This is the objective of the first edition of the forum of legal professions organized jointly by the Court of Appeal of Bastia and the Faculty of Law of the University of Corsica. The opportunity to discover sectors that are not well known to the general public and to deconstruct certain representations
At only nineteen, Lena has already formed a conviction about her professional future. Student in license 2 in law at the University of Corsicashe aspires to become a judge for children. “It’s a job you don’t hear much about but, from what I know, it’s made to interest me, she confides. It is a profession where we manage conflict situations and which mobilizes skills in criminal law, a discipline that I appreciate.”
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It is therefore quite natural that on the occasion of the first edition of the legal professions forum organized at the courthouse, the young girl went to the stand of the magistrates. “Many people discover the function of judge for children on the occasion of an internship and conceive a real passion for it, encourages Aurélie Giocondi, the vice-president of the Court of Appeal of Bastia. But be careful, you can’t do this for too long because it’s very emotionally taxing.”
Shake up received ideas
All the students of License 2 and License 3, present in the meeting room, requisitioned for the occasion, do not have such a precise idea of what they would like to do. Especially since, as the saying goes, the law leads to everything. Also, the Court of Appeal and the Faculty of Law, co-organizers of the event, brought together representatives of a wide range of professions: lawyers, notaries, bailiffs, clerks, tax officials, customs , the judicial protection of youth, the police, the gendarmerie…“It is a question of allowing these students to exchange with professionals to better orient themselves, better know the opportunities available to them and better anticipate the reality of the various legal professions, many of which are poorly known”, explains Chjara-Maria Jeanne, the chief of staff of the chiefs of court. Anghjula, Lena’s girlfriend, stopped at the notary’s stand. “I went there because I’m going this way, confides the young girl, also in License 2. What interests me is the psychological dimension of the job, the fact of managing personal situations. I was told that, contrary to popular belief, it is a very open profession where we recruit a lot of collaborators.”
The penitentiary is full
And then there are those stands on which you don’t necessarily expect to see students crowding. Like that of the penitentiary administration, held by Julie Latoux, the director of the Borgo penitentiary center. A stand that is always full. “I think that students are more open than we think and that there is a gap between the reality of our professions and the representations that people have of them through the media or the cinema”, analyzes the official. A reality that she discovered after a very rich university career through philosophy, sociology and law. “I wanted to do a job in justice but which is neither a lawyer nor a magistrate, she confides again. I was looking for a job made of human relations and a job where you decide. It was during an internship that I, too, discovered what prison administration was and that I understood that it corresponded to what I wanted. A revelation that Gwen may have one day. This young Alsatian, student in L2 at Corte, is one of those who stopped at the prison stand. “I am very interested in helping people and I feel that this is an area in which I would have the opportunity to fulfill myself, she explains. I asked about mobility to find out if it was necessary to move for a career, even if it is a prospect that I do not mind.”
Beyond the uniform
Although vast, the courtroom is nonetheless too small to accommodate all the invited professionals. Some have been installed in adjoining rooms. Like the customs officers from whom the young Ella, 19, came to take some information. “I stopped out of curiosity, she confides. In my mind, this profession evoked nothing but uniforms and port controls. However, I discovered that there was also a very varied and very interesting administrative part at the legal level.” A part on which the young girl was able to receive insights from Philippe Malvilan, a regional customs inspector. “Not many people know this, but we play an important role in terms of economic action, explains this one. In particular, we provide companies with logistical, legal and tax assistance for import and export.” A job for which the customs administration will always need lawyers and, why not, those who crossed their path yesterday at the Bastia courthouse.
