The judge being sued may be assisted by one of his peers, by a lawyer at the Conseil d’Etat and the Cour de Cassation or by a lawyer registered with a bar association.
The file on the proceedings must be made available to the interested party and his counsel at least forty-eight hours before each meeting of the committee or each hearing by the rapporteur or his delegate of the judge being sued. At any time during the proceedings, the judge may submit any documents he or she deems useful and file statements of defence.