1. Lawyer’s specialisation French response to market concerns
Workshop in Katowice
April 15th 2016

2. To give lawyers visibility on the market place
Lawyer’s specialisation French response to market concerns Katowice, April 15, 2016
Objectives:
To give lawyers visibility on the market place
To ensure customers of a real competence
To encourage continuous training of lawyers

3. Highligths: Head of lawyer’s profession in charge of system
Lawyer’s specialisation French response to market concerns Katowice, April 15, 2016
Highligths:
Head of lawyer’s profession in charge of system
Public authorities approving specialisation fields
Possibility to precisely define specialisation fields

4. Lawyer’s specialisation French response to market concerns Katowice, April 15, 2016
Procedure:
To apply requires a four years of professional experience in considered field of expertise, not exclusively as a lawyer
Objective of procedure is to ensure of effective professionnal activity in concerned field
Objective is also to ensure of a real expertise

5. Practical issues regarding the exam:
Lawyer’s specialisation French response to market concerns Katowice, April 15, 2016
Practical issues regarding the exam:
Rules in force :
examination board to ensure professional skills
a file to be prepared by applicant
professionnal and not academic exam
Ethic issues are concerned as well

6. Concerned field of specialisation:
Lawyer’s specialisation French response to market concerns Katowice, April 15, 2016
Concerned field of specialisation:
Twenty six specialisations are proposed to applicants
Applicants can request to adapt specialisation to their own professional expertise
Head of profession closely controls delivery of these specifics mentions

7. Continuous training obligations:
Lawyer’s specialisation French response to market concerns Katowice, April 15, 2016
Continuous training obligations:
All lawyers have to comply with a 20 hours a year training
Those who are recognised as specialists have to comply with a 10 hours a year training in their own field of expertise

8. About 80% of success at the exam Number of specialists is decreasing
Lawyer’s specialisation French response to market concerns Katowice, April 15, 2016
Issues and concerns:
About 80% of success at the exam
Number of specialists is decreasing
Examination board must not consider the exam as an university exam
List of specialisations has to change in order to adapt to new fields of expertise

9. Comments as a conclusion:
Lawyer’s specialisation French response to market concerns Katowice, April 15, 2016
Comments as a conclusion:
Communication must serve expertise
Head of profession has to promote specialisations
As a national system, specialisation is serving unity of lawyer profession