Law School Law at the Top

To support individuals who wish to learn about and/or assert their right to non-discrimination, a legal consultation has been organized by Grenoble Alpes Métropole, in partnership with the Civil Liberties Legal Clinic at the Law School , the Human Rights Institute of the Grenoble Bar Association, and the Régie de quartier Villeneuve – Village Olympique association. This consultation aims to bring together network stakeholders to better identify instances of discrimination and improve access to rights. The legal consultation takes place at the Régie de quartier Villeneuve – Village olympique every last Thursday of the month. It is open to anyone who believes they have been discriminated against or who believes they have witnessed a discriminatory situation.

The Meeting of December 13, 22

At the event held at the Law School to present the legal consultation project on discrimination, Mr. Jean-Christophe Videlin, Dean of the Faculty, welcomed Ms. George Pau-Langevin, Deputy to the Defender of Rights in charge of combating discrimination. Also present were Mr. Christophe Ferrari, President of Grenoble Alpes Métropole; Professor Anca Ailincai, Director of the Legal Clinic for Civil Liberties; and Julie Arroyo, Associate Professor and head of the “Legal Consultation on Discrimination” project.
Members of the four partner organizations participated in the discussions, including: Mr. Malik Allam, Director of Social Development, Social Cohesion Division, Grenoble Alpes Métropole; Ms. Sophie Ebermeyer, Equality and Anti-Discrimination Officer, Social Cohesion Division, Grenoble Alpes Métropole; Ms. Madeleine Bougnoux, Director of Social and Territorial Development, City of Grenoble; Maître Myriam Matari, lawyer at the Lyon Bar, trainer accompanying the Monitoring and Action Unit of the Partenaires-Egalité network; Maître Armand Samba-Sambeligue, President of the Human Rights Institute of the Grenoble Bar; Maître Albane Miran, lawyer at the Grenoble Bar, legal consultation advisor for the Bar; Mr. Nicolas Duport, co-president of the Villeneuve - Village Olympique neighborhood council; Ms. Christine Rey, deputy director of the Villeneuve - Village Olympique neighborhood council; and Ms. Jouda Bardi, project manager for mediation and civic life at the Villeneuve - Village Olympique neighborhood council.
 

The Civil Liberties Legal Clinic at the Law School Université Grenoble Alpes

The Civil Liberties Legal Clinic was launched in January 2018 with support from the University of Grenoble Alpes’ Initiative of Excellence (Idex), under the leadership and coordination of Professor Anca Ailincai. It is now supported financially and administratively by the Law School. It is both an educational and social initiative. From an educational perspective, the project aims to promote students’ professional success by strengthening their training through innovative and practice-oriented teaching methods (working on real-world cases to develop appropriate legal analyses). From a social perspective, the clinic contributes to individuals’ access to justice, particularly in the Grenoble metropolitan area, with the goal of democratizing legal knowledge and facilitating access to justice. The clinic thus helps place the University at the heart of the community by encouraging students to use their knowledge to assist people in need, while forging close ties with various local stakeholders, including elected officials and professionals in the legal and social sectors.
To implement the Legal Clinic, partnerships have been established with several local authorities and organizations, including Grenoble Alpes Metropole, the City of Grenoble, the Human Rights Institute (IDH) of the Grenoble Bar Association, the Alliance of Lawyers for Human Rights (AADH), and the Agence universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF).

Commitment of the Legal Clinic for Civil Liberties to the legal consultation service on discrimination run by Grenoble Alpes Metropole

The Equality - Fight Against Discrimination (LCD) mission of Grenoble Alpes Métropole coordinates the Métropole's LCD plan, which includes two measures aimed at combating discrimination through a collective and individual approach. These measures are implemented with the Equality partner network, which brings together around 40 stakeholders from the metropolitan area and has been working closely with the Defender of Rights since its inception in 2016. Among these stakeholders, those considered to be intermediaries for access to rights form the Monitoring and Action Unit (CVA), which aims to combat discrimination in public policies by identifying and guiding individuals and collectively addressing discrimination in the workplace. This mechanism is complemented by legal consultation, which aims to identify and address individual cases of discrimination through a partnership-based approach.