Between the Victoria's secret, Pull & Bear and Zara stores, unusual stands in this place were set up for the day at the Westfield Les 4 Temps shopping center, in La Défense, on Wednesday. Magistrates, lawyers, jurists, police officers, representatives of victim support associations, notaries were present to answer any questions from visitors on this national day of access to law, organized by the departmental council of access to law. A body presided over by the president of the Nanterre judicial court and the prosecutor.
This is the sixth edition of National Access to Law Day, but it is the first time that legal professionals have taken up residence in the mall. The opportunity to reach a wide audience in this very busy place.
Visitors surprised
"I see this as I was about to go back to work," says a young employee in the sector, who needed to know how to find the lawyer he needs. "It's a nice surprise and now I know how to do it," smiled the young man. "I needed information for work-related problems. I wanted to know how to settle the dispute, "says a sexagenarian, also passing through. "I didn't expect to have answers today," says one visitor, preferring to keep the reason for her approach to herself.
Victims of domestic violence stopped at the dedicated stands. "We don't solve the problems on the spot, but we guide and indicate the steps to be taken," says members of the information centre on women's and families' rights. This is the purpose of the operation: to inform citizens of their rights, and their right to know them.