NYCLA Forum: Legal Services in France
On June 27, the New York County Lawyers’ Association Justice Center hosted a public forum, “Civil Legal Services in France -- What Can the United States Learn?” featuring a discussion of the civil legal service system that France, which has civil Gideon, has developed.Introductory remarks were made by Immediate Past NYCLA president, James B. Kobak Jr. (first on the left), a partner at Hughes Hubbard & Reed, and NYCLA president Stewart D. Aaron, and partner at Arnold & Porter. Also pictured (from left to right) are panelists: Lynn M. Kelly, executive director, City Bar Justice Center; Emmanuel Masson, president, Lille (France) Bar Association; Bertrand Debosque, former president, Lille (France) Bar Association; Hon. Fern Fisher, deputy chief administrative judge for New York City Courts; Paris R. Baldacci, clinical professor of law and director, Housing Rights Clinic, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law; and Moderator David Udell, executive director, National Center for Access to Justice, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.