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It is not enough for the law to confer power, it must also be exercised by controlling the balance of power
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This is what is starting to be whispered in the world of 76,000 French lawyers.
For six years, the profession has displayed a united and united front in the face of public authorities.
It had worked out well for him.
Led by a wise president of the National Bar Council (CNB), Christiane Feral-Schuhl, it was they who, by joining forces with other professions, derailed the first pension reform.
Finely supervised by his successor, Jérôme Gavaudan, they were able to make their voices heard during the general states of justice and influence the successive laws written by Éric Dupond-Moretti.
Since January, however, lawyers have rediscovered their historic antagonisms: their differences between the Paris bar and all the other bars in France.
On the one hand, 38,000 lawyers, representing 70% of the profession's turnover, contributing nearly 50% to the budget…
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