Nov 28, 2023
The president of Queensland Law Society, Chloe
Kopilovic, is concerned about the readiness or otherwise of
emerging practitioners to either start their own practices or have
the capacity to hit the ground running as an employee in a smaller
legal practice – and she’s not alone.
In this episode of The Boutique Lawyer Show, host Jerome Doraisamy
speaks with QLS president and FC Lawyers director Chloe Kopilovic
about being such a young president of a major legal member
association, why discussing the need to better equip those coming
through the ranks to succeed in the SME space is so critical, how
and why the issue is becoming more stark, and whether lengthier
induction periods are required in legal education and professional
development.
Ms Kopilovic also reflects on the flow-on consequences for graduate
lawyers not being ready to open their own practices or assume a
caseload or business responsibilities, the practical steps that
different stakeholders can take, including and especially what
those looking to enter the SME space can do, and how employers can
better prepare grads entering their businesses, and the need to
ensure the delivery of law to the community can continually
improve.
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