 2015. After graduating, the next step for me is: To juggle opening a dainty Agatha-Christie-themed tea shop in the Blue Mountains, running for Australian Sex Discrimination Commissioner 2017, and being the first to solve AND prosecute heinous crimes on Law and Order SVU. 96

ESTHER (SUNG KYUNG) LEE • LLB If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Studied to become a primary school teacher. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Friends who make sacrifices to prioritise integrity and kindness. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: Learning to be content with and focus on the process, rather than the result. My favourite quote from Law School is: (abridged) “Don’t let panic set in – keep an eye out for one another; give me a call if there’s no one else you can talk to” - Professor Gerangelos. After graduating, the next step for me is: Being trained as a graduate lawyer at MinterEllison. My biggest regret is: Over-spending on expensive food at uni. What got me through Law School was: The grace of God; much prayer and the phenomenal generosity, patience and support of my family and friends; and reminding myself of the privilege of being here.

“Esther is that constant ray of sunshine able to brighten you up no matter how stressed you are because her heart is full and ready to share God’s love, and because of this, I count it a wonderful joy and blessing to have been able to go through Law School with her.” - Charis Chan

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JUSTIN LIANG • JD My favourite experience from Law School is: The drive home after the last exam for the semester. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Sip coffee and browse Facebook If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Never read the Terms and Conditions on anything. I really wish: That I had not wasted several years completing an undergraduate degree for the sake of it. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Scott Grattan, Jamie Glister, David Rolph and Charles Alexander. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: You should set time aside for procrastination. My favourite quote from Law School is: Everything in the Spry letters. After graduating, the next step for me is: Diving into the world of corporate law. What got me through Law School was: Coffee, mates with good notes, and more coffee.

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BERNADET TE LIM LO SUY • LLB The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Having an embarrassing number of tabs open when trying to write my assignments. The more tabs I had open, the more prepared I felt to write said assignment. My favourite experience from Law School is: My weekly Courtyard lunches with Tess Lui and reading weeks! My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Attending any of the SULS events/Law Fairs to get free sandwiches.

If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Become an accountant. I really wish: I had known what I was getting myself into! During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Ross Anderson, David Rolph and Wayne Courtney The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: Confidence and resilience! And a reminder that if you can survive Sydney Law School, you can survive anything. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: Sleep and sanity. My favourite quote from Law School is: Any deep and meaningful life lesson from Professor Gerangelos After graduating, the next step for me is: Travelling Japan, watching the Aussie Open and starting life as a tax graduate. My biggest regret is: Not doing my readings (jk #noregrets). What got me through Law School was: Andrew Cheng and Victor Yip .

SCOT T LIU • LLB The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Showing great hesitation when I drop my assignment off on level 3 and smacking my pen against my face when I think.

My favourite experience from Law School is: Law Camp and Law Ball. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Visiting Taste at least 2 times a day. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Probably would have studied maths. I really wish: All exams were open book.

I will probably be remembered for: Bringing a sleeping bag to sleep in Madsen. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Professor Peter Gerangelos, Ross Anderson, Mitchell James Cleaver and Roy Chowdhury. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: Open book exams are just as hard as closed book ones. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: Sleep. My favourite quote from Law School is: “The stream cannot rise above its source” - Australian Communist Party v Commonwealth. After graduating, the next step for me is: Travel, travel and more travel!

Then... work at a financial services firm. My biggest regret is: Doing all 2nd semester 4th year subjects in the same semester. What got me through Law School was: Coffee and more coffee.

VICTORIA ALEXANDRA LU • JD The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Never giving an absolute answer to any question. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Continued pursuing Architecture or a related field. I will probably be remembered for: Absurd procrastination.

The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: Don’t pigeonhole yourself. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: 3 years of my life. After graduating, the next step for me is: Get a job, get admitted. What got me through Law School was: Good people, coffee, orange highlighters and unit outlines.

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WINNIE LIU • JD “Winnie, it was Gardenia time in Sydney when we first began our frolic into the law together and who would have known then that such amazing escapades lay ahead! Thank you for your enthusiasm, encouragement and infectious enthusiasm for the law, your friendship has got me through many a difficult day.” - Elizabeth Pearson “”There could be no one more deserving of the extraordinary successes Winnie has had. She is modest and unassuming, though she has no reason to be. Her perspicacity and clarity of thought are unrivalled amongst her peers. Her only fault is a willingness to take on a workload that I’d assumed had been outlawed by 19th century factories legislation. She will go far.” - Henry Cooper “Dear Winnie, your jurisdiction submissions will never be as good as mine. You will never know the international law on the use of force as well as I do, and you will never understand what it feels like to completely understand anti-piracy precautions. But I will never be as singularly amazing as you are in so many areas of life. You are an incredible legal thinker, Equity Officer, diplomat, enforcer, friend and based on the level of control you had to exert over me in mooting competitions, mother. Thank you for making Law School so fun, and I can’t wait to see the results of your incredible success. Note that the last clause implicitly conveys that I will continue to be present in your life. Because you are never getting rid of me.” - Timothy Smartt “Winnie, you are the living proof that one can do it all! Your commitment to getting the most out of every aspect of law school has always been admirable. You are an unbelievably intelligent and diligent student, a formidable mooting competitor and have still found time to be a mentor through PASS, and a voice for other students as Equity Officer. Lia is so lucky to have you as a mum, and I feel so grateful to have you as a friend! I have no doubt we will stay close.” - Lorraine Walsh

T E S S E LY N L U I • L L B The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Being anal about my punctuation and capitalisations. My favourite experience from Law School is: Graduating. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: been watching Law and Order and CSI. I really wish: I could wake up early. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: buying notes. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: connections and networks. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: sleep. After graduating, the next step for me is: work. My biggest regret is: not buying notes earlier What got me through Law School was: notes and friends.

CHRIS MACALPINE • LLB The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Midnight runs, 1am coffees and 2am existential crises. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Hand in physical copies of assignments. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Finished uni two years earlier.

After graduating, the next step for me is: Into a bar. My biggest regret is: Trying to be funny in my Blackacre profile. What got me through Law School was: Arrogance and self-loathing.

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AMY MACKINNON • JD The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Using Excel spreadsheets. For everything. My favourite experience from Law School is: The Shanghai Winter School - hands down the highlight of my time at the University of Sydney. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Avoid the law library and sit in the sun on Eastern Avenue. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Probably lived a very balanced, happy life. I really wish: I had the time to answer these questions in more than two sentences. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: My friends and classmates - it has been a real privilege to get to know so many extraordinary people. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: Nothing shocks me anymore. I lost thae entirety of my week-long Media Law take home exam 48 hours before it was due and I sat down and just did it again (and passed!). My biggest regret is: Not making more time for SULS events and activities. What got me through Law School was: Humor.

HANNAH MAKRAGELIDIS • LLB The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Dropping the term ‘Prima Facie’ into ordinary conversations. My favourite experience from Law School is: First year Law Camp and meeting one of my best friends after a little bit of a drunken fall (you know who you are!) If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Retained some of my sanity.

Alternatively, I would have pursued floristry or a career as a stand-in bridesmaid. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Wikipedia/UniStudyGuides. Jokes, I learnt the most from my peers who constantly challenged me to think laterally, and motivated me achieve my full potential. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: Amazing friends (and a caffeine addiction that I must address). My favourite quote from Law School is: “I’ll leave referencing to the end. It won’t take long” What got me through Law School was: The thought that one day my Law Degree would make me rich and / or employable.

N I K I TA M A L H O T R A • L L B The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Throwing around legal jargon at unsuspecting lay people, always finding ways to slightly reduce the word court and participating in library recall wars. Also, constantly checking my emails for no apparent reason. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Become an archaeologist and discovered the mysteries deep down in the surface of the Earth, or would have just continued with my plain Commerce degree. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: The pearls of wisdom offered by Professor Gerangelos. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: The opportunity to study alongside many talented and passionate individuals from all over the world. Plus, learning the importance of writing everything down followed by a date and signature, just to make sure. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: Many many hours of sleep and free time… My favourite quote from Law School is: “This section is not examinable!” After graduating, the next step for me is: Celebrating! Then travelling for a few months before starting a graduate role. Most importantly, taking up opportunities. What got me through Law School was: The people I met along the way and the close friends that I have made, always inspiring me to do my best.

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Y U V I N M A N A D E N I YA • J D My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Pretend that I have no upcoming assessments and exist in a state of blissful ignorance. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Fled to the mountains and became a monk of some sort. I really wish: I had fled to the mountains and became a monk of some sort. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: the three days leading up to an exam. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: Two or three rainforests somewhere for my notes. My favourite quote from Law School is: “I’m actually going to try this semester, no more falling behind for me.” Everyone, at the start of every semester. My biggest regret is: Buying into the idea that ‘study beers’ were a real thing. What got me through Law School was: The growing sense of panic as the semester progressed.

E M I LY M A N N • J D The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Asking myself (when faced with a conundrum) W.W.K.S.? (or What Would Kirby Say?) It often creates more confusion than clarity as it’s not as universally appreciated as you would think. But ‘What Would Kanye Say’ also works. My favourite experience from Law School is: The thrill that is walking up the Law School Stairs, because you know that the risk of a pane of glass impaling you is very, very real. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Be a downright perve and see what other people are doing on their laptops for new ideas for means of procrastination. Booking a plane ticket outta here isn’t as popular as one would hope. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Brighter eyes and a bushier tail. I really wish: David Rolph could narrate my life. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: a ludicrous HECS debt that puts our Federal budget deficit in a surprisingly good light. You’re welcome, Scotty, you’re so welcome. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: two laptops to a virtuous cause (liquid damage from spilt wine in what would’ve otherwise been a very productive study session). My favourite quote from Law School is: “I have better things to do than to troll people in their early-twenties.” - D. Rolph, 2016. After graduating, the next step for me is: ignoring the realistic perspective I’ve gained at law school and start sprouting off that I’m going to “change the world!” “right injustices!” “settle down, marry a hunk and buy into the Sydney market!” But just in case those (very) attainable goals aren’t achieved, I’ll settle for a glass of Moët and start chatting with my nearest and dearest about what the best options are. Feel free to read between the lines. My biggest regret is: Not allowing others’ successes, ambitions and motivation to motivate me! Note to self: another’s success doesn’t mean that you are a failure! What got me through Law School was: Drinking coffee, putting on gangster rap, and handling it. And by ‘drinking coffee’, I mean ‘my family and friends’. And by ‘handling it’, I mean depending on the Lord’. And by ‘putting on gangster rap’, I mean ‘putting on gangster rap.’ Pls.

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MEENA MARIADASSOU • LLB My favourite experience from Law School is: All those times I said I was “definitely going to go and study now” and instead spent three more hours catching up with people.

The friendships forged on those lazy afternoons were worth missing class for. It has been a privilege to get to know so many wise, insightful and genuinely decent people. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Become a professional chef, or a History teacher. There’s still time. I really wish: I could unsee the Level 1 toilets. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: The incredible people I met through SULS over the years and Will Hanna, who never let me get away with a poorly thought-out opinion and whose unwavering support taught me what kindness truly means. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: A keen sense of commercial awareness. My favourite quote from Law School is: Professor Peter Gerangelos, who always took the time to remind us that “the law exists to protect even the smallest and humblest among us”. A close second: “why are judges always giving these extrajudicial speeches? Judges should be seen and not heard.” What got me through Law School was: Mileybaked – we made it all the way from law camp to graduation. It wouldn’t have been worth it without you.

“What Meena lacks in height, (and upper body strength, and objectively superior weather preferences, and non-SULS branded clothing) she makes up for with her infectious personality and unfailing positivity. Whether discussing her culinary explorations or the latest NBA game, Meena is always that one joyful and energetic person who reminds you that it is possible to escape the cynicism that usually accompanies a law degree, and we’re ever so grateful for that. - Alice Zhou & Maria Mellos “I enjoyed working with Meena in the moot court.” - Will Hanna “We had wondered whether Meena would ever finish law school given her tendency to treat the 70% attendance requirement like a dissenting judgment. While we were lucky to see her in lectures, we were even luckier to have her outside class. Meena’s reputation, much like her ebullient laugh, preceded her. Everybody knew Meena, and you could bet she knew everything about you. Her zest for life brightened our days and our hearts.”

TIMOTHY MASTERS • JD The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Obsessing of puppies. Sweet, adorable puppies. My favourite experience from Law School is: I could be boring and say the learning. But it was probably the one time someone had a golden retriever outside the SciTech library and I spent 45 minutes petting it. It was awesome. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: I actually really like the learning. Also lunch. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Oh so many things, Blackacre, so many, many things. Probably something to do with dogs though. I really wish: Puppies. I will probably be remembered for: I have noticed people occasionally comment on my dress sense. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Austlii. Also: students. Also: teachers. Also: text books. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: Intellectual rigour.

During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: My mental and physical health; my social life; my capacity to own and take care of a puppy. Puppies are great. My favourite quote from Law School is: I dunno man. Abraham Lincoln has a good one: “Nearly all men can stand adversity. If you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” I think of this when I feel myself losing humility and need to regain perspective. After graduating, the next step for me is: I will buy a puppy. Oh, and work; sweet, adorable work. My biggest regret is: Neglecting half my social relationships. What got me through Law School was: Coffee. Also alcohol.

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FRANCIS MAXWELL • LLB The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Immediately scanning anything I read for words written by Dixon J. My favourite experience from Law School is: Having a drink at Hermanns as the sun is going down with mates, after the last exam of the semester. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Stand at a strategic point in the law building and chat with a friend - everyone you know will walk past over the subsequent 30 minutes. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Become a swashbuckling adventurer and documentary filmmaker. Probably should have done that. I really wish: People in our year will find the career they really want - there are a lot of miserable lawyers out there. I will probably be remembered for: The guy who without fail would come crashing through the classroom doors 15 minutes after class started. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: The teachers that stuck the least to the textbook (thank you E. Arcioni, P. Gerangelos, I. Baghoomians, and Leeming JA). The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: Do a task when you can, rather than when you have to. It so much more enjoyable and better quality. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: What little an inquiring and artistic mind I had. My favourite quote from Law School is: Something like: “It’s the plodders that win in life” - of course, the one and only Peter Gerangelos. After graduating, the next step for me is: Get as far away from clerkship world as possible. My biggest regret is: Attempting poetry in the middle of the all-nighter Legal Profession assignment. It’s there forever. What got me through Law School was: The mates (it certainly wasn’t my never-say-never attitude).

“I will never forget the time Frankie once vented to me that the progression from school to uni to a job sometimes felt maddeningly like being “herded into a new pen where we can placidly eat our grass”. In almost 15 years of knowing him, I have learned that Frankie isn’t a cold-hearted cynic; he just desires to look at his grass, inspect it, question it, challenge it... and then maybe eat it, but certainly not placidly. I have learned a lot from this man over the years and I am glad to be able to look forward to many great years ahead.” - Matt Green “I once drunkenly proclaimed in a birthday card how much I looked forward to Frankie and I becoming better friends, but despite my clairvoyance, I’m not sure I ever could have predicted just how important he would become to my law school experience (and to my life!) from there on in. Whether keeping me grounded in my latest existential crisis, sharing an excellent literary or musical discovery, or dancing to Missy Elliot in a remote Iranian mountain pass, Frankie is absolutely someone I can count on. Frankie – I cannot wait to see what you will go on to achieve, whether with your law degree, or far outside of it. I know you won’t take the conventional path – but just remember, you have the high ground.” - Natalie Czapski

H E N R Y M C C OY • J D The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Talking like a lawyer in social situations. No, scratch that – like a law student. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Meeting friends at taste for some top-notch self-deprecating banter. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Become a bartender in the Basque Country. Buenos! I really wish: There was more than one sleeping pod on campus for over 54,000 students. I will probably be remembered for: Being disconcertingly happy during exam periods. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: My health. My youth. My eyesight. My legal status as a “layman”. Worth it. After graduating, the next step for me is: Travelling through Cuba, completing College of Law and then onto next challenge. What got me through Law School was: Coffee and late night study sessions on Skype with Nathan Stormont and Zach Thompson, where we discussed the intricate concepts of real property using sock puppets – keeping it fee simple.

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C A R LY M C K E N N A • J D The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Qualifying all of my answers (except for some of these, perhaps). If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Still assumed that law was only what "smart" people studied. I really wish: There wasn't such a preoccupation with commercial law within the Law School. I think it's a shame that success is so often defined in terms of securing clerkships and grad roles at top-tier firms, when so many students are doing (and will go on to do) incredible things outside of the corporate realm. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Those around me. Some of the most valuable (and difficult) lessons that I have learnt did not come from textbooks, but from the people that I met during my time here. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: My desire for perfection. My favourite quote from Law School is: "In vito veritas" - or, "in wine, there is truth" (words that a student used with respect to the criminal defence of intoxication - but which are universally applicable, in my opinion). What got me through Law School was: Coffee. Lots of coffee.

NICOLE MCKENZIE • JD The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Procrastibaking. My favourite experience from Law School is: Exchange in the Netherlands. Although James getting stuck in the Eiffel Tower at the ‘Midnight in Paris’ themed Law Ball comes pretty close.

During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Andrew Dyer, David Rolph and Ross Anderson. They each had their own wonderful ways of making the course more interesting. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: I can now (almost) legitimately use the term ‘lawyered’. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: Sleep and some of my sanity. My favourite quote from Law School is: Everything said by Ross Anderson. After graduating, the next step for me is: Travelling in Europe and the USA in order to enjoy my last few months of freedom before entering the ‘real’ world. My biggest regret is: Assuming that open book exams meant you didn’t have to study. What got me through Law School was: Jason’s notes, Wikipedia, caffeine, lunch dates with some amazing people (you know who you are), and most importantly, wine.

NICOL A MCL AUGHLIN • JD The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Only using a BLUE pen and a YELLOW highlighter. All other colours look messy. My favourite experience from Law School is: The night out after the Foundies exam. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: See my friends! If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Probably not developed a dark sense of humour. I really wish: Taste had better coffee and that the ATM nearby did not charge a $2 fee. I will probably be remembered for: My love for a certain sports team. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Google. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: all the friends I have made.

During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: Sleep. My favourite quote from Law School is: ‘Sometimes you just wake up and say, not today equity, not today.’ Poetically spoken by Carly McKenna. After graduating, the next step for me is: Anything except studying. My biggest regret is: sometimes letting the stress take-over. What got me through Law School was: A note my mum stuck above my desk after finishing my first year. It says ‘Not dropping out was the right decision.’ It’s still there.

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MARIA MELLOS • LLB The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Enthusiastically singing along to HSM’s ‘Breaking Free’ after every assignment submission. My favourite quote from Law School is: Lord Denning’s noble defence of a holidayer’s rights: “So there was Mr. Jarvis, in the second week, in this hotel with no house party at all… He was very disappointed, too, with the skiing. There were no ordinary length skis. There were only mini-skis… He did not have the nice Swiss cakes which he was hoping for. The only cakes for tea were potato crisps and little dry nut cakes… The yodeler evening consisted of one man from the locality who came in his working clothes for a little while, and sang four or five songs, very quickly… When a man has paid for and properly expects an invigorating and amusing holiday and, through no fault of his, returns home dejected… he ought to be compensated.” What got me through Law School was: Law Revue Crew, and Azzuri’s cinnamon crepes. ““From long nights in the Seymour Centre to adventures with extra-terrestrial fashion to painting life size statues of David to trotting off on cronut missions – Maria always brightens those around her.” - Alice Zhou & Meena Mariadassou

TA N YA M O K H A • L L B If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Better eyesight. I really wish: They would put locks in the law school bathrooms. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: mileybaked. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: my Sydney Law hoodie. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: Fishing.

My favourite quote from Law School is: Always go the extra mile(s). My biggest regret is: talking to Penina Su about clerkships. What got me through Law School was: Tara Hariharan.

MILES MOOKHY • LLB The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: The pre-exam Panadol and Piccolo combo. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: A much slower max typing rate. I really wish: I had better bladder control during exams. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Lazy lunches on the law lawns. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: Fishing. After graduating, the next step for me is: Far away from a law firm. What got me through Law School was: Heaps of tea and mochas.

JAMES MONAGHAN • LLB The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Using the word ‘query’ as the first word in a sentence - this is definitely not a thing in the real world. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Become a chef. (Probably not really.) My favourite quote from Law School is: Most things that Peter Gerangelos said. After graduating, the next step for me is: Probably further study at some point. What got me through Law School was: Tea.

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LUCA MORET TI • LLB My favourite experience from Law School is: Law Revue, right up until it wasn’t, and even then it was pretty good. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Maria Mellos, Penina Su and Hope Wiliams, their intellects, capacity for hard work and friendship have been what I’ve valued most, except those times they beat me in exams.

My favourite quote from Law School is: “Guess we’ll just have to bank on the beauty of the bell curve” - Hope Williams. “This semester I’m really going to work at my law subjects” - Lachlan Cameron (most semesters). After graduating, the next step for me is: Full time braiding. My biggest regret is: Not spending enough time in the moot court.

What got me through Law School was: Joe Baine’s notes avd uplifting and yet down to earth motivational pep talks.

“He was the Nixon to my Kissinger.” - Joe Baine

GEORGE MORRISON • JD During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: My eyesight. My favourite quote from Law School is: “A lot of you in this room have failed and I suspect, come the exam, more of you will” - Salim Farrer. After graduating, the next step for me is: “Yeah, good thanks.”

What got me through Law School was: R.M, J.J.C et al.

L A U R E N M O S C OV I S • J D During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: My therapist. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: Laugh at yourself and don’t take life seriously. After graduating, the next step for me is: Traveling the world. What got me through Law School was: Coffee, black licorice, melatonin, alcohol.

GOWRIE MURIGIAH • JD The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Mumbling to myself My favourite experience from Law School is: Going on exchange My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Drink coffee. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Less debt. I really wish: I could travel for life. I will probably be remembered for: Constantly drinking coffee. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Reading thousands of pages of judgments. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: Invaluable friendships. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: Years of the ageing process. After graduating, the next step for me is: Travel the world, build a career, make my parents proud.

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SHARON NG • LLB The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Drowning my sorrows in online gaming. My favourite experience from Law School is: Getting enrolled in Olivia Dixon’s class. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Designed Ad campaigns. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Olivia Dixon! The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: Learning what ‘ankles’ really means.

During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: Sleep. My favourite quote from Law School is: “I don’t fail people, people fail themselves” - Associate Professor David Rolph My biggest regret is: Discovering there were cleaner bathrooms on the lower floor in my final semester. What got me through Law School was: Coffee!

JONIN SZE ERN NGO • LLB The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Double... Triple... Quadruple...

Checking the referencing on assignments. My favourite experience from Law School is: Attending Prof. Peter Gerangelos’s Federal Constitutional Law Lectures. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Chilling with law mates on the law lawns during lunch time. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Pursued architecture. I really wish: for free coffee before uni every morning. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Going through the different obstacles presented by different law subjects. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: Being critical and confident.

During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: Sleep. My favourite quote from Law School is: “The stream cannot rise above the source” After graduating, the next step for me is: Getting admitted into the Bar. My biggest regret is: Not keeping up with readings.

What got me through Law School was: God, family, friends, coffee.

“Jonin must come to Equity with clean hands.”; ““Aiyoh why like that ah?”

LENA NGUYEN • LLB My favourite experience from Law School is: Peter Gerangelos’ class. I really wish: For everyone to be happy! The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: Be fearless & life is short - talk fast (but be succinct). After graduating, the next step for me is: Finding out what’s next for me - but hopefully travel around the world. My biggest regret is: Starting my assignment the night before it’s due. What got me through Law School was: My friends and lecturers who made the whole experience unforgettable.

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C A M E R O N O ’S U L L I VA N • L L B The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Weirdly indenting notes, as my way of organising information, sometimes to the point where a paragraph starts on the right side of the page. My favourite experience from Law School is: That one semester when I had a good timetable. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Pursued teaching, perhaps. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: That the law is all about storytelling. My favourite quote from Law School is: Prof. Gerangelos: “I recall sitting in the park one Sunday afternoon as a young lawyer, reading my book, as I often did. I heard a rumbling above me, and I turned to see what it was. There was a blimp, advertising beer, and I thought to myself, ‘I cannot even look up to the heavens without somebody trying to sell me something.”

C A S S I DY O ’S U L L I VA N • L L B My favourite experience from Law School is: Shanghai Winter School, 2015. Endless $1 dollar plates of Yang’s Fry Dumplings, Rob Morris eating two packets of Oreos a day, a random benefecator called James shouting all 30 of us free flowing Veuve for the night, enough new relationships to rival a soap opera, and Ed Slattery developing a taste for fried pigeon. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Sit on the Law Lawns and think about life as an ibis. My favourite quote from Law School is: “If you’re ever staring down into the abyss, with no one to turn to, please don’t ever be afraid to reach out to me.”- Peter Gerangelos to his entire lecture theatre in his last lecture, 2016. There will never be a more compassionate, engaging and knowledgeable lecturer. After graduating, the next step for me is: Going backpacking around South America (#basic), and catching up on some long neglected passions... like reading something which isn’t Peter Butt’s Land Law. What got me through Law School was: Rediscovering my sanity during Reading weeks, studying in the Fine Arts Library instead of the Lawbry, and pre-ordering Taste coffees on Hey You. “The only place Cass feels more at home than Sydney Law School is the Whirlpool forum.” - Ed Slattery (2016)

G E O R G E PA N A S • L L B The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Listen to my saved recordings of Peter Gerangelos’ 2015 lectures. My favourite experience from Law School is: Peter Gerangelos. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Listen to Peter Gerangelos’ lectures. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Still attended Peter Gerangelos’ lectures.

I really wish: I was Peter Gerangelos. I will probably be remembered for: Sitting in the front row at Peter Gerangelos’ lectures. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Peter Gerangelos. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: The knowledge I have gained from Peter Gerangelos. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: Years of my life, sleep, time, dignity, morals. My favourite quote from Law School is: “I don’t understand why it’s called experimenting... you know very well the effect of taking drugs due to the wealth of research in the field... it’s not an experiment at all.” - Peter Gerangelos. After graduating, the next step for me is: Finance.

My biggest regret is: Missing one of Peter Gerangelos’ 20 lectures in 2015. What got me through Law School was: Laurence Baudert.

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G R A C I E PA N • L L B My favourite experience from Law School is: Finishing Law School. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: ... Been more sane (kiddingnotkidding). During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Second-hand notes (...and Gerangelos!). During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: A lot of money at Taste. My favourite quote from Law School is: NOT “there are automatic lecture recordings but you can’t have access to them”...

G A B O R PA P D I • L L B The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Adding qualifications such as “it is likely” or “it can be said that” to everyday speech. My favourite experience from Law School is: The great academics on the faculty, particularly John Stumbles and Peter Gerangelos, who provide good career/life advice in addition to an intellectually rigorous examination of the subject being studied. IPCL, Equity, Real Property and Equity & Financial Risk Allocation also warrant a special mention: by the end of them, you appreciate the elegance of the interaction (but not fusion) between law and equity. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Probably become an accountant. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: The casebooks assigned for each subject.

The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: There is no adequate substitute for reading the cases and legislation. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: Countless highlighters. My favourite quote from Law School is: “A stream cannot rise higher than its source” - Fullagar J in Australian Communist Party v Commonwealth (1951) 83 CLR 1 at 258. After graduating, the next step for me is: Full-time work, PLT and admission to practice. What got me through Law School was: Coffee. Friends, good teachers and reading the cases probably helped too, but it wouldn’t have been possible without coffee.

M A D E L E I N E PA R K E R • J D The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Compiling a “torrential rain” playlist for the library. My favourite experience from Law School is: making wonderful friends. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: sit in the library with Booji Vandebeek, contemplating the magnificent architectural feat that is the law school. Its resilience through pesky unforeseen circumstances, such as “weather”, will never cease to amaze. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: enjoyed my twenties. What got me through Law School was: Tea, Twix, & Pals.

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ELIZABETH PEARSON • JD The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Substituting pop lyrics with case principles and terrorising study group by singing them. See, eg, I like sales puffs and I cannot lie, Carbolic Smoke Ball can’t deny; in the bank they put 1G, to show sincerity; they got sprung! My favourite experience from Law School is: Working alongside incredible people on the Kakadu Service Learning Project to serve community (and planning a corps law group presentation inside a corrugated iron crocodile with the aid of a giant cheese wheel). Plus unforgettable pre and post moot Maccas in multiple States with lawesome learned friends. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Played second chair in a ukulele orchestra. I really wish: That there was a fifth category of Masters v Cameron.

I will probably be remembered for: Writing to Lord Millett about Quistclose trusts, striking the Superhero pose before moots/exams and endless jokes involving the equitable ‘clean hands’ maxim and Easy Off BAM! During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: The inspiring friends, exceptional lecturers and amazing opportunities!

The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: Never give up.

Live your dreams. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: Valuable brain space memorising entire citations including year, report volume and page number for the Foundies exam, only to realise (afterwards) that this was not, strictly speaking, necessary.

My favourite quote from Law School is: ‘I never say, “I regret having to come to this conclusion but I have no option”. There is always a way round. There is always an option – in my philosophy – by which justice can be done.’ Lord Denning, The Family Story, (London, Butterworths, 1981) 208 After graduating, the next step for me is: Do my best to make a difference in the world. Right after penning a legal thriller where the plot turns on a mysteriously omitted profit a prendre... My biggest regret is: That Tort law has nothing to do with cake.

YUNDI PENG • LLB The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Assigning different colour highlighters to different subjects. My favourite experience from Law School is: Meeting amazing lecturers and classmates, making lifelong friends, being challenged and learning not only legal knowledge but also life lessons. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Become a zoologist. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: To have perseverance and resilience in stressful times. Law school made me push myself. It made me realise that nothing comes easy and every effort will pay off eventually.

During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: Forests and sleep. My favourite quote from Law School is: Anything following “Now ladies and gentlemen...” said by Prof Peter Gerangelos. After graduating, the next step for me is: Travel and then work. What got me through Law School was: Friends, family... and so many cups of coffee!

LOUIS PENNA • LLB My favourite experience from Law School is: My exchange to Uppsala University in Sweden.... despite being accompanied by Oliver Duchesne and Jonny Vaux. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: not studied law..... is this a trick question?? I really wish: that Mark Sindone didn’t repeat a year. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Ed Slattery During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: reading the assigned cases and buying the textbooks. My favourite quote from Law School is: “I wish we had more subjects like Legal Profession” said No One Ever. After graduating, the next step for me is: probably with my left foot, followed by my right foot.

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JAKE PFEFFER • JD The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Moving people’s book if they have not returned in 40 minutes. My favourite experience from Law School is: Learning.

My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Learn. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Continued to live the dream. I really wish: They didn’t make the library 24hrs the semester I was leaving. I will probably be remembered for: Slick backed hair. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Sarah Swan. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: Sarah Swan. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: Nothing. My favourite quote from Law School is: “Almost there guys” and variants - Tim Masters. After graduating, the next step for me is: I have to pee in a cup for a job. My biggest regret is: I allowed myself to drink Taste coffee out of convenience.

What got me through Law School was: Sarah Swan.

U D I T P I L L AY • L L B The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Being obsessed with formatting my notes. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Had a social life. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Professor Gerangelos - what a legend!

After graduating, the next step for me is: Travelling for three months before starting full time work next year. What got me through Law School was: My friends, coffee and notes from other people.

“Light of my life, fire of my loins, how am I going to do Law School without you?” - Penina Su

DOUGLAS PRIME • LLB The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: A penchant for the ‘googly’, closely followed by a taste for cold coffee. I will probably be remembered for: Nearly pulling off a ‘Steven Bradbury’ in the 2015 Fed Con Moot. Allsop CJ has never faced a more clinical display of mediocre banter in his esteemed judicial career. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: Being around so many gifted and wonderful individuals. Inspirational. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: My leg-spin career. My favourite quote from Law School is: Professor Gerangelos’ advice to constantly beware of the Caesars. Wise words from a wise man. After graduating, the next step for me is: Reigniting my leg-spin career.

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D A N I E L P R UZ E • L L B The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Being extra cautious about everything I do. After all, if Defamation Law with David Rolph is anything to go by, everybody is out to sue you. My favourite experience from Law School is: Realising who I am, who I want to be, and what I have to do to get there. Also, the occasional head-nod greeting as you pass Justice Gummow in the hallway. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Become an investment banker, or a veterinarian. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: In a legal sense: Interpretation is key: both yours and theirs. Knowing that the other side is likely to fight for their rights with the same vigour and passion that you fight for yours, is often the best way to prepare for any challenge.

Learning that there may be opinions that are different, or perhaps, more valid than your own, means you are truly ready to learn. In a personal sense: Never be scared – of life, of failing, of how much potential you truly have. Succeed or fail: having a story to tell is always better than wondering what-if. My favourite quote from Law School is: In regards to 9 am lectures: “GLEESON CJ: You would be surprised to know that there are places I would rather be than here at the moment and the psychiatrists might explain my presence at the moment by reference to a number of influences or pressures that produce that consequence, but I thought I was here as a result of a free choice. How is that consistent with your explanation? HAYNE J: Good luck, Mr Tehan.” - Tofilau v The Queen [2007] HCA 39. In regards to assumed knowledge: “If any of you write this in your exam, I will go back into the IPCL database and fail you!”” - Jamie Glister, explaining the nature of legal title in Equity.” After graduating, the next step for me is: A career in Corporate Law.

J A M E S “ T U R T L E ” P YO • L L B The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Saying prima facie to random people. PRIMA FACIEE. My favourite experience from Law School is: Going to New York 2015. <3 My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Reading the constitution. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Be a cheese farmer. I really wish: Textbooks for law were cheaper. I will probably be remembered for: Having long hair for the first two years of uni. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Matthew Green.

He taught me how to talk to girls... During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: My life. My favourite quote from Law School is: “Justice consists not being neutral between right and wrong, but in finding out the right and upholding it, wherever found against the wrong.” - (2016) 294 CLR 123. After graduating, the next step for me is: To make A LOT of money then also fight for justice. My biggest regret is: Cutting my hair short.

What got me through Law School was: Roy Chowdhury’s notes.

“James was turtley awesome before he cut his hair” - HM

K AT E R E A G H • J D The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Chocolate bar at 10:00am (Mars Bar was a favourite). What got me through Law School was: Family and friends.

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C H E N C AT H E R I N E Q U • L L B The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Calling my friends ‘My Learned Friend’ or ‘Your Honour’ in public after being mooting buddies. My favourite experience from Law School is: Getting really dressed up and fancy for law ball, and then getting really drunk and trashy within 10 minutes. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Going outside and finding all of your friends drinking lattes (or beer) on the sunny law lawns. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Studied architecture. I really wish: I could go back to Europe 2013 and travel with my friends again. I will probably be remembered for: That night in Berlin on New Year’s Eve... During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: All the impressive and motivated people I have met. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: The drive to push to my best at all times, knowing that someone else is working harder During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: A lot of social events, or sleep. My favourite quote from Law School is: “The consideration here is really the natural love and affection which counts for so little in these cold courts.” After graduating, the next step for me is: Doing an internship with the International Bar Association in London. My biggest regret is: Not finding and going after what I want to do after sooner. What got me through Law School was: Thinking how Harvey Spekter would look at me if I stopped.

“U know I love u girl/Like my law world/I can see you on the high court bench/ Your judgments, creating a stench/You know it’s 5 years on/ And we’ve still got our bond/ You got that sex appeal/ That all the complainants are trying to appeal!” - Sammiez CJ

P R A S H A A N T H KU M A R R A J A N D R A N • L L B The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: The art of wearing flamingo socks. My favourite experience from Law School is: Sitting and listening to a lecturer who was not simply there because he/she had to be, but because he/she loved doing it.

When lecturers love doing what they do and are very well-versed in the relevant field, it truly is a privilege to learn from them. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Sit on the law lawns and think that I have nothing to do. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Gone on to become an academic in the field of Economics. I really wish: The people at campos would spell my abbreviated name - Prash - correctly more than 5 times in total especially considering that I’ve been here for 5 years, mate. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Friends who have shown me that hard work always pays off. Also, a good work ethic always builds character as much as it also increases your proficiency in the law. Lecturers who are extremely intelligent yet very personable and humble. Being humble and approachable, they have shown me that every person, without distinction, is worthy of respect and dignity. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: Things are almost never, if not ever, what they seem. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: Nothing that I regret sacrificing. I would like to think I have not really sacrificed anything because I wanted to be where I am, I knew the things I had to give up in order to do so and I believe that anything worth having requires sacrifice. My favourite quote from Law School is: “We must best defend the worst of us so that when the time comes, the best defence is available to the best of us.” Professor Peter Gerangelos. After graduating, the next step for me is: Traineeship back in Singapore. My biggest regret is: Not pursuing law in the UK. What got me through Law School was: God, who is rather stubborn and never gives up on us all. My family, for being ever-present in all my endeavours. Friends, for showing me that there is more to life than the law. And who can forget Peter Gerangelos? The man’s an absolute legend.

“His reflexes are so quick he flung a cockroach at me.” - Melissa Yong

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M A X R I G BY • L L B The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Imagining the variety of horrific ways everything could go wrong in every situation and who could sue who when it does. Bizarrely specific personal injury through negligence is invariably involved. I really wish: The benches outside Taste didn’t have the seats so far apart - they definitely create a suboptimal proximity to conversation partners. I will probably be remembered for: Jokes (especially puns) that are in that uncomfortable middle zone where they’re not good enough to be genuinely amusing, but nor are they bad enough to be funny by virtue of their badness. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: Lifelong friends and friendly associates that I really respect and of which I am constantly in awe. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: No live animals and only one kidney. My favourite quote from Law School is: “I don’t fail students in this subject.

Students fail themselves.” After graduating, the next step for me is: Trying to learn how to code as a personal project; and then starting a graduate position at a consulting firm in 2017. My biggest regret is: Not having learned much by way of STEM-related subjects whilst at University.

STEPHANIE RIGG • LLB The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Starting sentences with ‘notwithstanding’. My favourite experience from Law School is: The feeling of pure, unbridled joy after finishing exams each semester! My favourite thing to do at Law School is: To savour a morning coffee in the sunshine. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Studied Psychology. I really wish: Evidence hadn’t been part of the core curriculum.

The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: The knowledge that it always seems impossible until it’s done. After graduating, the next step for me is: A graduate position with Corrs. My biggest regret is: Not knowing what a subpoena was prior to being instructed to draft one in the CCP exam. What got me through Law School was: My dear friend and partner in crime, Isabel Hewitt. And red wine.

H O L LY R O B S O N • J D My favourite experience from Law School is: Listening to stories told by Ross Anderson and Cameron Stewart. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Been a spy. I really wish: We had tutorials. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: Taste chocolate croissants... they can turn a P into an HD. My favourite quote from Law School is: “lex loci delicti.” After graduating, the next step for me is: Globetrotting/ soul-searching/career/retirement. What got me through Law School was:The lengthy uni holidays.

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CLINTON ROBERTS • JD The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: I have avoided the temptation to drink coffee when energy levels are low. Instead I drink chamomile tea every hour or so.

Tea is good for the synapses. The Tenth Doctor would concur. My favourite experience from Law School is:Meeting some truly brilliant minds who share the same passion for the law [and the dancing - I can’t omit that]. William Shatner spoke with me in first year and was a significant inspiration. It’s one thing to watch his performance in ‘Boston Legal’, quite another to laugh with him in person. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Engaging in rigorous arguments with peers. Each academic discussion involves nuances of the law, passion and laughter. Being able to combine humour with serious legal issues is something I cherish. I also like winning. Sometimes knocking people’s socks off or driving them up the wall can build great friendships. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have:Been lost in history. Indiana Jones would not stop searching for historical artefacts. I wouldn’t stop searching for the next Da Vinci Code novel. The truth, is out there.I really wish:I had more time for dancing. Why doesn’t anyone dance anymore? Seriously. I will probably be remembered for:Leading the first inter-faculty tug-of-war challenge on behalf of Law against Arts. We lost. Never forget. I may also be remembered for my unusual punchlines I guess.During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from:Gossip.

Definitely that. You’d be surprised what you overhear in the corridors after seminars.The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is:A degree. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: Sleep. Dancing. Sleep. Sanity. Sleep. Time with friends. Sleep. Premiere screenings of films. Sleep. All that sport I used to participate in.

Sleep. Reading a book for pleasure. Sleep. My favourite quote from Law School is:Derek Minus- “(David) Hammerschlag’s cross-examinations were referred to as ‘Hammertime’”.

After graduating, the next step for me is:Sleep. Well... that in addition to Pokemon hunting. Travel. Hopefully a paid job.My biggest regret is: Not taking up all those offers for coffee. What got me through Law School was: Knowing a USYD law degree will open doors of possibility.

OLIVIA RONAN • LLB If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Had no proper outlet for my outright argumentativeness. This would almost certainly have resulted in a string of unfulfilling relationships in which every pointless argument would feature a woefully unstructured and unsubstantiated line of ‘reasoning’ from me. I would then end up alone, perhaps with a cat. (I would have become a music teacher.) I really wish: that I had known what a moot was sooner than roughly six months ago. I will probably be remembered for: my semiapocalyptic meltdown after Taste stopped featuring olive toast on the breakfast menu (RIP). The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: the lifelong friendships that I’ve found with people I have been able to laugh, stress and borderlinebut-not-quite-collude with. My favourite quote from Law School is: from the CCP textbook, which went to great lengths to demonstrate ‘the versatility of the use of the word “fuck”’. After graduating, the next step for me is: my quarter-life crisis. I would also like to get another dog as a sibling for my pug. My biggest regret is: not leading a petition and/or coup demanding the reinstatement of olive toast at Taste.

“Liv is one of those inimitable Law School legends, who you one day hope to be, but are broadly just grateful to know. Despite her successes, which include founding the famed USYD Quidditch Society, working as Vice President of the USU, advocating for the LGBTI community with SHADES, and managing every university campaign and event under the Sun, she has seamlessly maintained the humble, self-deprecating humour that made her so well-loved across the cohort from day one.” - Nicola Borton

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PHOEBE SAINTIL AN • LLB The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Being able to perfectly time my coffee order on the ‘Hey You’ app with the 10 minute break in lectures, and memorising the AGLC. My favourite experience from Law School is: All the amazing events like law ball, law camp and the revues! My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Getting to the law library early and securing one of the highly sought after desks in the two hour reserve section #nerdthings I really wish: Peter Gerangelos took more undergraduate units! I will probably be remembered for: Being caught taking a photo of proceedings by Court officers in the Supreme Court while watching a hearing as part of the Criminal & Civil Procedure unit - was threatened with prosecution and a very considerable fine. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: Now knowing not to Instagram the Supreme Court... During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: A lot of money thanks to very expensive textbooks and an intense coffee addiction. After graduating, the next step for me is: Moving to NYC in December, then coming back for my graduate program in 2018! My biggest regret is: Talking about the latest Bachelorette episode in an Equity class in the Supreme Court and not knowing the microphones were on... Justice Leeming proceeded to mock me for the rest of the class!

VICTOR SALMAN • LLB My favourite experience from Law School is: Gerangelos’ Fed Con classes. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Tell people I go to law school. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Become a pilot. I really wish: Everyone knew the entry cut-off. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: My six-pack. What got me through Law School was: The Fisher coffee cart... (am I allowed to say that?)

ANTHONY JAMES SANGSTER ROBLES • LLB The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Always asking for the source of the information. My favourite experience from Law School is: CCP tutorials with Nicholas Simpson. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: The free casual drinks on Taste. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Do something boring like engineering, kidding. I don’t think is boring. I really wish: They weren’t so strict with words on the assignments. I will probably be remembered for: My original South American way of arguing a point. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: My teachers. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: My girlfriend. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: Video games. My favourite quote from Law School is: “Is that (a rottweiler) a dog?” - during a CCP class from one very confused friend. After graduating, the next step for me is: Go back home. My biggest regret is: Have attended PASS sessions. What got me through Law School was: Coffee.

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G E N E VA S E KU L A • L L B The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Spending hours formatting my notes rather than actually learning them. My favourite experience from Law School is: Getting to go on exchange in my final year. I met the most incredible people, ate some really delicious foods, and learnt a lot about law in different legal systems. It was truly unforgettable. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Go to the library with every intention of being productive and instead spend my time sitting on Facebook. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Become a teacher. I really wish: I had a dollar for each time I promised myself that THIS WEEK I would finish all the readings. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: I think it’s hard to narrow it down to just one thing. I’ve learnt how to think differently and approach problems from alternative perspectives, but I’ve also learnt how to manage my time and stress levels (well, sort of ).

Law School really teaches perseverance, endurance, resilience and how to make the most out of your free time, so I think I’ve gotten a lot of important things out of Law School.

During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: My summer body. My favourite quote from Law School is: Any life advice given by Peter Gerangelos. After graduating, the next step for me is: Starting work in a commercial firm and missing university holidays.

My biggest regret is: Just writing ??? when I didn’t hear or understand what my tutor said in class, or writing any variation of ‘READ ME’ ‘CHECK THIS’ ‘You should have listened’ etc in my notes. What got me through Law School was: The amazing people who were here with me at Law School, the tutors and professors who were passionate about their subjects and made me passionate about their subjects, chai lattes from Taste, Cleaver J, the sense of solidarity we shared around exam time, the launch of Netflix in Australia, and my friends.

M A R Y S H A R I AT • J D The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: ... sandwiches. My favourite experience from Law School is: Cambridge. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: ciggies! If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Medicine. I will probably be remembered for: Losing my passport. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Helen Irving. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: debt. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: Strawberry Fields. My favourite quote from Law School is: “I’m not going to class” After graduating, the next step for me is: Party house. My biggest regret is: Ever thinking I’d go to a 9am class. What got me through Law School was: Anja.

“Maaate! What’s doing?”

SARAH SHIN • LLB If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Studied Clinical Psychology and picked people’s brains in a different way. I will probably be remembered for: Charging down Eastern Avenue like a rabid bull at 8:59am. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Overwhelmingly, my peers. Also Gail Mason, Peter Gerangelos, and Fady Aoun’s classes. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: The ability to distinguish “judgment” from “judgement”. My favourite quote from Law School is: “Why does anyone take winter school?” - Mr Fady Aoun, while teaching a winter school unit, 2016. After graduating, the next step for me is: College of Law and introspection. What got me through Law School was: The support and company of good friends, a growing interest in social justice, and a sense of humour.

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ERIC SHI • LLB The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Always suggesting estoppel as a solution to life’s problems. My favourite experience from Law School is: Mooting with fiercely intelligent and incredibly talented people. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Come to equity with clean hands. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Completed a PhD in humour studies or some other equally laughable pursuit. I really wish: I had a better answer to this question. I will probably be remembered for: The few seconds it takes for you to skim the rest of these answers before moving onto the next profile.

During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: My friends. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: Kerning. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: Countless yellow highlighters. My favourite quote from Law School is: “I know that I shall not be alone in regretting the length of my judgment on these points...” - Tito v Waddell (No 2) [1977] Ch 106, 310 (Megarry VC). After graduating, the next step for me is: Highly dependent on what happens tomorrow My biggest regret is: Not going on exchange. What got me through Law School was: The relentless passage of time.

“Eric (aka the Kable guy), thank you for talking me into insanely brilliant equity moots, for all the lawesome banter but most importantly for being the best buddy and putting up with me (and my errant commas)!” - Elizabeth Pearson “Wicked smart, very funny and perpetually involved in everything the university has to offer, Eric is one of those people able to enrich everyone else’s time at Law School” - Nathan Hauser

ISABELL A SKINNER • LLB The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: The unfortunate habit of using legal expressions and language in everyday conversation. My favourite experience from Law School is: Witnessing Peter Gerangelos’ passion for the law and teaching. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Learnt a few languages. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: There are always two sides to every story.

During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: Reading non-law books and too much time searching for a seat in the Law Library. After graduating, the next step for me is: To enjoy Sydney’s summer and travel before starting a graduate position. What got me through Law School was: Great baristas and remembering there is life beyond law school.

E D WA R D S L AT T E R Y • L L B My favourite experience from Law School is: watching Nick Hay’s salacious display on the dance floor at Law Ball 2015. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: laugh at Louis Penna’s ever unsuccessful attempts to pick up girls in class. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: been a better bloke. I will probably be remembered for: wearing tight clothes and boat shoes to uni. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: not following Louis Penna’s advice and example. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: how to use the word “notwithstanding” in a sentence. My favourite quote from Law School is: “When you are staring into the abyss, you find your character.” - Peter Gerangelos. After graduating, the next step for me is: to rest on my laurels. My biggest regret is: buying so many taste baguettes. What got me through Law School was: the 10 minute break during class.

“Slats always came to equity with clean hands. Pity he couldn’t find a clean shirt.”

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TIMOTHY SMART T • JD My favourite experience from Law School is: So many moments: Liz Pearson, counsel for the plaintiff, complaining of her client’s broken clavicles; Henry Cooper, telling an ambitious judge that her surprise party analogy was not relevant to public international law; Winnie Liu, ending the mooting journeys of many national and international teams; Rachel Krust, unrepentantly asking questions of judges; Sarah Bradbury, making a mooting man out of me; James Argent, making cat noises when my tone became too irritated; Lorraine Walsh, an inexorable obstacle to anyone taking themselves too seriously; and Sam Murray, dominating at trivia and constitutional amendment scheming. I will also always remember solemnly traipsing through Brisbane Botanical Gardens for highstakes (mooting) litigation; answering a moot judge asking for my initial with the answer, “Mister”; the agony of suppressing laughter throughout my own and my teammates’ speeches; serving as ICAC Commissioner of SULS (I was really busy!); and of course, the amazing people I met throughout my time here. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Become a personal trainer. I really wish: SULS had a judicial branch. It’s an unchecked executive government! During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: Nothing.

I really have enjoyed every moment! My favourite quote from Law School is: “This competition is called IMLAM, not TIMLAM” - Winnie Liu. “Thank you for being there during the best of times, the worst of times, and some times the very, very worst of times. I could not have made it through law school without your laughter. Never change. But do let me proof all your outgoing correspondence. This is for your own good.” – Winnie Liu “Tim is an independent thinker. I know that because I once told him that reaching a consensus with him on a written outline of argument was the most difficult experience of my academic life.

But as I said at the time, these things are sent to try us, and the best thing that I can say about Tim is that he makes those around him better. He apparently has no greater pleasure in life than that of helping others realise their potential. Dialogues with him are always fun and mischievous: received thinking is placed under the microscope, examined, and mercilessly ridiculed if deserving. His narrative gifts ensure that his company is much sought after. His innate aptitude for disarmingly friendly, penetrating cross-examination will serve him well; his friends, who are often forced into damaging admissions, will be relieved to see it receive a professional outlet.” – Henry Cooper

BRADLEY SMITH • LLB The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Writing with blue Uni-Ball Eye Rollerball pens. My favourite experience from Law School is: Being taught by Emmett JA that if you are a soldier and have transfixed someone’s slave with a javelin, liability turns on whether it was in the forum or on the training ground. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: A love of hard copy law reports. My favourite quote from Law School is: Thus, it could not, as a matter of ordinary language, be said that the fact that a person had a head was a “cause” of his being decapitated by a negligently wielded sword notwithstanding that possession of a head is an essential precondition of decapitation.’ - March v E & MH Stramare Pty Ltd (1991) 171 CLR 506, 523 (Deane J). After graduating, the next step for me is: Working for a judge and then commercial law. What got me through Law School was: Piccolo lattes and ham and cheese croissants.

“And so, at the end of the matter, we may see that there is but one maxim of rugby: league follows union.” - In the matter of the Rugbies (2035) 1 AC 45 at 76; [2035] UKPC 15 per Viscount Smith of Bexley-upon-Cook LCJ

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PHILLIP SOUTH • JD My favourite experience from Law School is: Taking overseas study units - ‘Sydney Law School in Europe’ is a good excuse for a holiday. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Moved out of my parents house. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Cameron Stewart. On equity, life and the best watering holes to meeting bikies.

During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: Sleep. My favourite quote from Law School is: “It could not, as a matter of ordinary language, be said that the fact that a person had a head was a “cause” of his being decapitated by a negligently wielded sword notwithstanding that possession of a head is an essential precondition of decapitation” (March v Stramare [1991] HCA). After graduating, the next step for me is: tackling the big issues. What got me through Law School was: Caffeine and co.

VA R S H A S R I N I VA S A N • J D My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Lunch on the lawns on a sunny day with the HHLTSP. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Been a public servant, or a travel writer.

During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Anne Twomey - legend!

The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: Oddly, a less cynical attitude - there are passionate and brilliant people who work in our field. My favourite quote from Law School is: Hayne J: “Perhaps ‘hammered’ is the more modern expression, Mr Jackson, or ‘well and truly hammered’.” What got me through Law School was: A healthy dose of perspective, doled out by those closest to me - we are an inordinately privileged bunch. Go forth and give.

JESSIE STREET • JD The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Studying for exams. My favourite experience from Law School is: A certain maestro serenading Tolhurst’s contracts class in exchange for an HD. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Never truly appreciated The Castle. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: It’s ok to wear your gym gear in public After graduating, the next step for me is: Travel travel travel.

S I LV I A S U • L L B The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Bringing highlighters and coloured pens to exams. My favourite experience from Law School is: Being around and learning from an incredibly talented and intelligent group of students. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Hanging out with friends on the law lawns. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Completed just a Commerce degree. I really wish: That I had a million more wishes. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Peter Gerangelos. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: To always read the terms and conditions. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: Sleep. After graduating, the next step for me is: Travelling before starting full time work.

What got me through Law School was: Family, friends and the knowledge that it will be worth it in the end.

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PENINA SU • LLB The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Binding my notes before open-book exams. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Tried to get into the APS. Still not ruling that one out. I really wish: That I found out about the Ralph’s iced coffee earlier than my 5th year of university. So delicious. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Jumping through bureaucratic hoops (FYI: It is possible to start Arts Hons before you finish your Arts degree). During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: Many, many hours of sleep. After graduating, the next step for me is: I wish.

My biggest regret is: Lying on the floor of the filthy Law School female bathrooms during my exuberant celebration after submitting my Arts Honours thesis. Those bathrooms are seriously disgusting. What got me through Law School was: The amazing glorious people that I have met (through SULS, Law Revue, around, the moot courts). What a crazy few years it has been.

“Having a person who just ‘gets’ you is an incredibly valuable thing, and that is what Penina has been for me.” - Meena Mariadassou “Penina was at the centre of my law school experience.” - Udit Pillay

T I M O T H Y S U L L I VA N • L L B The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Perfecting the exact time in each subject for when to press “order” on the Hey You app so the coffee is ready to collect at the start of the break. My favourite experience from Law School is: Revue.

My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Hang out with friends on the law lawns or Taste benches. I will probably be remembered for: Being involved in a successful Honi campaign in second year. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Legal Research I & II. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: Friendships to last a lifetime. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: Not being an annoying, stressed gimp to friends and family every exam period.

My favourite quote from Law School is: “As corporate lawyers, we directly facilitate the transactions that drive economic activity in our country and lead to economic growth. All boats rise.” After graduating, the next step for me is: Travelling Middle-East/Europe and hopefully interning in the US. What got me through Law School was: Sets of hand-medown notes from Law School Gods past - some that should legit have been included in the mandatory reading materials section of the UoS.

S A R A H S WA N • J D The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Calendar scheduling level: extreme. My favourite experience from Law School is: Law Revue. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Listening to Ross Anderson in the Quad. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Continued in journalism. I really wish: People were more willing to push back against the norm and not accept that “that’s just the way it is” because a lot of the time, it doesn’t have to be like that, we only have to fight for it. I will probably be remembered for: Active wear and annoying questions. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: David Rolph and his unforgettably hilarious problem questions. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: Learning perfection is not always necessary, or even desirable. My favourite quote from Law School is: “The exuberance of youth really can be overwhelming;” “Are we happy with that?” - Ross Anderson. What got me through Law School was: A unicorn-like pocket rocket and a robot.

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WA I P I N G P E N N Y S Z E • J D My favourite experience from Law School is: Working with a professor in the tax law research centre who said “your academic result is... ok, but not excellent” when he interviewed me. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Studied a MPhil and maybe a PhD in Taxation in business school. I will probably be remembered for: Being “the quiet one in black”. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Butterworths Questions and Answers. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: Resilience...thanks to all the rejection letters! During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: Dignity and $5,000-$5,500 per unit of study. My favourite quote from Law School is: “There should be word limits for judges.” My biggest regret is: My biggest regret could be not paying attention in criminal law class (see the quote below from Darren Lawless) What got me through Law School was: Luck; and my ability to pretend that I understand.

“Winner of the award for most likely to be a criminal mastermind.” - Darren Lawless

A L E X TA P P • J D My favourite experience from Law School is: The Shanghai Winter School. I can now name every good rooftop bar in the greater Shanghai metro area. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Spent my days endlessly trawling Wikipedia so I could finally get a shot at winning trivia at The Rose. I really wish: The Corporations Act was longer. I will probably be remembered for: Pastelwear (it’s the new activewear) and bad puns (see below). During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Ross Anderson. If it’s not Torts, it’s not worth knowing. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: Never take an optional midsem. 100% exams are the most stress-free form of assessment. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: Being able to talk about non-law things at social events. I’m a real hit at parties. After graduating, the next step for me is: Doing my best Peter Pan impression of avoiding adulthood. That is until the Malleys HR team track me down in a remote Norwegian mountain cabin. My biggest regret is: That I still don’t know all the words to Nicki Minaj’s “Super Bass”. What got me through Law School was: The Lofi dancefloor.

ZACHARY THOMPSON • JD My favourite experience from Law School is: Impersonating Alan Jones in ‘House of Clerks’, the 2014 Law Revue. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Done a PhD in art history and had a red hot go at becoming the next Robert Hughes or Simon Schama.

During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Greg Tolhurst, Helen Irving, Yu Zhang and Jennifer Hill, to whom I owe a gargantuan debt of gratitude for the wisdom, knowledge, and passion for the law they have instilled in me. My favourite quote from Law School is: The late Hon R P “Roddy” Meagher AO QC’s description of his equity lecturer at this law school as a ‘constipated ostrich’. After graduating, the next step for me is: Travelling somewhere remote and exotic before starting as a graduate lawyer at Allens.

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DANA TIT TEMORE • JD My favourite experience from Law School is: Getting the chance to move across the world and meeting some pretty fantastic people. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: That’s a door better left unopened... I really wish: The beach was closer, this ‘library tan’ is a disgrace. I will probably be remembered for: Being ‘one of the Canadians’. My favourite quote from Law School is: “That’s future Dana’s problem.” After graduating, the next step for me is: “That’s future Dana’s problem.” What got me through Law School was: Caffeine (of course), vast amounts of takeaway, and the ability to eat my feelings.

JOHN TSAOUSIDIS • LLB My favourite experience from Law School is: Travelling to Europe for mooting! If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Gone into foreign policy. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Professor Peter Gerangelos. What got me through Law School was: My friends.

E R I C VA N W I N S S E N • J D The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Hating non-law students in the law library. My favourite experience from Law School is: Andrew Dyer’s impersonations. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Learn? If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Never seen the Big Bite. I really wish: Andrew Dyer taught every class. I will probably be remembered for: This question is a little presumptuous. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Tin. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: A law degree. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: Exposure to sunlight. My favourite quote from Law School is: Really anything said by Mike Butler. After graduating, the next step for me is: Continuing to avoid sunlight. My biggest regret is: Joining SULS. What got me through Law School was: Bonding with peers over a shared hatred of Taste coffee.

B O O J I VA N D E B E E K • J D The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Addiction to extra large coffee.

My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Stare down people talking in the Library. I really wish: I paid attention in Criminal and Civil Procedure. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Maddi Parker. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: A career.

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D E N I T S A VA S I L E VA • J D The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Circling ‘first’, ‘secondly’, ‘finally’ (and the likes) in everything I read. My favourite experience from Law School is: the Equity unit - loved it. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Lie on the lawns. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Studied international relations or journalism. Never too late... I really wish: there was a ‘no device’ policy in seminars. We missed out on some interesting debates while staring at these screens. I will probably be remembered for: sitting at the front row. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Observing how other people learn, think, behave. After graduating, the next step for me is: Corporate law. My biggest regret is: Learning from experience - I should have listened to all these law school survival tips... What got me through Law School was: the Mouse.

J O N N Y VA U X • L L B The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Only using the far cubicle in the downstairs bathroom. My favourite experience from Law School is: Fika with Johan on a Thursday at 3pm. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Been 16 and pregnant. I really wish: That Mark Sindone gave me good storage deals. I will probably be remembered for: Tagging Nick Hay in all the posts on the aw school Facebook page. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Prof. Samuel Quinn. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: Three cows and one goat. My favourite quote from Law School is: “It’s hard being a good looking law student” - Nina Khoury. “These pretzels are making me thirsty.” After graduating, the next step for me is: Most likely backwards. What got me through Law School was: Tori Grimshaw’s notes... Never even met her.

“JV is an inspiration, just like Harambe was.” - Louis Penna

T I F FA N Y J A D E V I L L A N U E VA • J D My favourite experience from Law School is: Studying offshore at Cambridge University would definitely be the highlight of my JD. Being informed by some of the most prominent media lawyers (and the Eurotrip that ensued afterwards) was a great way to cap off my last year! If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Probably looked further into forensic science. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: Make the most of the experience! You’ll come across so many different people from all walks of life, there’s so much to learn. Oh, and to actually stick to my study schedule. Being organised is everything. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: Mostly sleep and a balanced diet. What got me through Law School was: Extended procrastination in the level 3 tearoom. That’s usually the best opportunity to vent.

ISABELL A MARIE VINEY • LLB The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Reading the Daily Mail every morning for therapeutic purposes. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Become a midwife or historian, or both. I really wish: That some loved-ones that have passed could see me graduate. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: Reading for pleasure.

After graduating, the next step for me is: To rock a pant-suit.

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C H R I S T O P H E R WA L S H • L L B The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Using the legal knowledge and written advocacy skills I have gained from my studies to respond to ill-informed Facebook comments on news articles. My favourite experience from Law School is: The many hours spent preparing for, participating in, and organising moots. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Have lunch on the shaded part of the Law Lawns or loiter in the SULS office. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Become a high school history and Chinese teacher. I really wish: The Law School toilets were cleaned and maintained properly. I will probably be remembered for: Speaking my mind in robust terms. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Professor Peter Gerangelos, Professor Sheelagh McCracken, and Rayner Thwaites. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: Draft accurately, and anticipate the worst-case scenario. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: Sleep and exercise. My favourite quote from Law School is: “The common law of Australia knows no lettre de cachet or executive warrant pursuant to which either citizen or alien can be deprived of his freedom by mere administrative decision or action. Any officer of the Commonwealth Executive who, without judicial warrant, purports to authorize [sic] or enforce the detention in custody of another person is acting lawfully only to the extent that his conduct is justified by clear statutory mandate...It cannot be too strongly stressed that these basic matters are not the stuff of empty rhetoric. They are the very fabric of the freedom under the law which is the prima facie right of every citizen and alien in this land. They represent a bulwark against tyranny.”

- Re Bolton; Ex parte Beane (1987) 162 CLR 514, 528–9 (Deane J). After graduating, the next step for me is: Travelling to China over the break and then starting as a graduate at Allens in 2017. My biggest regret is: Wasting time on useless crap. What got me through Law School was: Student solidarity.

“Chris Walsh commented on this’ is always a preface to a fair point or a good observation.” – Roger Kong “When anyone else will just roll their eyes, Chris will listen, advise, indulge me in all my antics and patiently play along with every idea I come up with.” – Maxine Malaney

L O R R A I N E WA L S H • J D My favourite experience from Law School is: The privilege of being on the 2016 SULS executive. Also, being surrounded by clever, driven and hilarious people, particularly TS, HC, WL. I will probably be remembered for: An irrational fear of birds. Especially ones inside the law school, outside Taste, on the law lawns, at Manning. They are everywhere.

My favourite quote from Law School is: ‘Well, that’s just RUBBISH’ - Professor Anne Twomey when reflecting on perplexing HCA judgments. The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Using the word ‘scaffold’ in everyday vernacular. During my time at Law School, I have learnt most from: The Good Wife. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: The value of strong dissent!

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Z H O N GY I ‘ B A R R Y ’ WA N G • L L B The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Every time someone asks me ‘What company do you work for?’, I feel the urge to say ‘I don’t work for a company; I work for a partnership’. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Become a French teacher or a professional clarinet player. I will probably be remembered for: Being a bit shy and nerdy. My favourite quote from Law School is: ‘The greatest tragedy I think would be for you… to remain so focused on that single goal of academic and career “success”… that you die of a heart attack at your desk at the age of 42…’ (Melissa Chen, University Medallist, speaking at the 2016 Law School Prizegiving Ceremony). After graduating, the next step for me is: I am currently completing my final semester in Singapore. I am planning to work at Herbert Smith Freehills’ Singapore office for a few months at the end of the semester and to return to Sydney to start as a grad in March 2017. My biggest regret is: Not having gone on first year law camp. I will also regret not having attended a law ball or a law revue. What got me through Law School was: A belief that anything is achievable with hard work.

M AT T H E W W E E T M A N • J D The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Working legal terms into everyday conversations. My favourite experience from Law School is: Exams (preferably closed book). My favourite thing to do at Law School is: To leave my books on multiple tables in the library, only to disappear for anywhere between one and eight hours before returning, packing up, and going home. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Pursued my dream of becoming a banker. I really wish: That after reading ‘Mary Had a Little Law’ as a six year old, I had quickly shut that book, and moved back to my other favourite at the time, ‘Hello Ruby: Adventures In Coding’. Unfortunately this was not the case. I also wish that I hadn’t turned my back on my dream of being the next Dennis Denuto, instead choosing to become just another corporate sell-out. I will probably be remembered for: [Insert answer]. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Uni Study Guides. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: An in-depth knowledge of choice of law in tort considerations, specifically in regards to “the ghost of Phillips v Eyre”. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: My faith in humanity. My favourite quote from Law School is: Eat.Pray.Law. After graduating, the next step for me is: Big Deals. What got me through Law School was: Semi-lethal quantities of caffeine.

STEPHANIE WHITE • LLB The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Stretching out my degree consistently so I won’t actually graduate with this cohort. The trick is a double science major and an honours year. My favourite experience from Law School is: Law Revue.

Hands down the best part of Law Schools. Crew managing revue for two years was amazing. There’s nothing better than hours spent in the SULS office while it fills with hot glue fumes and you mass produce sequined ties. That sounds sarcastic but it’s not. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Other people’s notes. What got me through Law School was: Diet Coke. Also Lindt 70% chocolate, but mainly diet coke.

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D O M I N I C W I L C OX • L L B The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: How to look at a ridiculous amount of info and ask--what is actually going to be assessable? My favourite experience from Law School is: The 100% closed-book Corporations Law exam. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Walk around the lawbry looking passive-aggressively at non-law students. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Hated law students. I really wish: There were more grad jobs in the social justice legal sector. I will probably be remembered for: Being the only one to laugh at a lecturers’ jokes because I feel sorry for them. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Mary Crock. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: The ability to pretend I know what I’m talking about. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: My aversion to bland baguettes. My favourite quote from Law School is: “Stuff happens.” After graduating, the next step for me is: To find out whether 6 years of complaining about the legal job market was justified. My biggest regret is: Not really getting involved with the SULS/ social side of law school. What got me through Law School was: Caffeine and my abiding love for Peter Gerangelos.

ALEXA WILLIAMS • LLB The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: The ability to convince myself that Thai La-Ong is a nutritious establishment. My favourite experience from Law School is: When someone ambitiously declared at first-year law camp that they did not have enough condoms (one packet perils). I will probably be remembered for: Writing essays with a glass of vino in hand. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Google. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: My eyesight. My favourite quote from Law School is: “But what did Kirby say?” What got me through Law School was: Bronte Lambourne’s notes.

HOPE WILLIAMS • LLB The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: The ability to convince Deliveroo drivers that “the back of Sydney Law School” is a legitimate delivery address.

My favourite experience from Law School is: Law Revue. Nothing says second family like dance face, jazz hands and selling tickets to strangers on Eastern Avenue. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Performed in Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, and run a bespoke ocelot petting zoo on the side. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: David Rolph’s wisdom: (1) defamation is an under-appreciated cause of action; (2) leggings are not pants. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: About $8000 in ANZ ATM fees. My favourite quote from Law School is: “How can I seem like a better person without actually improving myself ?” - Luca Moretti. After graduating, the next step for me is: join the circus, or head to London. What got me through Law School was: The people who saved me from law school Hunger Games - studying on the floor, hysterically laughing, with snickers pods. I love you all lots.

“After eliminating all other possibilities, the only conclusion I can come to is that Hope Williams has discovered how to stop time. How else can you explain her ability to top subjects, produce Law Revue, mentor PASS, lead SULS, organise my life, her own and still fit in The OC’s famously long 27-episode first season before bed. Hope has refused to share her secret with anyone. She is incredibly selfish.” - Brendon Francis

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PHOEBE WINCH • LLB My favourite experience from Law School is: Vis Moot. It was an incredible experience with such a great team. I also had the benefit of learning about Will’s “string of successes”, Nicky’s somewhat ferocious mooting skills (even when in the Peace Palace) and Sarah’s impeccable suitcase packing technique, involving numerous plastic bags. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Prof. Gerangelos. If you don’t come away from his class with a few life lessons learnt, I don’t know when you will. My favourite quote from Law School is: “Please note that if you use the expression “gonna” in an exam script, you are likely to lose marks for poor expression and the inability to spell.” anonymous lecturer answering queries from students on Blackboard. My biggest regret is: Signing up to the Torts Novice Moot as a keen first year. I hadn’t studied Torts, let alone heard of Donoghue v Stevenson.

C I N DY W O N G • J D The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: In the know about the latest flavours of TimTams during exam season. My favourite experience from Law School is: the amazing Law Info Desk. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Thinking about lunch. I really wish: I didn’t come here. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: My friends. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: Think twice. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: More than I imagined. After graduating, the next step for me is: Finding a a career I am passionate about. My biggest regret is: Not doing more things that are non-law related. What got me through Law School was: My friends.

FIONA WONG • LLB My favourite experience from Law School is: Being a first-hand witness to one of Irene Baghoomian’s infamous rants. I really wish: That I had found the bathrooms on the bottom floor sooner. I will probably be remembered for: My voice booming throughout the law building. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Cramming during Stuvac. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: Bronte Lambourne’s public international law notes. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: One too many Friday nights. Being a lawyer had better be awesome. My favourite quote from Law School is: Whatever David Rolph has said. After graduating, the next step for me is: Step Up 6. What got me through Law School was: Mileybaked!

ADA WU • LLB My favourite experience from Law School is: First year law camp. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Eat pork belly baguettes from Taste Cafe. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Never been handed a problem question assignment involving “dick pics” (Media Law: Defamation and Privacy). During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Row Chowdhury and the notes of people I have never met before. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: Countless sleepless nights cramming for exams and assignments. What got me through Law School was: Coffee, Berocca and friends.

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WENSHAN WU • JD My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Watching Law Revue. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: Time management. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: A lot of sleep and days outside in the sun, especially when jacaranda blooms… My favourite quote from Law School is: “It is law, it meant to be hard, especially in Real Property” - Professor Cameron Stewart, explaining the problem questions on IPCL, and “Do not be a trustee and don’t buy gift cards” - Associate Professor Jamie Glister, illustrating duties of trustees on Equity. After graduating, the next step for me is: Being a law graduate and a bride! What got me through Law School was: Perseverance and support from my friends and family

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REBECCA XU • LLB The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: An insane caffeine immunity.

My favourite experience from Law School is: 9AMs with Professor Gerangelos. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Taste. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Backpacked around Europe. I really wish: I did more of my readings. I will probably be remembered for: My somewhat annoying high pitched voice. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: My overachieving friends. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: Learning that persistence really makes a difference. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: My sleep. After graduating, the next step for me is: Travelling before work begins for the next 40 years. What got me through Law School was: Coffee and the sense of collegiality amongst the cohort.

J I M M Y YA N G • L L B The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: An increased tendency to use phrases from an ancient language in everyday speech, and expecting people to understand.

If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Become an ancient historian. Or perhaps a conductor. I will probably be remembered for: Being the person who tries to answer questions due to feeling guilty after the lecturer has told off the class for not preparing.

The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: To always read terms and conditions. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: Thousands of hours of reading for enjoyment. After graduating, the next step for me is: Not to sell my soul to the corporate world and rediscover what life is.

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I M O G E N YAT E S • L L B My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Drinking my perfectly brewed medium roast single origin latte on the way to law school. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Lived out my days in Summer Bay as a Home and Away extra. I will probably be remembered for: The one time I studied in the law library in my pyjamas. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: The Sydney Morning Herald, 1 March 2015. ‘The Ibis. A native bird misunderstood.’ During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: A lot of vitamin D and a lot of UniBall 2.0 pens. My favourite quote from Law School is: “And then everything turned to porridge” - Wayne Courtney. “And then he posted the naked photos for the edification and delectation of his Facebook friends” - David Rolph, explaining the facts of Wilson v Ferguson. After graduating, the next step for me is: Straight to St Leonards for the College of Law. What got me through Law School was: My faithful Beagle, Abby, who proofread my assignments when I was unable to. Thank you, I love you.

G E N E V I E V E YO U N G • J D The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Not knowing what a truly relaxed, healthy life looks like. My favourite experience from Law School is: The noncompetitive nature of law students. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Judge people in the law library. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Been unemployable. I really wish: People talked more after each exam about either a) how amazingly they did; b) how you definitely got that question wrong; c) how they definitely, definitely, DEFINITELY FAILED. I will probably be remembered for: The Sass. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: The reasonable person in a similar situation.

This person does not exist. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: My girl gang, without which I wouldn’t have passed my subjects and would have had way less fun. They are my tribe. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: My eyesight, my money to parking fines and the entire Amazon Rainforest. Many trees were killed in the pursuit of a single paper validation from this University. My favourite quote from Law School is: “This part of the course is not examinable.” After graduating, the next step for me is: Absconding overseas. My student debt can’t find me there. My biggest regret is: Buying textbooks. What got me through Law School was: Wine.

DELLA YUAN • JD If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Been an filmmaker. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Corporations Act 2001 (Cth). The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: That there will be no excuse for accepting the status quo (see my favourite quote below). My favourite quote from Law School is: “Since the law is created by human activity, it could always have been created otherwise. Once this fact is appreciated, there will be no excuse for accepting the status quo.” Scott Shapiro, Legality, Harvard University Press, 2011, 389. After graduating, the next step for me is: To fight unemployment and poverty. What got me through Law School was: The fear of unemployment and poverty.

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REBECCA ZHANG • LLB The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Procrastinate by printing out my notes / lecture slides / anything else that can be printed. My favourite experience from Law School is: Being in collective awe of Peter Gerangelos and that standing ovation in that last lecture of Constitutional Law. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Complain about the sheer volume of readings, and then cutting my losses in STUVAC and not doing them at all. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Studied a straight Commerce degree. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Justice Mark Leeming - what a skill it is to be proficient in the law, casually dabble in pure mathematics, and to be a likeable human being. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: My health and other hobbies that didn’t revolve around procrastinating from doing my readings. After graduating, the next step for me is: Prrsuing a career in finance. What got me through Law School was: The amazing people you meet at Law School.

XIAOLI ZHANG • LLB My favourite experience from Law School is: Meeting people from different backgrounds and sharing my own experience with others. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Be interested in Media. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: The process of writing a research essay. After graduating, the next step for me is: Passing Chinese judicial exam and being a lawyer.

STELL A ZHAO • LLB The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: I now make sure to carefully read all the terms and conditions of anything before I sign it. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Slept more, stressed less, but probably not have had as much fun. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: The amazing life long friends I have made and survival techniques when it comes to learning the entire course just before exams. What got me through Law School was: Friends, family, chocolate, reading weeks and Google... not necessarily in that order.

YUFEI ZHONG • LLB The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Procrastinate till the very last second, then enjoy the thrill and the sense of accomplishment. My favourite experience from Law School is: The last-minute cramming with friends. I really wish: I could relive my uni time - minus the hard work of course. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: Never doubt your potential, you never know what you can do. My favourite quote from Law School is: “If it feels good, do it.” After graduating, the next step for me is: Figuring out what I really want in life. My biggest regret is: I didn’t learn to enjoy Law School more. What got me through Law School was: Coffee and great friends.

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ALICE ZHOU • LLB The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: … but we’re law students – we’re all completely and utterly normal. My favourite experience from Law School is: The ‘summer’ of 2014–15. Thank you, Jessup. Thank you, Judge Schwebel’s 538-page dissent.

My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Inadvertently train my phone to autocorrect ‘meet’ to ‘moot’. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Been less cynical, less paranoid, and less prone to using double negatives. What an awful existence that would have been. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: The words spoken by lecturers immediately before “but I digress”. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: Many conjunctions; the occasional preposition. My favourite quote from Law School is: “The third edition of the AGLC… deserves celebration”. No. After graduating, the next step for me is: To follow my dream… of redesigning AustLII. What got me through Law School was: Glorious friends and exceptional lecturers. Mooting you all has been a delight.

“At this point, everyone is aware of Alice’s superhuman academic achievements (for those who aren’t, google ‘Lawyers Weekly’ and ‘Alice Zhou’). You may even know Alice as a brilliant friend, or a classic over-analyser. But there is one aspect of Alice’s personality that she doesn’t get nearly enough credit for: her ceaseless commitment to reducing the stigma associated with wearing clothing backwards. Alice, we expect many great things from you, but we’re most looking forward to seeing your experimental approach to fashion blossom beyond the Moot Court, and into the Courtroom. If there’s one person capable of revolutionising judicial robing practices, it’s you.

Other things Alice will bring to the bench: her giant heart, her unshakeable commitment to justice, her razor-sharp legal mind and a sensible approach to the implied freedom of political communication.” - Meena Mariadassou & Maria Mellos “Alice has kept me sane for over ten years now. One day she will be Zhou CJ with a Scandinavian decorating business on the side, and I hope she continues to exclusively wear monochrome stripes.”

- Hope Williams

KEVIN JUN YE ZHOU • LLB The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Only being able to use fluorescent-yellow highlighters. Any other colour is simply unacceptable. My favourite experience from Law School is: Too difficult to choose. Loved every minute. Highlights include listening to Prof Gerangelos’ stories, law camp and the time I almost died after all-nightering an assignment (*cough* Scott Liu). If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Been kicked out of the house. During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Peter Gerangelos, Jamie Glister and David Rolph. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: An ability to think critically. To look at the world in a different lens and challenge the status quo. My favourite quote from Law School is: “The stream cannot rise above its source.” - Fullagar J, Australian Communist Party v Commonwealth (1951). What got me through Law School was: My family, my friends and the kindness of (most) lecturers.

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J U DY Z H U • L L B If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Saved a lot of money on a burgeoning coffee habit, overpriced baguettes and really overpriced textbooks. I will probably be remembered for: My complete inability to walk in a straight line or go a day without causing some sort of minor disaster or at least major embarrassment to myself - like the week where I managed to get stuck in one of LT101’s flippy seats not just once, but twice. Oops. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: A lot of beauty sleep. If only dark circles counted as a fashion statement. What got me through Law School was: Caffeine, an embarrassingly large amount of cheap takeout, and friends/family, of course.

SERENE ZHUANG • JD The quirkiest habit I have developed from Law School is: Queuing for Vietnamese rice paper rolls at 11am sharp before they get sold out at Taste. My favourite experience from Law School is: When I manage to fit the timetable of all my classes into two school days. My favourite thing to do at Law School is: Beating the physical queue at Taste by ordering coffee through Hey You. If I hadn’t studied law, I would have: Studied interior design. I really wish: to eat more. I will probably be remembered for: Eating too much.

During my time at Law School, I have learnt the most from: Lecturers who teach with true passion. The most important thing I have got out of my time at Law School is: Coming to terms with how hard it is to excel in any competitive industry. During my time at Law School I have sacrificed: Sleep. My favourite quote from Law School is: “No classes because of reading week”. After graduating, the next step for me is: To pursue my interest in coding. My biggest regret is: The last-minute attempts to become an expert on law subjects overnight before an exam. What got me through Law School was: Resilience.

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