Katarina Emeršič Polić, mag. prav.

Katarina Emeršič Polić graduated in 2014 and in 2016 completed her postgraduate studies with honors at the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana. In 2015 and 2016, Katarina also received three awards and commendations for her outstanding achievements in extracurricular activities awarded only to the best students by the Senate of the Faculty of Law.

In 2015, she was working as a legal adviser at the EU delegation to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg and was among other things responsible for reporting on developments in the committees of legal experts and issued judgments of the European Court of Human Rights. In 2016, she was a legal adviser at the international organization Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean in Malta. During this time she also participated in the LGBT legal counseling office, where she advised LGBT persons and provided them with information on their legal status and legal channels to assert their rights. In November 2016, Katarina Emeršič Polić joined the Law Firm Pirc Musar & Partners. In January 2021, she was admitted to the Slovenian bar as an attorney at law. In December 2022, Katarina became a partner in the Law Firm.

In October 2022, Katarina successfully completed her training as a mediator. In August 2023, Katarina was listed as a mediator at the Mediation Centre and in March 2024 also to the list of mediators at the Ljubljana District Court.

As of May 2021, Katarina is a member of the delegation of the Slovenian Bar Association to the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE). In March 2023, she was appointed as the only expert from Slovenia to the CCBE Young Lawyers Committee. In March 2024, she was elected to the Board of the Bar Association.

Katarina is fluent in English, French, Italian and Spanish.