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Joël Moret-Bailly

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  • Professor of Law (agrégé) (2010)
  • Doctor of Law (PhD) (1996)
  • Postgraduate Diploma (DEA) in Litigation Law (1992)
  • Postgraduate Diploma (DEA) in Criminal Law (1990)

Practice areas

Law relating to regulated professions, professional and interprofessional organisations (professional bodies, associations, trade unions, companies), internal regulations (professional ethics, ethical standards, conflicts of interest, disciplinary matters), external regulations (competences, definition of scope of practice, information duties), contracts, and dispute resolution.

Admitted to the Paris Bar in 2014, Joël Moret-Bailly advises regulated and liberal professions, both in relation to their institutions (professional orders, federations, associations and trade unions) and their practice structures, notably in the fields of healthcare, legal services, accountancy and finance and expert services.

His work covers organisational instruments, including the recognition of protected professional titles, professional ethics, conflicts of interest, internal governance rules, professional structures, as well as disputes (disciplinary proceedings, civil and criminal liability, competition matters, and media/press law).

He has served, and continues to serve, as an ethics officer (référent déontologie) in various public administrations. He is, or has been, a member of several ethics and professional conduct committees in both the public and private sectors.

Appointments and responsibilities

  • Dean, Judicial Humanities Division, National School for the Judiciary (Ecole nationale de la magistrature)
  • Expert to the Rules and Practices Commission (Commission règles et usages) of the National Bar Council (Conseil national des barreaux)
  • CNRS: Officer for combating racism and antisemitism and Secularism Officer (formerly Ethics Officer, Whistleblowing Officer and Reporting Officer)
  • Former Vice-President of the Ethics Committee of the Ministries in charge of Social Affairs (social affairs, health, labour)

Publications

  • Author or co-author of 11 books and over 80 scholarly articles.
  • Editor of the Droit & Deontologie series (PUF).
  • Most recent publication (with S. Bortoluzzi): Deontology of the Lawyer (Deontologie de l’avocat), PUF, Droit & Deontologie series, 2nd edition, 2025, 300 pages.

Languages

  • French
  • English
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