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CBA RECORD
PRESIDENT’S
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BY PATRICIA BROWN HOLMES
Access to Justice–A Global Crisis
6
SEPTEMBER 2015
T
his past July, I hosted a meeting at
the Association with the leaders of
the Bar Council of England and
Wales and the Paris Bar Association. The
CBA is an active member of the Confer-
ence of World City Bar Leaders which was
founded in 2000 and through the years, we
have participated in several international
programs with each of these Associations.
The Conference of World City Bar Leaders
meets every 18 months to discuss common
issues, concerns and specific programs
of interest to city bar associations. The
World City Bar Leaders is comprised of
the largest city bar associations in the world
including: London, Paris, Tokyo, Rome,
Montreal, Madrid, Barcelona, Brussels,
Beijing, Shanghai, Ho Chi Minh City,
Seoul, Frankfurt, New York City, Chicago,
Philadelphia and Los Angeles.
Alistair MacDonald, Chair of the Bar
Council of England andWales, and Gerard
McDermott also from the Bar Council
asked that the meeting focus on the major
access to justice issues facing the legal and
judicial systems in each of our countries. I
invited the Paris Bar to attend the meeting
and we were honored to have President-
Elect Dominique Attias, Jacques Bouyssou,
Denis Chemla, and Emile Vasseur join us.
Our discussion included some of the
following topics:
• Private for-profit legal service providers.
• The U.K.’s legal aid crisis and pro bono
programs/initiatives to help serve the
growing legal needs of people who
cannot afford legal services. The U.K’s
“Pupillage” program–both the U.K and
Paris Bar Leadership–were interested in
the Chicago Bar Foundation’s “Justice
Entrepreneur’s Project” (JEP) and vis-
ited the project later that afternoon.
• Women in the legal profession and
global diversity initiatives.
• Court programs to provide greater
access to justice for pro se litigants.
Regulatory Oversight of the U.K’s Legal
Profession
Alistair MacDonald explained the mission
of the U.K’s Bar Council and gave us an
overview of the Bar Standards Board and
the Legal Standards Board which, pursuant
to action by parliament, have regulatory
oversight of the U.K.’s legal profession.
Barristers now pay a fee to cover the costs
of the new regulatory board. McDermott
felt that the lay people who serve on the
board don’t understand the legal profes-
sion and are often too ambitious with
disciplinary matters. It’s clear that the
government’s new regulatory role has
created tension among the U.K.’s 15,000
practicing barristers.
Pupillage Program
The U.K’s “Pupillage” program is a com-
pulsory 12 month training program that
must be completed before a new member
of the bar is authorized to practice. The
Pupillage program must be taken at a bar-
