Paris Lawyers Join National Strike for More Legal Aid|French Attorneys Strike to Demand More State-Funded Legal Aide| Court Cases Cancelled as French Lawyers Strike for Better Legal-Aid Pay
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Source: Deutsche Presse-Agentur| Agence France-Presse| Associated Press Newswires
Date: 12/12/2000
Nearly 35,000 lawyers in France, backed by the country’s 181 bar associations, staged a nationwide strike to demand more funding for court-appointed lawyers who provide free legal representation to poor clients in civil as well as criminal cases. Court-appointed lawyers, who are currently paid $75 per case, say that their payment system has not been evaluated since 1990. They are demanding that the payment system be restructured to compensate them on an hourly basis. Tuesday’s strike was the second strike to take place within the past week as negotiations with the Justice Ministry continue. Paris Lawyers Join National Strike for More Legal Aid, Deutsche Presse-Agentur, Dec. 12, 2000, page reference unavailable; French Attorneys Strike to Demand More State-Funded Legal Aide, Agence France-Presse, Dec. 12, 2000, page reference unavailable; Court Cases Cancelled as French Lawyers Strike for Better Legal-Aid Pay, Associated Press Newswires, Dec. 12, 2000, page reference unavailable.