Diane Gattet is in her fourth year of doctoral studies at the Center for Organizational Sociology (Sciences Po Paris), under the joint supervision of Jérôme Pélisse and Mathilde Darley (IRIS). During her Master's degree in Human Rights and Humanitarian Action at PSIA (Sciences Po Paris), she wrote a research thesis entitled “Traiter les recours avec rapidité et qualité : justice de masse et rationalisation managériale à la Cour nationale du droit d'asile” (Dealing with appeals quickly and efficiently: mass justice and managerial rationalization at the National Court of Asylum) (under the supervision of Sharon Weill, American University of Paris). She continued her interest in the study of courts and legal professionals by researching, as part of her thesis, the professionals who assist magistrates in drafting legal documents in France: magistrates' assistants. She seeks to analyze the recent development of these assistant positions, the role and integration of these staff members in the courts, and the career paths of these assistants, who are often young graduates and for the most part pass through these positions hoping to become judges or lawyers

COMMUNICATIONS :

"Ce qui se trame dans les coulisses du tribunal. Infrastructure et (dé)valorisation du travail des assistant‧es des magistrat‧es", Study day "Le droit, une activité infrastructurelle", RT13/RT29, 2025. 

"Les assistant.es des magistrat.es et la dématérialisation",  Study day "Les impacts du numérique", Institute for Research and Studies on Law and Justice (IERDJ) and Judicial Services Directorate (DSJ), 2024

"Des « sucres rapides » au tribunal. Le rôle des assistant.es des magistrat.es dans les juridictions françaises", Doctoral seminar of the Center for the Sociology of Organizations, 2024

"« Poulains » ou « petites mains » ? Study of the duties and profiles of magistrates' assistants in French courts, Study Day on “Professions supporting judicial magistrates,” Institute for Research and Studies on Law and Justice (IERDJ), 2023

"Régulations et adaptations de l’activité des assistant.es des magistrat.es en France", Congress of the French Sociological Association, 2023 

"« Petites mains » ou « poulains » ? La régulation de la circulation des assistant.es des magistrat.es vers la magistrature", Congress of the French Sociological Association, 2023

FORMATION : 

Master's in Human Rights and Humanitarian Action, Sciences Po Paris, School of International Affairs (PSIA), 2019-2021
Specializations: Sociology, Asylum Law, Research Methodology

Member of the Law Clinic – English-speaking program

Bachelor's Degree in Humanities and Social Sciences, Sciences Po Paris, 2016-2019

Honors (Cum Laude) – Major in Law – English-speaking program

Sociology thesis in progress: “Fast sugars” in court: magistrates' assistants, a rapidly expanding legal profession
Co-supervised by Jérôme Pélisse and Mathilde Darley (CESDIP)
 

2024-2026 :
Member of the research project “Teaming up in the shadow of the judge. The role of magistrates' assistants in judicial decision-making in France” (AMAJUST), funded by the Robert Badinter Institute and coordinated by Mathilde Darley (IRIS) and Jérôme Pélisse

2022-2024 : 
Member of the research project “Asylum justice between crisis and crisis routine. An ethnographic study at the National Court of Asylum,” funded by the Robert Badinter Institute and coordinated by Sara Dezalay and Sharon Weill

Master's thesis : 
“Processing appeals quickly and efficiently: mass justice and managerial rationalization at the National Court of Asylum,” supervised by Sharon Weill, American University of Paris, 2021, 19/20 

“Fast sugars” with an ambivalent role. Legal assistants, a rapidly expanding legal profession

Introduction to Social Science Methods, University of Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, L1 Sociology, 18 hours*2, 2022

Sociology of Work, University of Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, L2 Sociology, 18 hours*2, 2024

Introduction to Sociology, Sciences Po Paris, 1st year of the University College, 24 hours*2, 2024

Co-head of the Work, Employment, and Profession section of the Center for the Sociology of Organizations (CSO), Sciences Po Paris (2024-); Member of the board of the Law and Justice thematic network (RT13) of the French Sociological Association (2023-) (organization of the RT13 Doctoriales, 2024; organization of the RT13 sessions at the French Sociological Association congress, 2025)

Participation in a university round table organized as part of the drafting of the “Information Report on the National Court of Asylum (CNDA)” by Mr. Christian Bilhac, Special Rapporteur of the State Advisory and Control Mission for the Senate Finance Committee, 2024

Member of a research project for the Institute for Studies and Research on Law and Justice (IERDJ)
“Asylum justice between crisis and crisis routine. An ethnographic study at the National Court of Asylum” (2022-2024). With Adam Baczko, Vanessa Codaccioni, Sara Dezalay, Sandrine Lefranc, and Sharon Weill

Ouvrage : GATTET Diane, Travailler à la Cour nationale du droit d'asile. Entre justice de masse et rationalisation de l'activité, Paris : L'Harmattan, 2023, 143 p.

Rapport de recherche collectif : DEZALAY, Sara et Sharon WEILL (coord.), avec Bastien CHARAUDEAU, Maxime CHAUVET, Vanessa CODACCIONI, Diane GATTET, Sandrine
LEFRANC, "La justice d'asile : entre crise et routine de crise. Ethnographie de la Cour nationale du droit d'asile", Institut Robert Badinter, 2025 (à paraître). 

Compte-rendu de lecture : GATTET Diane, "Philippe Charrier (2023). Sociologie de la médiation judiciaire", Sociologie, 2025/1 (Vol. 16), p. 111-113. 

Compte-rendu de lecture : GATTET Diane, "Yoann Demoli et Laurent Willemez (2023). Sociologie de la magistrature : genèse, morphologie sociale et conditions de travail d’un corps", Gouvernement et action publique, 2023/3 (Vol. 12), p. 233-236.

Article en ligne : GATTET Diane, « Les assistants des magistrats, travailleurs de l’ombre », Analyse, Opinion, Critique, 22 février 2024, en ligne : https://aoc.media/analyse/2024/02/21/les-assistants-des-magistrats-travailleurs-de-lombre/.