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AmCham meeting with the Zagreb Law School Dean
September 30, 2019

AmCham meeting with the Zagreb Law School Dean

AmCham’s position paper on “Education and Specialization in Legal Profession” was of the key topics of the meeting between AmCham’s representatives and Mr. Igor Gliha, the Dean of the Zagreb Law School.

AmCham’s position paper on “Education and Specialization in Legal Profession” was of the key topics of the meeting between AmCham’s representatives and Mr. Igor Gliha, the Dean of the Zagreb Law School. Amongst other, participants discussed possibilities for improvement in the higher education, work practice prior to eligibility of independent work in the legal profession, professional training at the workplace, and gaining experience by working.

Ms. Andrea Doko Jelušić, Executive Director of AmCham talked about the reasons for the position paper, like frequent changes in regulation, lack of stable court practice, and consequently the perception of lengthy court procedures. Mr. Krešimir Lipovšćak, president of AmCham Judiciary Committee and Partner at Crowe Horwath spoke about the state of play in Croatia, examples of good practice in Europe and presented the position paper’s recommendations for the improvement of the existing system and practices related to training in the legal profession in Croatia. Mr. Mladen Vukmir, Partner at Law firm Vukmir & Associates talked about the need of harmonizing the curricula with the contemporary needs of the job market emphasizing the importance of learning about intellectual property law as the basis of contemporary economies. The discussion was led on the need and possibility of introduction the intellectual property law as a compulsory subject at law schools.

All the participants agreed that there is a room for further improvement especially on the level of lifelong learning and raising awareness of the expert public on the importance of intellectual property law.

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