Mar 15, 2023
Foreign-qualified lawyers, both in-house and
in private practice, can and do face myriad hardships practising in
Australia. But, as Eimear Fitzmaurice can attest, overcoming those
challenges is absolutely achievable.
On this episode of The Corporate Counsel Show, host Jerome
Doraisamy speaks with in-house property lawyer Eimear Fitzmaurice
about her experience of moving to Australia from Ireland to
practice, the hurdles that foreign-qualified lawyers have to
overcome in new jurisdictions, and what she has learnt, both
personally and professionally, since migrating.
Ms Fitzmaurice also dives into juggling vocational and financial
hurdles as a foreign-qualified lawyer, pulling one’s self through
challenging times, how best employers can support legal
professionals who have come from overseas (especially in the new
normal), why employers should welcome such practitioners, and why
those facing such challenges must persist.
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