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The President of Paris, M.e Julie Couturier, defends this status against the opinion of the French bar. She explains why to the “Point”.
Advocacy. Me Julie Couturier: “Lawyers have their place in companies. »
By Nicholas Bastuck
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HASAttention, divisive subject! The Bâtonniere of Paris – her bar has 34,000 black robes out of a total of 71,000 in France – relaunches the debate on the company salaried lawyer. Mentioned for twenty years, fought with constancy by the representative bodies, this status which Julie Couturier is in favor of could allow a lawyer to be recruited by a bank, an insurance company or a commercial company and to be bound to them by an employment contract while retaining his title and ethics. On January 22, 2021, the National Bar Council (CNB) buried without further ado a chancellery project aimed at testing the formula. “An unacceptable attack on the independence of the lawyer and his professional secrecy”, judged 71% of its members…
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