Workshop
Date : 3 décembre 2013
The legal profession is experiencing profound transformations in its composition, organization, and activities. The increase in the number of lawyers and the feminization of the profession has entirely changed the configuration of the profession and the enrollment of its members. More generally globalization, internationalization of legal markets, and the speeding of legislative process/output, have made the normative universe in which lawyers evolve more complex. They have had to transform their activity to make it more efficient in order to keep their place in a more competitive context and to meet the new standards for transparency and accountability. These significant changes vary by cultural contexts and the structure of the legal profession in each country. This one day workshop will address three broad themes that take place in the contemporary legal profession. Researchers will present recent and ongoing work by exploring an array of comparative and international perspectives. The aim of this workshop is to facilitate a dialogue on these current changes in the legal profession and to discuss potential next steps of building a comparative framework for additional collaborative work on the legal profession.
- Comité scientifique : Benoit Bastard (ISP, Cachan), Christian Bessy (IDHE Cachan), Gabriele Plickert (American Bar Foundation, Chicago)
- Contact : legalprofession.december3@gmail.com
- Programme du workshop