Provisional Program of the Colloquium
27th September 2021, Maison du Barreau, 2 rue de Harlay, 75001 Paris
Access to Law and Justice: European Bar Associations and Lawyers on the Front Line
Morning
- 08:45 am – 09.15 am : Welcome coffee in the hall of the Maison du Barreau
- 09:15 am – 09:45 am : Opening - Inaugural speeches
Olivier Cousi, Dean of the Paris Bar
Dominique Attias, President of the European Bars Federation (FBE)
Jérôme Gavaudan, President of the French National Bar Council
Hélène Fontaine, President of the French Conférence des Bâtonniers
- 09:45 am – 11:00 am : Legal Aid: the mission of bar associations and the lawyers’ mainspring
Moderator: Michele Lucherini, President of the Access to Justice commission of the FBE, former President of the FBE
Speakers:
Maria Eugenia Gay, Dean of the Barcelona Bar
Peter Hanenberg, Dean of the Rotterdam Bar
Marianne Lagrue, Former Member of the Paris Bar Council
- 11:00 am – 12:15 pm : Defence of victims of terrorists’ attacks: cooperation between European criminal and civil lawyers
Moderator: Frédéric Bibal, Lawyer at the Paris Bar
Speakers:
Nicolas Estienne, Lawyer at the Brussels Bar
Patrick Maguire, Partner, HCC Solicitors, London
Aude Rimailho, Lawyer at the Paris Bar
Carlos Villacorta Salís, Lawyer at the Madrid Bar
- 12:15 am – 2:00 pm : Thematic lunch cocktail: Twinning Forum and Special Session “Pro bono: the marketplace of ideas!” in the Salons of the Maison du barreau (3rd Floor)
Afternoon
- 02:00 pm – 03:15 pm : Public health crises: bar associations and lawyers at the heart of the new challenges
Moderator: Nezih Ülkekul, Member of the Rechtsanwaltskammer Berlin Bar Council
Speakers:
Lucile Bonaz, Lawyer at the Geneva Bar
Charles Joseph-Oudin, Lawyer at the Paris Bar
François Lafforgue, Lawyer at the Paris Bar
Silina Pavlakis, Lawyer at the Athens Bar
Ugo Taddei, Director of Nature and Health, ClientEarth
- 03:15 pm – 04:30 pm : The necessary commitment of bar associations and lawyers to the public: pro bono and solidarity
Moderator: Vinciane Gillet, President of the legal aid commission of the district court of Brussels 2014-2020, Member of the French Brussels Bar Council 2017-2020
Speakers:
Charles Bosvieux-Onyekwelu, CNRS Research Fellow in Sociology (Centre Norbert Elias - Marseille)
Dr. Filip Czernicki, Coordinator of the Warsaw Bar Association of Attorneys-at-Law pro bono programs
Hocine Hadjeras, Head of products and services at Adie (association for the right to economic initiative)
Ozgur Kahale, European Pro Bono Director, DLA Piper
- 04:30 pm: Concluding remarks
Bas Martens, First Vice-President of the European Bars Federation