Study finds law students suffer highest percentage growth of ageing
Student Contribution: Selena Zhang An independent study recently found that law students suffer the highest rate of growth in ageing....
DLSS
- Sep 28
Mystery Student Suddenly Attends Classes at the end of the Semester
Student Contribution: Megan Sanidad With exam season approaching in a few weeks, caffeine fuelled law students have been seen scrambling...
DLSS
- Sep 8
Law Student Blacklisted From Deakin Library After Being Found “In Hiding” After Hours
Student Contribution: Selena Zhang A Deakin law student, who had been reported missing by his family members for two days, was found last...
DLSS
- Sep 1
Caught Again: Law Student Heard Answering Every Question Ever with ‘It Depends’
Student Contribution: Megan Sanidad With clerkship application deadlines closely approaching, our correspondent has encountered...
DLSS
- Aug 24
Law Students Drop Out to Pursue Passion Project: TikTok
Student Contributor: Selena Zhang Social media platforms have come and go such as Myspace and Musical.ly, just to name a few. However,...
DLSS
- Aug 4
Law Students’ Obsession with Assigned Word Limits Uncovered
Student Contribution: Maggie Robinson What is the one thing law students are taught to never, ever disrespect? Our lecturers? Our...
DLSS
- Jul 26
Law Student Forgets Content from Previous Unit
Student Contribution: Megan Sanidad As second trimester creeps in, a study group is seen reconvening in class after the hectic, caffeine...
DLSS
- Jul 20
Constitutional Law: Not a Vibe
Student Contribution: Zoe Ellis Third-year law student Shivani Kaur was shocked to learn this week that knowing ‘the vibe’ of the...
DLSS
- Jul 14
Student Insight: An Afternoon at Officeworks
Student Contribution: Zoe Ellis With trimester starting, there’s one place you can guarantee you’ll find local law students. Officeworks....
DLSS
- Apr 28
Law Student To Add Assignment References “Later”
Student contribution: Zoe Ellis Third-year law-student Meera Nelson has committed to doing the references for her assignment “later.” Our...
DLSS
- Apr 21
5th Year Law Student Uncovers Well Kept Secret
Student contribution: Claire Taylor Our reporters spoke today with Daniel Derrick, a 5th year Law/Commerce student who recently caused a...
DLSS
- Mar 31
Law Student Admits to FaceTuning LinkedIn Photos
Student contribution: Patricia Clarke Damages Incurred has long been fascinated by the endless parade of flawless headshots gracing our...
DLSS
- Mar 24
First Year Law Student Skips ‘Just One Class’
Student contribution: Patricia Clarke Our Damages Incurred correspondent has today spoken to Ella Stevens, a first year Law/Commerce...
DLSS
- Mar 17
JD Student Adds to List of Cases to Read in Non-Existent Own Time
Student contribution: Jordan Dittloff A JD student shared their excitement with Damages Incurred at being advised to read an additional...
DLSS
- Sep 9, 2021
Old Friends Of Law Students Ask For Free Legal Advice
Student contribution: Jess Riordan Law students have universally voted 'no' to the expectation that they will give free legal advice and...
DLSS
- Sep 1, 2021
MLL391 Study Group Schedules First Meeting Several Days After The Exam
Student contribution: Patricia Clarke Damages Incurred has today interviewed three members of a local Civil Procedure study group, who...
DLSS
- Aug 26, 2021
Student With 9 Hours Of Screen Time Decides That Her Phone Is Broken
Student contribution: Sophie McIntyre A shocked fourth-year law/commerce student, Susie Andrews, finds that, again, her screen time has...
DLSS
- Aug 18, 2021
Burwood Campus Law Students Take Relationship To The Next Level By Syncing Google Calendars
Student contribution: Patricia Clarke Damages Incurred has today discovered that local Deakin fourth years, Dan and Kayla, have recently...
DLSS
- Aug 11, 2021
Breaking: Law Student Wears DLSS Merch To Indicate That He Studies Law
Student contribution: Antonia Seriatos (I swear, I'm not a corporate sellout) A local student has made the humble decision to wear DLSS...
DLSS
- Aug 4, 2021
Starry-eyed First Year gets the Morgan's Walk Experience
Student contribution: James Dance Robert Miller, a first-year law/international studies student, was ready for a fresh start. “I decided...
DLSS
- Jul 28, 2021
A Love Letter to M312
Student contribution: Sophie Lean #M312 I first caught your eye in Year 12 when deciding my future – it was love at first sight. I worked...
DLSS
- Jul 21, 2021
'Shock' as Deafening Silence Creeps into Breakout Room
Student contribution: James Dance Logging into her first live seminar for the trimester, third-year law/science student Olivia Jones was...
DLSS
- May 20, 2021
Law students who 'swore they would attend every class this trimester' did no such thing
Student contribution: Sophie Lean Recent studies on law student class participation found that those who 'swore they would attend every...
DLSS
- May 13, 2021
Final year law student forgot what campus looks like
Student contribution: Sophie Lean Sebastian Meyer, a final year law student at the Burwood campus, recently reported finding himself lost...
DLSS
- May 6, 2021
Law/criminology student forgot how annoying people are in real life
Student contribution: Sophie Lean Our field reporter recently interviewed Natalie Lacey, a third-year law/criminology student, on their...
DLSS
- Apr 29, 2021
Local Law Student Brought To Tears Over New LC Microwaves
Student contribution: Patricia Clarke A Damages Incurred correspondent found local Deakin law student, Melissa Waters, having a moment at...
DLSS
- Apr 22, 2021
Fourth Year Law Student Having Nightmares About ‘Commercial Acumen’
Student contribution: Patricia Clarke Within the hallowed halls of Deakin Law’s new LC building, it’s a much maligned term blown to...
DLSS
- Apr 14, 2021
Local law student comes to new law building to sit in awe (and do nothing else)
Student contribution: Antonia Seriatos A recent study shows that despite the addition of the brand new law school building (building LC)...
DLSS
- Apr 5, 2021
Study finds that first year law students are being given 'a lot of content to go through'.
Student contribution: Daniel Lai A recent study shows that the amount of work allocated to first year law students at Deakin University...
DLSS
- Oct 1, 2020
Week 11: Law students remain shocked that time moves linearly
Group chats among Deakin Law friendship circles are reportedly alight with commiserations that it is, in fact, week 11. “Omg how is it...
DLSS
- Sep 24, 2020
BREAKING: Law student still waiting for unit content to finally click
KIM KOELMEYER Penultimate year student Keith Paige is growing more anxious with each passing day. At week 10 of the trimester, Keith’s...
DLSS
- Sep 18, 2020
Final year student briefly forgets they still have exams left
It turns out, the light at the end of the tunnel can be blinding. Final year Commerce/Law student Victoria Clarke is now 9 weeks into her...
DLSS
- Sep 13, 2020
Four ways to make that one paragraph of that case make sense
KIM KOELMEYER Damages Incurred has been inundated with reports of students being dozens of paragraphs into a case, and getting...
DLSS
- Aug 28, 2020
BREAKING NEWS: The mid-sem break was not in fact a break
KIM KOELMEYER Deakin students return to university after their mid-semester break this week. But for local law student Perry Waters, it ...
DLSS
- Aug 13, 2020
Student Hurriedly Piles Rubble Behind Laptop Before Zoom Call To Avoid Exposing Her Unkempt Mess
Jack Enticott Brooke Tambry’s day was not off to a good start when she was abruptly yanked out of her slumber by the obnoxious blaring of...
DLSS
- Aug 7, 2020
Adorable:Naive Law Student Bookmarks Prescribed Readings In Genuine Belief She’ll Actually Read Them
It was a quiet Wednesday afternoon when Mia Johnson, a bright-eyed first-year law student, finally convinced herself to work through her...
DLSS
- Jul 31, 2020
“Exams Are Online Anyway” Says Student Who Will Definitely Fail
Jack Enticott As week three of the trimester comes to a close, most Deakin University students are working hard to stay up to date with...
DLSS
- Jul 24, 2020
This just in: 3rd Year Law Student still talking about his ATAR
Jack Enticott As law students settle back into their studies, many penultimate year students have their minds firmly set on clerkship...
DLSS
- Jul 15, 2020
Law student devastated upon discovery he is somehow already a week behind after forgetting to comple
Jack Enticott As law students return to their studies after a three-week hiatus, many vowed this trimester would be different. Along with...
DLSS
- May 27, 2020
I lived it: Someone joked that they were only up to week 4
KIM KOELMEYER Reports have come in that Deakin law student George Hunt has joked that, despite it being week eleven, he is “only up to...
DLSS
- May 21, 2020
First year uses legalise to win argument; is not invited back to game night.
Charlotte Livery (21) was expecting a quiet Friday game night with her friends on Zoom. “A glass of red wine, some bourgeoise cheese and...
DLSS
- May 13, 2020
Student’s Deakin Love Letters post receives more than one heart react...
IS THIS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST? JAMES DANCE It was a Wednesday night, pre-quarantine. Commerce/Law student Jeremy Matthers (20) had just...
DLSS
- May 6, 2020
Local law student shocked to find his lecturer doesn’t actually speak in 2x speed
JAMES DANCE Casey Smith (20), like most Deakin students, enjoys the convenience of CloudDeakin. Unexpected family crisis? No problem....
DLSS
- Apr 30, 2020
This just in: Law student realises they shouldn’t have left referencing until the end
JAMES DANCE It’s that time of the trimester again, when students from both sides of the creek are facing four assignments, all...
DLSS
- Apr 26, 2020
Four tips to ease your horror when you're up against the best final year team in the competition
KIM KOELMEYER As competition season heats up, we invite students from all year levels to compete. But sometimes, your competition...
DLSS
- Apr 15, 2020
Amazing: law student goes entire Zoom call without mentioning they study law
KIM KOELMEYER Local friendship group is shocked when Deakin Law/IR student Corinne Browne (20) makes it through their entire Zoom call...
DLSS
- Apr 9, 2020
“Can you hear me now?”
JAMES DANCE Third-year Deakin Law student Cameron Holdsworth (20) is no stranger to a cheeky Bb Collaborate seminar. Having maintained a...
DLSS
- Apr 1, 2020
SHOCKING: Fancy new home office did not lead to more work
KIM KOELMEYER Local law student Janine Cook (22) was surprised to find that despite setting up a very high-tech, ergonomic home office,...
DLSS
- Mar 25, 2020
Local law student promises she’ll stay up to date this year
KIM KOELMEYER Friends of Carol Huff are not surprised when she rocks up to the Deakin Library and promises she’s finally going to stay up...