Association Française des Femmes Juristes

What Association Française des Femmes Juristes does

The Association Française des Femmes Juristes (AFFJ) is a French non-profit organization (Association Loi 1901) founded in 2001 and headquartered at 212 rue La Fayette in the 10th arrondissement of Paris. Its stated purpose is to promote the place and perspective of women both in their professional legal activities and in civil society, at national, European, and international levels. The association brings together women with recognized competencies across all legal professions — avocates (lawyers), magistrates (judges), notaires (notaries), huissières, juristes d'entreprise (in-house counsel), professeures de droit, and researchers — offering professional networking, a member directory for interprofessional exchange, publications on women's rights and legal topics, and a regular events program including monthly breakfast meetings ('Petit-déjeuner'), afterworks, and thematic conferences. Operational channels include a private Discord community for members and an active presence at institutional venues such as the French Senate and National Assembly, where AFFJ positions itself on policy issues including women's rights and artificial intelligence.

The AFFJ is not a technology company and does not sell or build software products. Its underlying infrastructure consists of a public website (affj.fr) for self-serve membership enrollment, a private Discord community, a member directory, and event-management operations. There are no APIs, SDKs, mobile apps, patents, trademarks, or proprietary AI/ML capabilities disclosed. The association holds a full GDPR compliance policy and retains member data for three years.

Its business model is a non-profit subscription/membership model. Revenue is generated almost exclusively from annual membership dues, with four tiers: student members at €26/year (with proof of student status), individual members at €51/year, corporate / 'personne morale' members at €501/year, and flexible benefactor contributions determined by the donor. One euro per member is donated to the GRAINE DE VIE association for carbon offset via tree-planting in Madagascar. Fees were last set by General Assembly deliberation on May 28, 2020. The association has no external investors, no funding rounds, no parent company, and no subsidiaries; it is governed by a Bureau (President Claire Poirson, Vice-President Stéphanie Ernould, Treasurer Sophie Malet-Cassegrain, Secretary Alice Ouaknine), a Conseil d'administration, and a Comité consultatif. AFFJ is a founding member of three cross-border federations: 2GAP (Gender and Governance Action Platform, grouping over 90 professional networks), EWLA (European Women Lawyers Association), and FFA (Fédération des Femmes Administratrices).

Name

Association Française des Femmes Juristes

Legal name

Association Française des Femmes Juristes

Website

https://affj.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

The Association Française des Femmes Juristes (AFFJ) is a French non-profit membership association founded in 2001 that brings together women legal professionals—lawyers, notaries, magistrates, corporate jurists, and law scholars—to promote gender equality and professional solidarity across the legal sector in France and Europe.

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akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: Annual membership fees collected from individual women jurists, students, and corporate/legal entity members. The association is a Loi 1901 non-profit organization.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

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Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Association Française des Femmes Juristes operates a tiered annual membership program for women jurists across all French legal professions (avocates, magistrates, notaires, juristes d'entreprise, professeures de droit, chercheures), giving members access to a networking directory, professional events, publications on women's rights and the law, and representation through partner federations 2GAP, EWLA and FFA. It is funded by membership dues (€26 student, €51 individual, €501 corporate, plus voluntary benefactor contributions) and operates as a French Loi 1901 non-profit.

Product overview

The Association Française des Femmes Juristes is a professional women's legal association offering a membership program for women jurists across all legal professions (avocates, magistrates, notaires, juristes d'entreprise, professeures de droit, etc.). The organization provides member services including a directory for interprofessional networking, publications on women's rights and legal equality, and organizes professional events such as breakfast meetings and conferences. It operates as a unified association rather than a platform with separate products.

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Problem solved

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Products and services

• Membership Program Annual subscription membership offering women legal professionals (avocates, huissières, juristes d'entreprise, magistrates, notaires, professeures de droit, chercheures) access to networking, publications, events, and the interprofessional directory.
• Member Directory Internal directory of association members available to members for professional networking and interprofessional exchanges.
• Publications Association publications covering women's rights, legal topics, and policy positions on gender equality and law.
• Professional Events Regular professional events including monthly breakfast meetings on professional development topics (e.g. 's'installer au féminin'), afterwork networking, and conferences on women's rights and legal issues, including institutional interventions at the Senate and National Assembly.

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Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• 2GAP InternationalcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 May 20262GAP International organized the 'Focus Europe' initiative at the Maison de l'Europe de Paris on May 21, 2026, bringing together institutional, economic, and associative actors to discuss women's access to leadership and governance across European countries.
• 2GAP - Gender and Governance Action PlatformcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAFFJ is a founding member of 2GAP, a federation of over 90 professional networks of women and mixed-gender professionals from private and public sectors focused on shared governance. The platform organizes European events like 'Focus Europe' initiatives.
• EWLA - European Women Lawyers AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAFFJ is a founding member and administrator of EWLA, the European Women Lawyers Association. AFFJ President Claire Poirson serves as administrator representing the AFFJ within EWLA.
• FFA - Fédération des Femmes AdministratricescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAFFJ is a founding member of the Federation of Women Administrators, participating in collaborative efforts to promote women's representation in leadership positions.
• GRAINE DE VIEOthersEnvironmental partnership where €1 from each membership fee is donated to GRAINE DE VIE (grainedevie.org) to compensate carbon footprint by planting trees in Madagascar.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• European Women Lawyers Association (EWLA): Pan-European association of women lawyers, founded in EWLA's mandate directly overlaps AFFJ's and AFFJ is a founding/administrator member. Same membership-organization model, same advocacy agenda across multiple jurisdictions.
• National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL): Oldest US-based association for women in the legal profession (~125 years old). Operates a structurally identical model — membership dues, advocacy, networking, and leadership pipeline for women lawyers — serving as the canonical Anglophone parallel to AFFJ.
• Fédération des Femmes Administrateurs (FFA): French federation advancing women's representation in corporate governance. AFFJ is a founding member; the mission on women in leadership and governance overlaps substantially with AFFJ's advocacy on women's place in law and civil society.
• 2GAP – Gender and Governance Action Platform: Federation grouping 90+ professional women/mixed networks in France across private and public sectors. AFFJ co-founded 2GAP; comparable in mission (women in governance), execution model (federated network), and event-driven advocacy.
• ABA Commission on Women in the Profession: American Bar Association body focused on advancing women in the legal profession. Operates under an existing bar association but with affiliate-like autonomy, addressing the same gap (gender equity, leadership pipeline) AFFJ targets in France.
• International Association of Women Judges (IAWJ): International membership organization for women judges with a mission of judicial gender equity. Direct counterpart in the adjudicative branch — relevant comparison on international reach, programming, and member engagement.

Emerging players

• Women in Law Empowerment Forum (WILEF): US initiative focused on advancing women in law-firm leadership through education, networking, and certification. Operates on a smaller, more focused DEI-benchmark model; comparable to AFFJ on advocacy-meets-programming approach.

Broad incumbents

• Fondation des Femmes: Largest French women's-rights NGO, with broader scope than AFFJ (legal aid, fundraising, advocacy across all women's issues). Comparable on French footprint, gender-equality agenda, and Paris-headquartered advocacy operations.
• European Women's Lobby (EWL): EU umbrella federation of 2,000+ women's organizations across Europe. Operates at a broader pan-European scope than AFFJ but pursues analogous policy influence and advocacy partnerships with EU institutions.
• Conseil National des Barreaux (CNB): National French bar association representing all avocats. While its women-lawyer subcommittees intersect with AFFJ's mission, CNB is the broader incumbent legal-professional body whose perceived relevance shapes AFFJ's positioning.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/affjwomen

Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

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