Fédération des barreaux d’Europe

New Member Bars - Conseil National des Barreaux (CNB)

The Conseil National des Barreaux joined the FBE in October 2008.

The Conseil National des Barreaux represents the profession at an international and national level.

Furthermore, it is in charge of unifying the rules and practices of the profession ; it has prerogatives as far as lawyers’ vocational training and the organisation of permission for foreign lawyers to have access to the French bar.

Following the recent elections, Thierry Wickers, former President of the Conférence des Bâtonniers, has been elected President of the Conseil National des Barreaux for the year 2009.