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MARKET FOR PRO BONO LEGAL SERVICES IN CROATIA – WHAT IS THE PLACE OF SMALL BUSINESS CLINICS

Although part of every legal education in Croatia, law clinics have different roles and places within communities. Small business clinics in Croatia are at an intersection of different service providers – business support institutions, state institutions (chambers of commerce and state administration offices), and professional associations. All these institutions provide pro bono legal and economic advice to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Croatia. Despite high competition and rather low entry barriers in the advice providers sector, a significant number of new entrants starts to offer their services in this sector. Finding one’s place in such a highly saturated market demands good strategy, well-defined services, good management and clearly profiled competitive advantage. Using secondary data, the goal of this paper is to check where and how a small business clinic in Croatia can place itself within the community. Through primary data and interviews with all mentors and students involved in the Small Business Clinic of Josip Juraj Strossmayer University in Osijek, major issues and challenges will be analysed and used to draw conclusions in defining the place of clinics in the market of professional service providers in Croatia.

clinical education, pro bono services, services for SMEs, small business clinics

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