en Y. We are the generation that doesn’t settle, who love to travel and are all about finding and pursuing our passion.Switching careers, starting a business, studying, and travelling the globe are what we value most and prioritise. We choose to spend our money living in the moment and accumulating experiences, rather than planning for the future. As a result, maintaining … [Read more...]
Gen Y Survival Guides: Insider Tricks To Thriving In Your Legal Role
o, you’ve landed your dream graduate job (or the twenty-fifth best option). At the very least you’ve managed to get a paid position, which is more than many recent law graduates can say.Congratulations!Welcome to full-time work - including all the joys of early starts, lunch meetings, CLE points, figuring out team dynamics, and triple-checking an email before you send … [Read more...]
Bucket Intell-O-gence: New Federal Legislation Crackdown On Revenge Porn
recent study conducted by the American Psychological Association, has revealed that approximately 10% of ex-partners threaten to post sexually explicit images of partners online.Following the increased frequency and severity of revenge porn attacks in Australia, intensifying community rhetoric concerning the inadequate state of criminal legislation to deal specifically with … [Read more...]
Career Lawgic: How To Write A Resume Like A Winner
o write a killer resume or curriculum vitae (CV), you have to master the same skills required to positively own the room at a party.You have to be friendly and affable.You have to be thoughtful and charismatic.You have to confidently circulate, oozing intelligence.And as difficult as it is to achieve this perfect balance, you also have to do it … [Read more...]
Travel Lawgic: Making The Most Of Duty Free Shopping While Overseas
f the thought of exploring the wondrous and remarkable world we in live doesn’t leave you clamouring to plan your next overseas adventure, for the shopaholics in us all, one of the added perks of travel is the prospect of tax-free shopping.I’m not just talking about the savings you can make through duty free shopping at the airport. You can also claim the tax component of … [Read more...]
Travel Tales: 7 Ways You Can Get Travel Insurance Wrong
Some of the most poignant examples of bad travel experiences can be found in the stories of young travellers who take unnecessary risks by either not understanding how their travel insurance policy covers them or by failing to purchase travel insurance altogether.Along with your passport, a good travel insurance policy is the one of the most essential things you need before … [Read more...]
Legal Tools For Entrepreneurs: Negotiating A Commercial Lease
Millennials are known as the entrepreneurial generation.While previous generations have prided themselves on maintaining job security, a stable income and working up to executive-level positions, unlike any generation before them, Millennials place a high value on independence.We are wary of working in stagnant jobs with little variety or flexibility. After, perhaps, … [Read more...]
What The Federal Budget 2015 Really Means
Have you ever entertained the idea of riding the entrepreneurial wave but have been unsure where to begin?With the high point of the 2015/16 Federal Budget wave breaking over small to medium sized enterprises, if you are a Gen Y entrepreneur, or small business owner, there has never been a better time to start paddling.The Federal Budget influences the … [Read more...]
Laws Of Conversation: How To Argue Like A Lawyer
Lawyers tend to get a bad wrap. From perceived profiteering from the misfortune of others to exorbitant fees and long delays in litigation, many young Australians would prefer a meaningful exchange with a sledgehammer and their face over a conversation with a legal professional. But while lawyers have long-endured all manner of jokes and … [Read more...]
Could Regina George Be Sued In Australia For Writing The ‘Burn Book’?
The ease of communication and relative anonymity afforded by the internet has left most of us quite complacent about the information we post and share.Ideas, opinions and impressions about colleagues, friends, politicians or public figures are all readily published online with little regard to the possible impact or consequences.But what you might not know is that by … [Read more...]