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Putting aside the general monotony of lockdown life (Melbourne / recently admitted here), I'm finding that more often than not any standard deviation from the monotony of work life tends to be into the negative. My team are ok. My work is ok (commercial lit). I don't get much pleasure out of any positive steps or outcomes with my matters, it's more just relief that they're dealt with before moving to the next item on the constantly overflowing to-do pile. In the case of minor mistakes or setbacks, which I understand are normal, I find myself having zero motivation or energy to properly care about them, instead my reflexive reaction is to spend the next 15 minutes mindlessly scrolling on lin

As far as I can tell the chair isn't to blame, but after 10-12 hours of bashing away at the desk and only getting up to go the the kitchen/copier/bathroom I'm starting to resemble quasimodo.

inb4 use a clerk as a footrest

So recently during a game with a mate, a point of contention arose between us. Picture a scenario where one player is in the lead, and has only the black ball left to pot to end the frame. Say he pots the black, but then the cue ball also rolls into a pocket. Is this a foul? Does he lose the frame as a result? My mate insisted that it was a foul and loss of frame but I'm not so sure.

Cheers folks

Howdy again, incompetent 3rd year law student here back with more eye-roll worthy questions. I've recently managed to - by what I can only assume was a hilarious mistake - land a position as a paralegal / doing work experience at a small local firm. It deals with commercial, regulatory, family and import & export law.

I have dabbled with a CLC before and briefly shadowed a barrister (read: capitalised on a couple months worth of free lunches) in my first year. Unfortunately, that's about as far as my experience goes. This will be my first time in an actual office doing actual... things.

I'm at a bit of a loss, hopefully understandably, in that I'm not entirely sure what to expect. A

(((cold feet alert)))

I'm in my third year of law school and starting my expedition into the legal job market. My brother (solicitor), has recently been somewhat critical of the work/industry and it seems, now that I ask around, that his concerns are shared by many.

To echo the sentiment with some brevity;

• Taxing on mental and emotional health
• Meagre pay for the first couple of years
• Difficult work with comparatively little personal reward or satisfaction
• Low ceilings unless you constantly firm-hop to get better a position

He's recently entertained the idea of putting his business degree to use and moving away from law into advertising or something of the sort. Quite the chang

Terribly sorry but I'm going to need a little help with the punchline.

I'm currently in my third year of law school, have a little bit of experience doing some odd work at a CLC, and was lucky enough to shadow a barrister for a few months in my first year. Unfortunately, my grades aren't stellar, but I like to think I'm relatively quick on my feet and a fast learner.

In lieu of landing an ever-elusive clerkship at a mid/top-tier firm, I've been urged to go door-knocking at some local boutique firms to see if they might require an extra (unpaid, obviously) set of hands. Whilst this sounds great in theory, I'm not really sure how to actually go about it.

Is it as simple as walking up to t

Hi all,

recently purchased a 13" 2015 MacBook Air for uni, and have not touched my desktop since (lol). Given that it is now pretty much obsolete, I was going to sell it and just use the Air as my primary machine until some months down the track when I plan on getting an iMac. Anyway, the question I have is; How can I get my Air to output to a 2560x1440 monitor?

I want to buy this QHD Monitor that has a resolution of 2560x1440, however I have no clue how I would be able to connect it to my macbook and what cables/adapters to use in order to get the maximum resolution; because my un