She uses her personal cell phone, since she still does not have a landline. She also brought her pens and stapler, and is thinking of getting a printer. “When you come to Bobigny, you know that you have to take your troubles patiently, that it will be the D system, but that’s okay”, says Pascale Hayem, installed on the 2nd floor of the Bobigny tribunal de grande instance. since one month.
A long-desired assignment. She who swapped the lawyer dress for that of judge is one of the new magistrates officially installed on Monday.
“I always wanted to come back to Bobigny, I loved this jurisdiction, on a human scale. It’s a bit like a family, we use our elbows to move things forward together, ”summarizes Pascale Hayem, who became a magistrate in 2011. She took her first steps as a judge in Troyes (Aube), then in Meaux (Seine) -et-Marne), since a lawyer cannot become a judge in the court where he has practiced for five years. She is in charge of inheritances, liquidations of matrimonial regimes and guardianship of minors.
And as unchanging, over the years, these reactions of relatives to the announcement of the assignment. “Are you going to Bobigny?” My poor ! “In general, those who advise against Bobigny are those who have never set foot there”, smiles Elodie Bécu, 36, assigned to the minor prosecutor’s office. Former lawyer in an NGO in Geneva (Switzerland), then protection officer at Ofpra, she also arrived in Bobigny by choice. “Bobigny is the court which is the most popular at the exit of the National School of the Magistracy,” she specifies. The sovereign function of justice takes on its full meaning here. “
It is thanks to internships, in particular, that future magistrates get an idea of the second court in France. “The elders of Bobigny speak of it with nostalgia. They have their best memories there and talk about an incredible atmosphere, even if the workload is heavy, ”says Laure-Anne Boulanger, 30, ranked 69th out of 360.
She joins the general affairs office, the “Dapter”, which manages the monitoring of custody in real time, excluding crime and minors. For her first month, she worked in pairs with a tutor. She had one year of seniority. This is also Bobigny. “We know that by coming here, we will have access to business that we will not have access to elsewhere,” adds Elodie Bécu.
In a month, they have already been able to get a glimpse of this “workload”. “In Nanterre, if we have 75 calls a day, it’s a very long day, here, 86 calls is a normal day”, illustrates Laure-Anne Boulanger. The internships already allow to compare, the volume of activity, and the working comfort. “Here, we have a clerk for three magistrates while in Meaux, there are two clerks for a judge in family affairs”, illustrates Pascale Hayem.
137 magistrates at the seat (6 more than in 2017) and 55 at the public prosecutor’s office – two more – it’s unheard of in Bobigny! The workforce has never been as large in this court as in the start of the 2018 school year.
They make it possible to create a 15th cabinet of judge in the juvenile court, a promise of the Chancellery in February 2018, to fill a 14th post in the investigation, to create a post for the instance, and to strengthen the foundations, the prud ‘men, and the juvenile section of the prosecution.
The only big shadow on the board: the transplant. “It is customary to say that it is the second leg of justice, but these clerks we do not have them”, insisted Sophie Combes, magistrate in Bobigny and representative of the Syndicate of the judiciary, Friday, on the occasion of the assizes for republican equality for Seine-Saint-Denis, at the Bobigny Labor Exchange.
Six additional registry posts have, however, been created, according to the Ministry of Justice, to fill vacant posts or support the creation of judges’ offices. This could create a second immediate court appearance by the end of the year.
The Bobigny district court therefore has a theoretical workforce of 384 clerk and assistant positions. But 18 positions remain vacant to date.
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