Coffee Conversations with Jodi Palmer

About Jodi Palmer

Jodi Palmer is a UQ Law alumnus who graduated in 2002 with a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Science (Psychology). After clerkships with McCullough Robertson, Freehills and Mallesons, she worked in a mid-sized firm, before moving to a large firm where she became a Senior Associate, working in commercial litigation and insolvency. After five years she moved back to a mid-tier firm, before being sent on a secondment which would change the direction of her career entirely. After a year on secondment, Jodi joined the BMD Group in 2011 as Senior Legal Counsel and in 2014 was made the company’s first General Counsel.

It turned out that all of the seemingly unrelated steps of her career to date had been preparing her for this very role. She has found her niche in the in-house world and enjoys being part of a business, helping to increase business success via legal understanding and compliance.

While she had some disappointments with missing out on roles early in her career, Jodi has discovered that no time is ever wasted. Each step in her career has taught her different legal and business, not to mention interpersonal, skills, that have enabled her to achieve success in the in-house world. In August 2019 she will join Volvo Group Australia as Vice President Legal and Compliance, and is looking forward to the challenge of new industries.

In her time away from her full-time work, Jodi is kept busy by the balancing act with two young daughters, trying to live a sustainable life, and cooking.

Join Jodi on Tuesday 6 August at 10.15am at The Deck Cafe for conversation and coffee.

Learn more about Jodi on LinkedIn or at BDM.

What you’ll get out of this session

• Find out what it’s like to work in-house, in top-tier and mid-tier firms
• Hear how Jodi achieves a balance between work, family and living sustainably
• Discover the different career pathways available to law students 
• Ask questions and build your professional network with a key industry professional
• Free coffee!

Important information

Places at any Coffee Conversation are limited, so please do not register for the event unless you are definitely going to attend, otherwise you are taking up someone else’s spot.