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 or psychological service.
• Respecting the diversity of individuals and groups by demonstrating sensitivity to religious, cultural and individual differences.
• Demonstrating an ability to reflect on ethical dilemmas and issues and use an ethical decision-making model to take responsibility to ethically resolve dilemmas.
• If undertaking research, preparing an application for the university ethics committee to conduct a research study.

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.
• Interacting with people from a wide range of backgrounds and cultures in a calm and composed manner in difficult to deal with situations.
• Maintaining behavioural stability through successfully distinguishing your own personal behaviours, experiences and emotions from those of others (e.g., colleagues, clients, research participants).

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.
• Complying with the requirements for student registration with AHPRA or Australian Psychological Society (APS).
• 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.
• Complying with relevant child protection and safety legislation, mandatory reporting requirements and any other notifiable concern to your field placement supervisor.
• Complying with university and workplace policy around the use of social media, online discussion forums, email and other electronic forms of communication.
• If undertaking research, complying with the legal stipulations contained within an approved ethics application when conducting research with humans or animals.

Examples are:

• Verbally communicating in the English language with accuracy, appropriateness and effectiveness in a wide range of contexts.
• Actively participating in discussion activities related to the course.
• Framing and leading discussion with clients and/or research participants to collect information and provide instruction.
• Using legal or psychological language that is appropriate to the context of the individual or group.
• Establishing rapport with clients in the delivery of law practice or psychological services and respond appropriately to clients, supervisors and other professionals.
• Communicating in a courteous and professional manner with colleagues and staff.
• Discussing a client’s progress with other professionals.
• Using appropriate facial expressions and eye contact, being mindful of space boundaries, and a range of body movements and gestures.
• Recognising and interpreting non-verbal cues of others that indicate a change in their emotional state and respond appropriately during activities related to the course, as well as during professional placement.
• Competently and appropriately producing written assessment while implementing academic 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 and/or psychological information and knowledge into logical, legible and coherent legal and/or psychological 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, ethical and professional practice requirements.
• Where part of your course, preparing a document based on a body of research conducted under the supervision of an academic staff member.

Examples are:

• Conceptualising and using appropriate knowledge in response to academic assessment items.
• Completing academic learning activities and assessment tasks, and perform professional skills within reasonable set time frames.
• 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.
• Paraphrasing, summarising and referencing in accordance with appropriate academic conventions.
• Producing contextually appropriate text which meets professional and legal requirements.
• Reading and accurately interpreting information related to clients and/or research participants, as well as convey a spoken message accurately and effectively in a professional setting.
• Demonstrating competency in applying accurate mathematical knowledge and skills to score and interpret psychological test data.
• Applying research methodologies in a variety of research contexts.
• Conducting and interpreting statistical analysis using software such as SPSS, Nvivo, or R.
• Where part of your course, successfully conducting an independent research project that incorporates the cognitive knowledge and skills gained from the course and is appropriate for a psychology graduate.

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.
• Having patience and avoiding or diffusing interpersonal conflict.
• Having trustworthiness and confidentiality.
• Having approachability and warmth to facilitate communication and encourage innovation and mutual cooperation.
• Rapidly building rapport with people from all walks of life, including colleagues and/or research participants and/or clients in the professional context.
• Maintaining positive working relationships when under stressful circumstances.
• Maintaining confidentiality in all contexts.

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 (Neil Thomson, People Skills, Palgrave MacMillan 2015).
• Enhancing the ability to mirror, paraphrase and restate feelings, emotions, and words of others to fully understand their communication.
• Reflecting critically on topics taught during the course.
• Identifying when your practice may be negatively affected by personal experience and/or reactions, outside one's scope or expertise, and be able to reflect and learn from this experience.
• Reflecting on situations that may be difficult and sensitive.
• Identifying, reflecting and learning from successful situations as well as opportunities for improvement.

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.
• Maintaining the appropriate level of commitment to coursework tasks, and actively participating in activities related to the course, including group work.
• Undertaking examinations and on-line quizzes with adequate, sustained levels of physical energy and concentration.
• Remaining focused and performing consistently during tasks.
• Being aware of and managing your own workloads and personal commitments outside of university to ensure sustainable performance of course requirements.
• Being aware of and managing your own stress and/or anxieties so that sustainable performance can be ensured within course requirements.

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.
• Having the ability to work in a team.

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 online learning environment that may include completing relevant online assessments and participating in online 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 to analyse, manipulate and display scientific information applicable to your course of study including systems required by practicum placement sites.
• Students must have reliable access to both the Internet and to a computer capable of internet-based video conferencing, e.g. Zoom.