The legal professions have been largely gendered. Their feminisation raises questions about the progressive disappearance of gender-based inequalities. While some, such as lawyers, were feminised early and spectacularly, others, which were for a long time very male, also seem to be moving towards parity. This is particularly true of the profession of notary, whose closure has been particularly remarkable in France; for a long time exclusively male, the profession was opened to women in 1948. However, this closed profession has recently experienced a reversal: more than half of its members are now women. This feminisation is all the more remarkable because it is very recent; facilitated by the rise of the diploma and the diversification of access to the profession, it has undergone several phases of acceleration, in the 1990s with the introduction of salaried employment, and since 2015, with the Loi croissance which increases the number of notaries and liberalises the profession. While this so-called “Macron” reform has accelerated its feminisation, it has also contributed to the reinforcement of gender stratifications and segmentations within the profession, and can potentially lead to a polarization of the market, which is, after all, very gendered.