Hilarian Edition 2, 2013

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THE GREAT HILARIAN

THE ADELAIDE UNIVERSITY LAW STUDENTS’ SOCIETY

PENGUINMAGAZINES



Editors: Patrick McCaffrie, Will Maitland and Ally Lontos

Contributors: Themis Scanlon, Ben Cosentino, Matilda Conlon, Nadia Baldassi-Winderlich, Hiranya Ekanayake, The AULSS

Publisher: Print Solutions

This publication does not represent the views of the University of Adelaide Law School. This publication is not endorsed by the University of Adelaide Law School or the University of Adelaide generally. This is a satirical publication and it is the sole production of the Adelaide University Law

Students’ Society.

Contents

4. From The ediTors

6. WhaT’s on

7. on This day

8. hilarian aunT

9. CaFFeine Fix

10. aulss

14. Fair Trade

16. Clerk iT ouT

18. exChange aT Close range

20. keeping FiT aT universiTy

22. hoW To: noT annoy your ClassmaTes

24. prinCiples vs pizza

26. overseas aid and The Bigger piCTure

28. 5 Things To do iF you donT WanT To Be a laWyer


Ooh, you rebel. We like you.

Now that we’ve got your attention… this is important…

When Will (in all his graphic design editor1 genius) randomly threw together a Penguin Books style cover for the front of this edition, it occurred to me that the Hilarian actually has a crazy amount in common with the Penguins Classic collection.2 Internationally famous, excitedly well-priced, extremely well written, greatly received and absolutely classic. Okay… so maybe it has nothing at all to do with the Penguin Classics collection.

However, hopefully we captured your attention and encouraged you to pick up this magazine, because it’s about time to give it some law-school-loving. The Hilarian has been neglected alone in the law school library (could there possibly be a worse fate?) for too many years now. It deserves your loyalty. Sure, your textbooks might help get you pass your subjects but this magazine has never tricked you into reading two hundred pages of English Common Law only to later explain that it no longer has any application. That is like psychological torture.

I know for a fact that Ligertwood proudly (albeit secretly) houses some incredibly talented writers, photographers and artists. We have a huge amount of students who represent, and stand for, amazing things in our community. As future lawyers, we can argue and loudly express opinions better than most. So why isn’t that being shared, or reflected, in our own student publication?3 Plus… in a recent poll, ninety percent of lawyers interviewed in Adelaide’s top firms stated that they would be more inclined to hire students who had “contributory writer to the AULSS student publication” on their CV’s.4

It’s time we stood together to support our student publication. To stand up and say “we’re too arrogant to let Flinders and SA Law Schools be better than us at something!” To let it reflect our law school culture and not be confined to ideals of Hilarity (even though bad jokes and puns will forever be the aim). To like the damn Facebook page.

This is why this issue, like the others to come this year, is a bit different from those in the past. It includes law students talking about things that matter. Like law ball and coffee! It asks why we toss up between pizza and protest, fair trade and non-fair trade pubcrawl t-shirts and between federal deficits and global empathy deficits. Your caring Hilarian Aunt makes her first appearance and most of our favourite regular features are back.

Maybe, together, we COULD make this magazine internationally famous, excitedly well-priced, extremely well written, greatly received and absolutely classic.

Or maybe we could narrow our dreams to something a bit more realistic… like having just one student take this copy home and read it. The power is in your hands.

Yours sincerely, in the pursuit of love, laughter and light-law-readings,

Ally, Will and Pat

issuu.com/thehilarian [email protected] facebook page: Hilarian

1 Who, lucky for you, has chosen not to include photos of me in a top hat in this edition.2 Except our cover is at least twice the size of theirs, so take that, Sir Allen Lane.3 Which costs a lot more money to make than I ever realised, may I add.4 Writing for this magazine means that you are allowed to shamelessly make up statistics to persuade readers (and only 74% of things in life are more enjoyable than doing that).



So exams are coming up…I know, we’re sorry for reminding you.We just wanted to give you a piece of paper that, unlike your law notes, will provide you with the comfort that you need. Particularly when you’re up at 2am, in your law school jumper, devouring a block of chocolate and your fifth red bull, trying not to cry or apply to become a professional escort.

You go to Adelaide Law School… so no

matter what happens in that creepy cold exam room… you will always be inevitably better than

everyone else.(and have a higher likelihood of becoming a professional escort, if you choose to go down that path).

So hang in there, tiger!

You make sleep deprivation and food binging look sexy.


WHAT’S

ON

Adelaide:

Nights on North Terrace-Entertainment-Til Jun

Oi You Urban Art Festival –Art– Til Jun 2nd

Adelaide Night Market – Shopping – May 26th, Jun 9th, Jun 23rd

Moonta Market –Shopping – May 25th , Jun 8th, Jun 22nd

Pub Scrabble – Social – June 01-29th

Jesus Christ Superstar – Theatre - Jun 4th

Shane Warne the Musical- Theatre - Jun 05-09th

Adelaide Cabaret Festival: Variety Gala Performance – Music - Jun 06-07th

Kate Miller Heidke- Music - Jun 14th

Anh Do-Comedy - Jun 21st

Adam Hills – Comedy - Jun 29th

Adelaide Uni:

Negotiations grand final – May 28th

Client Interviewing grand final – May 30th

Law Ball – Jun 8th

Swotvac (time to cry and overdose on caffeine) begins – Jun 17th

Your favourite eds have delved into the calendar and hand picked

a number of exciting upcoming events for Adelaide and the Uni that we think might

interest the Hilarian readers.


On This Day...Patrick McCaffrie

The Hilarian takes a quick look back at events that happened on this most famous of days…

in 1963 – Law and Order debuted on American television. The long, long-running crime drama made its first appearance on TV debuting at 8pm on short-lived television network American Crime Channel. ACC aired a series of American crime-dramas that were poorly received by the public including ‘Closet Detectives’, a series centred on secretly homosexual amateur sleuths who also ran a furniture store, and ‘Celibasecrets’ in which a group of ugly, celibate men solved sex crimes.

in 2003 – On this day in 2003 rumours emerged that film director extraordinaire Steven Spielberg shelved a script for a controversial film titled ‘Whine is the new Black’ that was an attack on African-American communities for an alleged over-sensitivity to racism in America and for a ‘victimhood mentality’. Sources who had seen the script described it as ‘disgusting’, ‘overwhelmingly racist’ and, according to one critique, ‘long-overdue’.

in 2009 – An experimental website called ‘Wankerpedia’ was launched by Jason Spencerington (pictured). The website was a vehicle for people to use the Wikipedia website template to post online rants about people they hated. The website was launched to much excitement and was initially very popular - pages for ‘Kyle Sandilands’, ‘Nikki Webster’ and ‘Sally Robbins’ were at the time very popular. Unfortunately, despite widespread public support, the website was soon taken down and its owner, Spencerington, was bankrupted by a series of successful defamation actions. Rumour has it a particularly large settlement was reached concerning an allegation that Jimmy Saville, the UK entertainer, was guilty of child sexual offences.1 How times change…

1 Somewhat ironically, in 2011 Spencerington himself was charged and found guilty of child sexual offences. We think you could probably tell they were guilty of something from either of their photos…


ilarian AuntH

I’m a first year student who has fallen in love with Torts 1. Unfortunately Torts 1 has not reciprocated my feelings and seems more interested in spotty-faced first years than me. Is there something I can do to recapture the love of Torts 1?

Heather Macclesfield (Fifty-first year)

Dear Heather,

Thanks for getting in touch. We think that the best thing to do is play hard to get – refuse to attend lectures or seminars until Torts 1 takes an interest in you. Finally, do not feel threatened by first year students. They are unattractive, ill informed and losers.

Harold

Dear Hilarian Aunt,

I’ve spent the last 6 Thursday nights in the law library staring longingly at a boy I fancy. What is the best way to approach him and ask him out?

Sarah (3rd year)

Dear Sarah,

First, as it is a library, you should probably approach him quietly because you don’t want to breach library rules. Secondly, the answer depends on whether this boy has seen you staring at him. If he has seen you staring at him then you probably need to come up with an explanation for that – maybe you could argue that he was sitting in front of a particularly interesting book or piece of artwork and that you were looking just past him. If he hasn’t seen you then you can probably get away with pretending you’ve never met him, treating him as a complete stranger, and then explaining that he deserves a stunner like you and not the loser that had been staring at him for the last few weeks. If he doesn’t bite at this suggestion then he’s not worth your time.

Harold

Dear Hilarian Aunt,

How do I get stains out of my graduation gown? Some clerkship hanky-panky in the Supreme Court bathrooms has left me with a slightly awkward mark just below my jabot.

Jane (5th year)

Dear Jane,

How revolting! May I suggest a solution of vinegar and lemon juice?

Harold

In the first of what could (threateningly) be many Agony Aunt columns, Harold Feather-Sphere offers personal advice to readers (be they real or imagined) who have personal

issues in need of resolving…

Need to ask something of our Hilarian Aunt? Send your questions to [email protected]

Dear Hilarian Aunt,


Coffee Branch, Leigh St –Yelena Koerner-Heinjus

Signature Coffee, Charles St –Michael Ormerod

Au Matin Calme, Hutt St – Phoebe McCallum

A Mothers Milk, Unley Rd – Hamish Macdonald

Nano, Ebenezer Place - William Gloster

Paddy’s Lantern, Gilbert St - Mary Szumylo

Hey Jupiter, Ebenezer Place - Thomas Wooden

Argo, The Parade - Hannah Martin

They say up to 60% of the human body is made up of water. Here at The Hilarian, however, we know that the body of the average

law student is closer to 60% pure caffeine. We asked your expert opinion on some of the top local coffee spots…

ETC, East Terrace – Melissa Wegener

Bar 9, Glen Osmond Rd – Angelo La Paglia

Howling Owl, Rundle St – Taylor Rundell

Please Say Please, Grenfell St – Ben Cosentino

Ginette & Marcel, Avignon - Will Maitland

My Kitchen, Patrick’s House - Patrick McCaffrie

Steven at Adelaide Coffee Stand, North Terrace - Alexandra Lontos (The best coffee you can get in closest proximity to the law school. Probably the only place you can convince someone to name a coffee after you aswell. This man will become your new best friend).


The Botanic Bar is a proud supporter of

The Hilarian andthe AULSS

President’s Report

Charlotte Thomas

Semester 1 is (very slowly) drawing to a close. That normally means two things: holidays are nearly here, again, and Law Ball is only a couple of weeks away!

This Semester is the busiest for the AULSS, and I hope you have enjoyed what we’ve had on offer: a Careers Fair and Guide, Sue Me, a pub crawl, five different academic competitions, a competitions information session and a handbook, breakfast with the Hon Catherine Branson QC, breakfast with former Chief Justice Doyle, a clerkship information session, a women in law seminar, a first year seminar, a mature age BBQ and a drinks night, hoodies, and, soon enough, a Law Ball.

On behalf of the AULSS, thank you to everyone who has attended our events and, in doing, supported our Society. Good luck for exams and enjoy the winter break. See you in Semester 2 for more of the above!

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The Open Moot and the Witness Examination Competition both concluded extremely successfully in week 7. The Open Moot was judged by Justices Gray, White and Anderson and involved a rather colourful criminal law problem. Both teams involved were subjected to very vigorous questioning from the Bench as they put their submissions. The team consisting of John Eldridge, Alice Wharldall and myself defeated the team consisting of Charlie Bruce, Molly Snaith and Michael Tsiavlis in what the judges described as being a high quality moot.

The audience then headed from the Moot Court to Lipman Karas for the Witness Examination Grand Final, which was judged by Chris Bleby SC and involved another criminal law problem, this time about murder. The battle between Ben Cosentino and Sam Hooper was closely fought, but Ben ended up the winner by a very narrow margin. Everyone I spoke to in the audience agreed it had been a very entertaining grand final, with some fantastic examples of cross examination.

Thanks must go to Meg Lowe, our Moot Coordinator, and Hannah Martin, our Witness Examination Coordinator, for their efforts. They both did an absolutely fantastic job. Congratulations to all the competitors in both competitions. I hope you’ll all be back competing next year. Thanks also to Lipman Karas and Kelly & Co., who sponsored Witness Examination and the Open Moot respectively.

Our Negotiations competition came to a close on the 28th of May with Sarah Ahern and Mark Giddings coming out on top.

And on the 30th of May the Grand Final of the Client Interviewing was held. This year, the winners were Sophie Waples and Jess McBride.

For those of you who are interested in mooting, don’t forget that the Novice Moot and the First Year Moot will run in second semester. More details about these two moots will be released over the holidays and early next semester. We’ll also be running information and training sessions for those who are new to mooting or those who would like to brush up their mooting skills.

Competitions Report Rebecca McEwen


Activities Report

Alexia Watts

The Hilarian is proudly supported by Lipman Karas, Clayton Utz and The Botanic Bar.

The activities team have had a busy first semester as always in the AULSS calendar year! We started the semester off with our hugely successful launch of the 2013 collaboration with the Botanic bar at Adelaide’s east end. For $5 students could purchase a sticker for their student id, which gave them access to 10% off all drinks under $10, and an awesome sangria + pizza deal where for $25 you get a famous botanic gourmet pizza and a jug of sangria. These stickers can still be purchased throughout the year so keep an eye on the Ligertwood foyer for when event tickets/pubcrawl shirts are on sale and stickers can be purchased simultaneously.

‘Sue Me’ was the opening party this year for the AULSS and it was held at Rocket Bar and Rocket Rooftop on Hindley street. The night was a great success with heaps of students coming along for a fun night out full of $4 vodkas, solid music and some fun socialising with fellow law students.

Our third event this year was our semester 1 pubcrawl. A competition was held for the best design with a prize up for grabs of a complimentary law ball ticket and a pubcrawl t-shirt featuring their own design. Congratulations to Soo Sian Koh for the winning design of ‘TORT STORY’ and to Alexandra Woodland and Mardi Eckert for the runner up design. The pubcrawl was incredible, with an astonishing 250 t-shirts selling out in a rapid fashion. The night was certainly memorable starting at the Cathedral the heading to the Archer and finally the Oxford in North Adelaide. Rough guesstimates put the total crawlers at approximately the 350 mark, and the craziness of the dance

floor particularly at the Archer, is something I am sure law students’ will not forget any time soon!

Our fourth event for semester one is the infamous Law Ball with 1000 tickets selling out in traditionally fast fashion. Law students were given preference in ticket sales, and were able to access 500 discounted pre-sale tickets through booking codes sent to their university emails. The Law Ball theme for 2013 is ‘Welcome to the Circus’ and the activities committee cannot wait to share all of our hard work with the students on Saturday the 8th of June at the Stamford Grand.



The recent Bangladesh factory disaster provides a perfect example of what I’m here to talk about. And when I say perfect, I mean utterly devastating. In case you haven’t been keeping up with current affairs, a nine-storey garment factory collapsed in Bangladesh last month, killing over 1100 people and severely injuring another 1000. Cracks appeared in the building the day before, but the head honcho forced workers to continue. Bangladesh is the world’s second largest apparel maker, churning out products for Western fashion labels which sell the clothing at countless times the cost price. What’s scary is that this is only one of many industrial disasters that have taken place in the country over the last couple of years. It’s unfortunate that it’s taken a disaster of such magnitude to actually get people’s attention.This is not a Bangladeshi problem. It’s a problem of a global apparel industry addicted to production costs so low that the only way factories can achieve those costs is to ignore basic worker safety. We all love a bargain, right? The problem isn’t just with what we wear; it’s with what we eat too. Similar issues are prevalent in agriculture and food production. The cacao (chief ingredient of chocolate, for the non-foodies out there) industry is notorious for its widespread use of child labour in Western Africa. And this only scratches the surface. There are a myriad of other injustices present in the international trade system which have adverse consequences on those in the developing world. These include limited access to market information, dependence on middlemen, fluctuations in world market prices and subsidies and tariffs. We’re law students, so I won’t confuse you with economics talk – the point is, the benefits that international trade has brought many countries have not been shared by all. This is where fair trade comes in. It’s a system which tackles these problems by (you guessed it) making trade fairer. The Fairtrade Labelling Organisation certifies producers and their products as ‘Fairtrade’ if certain standards are met. The main ones are that; the producers are paid a minimum price, the producer organisation is paid the Fairtrade Premium (an additional payment to be invested in community development) and basic workers’ rights are protected. This gives consumers the power to choose a product that they know has not come from exploitation, and is benefiting the producers at the end of the supply chain. And this is why I love fair trade – it’s an easy way we can make a difference in our everyday lives. Many of you would associate poverty alleviation with donating money to a charity or an NGO. However after three years of a Development Studies degree I’m not convinced that aid is the solution, or at least the only solution. Rather than a handout, fair trade actually changes the system and empowers producers to be able to break out of the cycle of poverty.Law is all about justice and, as a law school, it’s extremely important that we promote justice for those in the developing world. Earlier in the year I approached the LSS about getting Fairtrade Certified pub crawl t-shirts. Unfortunately my bid was unsuccessful, as Fairtrade t-shirts would increase the cost to students. But let’s face it. If us law students can afford to go on a pub crawl, then really, we can afford to pay $5 extra for a Fairtrade t-shirt. Despite the excellent drink specials, there’s the cab ride there/back. The drink you buy for that cute girl in your Foundations tute that you’ve had a crush on all semester. Maccas on the way home (an essential part of every night out). Clearly it’s not about what we can afford; it’s about whether we are willing to pay for it. So, how can you get engaged? Next time you buy tea,

MIRROR, MIRROR, ON THE WALL... WHO IS THE FAIREST OF THEM ALL?THEMIS ScANLON ExpLAINS WHAT FAIR TRAdE

IS ANd HOW yOu cAN MAkE A dIFFERENcE


coffee or chocolate, look out for packets that sport the Fairtrade label and buy that one instead. When you decide to skip a Constitutional lecture and go out for coffee, go somewhere that sells Fairtrade coffee, or encourage your favourite coffee shop to make the swap. The Adelaide City Council has put together a useful map of where you can buy Fairtrade products in the city: www.adelaidecitycouncil.com/community/fair-trade. In terms of clothes, online shops are the best option. If you want to do more to promote trade justice on campus and in the wider community, join the Fair Trade Collective. Have you been saying for ages that you should get involved with something on campus? Here’s the perfect opportunity. We’re a friendly bunch with a policy that Fairtrade chocolate must be available at every meeting. And if that’s not enough we do run some pretty cool events. Drop me a line at [email protected] or join the Facebook group: Fair Trade Collective (Adelaide Uni).

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IS INcREASINg THE cOST OF pub cRAWL T-SHIRTS, TO ENSuRE THE cONdITIONS IN WHIcH THEy ARE MAdE

ARE juST, A FAIR TRAdE?ALExANdRA LONTOS RESpONdS

Just so we’re clear about the title above... I didn’t misunderstand Themis’ explanation of what ‘fair trade’ is or forget to read the article that I am responding to... I was just trying to be punny. Seriously though, I just wanted the opportunity to respond to Themis’ article, regarding LSS Pubcrawl T-Shirt suppliers, as we were both interested in getting student perspectives and encouraging possible discussion on the matter.I’d like to quickly clarify that I was the member of the LSS Activities Team responsible for negotiating Pubcrawl T-Shirt suppliers and the one contacted by Themis. When I heard that there was such a thing as a ‘Fair Trade T-Shirt Supplier’ I was enthusiastically surprised. I had never heard of such a thing... obviously I’ve been naively living behind the comfort of less-fair-tees for way too long. I thought that this idea, and the notion of the AULSS supporting and aligning itself with Fair Trade initiatives, was absolutely brilliant.After looking into the company (it’s called Etiko and Google can tell you all about it) I found that it was Melbourne based and that their pricing meant that students would be forced to pay even more for Pubcrawl tees. Increasing the price of tees to students, even up to $30, was not something that my team and I felt comfortable about. Particularly as the LSS mandate was to make events cheaper, where possible, for students. However, it is worth noting that the fundamental reason why the “bid was unsuccessful” was because it was too late in the term for us to look into another t-shirt supplier as we were in the process of finalising ours (also there were other issues with communication and the fact that it was an interstate company). I asked Themis to write an article for this edition, to show and encourage support of Fair Trade initiatives, despite not being able to provide Fairtrade Certified tees this year. She was right when she said it’s a matter of what we are willing to pay for... so would you be? Is it a ‘fair trade’?Let us know your thoughts (I know you’re all good at debating, c’mon) for the next Hilarian edition by emailing [email protected]!


CLERK IT OUT

Everyone’s asking whether you’ve applied for your clerkship or when you will… but no one seems to have ever actually explained how you’re supposed to! AULSS VP of Education, Ben Cosentino, provides the Step-by-Step guide to clerkships that you’ve always wanted.

I feel I must preface this article by pre-emptively rebutting some of the criticism it is certain to receive:

1, Yes, the following is largely made with reference to big commercial law firms;2. No, I’m not sorry, as: A. This is the only industry sector with which I’ve had any experience; and B. The lion’s share of legal work, and thus legal jobs, is and are generated by this sector.

Of course, I recognise that the career pathway of every law student post-graduation is different and that a host of opportunities exist for students who don’t want to practice commercial law or, indeed, practice at all. The reality must be recognised, however, that in a relatively well-functioning society such as that of modern Australia (I say “relatively” to acknowledge the many social activists who champion extremely worthy domestic struggles), the vast majority of legal work should be commercial in nature. An effective society and economy will be largely (again, not entirely) unhindered by constitutional challenges, criminal epidemics and frequent human rights disasters and will foster a corporate culture that values the work of commercial lawyers in guiding productive endeavour and ensuring compliance with efficient, sensible laws. With that background, the purpose of this article is to assist students who do wish to include experience in a commercial law firm in some capacity on their resume in finding that experience.

1. Know your dates and processes!Knowing when and how to apply for clerkships can be difficult. Many (especially interstate) firms use the cvmail portal (google ‘cvmail’ if you don’t know what this is) but many others don’t. Each firm’s website will list its relevant dates for applications and the means by which to apply. Many larger firms require completion of detailed questionnaires so don’t leave applications to the night before the due date!

Top Tip: Interstate firms almost solely accept students in their penultimate year of law. Don’t leave your applications till your final year if you want to want to work interstate!

2. Grades - good ones are necessary, but what exactly are “good grades”?Please don’t think that straight distinctions are necessary to get a foot in the door at commercial firms around Australia. Top-tier and mid-tier firms use a pretty standard marking rubric when assessing clerkship/work experience applications. The standard format is to give the candidate a mark out of three for their grades, a mark out of three for their resume and a mark out of three for their cover letter. The effect of this system is that a candidate’s grades account for one third of their total “score” when being assessed for an interview. It must be said at this stage that some of the larger firms do use a candidate’s grades as a hurdle requirement (in that a certain GPA must be attained before a candidate’s application can be considered). However, many mid-tier firms actively seek candidates with slightly lower GPAs and exceptional resumes, knowing that the larger players will pass on them and that often, in the long run, these people will make better lawyers.

Top tip: Ensure that you are maintaining a balanced study/co-curricular lifestyle. Good grades are important, but being able to demonstrate wider social/life skills and community involvement is much more highly regarded by firms looking for long-term human resource investments.




3. Application Strategy - decide who you will approach, where and why.

The first question to ask is where you would like to work. The clerkship structure in each state is different (South Australia having one of the least formulaic and most arcane) and understanding the different systems is key to success. The difference between single-clerkship and multiple-clerkship states is crucial. In both Adelaide and Melbourne, students are encouraged to complete a series of short clerkships (usually three, three-week stints) during the summer of their penultimate year and to select their preferred employer from which offers they receive at the end of this period. In this sense, these systems encourage ‘firm shopping’ and allow students who, after gaining some experience, do not wish to enter a firm at all to decline the offers and look for something more suitable. The Sydney system is extremely different in that clerkships are typically two months long and are almost guaranteed to end in an offer of employment. Thus, those wishing to engage in the New South Wales clerkship program beware: the firm at which you clerk will expect you to accept its offer AND that you will not clerk elsewhere. The message to be gained here is that if you are not completely sure you want to work in legal practice in Sydney, DO NOT apply for a clerkship in New South Wales. If you simply wish to ‘try out’ working for a law firm, apply either in Adelaide or Melbourne.

Top tip: Deciding which firms you will apply to is often a scattergun exercise, but know that there are some pitfalls in this approach. National firms often do not appreciate receiving clerkship applications from the same candidate in different cities; it replicates costs of the recruitment process and offices of the same firm in different states do not like competing against each other for graduates. A better strategy is to apply for a large number of firms, but ensure that you only apply for each firm once nationally.

4. The Application - should be better tailored than your suitApplication letters and responses to online questions that accompany applications should read as though each one was the only application you submitted. Firms should be thoroughly researched to assess their strengths and foci and your entire application should target these elements.

Top tip: Example application letters are available to view on the AULSS website. DONT RIP THEM OFF! - you’ll let the whole team down!

5. Interview/mixer strategyInterviews are the second round of screening after grade, resume and cover letter review. Each firm has a differing interview style but commonalities do exist. Interviews are usually split into a technical skill component and personality component - often termed the “can they work?” and “can they work with me?” components. The technical skill component can be daunting; the HR personnel and partners that attend the interview will ask about a specific area of law or problem and expect that you can either answer, or bluff and deflect, intelligently. For many interviews, a ‘study list’ of potential topics/cases will be provided to applicants prior to the event (in these situations, the bluff/deflect is likely to receive a cold reception!). Many firms include a cocktail evening/mixer as part of their recruitment process. Such evenings are informal interviews themselves, largely to test an applicant’s social aptitude. Obviously, how you tackle such a situation is completely up to you, but if I am to offer any advice it is this: DO NOT view this event as an episode of Survivor. Partners want to see you make friends and collaborate in conversation, not compete.

Top tip: Resist the impulse to demonstrate your legal knowledge, the lawyers don’t care and are judging you on your affability and communication skills - the interview, not the cocktail evening, is for you to show off!

6. Leverage your contacts - not mummy’s or daddy’s!(Unless mummy or daddy has excellent contacts, in which case you should definitely use those!)This is where a good operator can really weave his/her magic. Attend AULSS Career Day; the HR personnel from all the big firms (any many mid-tiers) are there and have been tasked with the early screening of prospective clerks. Get chatting with HR personnel and, many times, you’ll find that if you present well and are friendly and engaged, they will tell you to drop them a line when you lodge your application with their firm. This is a major advantage and can see an otherwise borderline application make it through the first screening, giving you the chance to advocate yourself in an interview (at which you so obviously excel!).


Exchange At Close RangeMatilda Conlon

For as long as I can remember, I’ve always looked forward to packing my bags and travelling. I also enjoy studying (potentially controversial opinion). If you put two and two together, you get a third year Law/Media student that is eager to get out of Adelaide and try something new. How about… moving thousands of miles away from home to England, living in a hall of residence, and studying British Politics, Performance and Fine Art subjects? I’ll have a one-semester sized serve, thanks.

The prospect of studying at the University of Leeds, West Yorkshire (and the amount of exchangey paperwork to complete) was certainly daunting at times. But the promise of a new country, new adventures, new subjects, and new friends that may include a distant relative of the royal family was too good to refuse.

The campus here is beautiful to begin with, but it was Hogwarts-level magical when I first arrived in January as it was covered in snow. That novelty soon wore off after a few weeks and many near-fatal stacks. Leeds is about the same size as Adelaide but the lifestyles are worlds apart. More jumpers and coats needed, more accents that you can barely understand, more amazing facilities and events thanks to the University Union, and more people that want to ask you about koalas.

Amping up the ‘friendly Australian’ characteristics means I’ve met people from all over the world. Although a lot of accents from Adelaide, Brisbane and Melbourne ring throughout the refectory at dinnertime, there are countless Americans, Europeans and Brits scattered throughout the halls on campus too. Just be prepared for lots of noise and not much sleep. If it wasn’t so hilarious, I’d write a stern letter to the boys on the floor below me asking them to stop singing One Direction at 3am.


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Using up electives is a standard move for exchange students – for me it meant a temporary break-up with Law, instead picking humanities subjects that were unique to Leeds. My days are spent going from lectures on Margaret Thatcher’s tantrums, to Art Gallery visits, and to classes on Moulin Rouge and Les Misérables. It’s a tough life.

Other features that are not included in the curriculum include: weekends in London and Paris with friends, playing paparazzi at Fashion Week, day trips to northern cities, and a month-long mid-semester holiday spent travelling in Europe. I sometimes have trouble convincing my parents that I am actually studying here.

Throwing everything familiar out the window and moving overseas might not be everyone’s cup of Yorkshire tea, but it might just be the best thing you ever do too. Now I just need to organise my flight home later in the year. 4 months down, 2 to go… Where do I sign up for exchange round 2?


If there is one thing that concerns law students it is how they look…and assignments. But assignments are definitely second. I mean, law students spend a lot more time on looks than they do assignments. So with that in mind, The Hilarian presents a list of ideas to help law students keep fit, fab and fresh!1

Idea 1 – Timetable effectively An easy way to keep fit while at university is to sprint between all classes. To maximize the effectiveness of this method you should timetable effectively. This means scheduling all your classes on the same day but scheduling them as far away from each other as possible. You should note that the University will probably already have done this for you by allocating compulsory classes on all sides of the campus but if they haven’t then you should go slightly out of your way by selecting the tutorial/lecture that is as far away from your previous class as possible or on the top level of whatever random building you are in.

Idea 2 – Concrete SocksA simple way to lose weight and improve your leg musculature is to replace those regular cotton socks with concrete replacements. This change will make walking much less calorific and will develop your quadricpetual muscles and your ankleature. Finally, it will also have the added benefit of making it more likely than not that you will miss a class you intended to attend. This will also provide much needed mental health assistance.

1 For any assistance with assignments we encourage you to put this magazine down quickly, seek medical assistance and, if you can afford it, buy a textbook.


Keeping Fit at University


Idea 3 – Eat on CampusA key part of any fitness regime is not just exercise but also involves watching what you eat. A key way to limit your dietary intake is to surround yourself with food that is inedible and as such The Hilarian recommends students stay at the University around meal times. When faced with the decision to either eat on campus or not at all students will find it easy to restrict their dietary intake. As an alternative

to staying at the University, students may spend meal times hanging around any fast food restaurant – it will have the same effect.

Idea 4 – Run for Student ElectionsRunning for elections helps a student to lose weight just like any other form of running. As a student candidate you can burn valuable calories putting up posters, stressing about the humiliation you will suffer if you lose, and anticipating how you will best serve the needs of the student community. It is on this basis that The Hilarian encourages all students of any discipline to run for representative positions. We also encourage you to tell your friends about your decision to run via Facebook through some sort of ‘event’.

Idea 5 – Develop a Drug HabitDeveloping a drug habit is encouraged only as a last resort but is effective where necessary. Not only does it reduce your appetite for food but it also reduces your ability to pay for any food you may actually want to eat. However, the short-term benefits of this approach should be weighed against the long-term impacts. It should be noted the long-term impact is not a career in pop music as Iggy Pop’s career might otherwise suggest.



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Personally, I am annoyed by ‘How To’ writers, softies and hypocrites. Seeing as this isn’t doing too well for me, I consulted as many students as possible before writing about what actions ‘grind their law-school gears’ … so I could write about how not to do that. Most of us would like to go through our degree without being battered, assaulted, defamed or murdered by our peers and following the steps outlined may be a good starting point in avoiding having those things happen to you (that was not a threat, calm down). It may also provide a private indication that you’re actually one of ‘those’ people in class and, even better; provide some fuel-power for trolls. Also, I’m going to be annoying and emphasise that everything below is based on majority view and, if it worries you, just be happily assured that other people probably don’t think you’re annoying at all… it’s just that everyone in the Law School does.

1. We pay to listen to lecturers, not to your million questionsI was sitting in a lecture a few weeks ago when one of ‘those people’ put their hand up to ask countless personal questions about the course. Consequently, all other students knowingly nestled into their uncomfortable chairs subconsciously negotiating whether they could fit in a power nap or not, but my friend gasped. Let me just explain, this friend is one of those students who never actually comes to lectures and who, surprisingly, turned up to a live one for the first time all year. She turned to me and said “I’ve always wondered what they looked like in real life; I’m so used to hearing their voice on the recordings!”

For the greater good of getting through the course content (there is more than enough, right?) refraining from asking multiple personal questions of clarification to lecturers is a good way to avoid annoying your peers. That’s what tutes/discussion boards/emails are for. Also, when lectures are over but you put your hand up and keep everyone back for five minutes in order to have your questions answered, you should be aware that I have personally witnessed the glares that you receive and, if you believe in the ‘evil eye’ or voodoo or whatever, you should be seriously scared.

HILARIAN’S ‘HOW-TO’ GIRL, ALEXANDRA LONTOS, PRESENTS…

HOW TO: NOT ANNOYYOUR CLASSMATES



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2. Don’t seek your own personal legal advice/give your own personal legal advice during tutorials“In my personal life experience *insert dramatic long-winded story here* I’ve come to be assured that the High Court was definitely wrong about their judgment because…” It seems that most students have a ‘get in, learn, get out’ attitude to Law School these days. Meaning, they don’t care about whether you think the High Court was wrong or what you’d change the law to (cause, let’s be honest, right now you can’t change it yourself and nothing you say is going to get Kirby to say yes). Irrelevant excessive debating and personal opinion sharing isn’t really welcome during law tutes (that’s what Art degrees are for!). Just be mindful of this before your comments set the class so far off topic, for so long, that it feels like we’ve fallen into a daydream induced coma or that it’s time to celebrate New Years already.

3. “What did you think of that 1760 House of Lords Case? … What do you mean you haven’t read all 500 pages of it?! Do you even want to pass this course?”This morning I memorised the entire Constitution, did five hours at Mummy’s law firm and cried because I only managed to get a HD on that assignment… what did you do? It appears that Law Students have many questions that they just don’t want to be asked. Implying how much more legally savvy you are than everyone in your tute/lecture is generally not going to get you on the Christmas card list. Neither is crazy competitiveness or talking about the importance of ‘social networking’ (this annoys me-let’s be friends, not networks).

4. Closing WordsThere are probably loads of other things that can to be done to avoid annoying your fellow law students, but this all seems to be a generally good starting point. No one expects perfection (unless you’re David Caruso’s suit) but remembering to respect your fellow students’ right to learn is like the Boilermakers of Law School. As in (as Matthew Stubbs has probably engrained in your mind) remember it and you won’t be destined to fail. At the end of the day, you don’t want to be the one held responsible for annoying a law student to the point that they crack. Unless, of course… it’s the student that was annoying you in the first place. In which case, you’re totally covered by self defence or provocation or something.

You stay classy Adelaide.


I know that with our 13 weekly contact hours there are few days when we’re all at uni, but anybody who was floating aimlessly around Ligertwood on Tuesday the 14th might have noticed the student walkout. Alternatively, you might have missed it. Like many protests, it was just a little underwhelming and incredibly well-intentioned. If you were imagining something like the student revolution from Les Miserables, you might have been disappointed, but 250+ students gathering outside Ligertwood in the cold to protest cuts to the student budget is nothing to scoff at.

I was there, too. Temporarily. I saw it while on my way to lunch with a friend. “Cool,” I said. “Should we join them?”

My friend looked from the protest to the North terrace crossing. “Yeah… “ She said, “but I’m hungry.”

I thought about it. I was hungry, too. I was thinking maybe Zambreros. Or pizza… they do cheap pizza in the Myer food court. I had a class in half an hour which I couldn’t skip – could I make it across to Myer and back in time? I attempted some sketchy maths in my head – 10minutes to walk… then food, and the line was always pretty long… it was cutting it pretty fine, and all that maths was making my stomach growl. “Yeah, let’s just do lunch.” I agreed. As we waited for the lights to change, guiltily hiding our faces in case somebody from the protest recognised us, we were both wondering the same thing: Did this make us bad students or good students?

I’ve been wondering that ever since, and I’m still not entirely sure. It rests, in a way, on what

defines a ‘good’ student. Now, granted when we were younger, being good consisted of not feeding your sister dog food and keeping all your clothing on in public, but with age the concept seems to become (slightly) more complex. Most people would agree that a good student strives for academic success, but is that enough? Or do you, as a student, have a proactive duty to your community? Do students have a duty to speak up?

In the past, they did. In times gone by students were soldiers (quite literally in more than one revolution) fighting for change. I’ve waxed lyrical about this before, but it’s true. Throughout history they’ve risen to protest against injustice, tyranny and unfair marking schemes.

We all know about the protest movement which swept across American and Australian universities during the Vietnam war, and during the 80s Adelaidian uni students teamed together with political organisations to boycott everything from South Africa to the French sinking of the Rainbow Warrior. Very recently we’ve seen the power of student protest in the Arab Springs. But protest isn’t just a thing to be viewed through the marijuana haze of the 70s, or foreign news reports. Ten years ago, 100,000 Adeladians marched on Parliament house in protest of the Iraq war. I wasn’t even aware there were that many people in Adelaide – fair effort, countrymen. But while the consequences of the Iraq war are far from wrapped up, that protest movement sure is.

Why? Why has it gone, why aren’t we the rebel students of yonder years? I happen to have the world’s most embarrassingly

Principles


Nadia Baldassi-Winderlich explains how in recent times

protest seems to have taken the backseat.

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progressive parents, and I’m fairly sure they’re ashamed of me. I’m a law student who plays by the rules and doesn’t ever protest – exactly the child my grandparents dreamed of. But my ex-hippie leftie parents can’t quite understand why I’m not manning the picket lines.

We just don’t do that anymore, and nothing showcases that as clearly as the walk out. I don’t know the numbers exactly, but google tells me that the University of Adelaide is a home away from home for 19,600 students. I’m going to take a stab and guesstimate that there were not 19, 588 students in front of Ligertwood that day. So why did the majority of us decide not to attend something which affects us all? If we’re a less incendiary generation than our parents, it isn’t a tragedy. But there is life beyond uni. In the real world, where coffee isn’t a meal and beer pong isn’t a sport (lets never go there) can we afford to tune out the larger issues?

There’s a nice, easy explanation for this, of course. We don’t protest because we don’t need to protest. Australia is, by and large, happy. What sort of ungrateful nation complains about their 5.5% unemployment rate or their universal health insurance? The phrase ‘first world problems’ comes to mind. This explanation doesn’t really fly, though. Australians might be happy, but that happiness has spawned an infinitely more dangerous state – complacency. The anti-government griping that takes place in one politics tute could fill a short book, and this isn’t unique to politics, but why do these complaints never make it further than the tutorial room? Tute discussions often throw up pretty concrete issues for people to rally around. It isn’t unusual to have an entire-tute consensus on a particular position, and yet it no longer goes any further than that. “Yes!” We all proclaim, “that’s a terrible issue!” We

discuss it from a theoretical perspective, probably throwing in a couple of references to Marxism, but when the hour is up, we wander off to our next class without anybody voicing the most obvious question: should we do something about it?

We should, of course. But we don’t. I think our generation underestimates how important protest actually is, or perhaps we’ve just forgotten. We do live in a democratic country,

with excellent public services and the freedom to speak whenever we choose. But that freedom, those services and even that democracy

are the products of public protest. Protest is how women got the vote, how land rights were passed, and how Sydney’s male swimmers avoided having to wear skirt-like tunics while at the beach (true story – look it up). Protest is a morally justifiable type of nagging, and a valid one at that. We need nagging in a democracy – it’s as integral a part of the process as the vote (don’t believe me? Ask the High Court). And believe me when I say there are plenty of injustices for us to choose from. My personal favourite is our charming Parliament’s decision to excise Australia from the migration zone. When Howard tried to pull that, the backbenchers howled in protest, but last week they were eerily quiet. And that sort of silence is the very worst kind. Let’s not follow in their footsteps.

I’m not saying what we need is more protest, I’m saying that what we as students and as a society need is conviction. We need to reclaim our ability to take a stand for what we believe in, instead of shrugging and waiting for somebody else to do it for us. In the immortal words of High School Musical, we’re all in this together – let’s seize than baton with both hands, Adelaide law school. And if we have to skip our pizza break to do it, then perhaps that’s the cost of liberty. Sacrifices must be made.

“...protest isn’t just a thing to be viewed through the marijuana haze of the 70s, or foreign news

reports...”


THE FEDERAL DEFICIT VS A GLOBAL EMPATHY DEFICIT:OVERSEAS AID AND THE BIGGER PICTURE

Hiranya Ekanayake

In 2006, a young, idealistic Senator from Illinois America, spoke at the commencement of a graduating class. He empathically told the graduates that what was wrong with America was not the burgeoning federal deficit, but what he termed ‘an empathy deficit’. Of course the rest is history as Obama was elected two short years later on a wave of this same idealism and social consciousness fairly unique for Western politics in this day and age. Whatever one makes of Barack Obama’s presidency, his words spoke true for many involved in social justice across the world.

Fast forward another 5 years and as Wayne Swan delivered his Budget for 2013, I couldn’t help but remember Obama’s message. While he may have meant it mainly in the context of bitter American partisan politics that had hindered reform on many domestic social fronts, it got me thinking about a global empathy deficit. This year’s Federal Budget was definitely socially conscious in more than one regard with due credit to the Labor government for launching disability insurance and major education reform. However it seemed that empathy had its limits, clearly demarcated by the coastline of Australia.

In an effort to combat the growing federal deficit, the budget was the second year in a row of a deferral of the commitment towards overseas aid. While aid did increase marginally by 0.02% , the pledge to give 0.5% of GNI in aid is being shifted back another year to 2016/17. Further there was another $375 million diverted to asylum seeker processing, a program that has been widespread disrepute for human rights breaches. Swann has been on his budget tour reiterating the message that the budget is what’s best for Australia and all Australians. So is it as simple as this? Does national interest trump a concern for the billions of the global poor? Have we lost our empathy in a global sense? My experiences thus far tell me this isn’t the whole story.

There may indeed be an empathy deficit when comes to long term poverty issues beyond our borders. But this isn’t because we’ve lost empathy altogether, it’s because we live in a time which far from fostering global empathy, creates myths about its impact. Admittedly the average Australian isn’t jumping up and down for more overseas aid, but is that because they innately don’t care about the poor in East Timor, Indonesia or Pakistan? No. It’s because they hear the word aid and think corruption. It’s because each and every day the mass media is telling them that Australian prosperity is diminishing. And maybe it’s also because of their sense of helplessness in the face of these seemingly immense global issues. But the fact is, this is not the whole story. When is it that we hear of aid in fact being more targeted, effective and far-reaching than ever? AusAID being the most accountable government agency? Fraud within AusAid equating to just 0.028% of aid funds? And if I can go on…

That globally, overseas aid has meant more than 5 million children under the age of 5 are alive today? That there has been a halving of mothers dying in childbirth? That 50 million more children go to school? Bearing with my rhetorical fact-questions a little longer… That Aussies have it better than ever in terms of global prosperity? The fact that we spend 7 times more on take away food than our entire aid budget? That we spend a meager 1.4% of our budget on aid? The message from the development sector is clear, the solutions to extreme global poverty are right in front of our eyes


but year after year, it has been the lack of funding for these solutions that has hindered the sort of progress that is possible. Of course there is a significant amount of domestic poverty that cannot and should not be overlooked. But this does not mean that our compassion and world view needs to stop there.

The truth is the public’s suspicion towards overseas aid often comes from a sense of having ‘become wizened to reality’, the typical loss of the youthful idealism to cynical adulthood. But ironically this reality does not represent the facts. Thus, overseas aid becomes a fringe issue, one for the hippy activists when, really, it is one we can all care about. In fact, we undermine ourselves as a society when we think this is all we are capable of. It is completely within our means to look out for Australians and those who are doing it rough overseas too. Not only financially but within our psyches too. The real tragedy here is that we are empathetic creatures by nature, stifled by misconceptions and self-perpetuated restrictions on our own ability to make a difference. Perhaps we could even make the global empathy deficit a global empathy surplus?

This year with the Federal Election looming, World Vision along with a movement of other development NGOs are campaigning for overseas aid to be increased in line with our commitments to the UN. VGen is the youth volunteer movement of World Vision. We are also a club at uni us making our voice heard on this issue.

To become involved email us at: [email protected]

Facebook group: VGen Adelaide Uni

Sign the Australian petition to make poverty history here: http://www.makepovertyhistory.com.au


Many students start a law degree without ever imagining that they will become a lawyer. Many more start imagining what they will do if they do not become a lawyer immediately after they start their law degrees. So The Hilarian, always keen to help, offers a list of 5 things law students should consider as other employment opportunities instead of becoming a lawyer…

OPTION ONE: DoctorThis is an ideal choice for those students who want to give up their job as a lawyer while retaining the expected income. The key difficulty with this option is that you will have to spend time studying with medical students. But if you can put yourself through 6 years of that, then you’ll earn a pretty nice income, own a swanky car and enjoy an extra-marital affair with a much younger, more attractive, version of your husband/wife.

OPTION TWO: JournalistWhile many consider this option, The Hilarian strongly recommends against considering this as a future career. Seriously. While the public may distrust, or even hate, lawyers, they despise journalists. The only students who should consider a career in journalism are those that think they are too ethical to be a lawyer. Now while this number is going to be small to begin with, it can only be hoped that of that number, those people who think they are too ethical to be a lawyer understand that they are clearly too ethical to be a journalist.

5 Things to do if you don’t want to be a lawyer

Patrick McCaffrie



OPTION THREE: LecturerEnter the world of academia! This is a great option for those students who want to strike a balance between Doctor and Busker. On the plus side you get all the necessary knowledge, you can help shape young law students to become better people and you get to wear more comfortable clothes than most lawyers. You will also benefit from dealing with students who are, more often than not, more mature than the clients you would otherwise be dealing with.

OPTION FOUR: BuskingGrab a guitar, set up in town somewhere, throw a hat on the ground and start strumming. If you forget the lyrics to a song then you can just replace the lyrics with sections of the Civil Liability Act. Busking isn’t necessarily an especially lucrative path to select though so this probably isn’t the best option for you if you went into law so that you could afford to buy a fancy car, Italian suits, and food.

OPTION FIVE: Charity Clipboard WorkerAs a lawyer you tick all the boxes necessary to work as a charity clipboard worker: you are annoying; you are smug; and you spend your life taking other people’s money without making a tangible difference in the world. On the plus side, you get to work with a bunch of other inspirational charity workers and you get to speak to a range of interesting people each day. But on the minus side, you get to work with a bunch of other inspirational charity workers and you get to speak to a range of interesting people each day.



The Hilarian would like to formally acknowledge, with some sadness, the passing of rapper Chris Kelly of Kriss-Kross “fame”. Kriss-Kross were most famous for their 1992 hit “Jump” and their 1994 song “Rugrat’s Rap” (in that order) which was finally released as a stand-alone CD in Rugrats: Decade in Diapers Collectors Edition DVD (2002).

Little known is Kriss-Kross’s foray into the world of video games when, in 2002, they released ‘Kriss-Kross: Make My Video’ on the Sega CD system. In the game the player (that is singular for a very good reason) player edited the group’s music videos with other videos. It is unclear why. The game was sadly only released in America and ranked 18th on Electronic Gaming Monthly’s list of the “20 Worst Games of All Time”. It is currently unclear if plans for Kriss-Kross Make My Video 2 are afoot.

Kriss-Kross also made an under-appreciated cameo appearance in the 1993 film ‘Who’s the Man?’ The film also starred Doctor Dre, a rapper whose career Kris Kross entirely failed to emulate, and Ed Lover. Lover would later appear in ‘According To Jim’. Jim Belushi’s influence on the career of Kriss-Kross is unknown but ‘Tonite’s tha Night”, their final album, is thought to have been inspired by Belushi’s comedy styling’s. The album was a commercial and critical disaster.

Finally, McDonalds and Kriss-Kross had a short-lived commercial arrangement where McDonalds would use the “Mac-Daddy” element of Kelly’s stage name to market products secretly in song lyrics. While Kriss-Kross were reportedly happy to participate in the deal, McDonalds was disappointed with the commercial returns and had creative differences over lyrical content with Kriss-Kross.

Vale Chris “Mac-Daddy” Kelly.

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On the 10th May hundreds of law students filled North

Adelaide to celebrate our first pubcrawl for 2013-Tort Story!

Thanks to everyone who came and enjoyed an amazing night.


He just wanted a decent magazine to read...

Not too much to ask was it? It was in 1948 when Sir John Hilarian stood on North Terrace

looking for some highly witty yet law-related satire. His choice was limited to two monthly

publications - the less-than witty Adelaide Law Review and the less-than law-related On Dit.

Hilarian’s disappointment and subsequent anger at the range of publications available led

him to found this eponymous magazine - and change the face of the Law Library forever.

‘We believe in doing our best to make the people laugh while simultaneously showing the

public that we are smug yet nerdy law students’

Sir John Hilarian, 1912 - 1980, founder of The Hilarian

Reading habits have changed since 1948, but The Hilarian still believes in publishing at least

four editions per year, and what the current publications lack in witty yet law-related satire,

they make up for in overly-bold typeface and language that is as eloquent as like, whatever.

A consummate summary of the ‘roaring twenties’ and a devastating exposé of the ‘Jazz Age’.

Through the narration of Nick Carraway, the reader is taken into the superficially glittering

world of mansions of Long Island and... hang on a minute, this is sounding remarkably like

The Great Gatsby. This production on the other hand, is The Great Hilarian, and the absence

of flappers parties and hydroplanes is more than sufficiently made up for by the staggeringly

well-written articles from our contributors. There are discussions of Fair Trade, of protest and

of overseas aid. Check out the preferred coffee shops of some of Adelaide’s A-listers and

see what’s on for our city and its favourite university in the upcoming months. If you’re having

doubts about being a lawyer then have a look at some alternative career-pathways and if you

find yourself detested by your classmates - our How To girl is back (again) with the answers.

The Hilarian, is an undisputed classic of Australian law-related satire and is one of the great

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