Important program documents and advice from past Brennan students.
Brennan Program Handbook
Each year, the Brennan administrators update the Brennan Program Handbook. This document is a source of truth for all Brennan members to learn about the Brennan Program. In this handbook, you will learn about what an LTS opportunity is; how to submit ROJ forms; and what external events or materials are suitable for accruing ROJ in the Brennan Program.
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Digital Dashboard
Use this video to learn how to navigate through your Brennan Program site on CareerHub. Questions? reach out to BrennanProgram@uts.edu.au
hi everyone um my name is georgina and
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this is mac
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and we are the 2021 brennan directors
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and we're here today to just run through
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a little bit about
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our very new exciting brennan website
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so you can access this brennan web page
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um from a few places there'll be a link
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on the brennan collective
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on the uts brennan program webpage
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and also you'll receive a link to this
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when you sign up for the brennan program
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so
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it would be a really good idea to
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bookmark this
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through your journey through the program
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so we're going to run through all of the
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different components of this webpage
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um today so i will start so this is what
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the website looks like when you first
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come on and if you scroll down
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you've got this big tile here which will
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take you um
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to another web page that is your own
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personal
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uh brennan workflow which shows your own
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roj and lts claims and allows you
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to make any um more claims yourself so
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this will be a great place if you can't
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figure out where to go to to make your
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roj or lts claims
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you can click straight on here and um it
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will take you
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straight to your own personal workflow
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so it's a really nice easy
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quick place to find that then if we
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scroll down we've got a number of
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smaller little tiles that um have a
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bunch of different resources to help you
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all
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out in your brennan journey so the first
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little tile on the left here is
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a really great video from one of our
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brennanites jenny
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explaining the process of how to claim
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for lts and roj
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um so it's a really good quick little
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video for you to understand
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how to claim those hours or the points
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for roj
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and all what all of the little different
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things on the workflow mean
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so if you're ever having any problems
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with that you could watch that video
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um going into the middle tile on the top
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row we've got our brennan handbook
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which is a really really fantastic
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resource that explains all of the
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smaller details of the program all in
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one place
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so if you ever have any more like
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specific questions
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um this will be a great place to go and
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it's a really nice quick easy link
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to find that there and then on the final
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one on the top row
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it's this is a little timeline of all
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the events that we'll be running in
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um any said semester so obviously you
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can say these are our spring 2021
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initiatives but whatever semester you
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might be viewing from
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you should be able to see all of the
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initiatives on here and be able to
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register for them
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so that's a really great place if you
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want to see what we're doing that
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semester in the brennan program
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this is a really nice quick and easy
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place to access them
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so now mac's going to run you through um
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all the rest of the tiles on the page
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thanks georgina and hi everyone i hope
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you're all doing really well
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so these next few tiles um
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the one on the left there leadership for
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service essentially
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if you click on that link that will take
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you through to
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a little bit more information about the
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types of
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volunteering opportunities
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you can undertake at uts and also
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a few examples of what students are
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doing so
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from working for anti-slavery australia
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to the wesley mission there's a whole
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list of resources there that students
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have been
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engaging with and if you're ever stuck
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with
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what sort of volunteering experience
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might be good for you definitely take a
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look at that one
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and next to that we've got reflections
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on justice so
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this will give you a little bit more
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information about the types of
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activities that we run at uts where you
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can earn roj
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points that could be anything from
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the discussion groups we run each
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semester
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our justice talks and both of those
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tiles they're the leadership free
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service
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and the reflections on justice they also
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have some
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videos that show you how to claim
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lts hours and roj points
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by the career hub so if you're ever
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stuck on how to claim make sure you
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check out both of those tiles
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and next to that one there we've got the
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brennan collective tile so that will
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take you straight through to
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our facebook page and i would highly
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encourage
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all of you to join that facebook group
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if you haven't already
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georgina and myself will always be
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posting
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new opportunities on there both for
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roj and lts
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points so make sure you're following
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that one
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and we get some great posts from our
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brennan community as well
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and just down from there we've got a few
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more tiles so that one on the left
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program fa
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throughout the year we get lots of
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frequently asked questions
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in our inbox and our lovely coordinator
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crystal she's put together
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a really extensive list of q a
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answers in that link there so if you
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ever have
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a question about the program it's most
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probably in there
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but if it's not you can click on the
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tile next to that so that's the contact
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contact us now tile so if you've ever
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got any questions about the program that
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might not be in the
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frequently asked questions uh tile
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then you can reach us there via email
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and yeah i think that gives a really
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nice summary of our new
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uh page and i hope that
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this will alleviate any of the any of
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the questions you may have about the
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program
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and yeah i hope to see you on campus
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soon
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Eyes on the Brennan Award?
The below video offers advice from previous Brennan students about how they accomplished the Brennan award.
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My advice to students who want to do
the Brennan Award is just to do it.
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It's unique to UTS and
no other university offers it,
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and it definitely helps
you grow as a person,
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but also develop
connections and communities,
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and that's something that
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I would say to dive in and participate,
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get started from the get-go,
and do as much as you can.
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It's not always possible
to attend all the events,
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but just show up where
you can and participate.
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So, diversity is really important
in accomplishing the Brennan Award,
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because the experiences that you
gain while doing the Brennan Award
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are invaluable for your future
personal and professional career.
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So, making sure that you're not
just doing the one same activity
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will ensure that you have greater
knowledge and greater experience,
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about what is available in
the social justice side of the law.
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So like most things in life,
getting started is the hardest part.
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So if you really want to
seek out the Brennan Award,
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I recommend finding a friend
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Brennan Award tips from UTS Law students
Overcoming challenges? Learn how Keti Bull, Tibike Jurecska, Dhruv Saggar, and Alexander Leal Smith, managed their progress through to the end of the Brennan program.
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The most difficult part of
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was keeping on top of it during exams.
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Sometimes you can be
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but through doing this,
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There were various different
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At times I felt really
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I felt angry as well.
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So it was just a matter of stepping away
from it for a while and recognising that
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even though I couldn't
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the change that I'd like to see,
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it was just important to sort of start
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from a place of
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and I think that's the best place to be.
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Well, honestly, I think the most
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But I think how I really got around that
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was actually breaking it
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So, for me it was,
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I was doing a five-year degree,
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"Okay, what do I have to do in my first,
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And from there, it just
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and I got the confidence to actually
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and try and strive
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Coming to the end of the Brennan Program,
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that I was able to more
proficiently organise my time
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and prioritise tasks as a law student.