Legal Workplace Experience (LAWS5007)
\nReflection Journal Assessment
\nThere are 6 questions below. Each question has two options. Write a reflection in response to one of the
\noptions provided for each question, based on your experiences during your legal workplace experience.
\nReflections are expected to be between 500 and 1000 words for each of the questions. Students are assessed
\non the quality of their reflections.
\nQuestion 1: Competence1
\nOption 1 – Calling or meeting with a client for the first time
\nThink back to the first time you were asked to call or meet a client without another lawyer present.
\nThink of how a reasonably competent and experienced lawyer would approach calling or meeting with a client.
\nWhat would a reasonably competent and experienced lawyer do to achieve a basic level of competence in
\ncarrying out their responsibilities? Would they review the file, have a clear understanding of the purpose of
\nthe call or meeting and undertake any necessary research?
\nNow think about your level of knowledge in the area and your professional obligations to deliver legal services
\ncompetently and diligently.
\nReflecting on what you did when you were asked to call or meet a client during your legal workplace
\nexperience:
\n\u2022 What did you do that worked well?
\n\u2022 Why do you think it worked well?
\n\u2022 What are you going to do in the future in a similar situation?
\n\u2022 Would you manage your time differently?
\n\u2022 Are your personal standards different to the professional standards?
\nOption 2 – Given a client\u2019s file for the first time
\nThink back to the first time you were given a client\u2019s file to work on.
\nThink of how a reasonably competent and experienced lawyer would approach a client’s file for the first time.
\nWhat would a reasonably competent and experienced lawyer do to achieve a basic level of competence in
\ncarrying out their responsibilities? Would they conduct thorough research, read the file and all previous
\ncorrespondence fully?
\nNow think about your level of knowledge in the area and your professional obligations to deliver legal services
\ncompetently and diligently.
\n1 See, eg. Timothy Casey, \u2018Reflective Practice in Legal Education: The Stages of Reflection\u2019 (2014) 20 Clinical Law
\nReview 317.
\nReflecting on what you did when you were first given a client\u2019s file to work on during your legal workplace
\nexperience:
\n\u2022 What did you do that worked well?
\n\u2022 Why do you think it worked well?
\n\u2022 What are you going to do in the future in a similar situation?
\n\u2022 Would you manage your time differently?
\n\u2022 Are your personal standards different to the professional standards?
\nQuestion 2: Difference and Choice2
\nOption 1 \u2013 Writing Styles
\nThink back to some of the documents you drafted during the legal workplace experience.
\nThink about the writing styles and techniques used by others (including your supervisors and other lawyers)
\nas well as your own style of writing.
\nChoose two writing techniques or skills you think are effective and explain why. How can you use those
\ntechniques or skills in the future? In what circumstances might they be more, or less, effective?
\nOption 2 \u2013 Interview Styles
\nThink back to the client interviews you have conducted or observed during your legal workplace experience.
\nThink about interview styles and techniques used by others (including your supervisor and colleagues) as well
\nas your own style of interviewing.
\nChoose 2 client interview techniques or skills you think are effective and explain why. How can you use those
\ntechniques and skills in future client interviews? In what circumstances might they be more, or less, effective?
\nQuestion 3: Internal Context3
\nThink about whether your personal preferences, experiences, biases, character or personal traits impact you
\nas a lawyer.
\nOption 1 \u2013 Your attributes Helped you as a lawyer
\nGive an example of where your personal preferences, experiences, biases, character or personal traits
\nHelped you as a lawyer during your legal workplace experience. How can you build on that strength? In
\nsome situations, could it be a weakness? Explain why.
\nOption 2 \u2013 Challenged
\nDid you feel personally challenged during your legal workplace experience? Explain the situation and why
\nyou felt challenged. How did you resolve that issue? Would you approach that same situation differently in
\nthe future?
\n2 Ibid.
\n3 Ibid.
\nQuestion 4: External Context4
\nThink about whether the personal preferences, experiences, biases, character or personal traits of others
\nimpacted you as a lawyer.
\nOption 1 \u2013 Challenged
\nDid you feel personally challenged by a client, lawyer, judge or someone you came into contact with during
\nyour legal workplace experience? Explain the situation and why you felt challenged. Did you make an incorrect
\nassumption or belief? How did you resolve that issue? Would you approach that same situation differently in
\nthe future?
\nOption 2 \u2013 Approach
\nDid you notice your approach as a lawyer to different clients or lawyers changed? Why did that happen? Was
\nthe setting different? Give two examples.
\nQuestion 5: Societal Choice5
\nThink about whether any societal forces or factors influence you as a lawyer. How society shapes us and our
\nclients can also affect us as lawyers.
\nOption 1 \u2013 Different Clients
\nDuring your legal workplace experience, did you treat any clients differently due to societal forces or factors?
\nWhy? Did it impact your role as a lawyer? Would you prefer to not act for certain clients? Why? Were you
\naware you had biases before? Were you aware of the potential biases of others? What would you do
\ndifferently in the future?
\nOption 2 \u2013 Societal forces or factors
\nWere you confronted by a situation during your legal workplace experience that had societal forces or factors
\ninvolved? Were you surprised by your reaction? Did it impact you as a lawyer? Has it impacted the client or
\nanother party? What would you do differently next time?
\nQuestion 6: Metacognition6
\nOption 1 \u2013 Comprises of 2 parts
\nPart 1: Mistakes
\nWhat are some mistakes you are glad you made during the legal workplace experience? Why? What will you
\ndo differently so that you don\u2019t make the same mistake again?
\nPart 2: Qualities
\nWrite down 5 qualities or attributes you have and that you believe are valuable or useful as a lawyer. For
\nexample: you are punctual, have an excellent work ethic, demonstrate ethical values, attention to detail,
\nembrace challenges, are persistent, responsible, motivated, creative thinker, etc.
\nChoose one and write your final reflective piece on why that quality or attribute is important, why you value it,
\nwhy others value it, how you\u2019ve expressed it in the past, and how you\u2019re going to express it in the future.
\n4 Ibid.
\n5 Ibid.
\n6 Ibid.
\nOption 2 \u2013 Comprises of 2 parts
\nPart 1: Experience
\nHave any of your thinking processes changed since the start of the legal workplace experience? What have
\ncaused those changes? What will you do differently in the future?
\nPart 2: Practice
\nThe practice of law. What do you think of that statement? What does it mean to you? After the legal
\nworkplace experience, do you feel better prepared to enter the legal profession?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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