Reflective Journal Zoe Rathus s (1976 …) “Being a Clinic Teacher 2005 – 2015” (scary??) Submitted to the QAILS Conference 1

Struggle with the Juggle Still difficult to juggle the requirements of good clinical management with the expectations of a ‘good’ academic 2

Why the Universities like CLE WIL agenda Service Learning Work ready graduates Excellent teaching evaluations! 3

New Boxes Ticked AQF Capstones 4

Level 7Level 8 SummaryGraduates at this level will have broad and coherent knowledge and skills for professional work and/or further learning Graduates at this level will have advanced knowledge and skills for professional/highly skilled work and/or further learning KnowledgeGraduates at this level will have broad and coherent theoretical and technical knowledge with depth in one or more disciplines or areas of practice Graduates at this level will have advanced theoretical and technical knowledge in one or more disciplines or areas of practice SkillsGraduates at this level will have well-developed cognitive, technical and communication skills to select and apply methods and technologies to: Graduates at this level will have advanced cognitive, technical and communication skills to select and apply methods and technologies to: Australian Qualifications Framework,

Skills (cont) analyse and evaluate information to complete a range of activities analyse, generate and transmit solutions to unpredictable and sometimes complex problems transmit knowledge, skills and ideas to others analyse critically, evaluate and transform information to complete a range of activities analyse, generate and transmit solutions to complex problems transmit knowledge, skills and ideas to others Application of Knowledge and skills Graduates at this level will apply knowledge and skills to demonstrate autonomy, well developed judgement and responsibility: in contexts that require self- directed work and learning within broad parameters to provide specialist advice and functions Graduates at this level will apply knowledge and skills to demonstrate autonomy, well-developed judgement, adaptability and responsibility as a practitioner or learner 6

Features of Capstone Courses Make sense of knowledge and skills gained – Integration and closure Look forward to the new professional existence – Transition A culminating experience in which students are asked to integrate, apply, critique and extend the knowledge and skills they have acquired during their undergraduate studies 7

Principles 1.Transition 2.Integration and Closure 3.Diversity 4.Engagement 5.Assessment 6.Evaluation McNamara, Kift, Butler, Field, Brown and Gamble, ‘WIL as a Component of the Capstone Experience in Undergrad Law’ (2012) 13(1) Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education 8

Connected Research The Effective Supervision Project law/effective-law-student-supervision- project/about-fellowship law/effective-law-student-supervision- project/about-fellowship 9

The Complex Tension Clinics are expensive They don’t really fit with a law academic’s profile How to get buy in from the university How to build career paths Clinics need to embedded and respected as essential offerings in undergraduate education. 10