Examples are:

• Complying with academic and non-academic misconduct policies and procedures such as CQUniversity's Student Charter, Student Misconduct Policy and Student Behavioural Misconduct Procedures, and Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
• Demonstrating honesty and integrity in academic and professional practice.
• Maintaining strict client confidentiality if accepted for a work placement with a law firm.
• Demonstrating honesty and integrity in academic and accounting practice.
• Critically reflecting on ethical dilemmas and issues and take responsibility for ethically correct decisions and/or ensuring awareness of applicable ethical thinking and behaviour.

Examples are:

• Demonstrating respectful and courteous behaviour in your dealings with colleagues and staff at the University and with clients and support staff if involved in a work placement.
• Being reflective with personal behaviours appropriate for professional performance and being positive and receptive to processing constructive supervisor/lecturer feedback or criticism.
• Successfully processing and coping with your own emotions and behaviour when faced with challenging and confronting individuals and/or cases in the professional environment.

Examples are:

• Complying with the policies and practices of organisations in which you may be placed or find employment.
• Complying with the requirements for student registration with the Law Society or Bar Association in your state or territory.
• Maintaining a reputation as a fit and proper person for registration as a solicitor or barrister in accordance with the rules for admission in your state or territory.
• Functioning with an awareness and understanding that Accounting practice is mandated by specific legal and regulatory requirements and standards to enable the professional delivery of practice.
• Having knowledge of and compliance with Australian Law and professional regulatory requirements and standards, which informs and determines accounting practices.
• Applying appropriate legal principles and disclosure requirements in preparing financial reports.
• Complying with the requirements for registration with the Accounting Professional & Ethical Standards Board (APESB).

Examples are:

• Verbally communicating in the English language with accuracy, appropriateness and effectiveness.
• Actively participating in discussion activities related to the course.
• Using language that is appropriate to the context of the individual or group.
• Establishing rapport with clients in the delivery of Law practice and respond appropriately to clients, supervisors and other professionals.
• Communicating in a courteous and professional manner with colleagues and staff.
• Using appropriate facial expressions: eye contact, being mindful of space boundaries, and a range of body movements and gestures.
• Recognising and interpreting non-verbal cues of others and responding appropriately during activities related to the course and being self-aware of your own use of non-verbal cues during interactions, including when on professional placement.
• Competently and appropriately producing written assessment while implementing academic and professional conventions.
• Constructing written text in a scholarly manner that includes accurate grammar, punctuation, clear and logical written expression, and correct referencing to the required academic standards.
• Expressing complex and detailed legal information and knowledge into logical, legible and coherent legal documents that meet professional standards and clearly communicates the required content or message.
• Accurately conveying and documenting information in written form, and in a timely manner that meets legal and professional practice requirements.
• Understanding and responding to verbal and communication accurately, appropriately and in a timely manner.
• Providing clear instructions in the context of the situation.
• Providing accurate, timely, clear feedback and reporting in the delivery of accounting practice.
• Delivering interactivity with your communication (timeliness, accuracy and effectiveness) to resolve complex problems and maintain trusting and effective relationships.
• Establishing rapport with clients in the delivery of accounting practice and respond appropriately to clients, supervisors and other professionals.
• Having sensitivity and empathy to cultural, religious and individual differences.
• Being able to demonstrate effective non-verbal communication that is respectful, clear, empathetic, honest and non-judgemental when communicating with students, families and professional colleagues.

Examples are:

• Conceptualising and using appropriate knowledge in response to academic assessment items.
• Applying theoretical knowledge, research evidence, policies and procedures in professional practice.
• Demonstrating active listening skills while on work placement.
• Competently and accurately receiving communication from another person and processing that legal and/or client information and circumstances and be able to repeat those communication messages with precision.
• Paraphrasing and summarising received verbal communications effectively.
• Demonstrating an understanding of complex commercial transactions that involve numeracy skills.
• Applying numeracy skills to interpret and solve a range of legal matters that involve (but are not limited to) damages, compensation, interest and other monetary payments in litigation.
• Demonstrating the mental functioning and thinking capacities to deliver competent accounting practice.
• Having the cognitive capacity to acquire theoretical knowledge as well as develop the cognitive processing skills to successfully undertake the course, its learning activities and assessments.
• Having the capacity to acquire, process, integrate and implement a comprehensive body of knowledge and skills in both academic and professional practice settings.
• Competently and consistently demonstrating the ability to read, decode, interpret and comprehend multiple sources of information in accounting practice.
• Acquiring and interpreting evidence and accurately conveying appropriate information both in data and numerical formats.
• Having the ability to reason with numbers and other mathematical concepts, principles and operations and competently communicate and demonstrate these in a range of contexts to solve a variety of mathematical problems associated with accounting practice.
• Demonstrating the capacity to undertake complex financial analysis of accounting reports, including the use of Excel spreadsheet software.

Examples are:

• Engaging in active listening in a client interview, reacting and responding appropriately to information provided by a client, and providing legal advice verbally.
• Responding verbally in an appropriate manner to a judge’s questions and the submissions of opponents in live mock court hearings.
• Engaging in active listening and reacting and responding appropriately during live negotiations with an opponent.

Examples are:

• Developing active listening skills to facilitate effective communication, avoid miscommunication and arrive at accurate conclusions.
• Patience and avoiding or diffusing interpersonal conflict.
• Trustworthiness and confidentiality.
• Approachability and warmth to facilitate communication and encourage innovation and mutual cooperation.
• Communicate effectively with a variety of clients, using a range of communication skills and tools.
• Work effectively with your fellow students.

Examples are:

• Development of an 'active, dynamic action-based and ethical set of skills, placed in real time and dealing with real, complex and difficult situations' (Moon, J. (1999), Reflection in Learning and Professional Development: Theory and Practice, Kogan Page, London).
• Implementing a six step process: read, ask, watch, feel, talk and think. (see Neil Thomson, People Skills, Palgrave MacMillan 2015).
• Enhancing the ability to mirror, paraphrase and restate feelings, emotions and words of others to fully understand the communication.
• Demonstrating an understanding of how theory as well as personal, social and cultural experiences relate to practice or personal or professional knowledge.
• Discovering and challenging own underlying assumptions.
• Making connections between personal and work experiences and what is being learnt.

Examples are:

• Reading and comprehension of vast amounts of text and oral information as the basis of formal decision making.
• Breaking down information into a context that can be understood within a team.
• Managing lengthy complex meetings.
• Planning time and workload effectively including the ability to self-manage competing commitments and take responsibility for own wellbeing.
• Responding to assessment tasks under time pressure and/or invigilated or exam conditions as required by the accrediting authorities.
• Responding in an efficient, effective and professional manner to deadlines and urgent tasks set by legal practitioners, line managers, or tutors in work-integrated learning contexts.

Examples are:

• Actively listening to others with the purpose of gathering information and engaging with the speaker.
• Being a dependable person that can be relied upon in any given situation.
• Having emotional intelligence to understand the needs and feelings of others.
• Being an effective leader using interpersonal skills to make decisions.
• Being able to work effectively and respectfully in a team situation.
• Being able to communicate effectively with your peers, using a variety of media, such as oral and written communications.

Examples are:

• Competently using a desktop operating system such as Microsoft Windows or Mac OS X.
• Accessing a computer for your studies, and possessing sufficient computer knowledge and skills to engage in the on-line learning environment that may include completing relevant on-line assessments and participating in on-line forums or responding to emails.
• Regularly accessing the Internet for research, and email for communication with peers and lecturers.
• Using a variety of computer programs suitable to your course of study.
• Students must have reliable access to both the Internet and to a computer capable of internet-based video conferencing, e.g. Zoom. under Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Abilities.
• Having the ability to use ICT appropriately and effectively in a wide range of accounting contexts.
• Demonstrating sufficient computer knowledge and skills to engage in the on-line learning environment that may include completing relevant on-line assessments, participating in various on-line forums, responding to emails and using spreadsheet software such as Excel.
• Preparing accounting entries and/or reports using accounting specific ICT.
• Processing and presenting information relevant to accounting by using specific software programs and Excel spreadsheet software.