Question 18664 — judicial and legal professions

Summary

Mr. Emmanuel Pellerin draws the attention of the Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice, to a difficulty encountered by law firms concerning the application of Law No. 2014-788 of July 10, 2014 relating to the development, supervision of internships and improvement of the status of interns. A labor inspector recently expressed his intention to apply this law to student lawyers, by calculating the number of trainees in depending on the number of employees in the firm. This interpretation poses several problems. First of all, it is in contradiction with the ministerial response of June 18, 2015 which specifies that the 2014 law does not apply to student lawyers, governed by law no. 71-1130 of December 31, 1971 and decree no. foreigners), if the law of 2014 applies, the number of trainees should be calculated including the firm's lawyers and not just employees. Furthermore, for international firms, the entire structure should be considered rather than being limited to the Paris office which generally does not have its own structure but which operates in the form of a branch. In addition, some law firms have few or no employees, their employees provide administrative support and that they do not supervise the work of interns to justify why it appears that the law should not apply to interns particularly those who are not EFB. In the absence of such an interpretation, firms risk drastically reducing the number of non-EFB trainees, which goes against the approach of bringing together the universities, major schools and the professional world. Therefore, he asks him to please clarify these points in order to allow law firms to continue to offer internships in optimal conditions.

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