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.

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.

Examples are:

• Verbally communicating in the English language with accuracy, appropriateness and effectiveness.
• Actively participating in discussion activities related to the course.
• Using legal 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 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 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.

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.

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:

• Development of 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.

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).
• Implement 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.

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:

• Active 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 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.