Clinique Juridique Nice Côte d’Azur

What Clinique Juridique Nice Côte d’Azur does

Clinique Juridique Nice Côte d'Azur is a French non-profit legal clinic headquartered at Villa Passiflores within the Faculty of Law of Université Côte d'Azur in Nice. Founded in 2017 (originally as 'Clinique du Droit des Affaires') and rebranded to its current name in 2023-2024, the organization provides free legal information and preliminary consultations to individuals and entrepreneurs facing legal difficulties in business law, civil law, tax law and social law. Services are delivered by law students (from the third year of Licence through Master 2) under the supervision of practicing lawyers, notaries, bailiffs and law professors.

The clinic's operational model is built around an annual 'promotion' cycle with rotating student leadership (bureau) and a continuously refreshed cohort of volunteer clinicians. It serves two primary beneficiary groups: financially constrained individuals with civil law questions, and entrepreneurs or future entrepreneurs needing guidance on business-related legal matters. A secondary stakeholder group is the law students themselves, who use the clinic to bridge the gap between theoretical legal education and real-case practice.

From a technology and commercial standpoint, the clinic runs a standard Jimdo-hosted website with contact forms, GDPR-compliant privacy practices, and a presence across Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn for outreach and volunteer recruitment. There is no proprietary technology platform. All services are explicitly free of charge ('toutes les fonctions exercées au sein de la Clinique Juridique Nice Côte d'Azur sont gratuites et bénévoles'), and the organization is funded through mécénat (patronage) and donations from a network of institutional, professional and financial supporters including Crédit Agricole Nice Côte d'Azur, Banque Delubac & Cie, WABG Avocats & Associés, Initiative Nice Côte d'Azur, and peer law clinics in Aix-en-Provence and Bucharest.

Name

Clinique Juridique Nice Côte d’Azur

Legal name

La Clinique Juridique Nice Côte d'Azur

Website

https://cliniquejuridique-nice.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Clinique Juridique Nice Côte d'Azur is a French non-profit legal clinic hosted at Université Côte d'Azur that provides free legal consultations to individuals and entrepreneurs through supervised law student volunteers, funded by donations and institutional patronage.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pro Bono Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110), Legal Services (5411)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Clinical Legal Education & Legal Aid Clinics (Law School–Run) (EDAHAIAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Legal Aid & Client Advocacy Services (BPAGAEAM)

Keywords

• Pro bono legal aid
• Free legal consultations
• Student legal clinic
• Business law advisory
• Access to justice

Headquarters

HQ city

Nice

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Free Legal Consultations: As a non-profit legal clinic, the organization provides all services free of charge. No revenue is generated from its activities. Funding comes from sponsors (mécènes/donors) and institutional supporters.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Clinique Juridique Nice Côte d'Azur is a non-profit legal clinic hosted within the Faculty of Law of Université Côte d'Azur. It offers free, personalized legal consultations to individuals and entrepreneurs facing legal difficulties in business law, civil law, social law, and tax law. Consultations are researched and delivered by law students (third-year Licence through Master 2) under the supervision of legal professionals (lawyers, notaries, huissiers, professors), either in person at the Nice Faculty of Law or via video conference.

Product overview

Clinique Juridique Nice Côte d'Azur operates as a unified free legal consultation service offering two main delivery channels: in-person consultations at Villa Passiflores, Faculty of Law Nice, and virtual consultations via video conference or email. The organization, originally founded as 'Clinique du Droit des Affaires Nice Côte d'Azur', provides free legal information services under professional supervision, covering areas including Business Law (Droit des Affaires), Social Law, Tax Law, and Civil Law. The service is delivered by law students (from third year onwards) supervised by legal professionals (lawyers, notaries, bailiffs, professors).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Consultations Juridiques Gratuites (Free Legal Consultations) Free, personalized legal consultation service providing tailored legal responses to individuals and businesses facing legal difficulties. Delivered under the supervision of lawyers, notaries, huissiers, and law professors by law students from third-year Licence through Master 2. Covers business law, civil law, social law, and tax law.
• Consultations en Ligne (Online / Video Conference Consultations) Remote-access legal consultations delivered via video conference or email, allowing beneficiaries outside the Nice Faculty of Law to receive free preliminary legal information and analysis from supervised student clinicians.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Université Côte d'AzurcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKey institutional partner hosting the clinic within its Faculty of Law. Students from the university serve as clinic volunteers, and professors serve as supervisors.
• WABG Avocats & AssociésminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLaw firm with offices in Nice and Paris that supports the clinic, likely providing professional supervision for student consultations.
• Les Petites Affiches des Alpes-MaritimesminorGTM or Marketing PartnerLegal press publication in the Alpes-Maritimes region supporting the clinic.
• Les Mutuelles du SoleilminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInsurance mutual supporting the clinic as a patron/sponsor.
• Initiative Nice Côte d'AzurminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociation supporting entrepreneurship in Nice Côte d'Azur region, aligned with the clinic's focus on business law.
• Femmes Chefs d'Entreprises Nice Côte d'AzurminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociation of women business leaders in Nice supporting the clinic, aligning with its focus on entrepreneurship support.
• L'Association STOP BURN OUTminorOthersAssociation addressing workplace burnout supporting the clinic's mission of access to justice.
• La Clinique du Droit des Affaires d'Aix-en-ProvencecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSister law clinic in Aix-en-Provence. The two clinics share similar missions and are peer organizations in the French legal clinic ecosystem.
• Groupement de Prévention Agréé des Alpes-MaritimesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerApproved prevention group in Alpes-Maritimes supporting business prevention and support, aligned with the clinic's business law focus.
• Clinique Juridique Francophone de BucarestminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrench-speaking law clinic in Bucharest, Romania. Peer organization in the international law clinic network.
• Association Française des Juristes d'EntrepriseminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrench Association of Business Lawyers supporting the clinic's mission.
• 60 000 rebondsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociation supporting business recovery and rebound, aligned with the clinic's support for entrepreneurs.
• Association ENTRE HEADminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociation supporting entrepreneurship and business development.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• Association Française des Juristes d'Entreprise (AFJE): Professional association of in-house counsel supporting the clinic's mission and entrepreneurship focus; aligned indirectly via its mandate to expand legal access for French businesses.
• Conseil Départemental de l'Accès au Droit des Alpes-Maritimes (CDAD 06): Public body coordinating legal aid policy in the same department; adjacent actor that defines and funds the local access-to-justice ecosystem in which the clinic operates.
• Avocats Sans Frontières France: Nonprofit providing free legal assistance to vulnerable populations; adjacent rather than direct because it focuses on international/human rights cases and is lawyer-staffed rather than student-staffed.
• 60 000 rebonds: National association supporting entrepreneurs in business recovery, which overlaps the clinic's primary beneficiary segment and serves as a referral partner for business law cases.
• USE YOUR LAW: Legal technology platform already partnered with the clinic; adjacent ecosystem participant providing digital tools relevant to modernizing clinic service delivery.
• Maison de la Justice et du Droit (MJD) Nice: Public-sector legal aid access point offering free legal information and consultations; competes for the same beneficiary pool but operates as a state-funded institution rather than a student clinic.

Direct peers

• Clinique Juridique Francophone de Bucarest: French-speaking law clinic in Bucharest with a directly comparable mission of student-delivered free legal services under professional supervision, identified as a mutual international peer organization.
• Clinique Juridique de l'Université Paris Nanterre: University-based French law clinic offering pro bono legal services through supervised law students, sharing the same clinical legal education model and target audience of access-to-justice beneficiaries.
• La Clinique du Droit des Affaires d'Aix-en-Provence: Sister French law school legal clinic operating the identical American Law Clinic-style model, providing free legal consultations to entrepreneurs via law students under professional supervision. Closest direct peer within France.
• Clinique Juridique de Sciences Po: Law clinic housed at Sciences Po providing free legal aid via student clinicians under professional supervision, comparable in mission, structure, and delivery model to the Nice clinic.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CJuri_Nice
• Facebookfacebook.com/CliniqueJuridique.NCA
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/clinique-droit-des-affaires-nca
• Instagraminstagram.com/clinique_juridique_nice

Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

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