The Paris-Panthéon-Assas University (), commonly known as Assas or Paris 2, is a

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. It is considered the direct inheritor of the

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, often referred to as the 'Sorbonne', in the aftermath of the

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events, law professors faced decisions regarding the future of their faculty. 88 out of 108 law professors elected to sustain the legacy of the Faculty of Law of Paris by establishing a new university dedicated to the study of

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. The university is housed within the same two buildings that previously accommodated the Faculty of Law of Paris. Panthéon-Assas, now an independent university, continues to offer the law courses associated with

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, having declined to officially integrate as one of its faculties. The majority of the 19 centres of Panthéon-Assas are located in the

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university campus, with the main buildings on

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('' Panthéon Centre'') and

Rue d'Assas The Rue d'Assas () is a street in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, named after Nicolas-Louis d'Assas. Features * Musée Edouard Branly (at no. 21) * Musée "Bible et Terre Sainte" (at no. 21) * Main campus of Panthéon-Assas University (at n ...

(''Assas Centre''), hence its current name. The university is composed of five departments specializing in law,

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and

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, and public and private

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, and it hosts 24 research centres and five specialized

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s. Every year, the university enrolls approximately 18,000 students, including more than 3,000 international students.

History

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The

, commonly referred to as the 'Sorbonne', was founded in the middle of the 12th century and officially ceased to exist on 31 December 1970, following the student protests of 1968. Following the University of Paris split, the majority of law professors, 88 out of 108, opted to maintain the essence of the Faculty of Law of Paris by reestablishing it as a new university. In pursuit of this ambition, they founded along with professors of economics the 'University of law, economics and social sciences of Paris' (''Université de droit, d'économie et de sciences sociales de Paris''), and kept in it the same buildings with the same research centers. Panthéon-Assas is considered today as direct inheritor of the Faculty of Law of Paris. The official name of the university was changed to 'Paris II Panthéon-Assas University' in 1990. The name Panthéon-Assas is a reference to the main addresses of the pre-1968 Faculty of Law of Paris, which are now part of the university; namely, the buildings on

and

. The university is also referred to as 'Assas' or 'Paris II,' 'Sorbonne-Assas' and ' Sorbonne Law School'. After the creation of a new

, to which Panthéon-Assas provides law courses in joint degrees, Sorbonne University wanted to integrate Panthéon-Assas as a faculty of law but Panthéon-Assas preferred to remain an independent university within the Sorbonne system. In 2022, its official name became Paris-Panthéon-Assas University.

Administration

Panthéon-Assas is governed by an administration council, a scientific council, and a council for studies and university life. Members of these boards serve two-year terms. The president of Panthéon-Assas is elected by members of the administration council, for a four-year tenure; he or she presides over this council. The president is assisted by two vice-presidents and several professors elected within their respective academic departments. Members of the administration council choose the faculty representatives who make up the scientific council. The university inherited the academic departments from the

. It currently houses five of them: one for

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and criminal sciences, one for

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and political science, one for

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and

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, one for economics and management, and one for journalism and communication.

Campuses

The university has 18 campuses in Paris, 1 in the city of

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to the south, and other campuses abroad.

Panthéon Centre

In 1753,

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decided that a new building would be constructed for the Faculty of Law of Paris.

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, alumnus of the Faculty who had become the architect of the King designed and supervised the construction. It took place from 1771 to 1773 and the new building opened in 1774. Nowadays, the administration offices and postgraduate studies (masters' and doctoral studies) are located in it. It is situated at 12 Place du Panthéon. It is registered among the national heritage sites of France.

Assas Centre

History under the Faculty of Law of Paris The largest campus of Panthéon-Assas is located on Rue d'Assas and receives second-year to four-year law students. It was designed by Charles Lemaresquier, Alain le Normand, and François CarpentierHottin, p. 206. to accommodate the growing number of students at the University of Paris. It was built between 1959 and 1963 on the former grounds of ''Société Marinoni.'' At the time of its inauguration, its main lecture theatre was the largest in France, with 1,700 seats. Renovation and expansion in the 21st century Centre Assas building, which was going under renovation between 2007 and 2017, has been completely redesigned and now hosts a modern learning center, created by the architect Alain Sarfati. Cultural events The Assas building has been hosting concerts of classical music for decades.

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, or

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, among others, have performed in it. The 28th edition of the International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs was held in it in 2017. The scene at the Cairo airport from '' OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies'' was filmed in its entrance hall.

Vaugirard Centre

The campus on the

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provides for first-year students. It is located in the chapel wing of the former

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College of the Immaculate Conception, where

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was a pupil; the chapel itself, dating from the 18th century, was transformed into a lecture hall in the 1980s. The structure is a national heritage site.

Sainte Barbe Centre

The Center of Roman Law and Legal History of Panthéon-Assas, hosting its research centers in legal history, is situated inside the

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, former school founded in 1460. The school was founded by Pierre Antoine Victor de Lanneau, teacher of

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, as a college of the University of Paris.

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among others were students there.

Melun Campus

The campus in the town of

hosts local first-year students. It is located in the old town of Melun, on Saint-Étienne Island, among Roman and Gothic remains. The Institute of Law and Economics of Pantheon-Assas University is located there. An extension is currently under construction.

Abroad

Panthéon-Assas also has campuses in

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, and

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Others

The campus on Rue Charcot receives third-year and master students in economics.

Research

Research centres

The university inherited the research centers from the Faculty of Law of Paris. Originally, the Faculty was not organized around research centers and professors were pursuing their research as part of Faculty in general. Hence, only newly emerging fields of research would have newly created institutes, whereas traditional subjects such as Roman law and legal history, private law in general and public law in general, would not necessarily have ones. Currently, among the research centers at Panthéon-Assas, there are: *the Institute of Legal History, which is one of the largest research centers in Roman law and legal history in Europe. It hosts the ''Société d'histoire du droit'' (Legal History Society, for French legal historians), created in 1913 by professors of legal history at the Faculty of Law of Paris. Created in 2001 as such, the Institute of Legal History regroups the ''Centre de Documentation des Droits Antiques'', created in 1962, the ''Centre d’Histoire des Institutions'' and the ''Centre d’Études d’Histoire Juridique'', created in 1953. It is now also attached to the

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and to the

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. *the Institute of Higher International Studies (IHEI), serving as the university's research center for

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and

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, founded in 1921 by Paul Fauchille and Albert de Lapradelle, and considered one of Europe's finest. *the Paris Institute of Criminology and Criminal Law, founded in 1922, the oldest research center in criminal law of France. *the Paris Institute of Comparative Law, founded in 1931 by Henri Capitant and Henri Lévy-Ullmann. *the

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, founded in 1937 at the Faculty of Law of Paris by Boris Mirkine-Guetzevitch and Georges Bourdon (Secretary General of Unions of journalists). It is the first research center in journalism and media studies in France. *the Research Center in Business Law, created in 1945 by Joseph Hamel. Each research center usually has one or several Research or Professional Masters of Laws programs (

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) attached to it.

Libraries

The campuses at Rue d'Assas, Rue de Vaugirard, and Melun host the university libraries, which are open to all the students. The university's research centres, institutes and reading rooms host twenty-two more specialized libraries. The total seating area of the university's libraries spans over 3,500 m², and the university's collections gather over three hundred thousand volumes together. The new library at Centre Assas has been designed by the architect Alain Sarfati and has furniture designed by

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. Professors and students also have free access to

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, which is the largest law library in Europe and to general research and study libraries in Paris, including the

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or the

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Journals and publications

The university's publishing house, ''Éditions Panthéon-Assas'', was established in 1998. Panthéon-Assas hosts several faculty-led publications in French: ''Jus Politicum'' (Political Law Journal) since 2008, the ''Revue de droit d'Assas'' (Assas Law Review) since 2010 and ''Droits fondamentaux'' (Human Rights Journal) since 2012. They are all available online. It also hosts a faculty-led publication in English, the Sorbonne-Assas Law Review, since 2012.

Programs, schools and graduate schools

Programs

Undergraduate admissions

University–wide (law, economics, management, media...), the university has an acceptance rate of 20%. 22.79% of students accepted by the university having received highest honors ("mention très bien") in high school during the 2019 session (second university in France, behind Paris 1 with 22.84%). In Law, within the department of Law, in 2021, the rate of "with honors" and "with highest honors" mentions among the admitted students was 95% (first among undergraduate programs in France).

Graduate programs (Masters or LL.M.s)

The four historical Masters in Law or LL.M. of the

were the Masters in: 1° Roman Law and History of Law, 2° Private Law, 3° Public Law and, starting 1964, 4°Criminal Law. They are now rebranded as "Master 2" or "Parcours" (meaning a second-year "path", within a 2-year masters), under the following names: *LL.M. in History of Law, with the Institute of Legal History. Albert Rigaudière, member of the ''Académie des Inscriptions et des Belles Lettres'', was its director. *LL.M. in General Private Law, with the Civil Law Research Center. According to ''

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'', the LL.M. "considered as a star-degree of the faculty, long been the pet of headhunters, it trains the virtuosi of the law". Pierre Raynaud was its director at the Faculty of Law of Paris before 1970 and at Panthéon-Assas afterwards. *LL.M. in Specialized Public Law. It was once directed by Yves Gaudemet, member of the ''Académie des sciences morales et politiques''. *LL.M. in Criminal Law, with the Institute of Criminology and Criminal Law of Paris. Originally exclusively linked to research studies and doctoral studies, the 5th-year LL.M. is now part of the joint Master's program and has become the norm in France for lawyers (including

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s). They have become quite selective and in competition with one another, among all the programs in France. Many LL.M. programs have been created at Panthéon-Assas since the Decree of 16 April 1974 authorizing the creation of more specialized LL.M.s than the 4 original ones, most notably the LL.M. in International Law and LL.M. in Comparative Law. Most of Panthéon-Assas' LL.M.s enjoy a similar strong reputation in France and Europe.

International programs

Panthéon-Assas offers international integrated undergraduate programs (''Bachelor-Double maîtrise'') with universities such as

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. It offers international integrated postgraduate programs (LL.M.-Master 2) with some universities such as, on top of the latter ones,

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, Ludwig Maximilians University,

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and Panthéon-Assas signed in June 2011 an Agreement for Collaborative Activities to create an environment for long-term joint research, exchange. and programming activities. They organize, together with the

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, a summer school in law and economics, the ''Yale-Paris II-Essec Summer School''. It created in 2011 the ''Sorbonne-Assas International Law School'' which have campuses in Paris, Singapore, Mauritius and Dubai. Assas has cooperation agreements with 315 partner universities, including 113

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partners.

Joint academic programs

Panthéon-Assas offers several joint undergraduate and graduate programs with the

. It has also joint programs with other French universities and institutions such as

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( Sorbonne University Alliance), Dauphine, PSL University, Mines Paris, PSL University,

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, ESSEC Business School, CY Cergy Paris University or

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Online programs

In 2013, the university set up an e-learning platform, called ''Agor@ssas''. It created that year a distance-learning undergraduate degree in law, the first and unique one in France. It is taught by professors from Panthéon-Assas and leads to exactly the same degree offerings the same rights. In addition, "e-students" have access to "e-tutors" to help them with pedagogical and administrative questions.

Preparatory schools

In July 2012, Panthéon-Assas became the first university in France to open preparatory school for the bar school entrance examination, which were until this point the monopoly of private preparatory schools. These courses were offered for a cheap price, and for free for students from low-income families (10% of the students of the preparatory school). This led private preparatory schools to plead unfair competition and the French courts ordered Panthéon-Assas to close the school. Today, the Bar preparation school is known as the IEJ-Institut d'Études Judiciaires "Pierre Reynaud". Assas' Melun campus has been selected in 2021 by the French Government to host three preparatory schools "Prépa Talents".

Schools

''Collège de droit'' and ''École de droit''

On top of its core curriculum, Panthéon-Assas created in 2008 a special school for its best students, in order to give them special courses and a special degree: the ''Collège de droit'' ("College of Law"). To be admitted, "Summa Cum Laude" in

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and success at an entrance test are needed. Each class is composed of around 100 students, now selected among the whole France each year. The ''Collège de droit'' was the first college of law created by a French University in 2008. In 2011, it created the two-year ''École de droit'' ("School of Law"), the continuity of the three-year College of Law. An additional year abroad is mandatory to obtain the ''École de droit'' diploma degree. Panthéon-Assas University being considered as the top faculty of law in France, media focused particularly on it and called even more this curriculum a "way of excellence".

''Institut français de presse''

The ''Institut français de presse'' (in English:

), is the unit of Training and Research in Media, Communication and Journalism since 1970. Founded in 1937 in the

, the ''Institut des Sciences de la Presse (Press Sciences Institute)'' became the ''Institut français de presse'' in 1951. The department is the oldest and one of the finest French schools in the field of communication and journalism studies, in particular with

's CELSA in

Neuilly Neuilly-sur-Seine (; 'Neuilly-on-Seine'), also known simply as Neuilly, is an urban commune in the Hauts-de-Seine department just west of Paris in France. Immediately adjacent to the city, north of the Bois de Boulogne, the area is composed of ...

Other

* Institut de préparation à l'administration générale de Paris; * Institut d'études judiciaires Pierre Raynaud; * Maison des sciences de gestion.

Graduate and affiliated schools

''Centre de Formation des Journalistes''

The ''Centre de formation des journalistes'' (in English: CFJ Graduate School of Journalism) is the Journalism Graduate school (''

Grande école A (; ) is a specialized top-level educational institution in France and some other countries such as Morocco and Tunisia. are part of an alternative educational system that operates alongside the mainstream List of public universities in Franc ...

'') of the university, located in the heart of the 12th arrondissement. The graduate school is a member of the

Conférence des Grandes écoles The (; French for "Conference of Grandes Écoles"; abbr. CGE), is a French national institution, created in 1973. It mainly acts as an association of ''Grandes Écoles'', providing representation, research and accreditation. A ''Grande école'' ...

and recognized by the profession of journalists. The CFJ has trained a large number of great journalists (

Bernard Pivot Bernard Pivot (; 5 May 1935 – 6 May 2024) was a French journalist, interviewer and host of cultural television programmes. He was chairman of the Académie Goncourt from 2014 to 2020. Biography Pivot was born in Lyon on 5 May 1935, the son o ...

David Pujadas David Pujadas (, ; born 2 December 1964) is a French journalist and television host. A news presenter for TF1's LCI daily news programme, ''24H Pujadas,'' at 18:00 CET, he was an anchorman on France 2's weeknight newscast, ''Le Journal de 20 He ...

Florence Aubenas Florence Aubenas (born 6 February 1961) is a French journalist. Biography She was born in Brussels, 6 February 1961, from French parents and studied journalism at the Centre de Formation des Journalistes in Paris. She worked as a reporter fo ...

Pierre Lescure Pierre Lescure (; born ) is a French journalist and television executive. He is known for having founded the French TV music show ''Les Enfants du rock'' broadcast on public television from 1981 to 1988 and for having led the French Canal+ cha ...

...), and attracts each year nearly a thousand candidates for around fifty places.

''École Française d'Électronique et d'Informatique''

The ''École française d'électronique et d'informatique'' (EFREI, in English: French School of Electronics and Computer Science) is the

engineering Engineering is the practice of using natural science, mathematics, and the engineering design process to Problem solving#Engineering, solve problems within technology, increase efficiency and productivity, and improve Systems engineering, s ...

school of Training and Research in

Computer Science Computer science is the study of computation, information, and automation. Computer science spans Theoretical computer science, theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, and information theory) to Applied science, ...

and

Management Management (or managing) is the administration of organizations, whether businesses, nonprofit organizations, or a Government agency, government bodies through business administration, Nonprofit studies, nonprofit management, or the political s ...

, located in

Villejuif Villejuif () is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. Name The earliest reference to Villejuif appears in a bill signed by the Pope Callixtus II on 27 November 1119. It refers to Villa J ...

, Greater Paris.

''Institut Supérieur d’Interprétation et de Traduction''

The ''Institut supérieur d’interprétation et de traduction'' (ISIT, in English: Higher Institute of Interpretation and Translation) is the Graduate school of Training and Research in

Intercultural Cross-cultural communication is a field of study investigating how people from differing cultural backgrounds communicate, in similar and different ways among themselves, and how they endeavor to communicate across cultures. Intercultural communi ...

and

Communication Communication is commonly defined as the transmission of information. Its precise definition is disputed and there are disagreements about whether Intention, unintentional or failed transmissions are included and whether communication not onl ...

, located in the Centre Assas campus, in the 6th arrondissement.

''École W''

The W School of Journalism and Communication (in French: École W) is the

college A college (Latin: ''collegium'') may be a tertiary educational institution (sometimes awarding degrees), part of a collegiate university, an institution offering vocational education, a further education institution, or a secondary sc ...

that primarily offers a multidisciplinary undergraduate programme in

Media Media may refer to: Communication * Means of communication, tools and channels used to deliver information or data ** Advertising media, various media, content, buying and placement for advertising ** Interactive media, media that is inter ...

Journalism Journalism is the production and distribution of reports on the interaction of events, facts, ideas, and people that are the "news of the day" and that informs society to at least some degree of accuracy. The word, a noun, applies to the journ ...

Marketing Marketing is the act of acquiring, satisfying and retaining customers. It is one of the primary components of Business administration, business management and commerce. Marketing is usually conducted by the seller, typically a retailer or ma ...

Storytelling Storytelling is the social and cultural activity of sharing narrative, stories, sometimes with improvisation, theatre, theatrics or embellishment. Every culture has its own narratives, which are shared as a means of entertainment, education, cul ...

and

Design A design is the concept or proposal for an object, process, or system. The word ''design'' refers to something that is or has been intentionally created by a thinking agent, and is sometimes used to refer to the inherent nature of something ...

, founded by the ''Centre de Formation des Journalistes de Paris'' in 2016. Located in the 12th arrondissement with the CFJ, the college also offers graduate programmes in Design, Marketing and Communication and has prestigious partnerships with

EMLyon Business School EM Lyon Business School (styled emlyon) is a business school in Lyon, France, established in 1872, and affiliated with the Lyon Chamber of Commerce and Industry. A '' grande école de commerce'', EM Lyon Business School offers a range of academi ...

, EDHEC Business School, Catholic University of Lille and the École de design Nantes Atlantique, Nantes University.

Reputation and rankings

Reputation

Assas has reputation of "excellence" in Law and has been called by ''Le Monde des grandes écoles'' a "symbol of Made in France excellence". The ''French Research and Higher Education Evaluation Agency'' stated in 2013: "Paris II University presents itself as a university of excellence. This claim is not abusive. The university occupies – in Paris, in France, in the

European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational union, supranational political union, political and economic union of Member state of the European Union, member states that are Geography of the European Union, located primarily in Europe. The u ...

and, more broadly, in the international scientific community – a prominent place. The university's reputation and notoriety has not been usurped. They are based on teaching and research activities as well as publications whose quality is recognized and celebrated in academia. And this beyond frontiers."

Rankings

;Law Panthéon-Assas University is often described as the "top law school in France". It is ranked first of France in law in the French

Eduniversal Eduniversal is a university ranking business by the French consulting company and rating agency ''SMBG'' specialized in Higher Education. Founded in 1994, one of the main goals of Eduniversal is to provide a tool, for students all around the world ...

rankings, ''

Le Figaro () is a French daily morning newspaper founded in 1826. It was named after Figaro, a character in several plays by polymath Pierre Beaumarchais, Beaumarchais (1732–1799): ''Le Barbier de Séville'', ''The Guilty Mother, La Mère coupable'', ...

'' ranking and Thotis ranking. It is the only French university and one of the two French higher education institution to make it into the GreenMetrics ranking.

Le Figaro Étudiant () is a French daily morning newspaper founded in 1826. It was named after Figaro, a character in several plays by polymath Pierre Beaumarchais, Beaumarchais (1732–1799): ''Le Barbier de Séville'', ''The Guilty Mother, La Mère coupable'', ...

has published, for the first time in 2023, a ranking of the top 30 universities in France in law. The ranking takes into account several criteria, including the high school graduation results of admitted students, the number of applicants for undergraduate programs, post-graduation salary, the number of PhD degrees awarded and the number of alumni who become professors. Paris-Panthéon-Assas University has secured the first position in the ranking and stands out from other universities. Most of the students admitted at the French National School for the Judiciary come from Panthéon-Assas, more than 40% in 2011 (candidates who graduated from Panthéon-Assas and then passed the entrance exam elsewhere are not included in that number). Assas graduates have the highest salary of all French law schools. ;Economics and business Assas undergraduate program in economics ranked fifth in 2020 by Eduniversal. Assas was in 2011 the second best-ranked university in France (behind Paris-Dauphine University) for its master's degrees in business fields. In 2016, it was first of France in

international business International business refers to the trade of goods and service goods, services, technology, capital and/or knowledge across national borders and at a global or transnational scale. It includes all commercial activities that promote the transfer o ...

, also first in decisional computing and second in finance and banking. Journalism Assas's CFJ diploma in journalism ranked third in

in 2022 by ''

''. Political Science According to the ''Thotis'' ranking of political science bachelor's degrees in 2025, the Assas bachelor's degree in political science is considered the second best in France, along with that of Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne.

Notable people from this faculty

This section is about notable faculty from Panthéon-Assas University (since 1971). The dates are the dates of professorship at the Faculty of Law of Paris and at University of Paris-Panthéon Assas.

Law reformers

Among the professors of Panthéon-Assas who reformed French or foreign laws, there are: * Jean Foyer, who was a close advisor of the Général de Gaulle, one of the main writers of the

Constitution of the Fifth Republic The current Constitution of France was adopted on 4 October 1958. It is typically called the Constitution of the Fifth Republic , and it replaced the Constitution of the Fourth Republic of 1946 with the exception of the preamble per a 1971 d ...

Minister of Justice A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice, is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in a ...

under Charles de Gaulle and who put in motion important reforms of many parts of

French Law French law has a dual jurisdictional system comprising private law (), also known as judicial law, and public law (). Judicial law includes, in particular: * () * Criminal law () Public law includes, in particular: * Administrative law ( ...

(

family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...

ownership Ownership is the state or fact of legal possession and control over property, which may be any asset, tangible or intangible. Ownership can involve multiple rights, collectively referred to as '' title'', which may be separated and held by dif ...

and

business Business is the practice of making one's living or making money by producing or Trade, buying and selling Product (business), products (such as goods and Service (economics), services). It is also "any activity or enterprise entered into for ...

nationality Nationality is the legal status of belonging to a particular nation, defined as a group of people organized in one country, under one legal jurisdiction, or as a group of people who are united on the basis of culture. In international law, n ...

, etc.). * Jean Carbonnier (1955–1976), who reformed huge parts of the

French Civil Code The Napoleonic Code (), officially the Civil Code of the French (; simply referred to as ), is the French civil code established during the French Consulate in 1804 and still in force in France, although heavily and frequently amended since it ...

in the 1960s and 1970s, and especially in

family law Family law (also called matrimonial law or the law of domestic relations) is an area of the law that deals with family matters and domestic relations. Overview Subjects that commonly fall under a nation's body of family law include: * Marriag ...

. *Gérard Cornu (1967-...), who wrote the new French Code of Civil Procedure in the late 1970s and is also well known in France for his Dictionary of Legal Vocabulary, translated in English. *

Serge Guinchard Serge Guinchard (born May 9, 1946) is a French jurist who formerly taught at the Law School of Dakar and Jean Moulin University Lyon 3 and most recently at Panthéon-Assas University, where he is now Professor emeritus. He has also held politica ...

, head of the first Judicial Studies Institutes of France (in Panthéon-Assas) in the 1990s and head of several governmental commissions for criminal procedure and criminal law reforms in the 2000s in France,

Senegal Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. It borders Mauritania to Mauritania–Senegal border, the north, Mali to Mali–Senegal border, the east, Guinea t ...

and for the

Council of Europe The Council of Europe (CoE; , CdE) is an international organisation with the goal of upholding human rights, democracy and the Law in Europe, rule of law in Europe. Founded in 1949, it is Europe's oldest intergovernmental organisation, represe ...

. *Pierre Catala, who reformed

inheritance law Inheritance is the practice of receiving private property, titles, debts, entitlements, privileges, rights, and obligations upon the death of an individual. The rules of inheritance differ among societies and have changed over time. Offici ...

and law of donations with Jean Carbonnier in the 2000s, and who initiated the reform of French

contract law A contract is an agreement that specifies certain legally enforceable rights and obligations pertaining to two or more Party (law), parties. A contract typically involves consent to transfer of goods, Service (economics), services, money, or pr ...

tort Law A tort is a civil wrong, other than breach of contract, that causes a claimant to suffer loss or harm, resulting in legal liability for the person who commits the tortious act. Tort law can be contrasted with criminal law, which deals with crime ...

and

law of evidence The law of evidence, also known as the rules of evidence, encompasses the rules and legal principles that govern the proof of facts in a legal proceeding. These rules determine what evidence must or must not be considered by the trier of fa ...

, and was the head of the official committee for its reform *François Terré (1969–1999), president in 2008 of the legal section of the

Académie des sciences morales et politiques An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the go ...

, head of the private committee for the reform of French Law of Obligations. * Jean-Claude Martinez (1983–...), special advisor of King Hassan II of Morocco supervising the creation of the first Moroccan Tax Code

Members of the ''Institut de France''

The ''

Institut de France The ; ) is a French learned society, grouping five , including the . It was established in 1795 at the direction of the National Convention. Located on the Quai de Conti in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, the institute manages approximately ...

'' is a learned society which was created as such in 1795 and maintained close links with

Napoléon Bonaparte Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French general and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led Military career ...

. It regroups 5 Académies, by subject (Science, Arts and the 3 other listed below). *

Suzanne Bastid Suzanne Basdevant Bastid (15 August 1906 – 2 March 1995) was a French professor of law who specialized in international public law. She became a widely respected authority, lectured in many institutions, was for 30 years professor at the Faculty ...

, faculty of Panthéon-Assas and first woman professor of law of France, has been the first female member of the Institut de France. Among its members or former members, there are: *''

'' (Philosophy, Law and Politics):

Prosper Weil Prosper Weil (21 September 1926 – 3 October 2018), was a French lawyer, professor emeritus of Panthéon-Assas University's law school and, since 1999, a member of the Institut de France's Académie des sciences morales et politiques. Life Weil ...

, François Terré, Pierre Delvolvé, Yves Gaudemet, Henri Mazeaud (1939–...), Roland Drago and Louis Vogel. Suzanne Bastid and François Terré have both served as presidents of the Académie. *''

Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres The () is a French learned society devoted to history, founded in February 1663 as one of the five academies of the . The academy's scope was the study of ancient inscriptions (epigraphy) and historical literature (see Belles-lettres). History ...

'' (History), created in 1663 by

Jean-Baptiste Colbert Jean-Baptiste Colbert (; 29 August 1619 – 6 September 1683) was a French statesman who served as First Minister of State from 1661 until his death in 1683 under the rule of King Louis XIV. His lasting impact on the organization of the countr ...

under

Louis XIV LouisXIV (Louis-Dieudonné; 5 September 16381 September 1715), also known as Louis the Great () or the Sun King (), was King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715. His verified reign of 72 years and 110 days is the List of longest-reign ...

: Albert Rigaudière. *''

Académie Française An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the go ...

'' (Language), created in 1635 by the

cardinal de Richelieu Armand Jean du Plessis, 1st Duke of Richelieu (9 September 1585 – 4 December 1642), commonly known as Cardinal Richelieu, was a French Catholic prelate and statesman who had an outsized influence in civil and religious affairs. He became kno ...

Georges Vedel Georges Vedel (5 July 1910 – 21 February 2002) was a French public law professor from Auch, France. Biography Vedel is credited as being "the reviser of public law n France" He was a faculty member of universities in Poitiers, Toulouse, and ...

Judiciary

Among faculties that had prominent positions in the Judiciary, there are: *

(1949–1979), former member of the

Constitutional Council of France The Constitutional Council (, ) is the highest constitutional authority in France. It was established by the Constitution of the Fifth Republic on 4 October 1958 to ensure that constitutional principles and rules are upheld. It is housed in the ...

. * Jacques Robert (1969–1979), former member of the Constitutional Council of France. * Philippe Ardant, former President of the Constitutional Court of the

Principality of Andorra Andorra, officially the Principality of Andorra, is a sovereign landlocked country on the Iberian Peninsula, in the eastern Pyrenees in Southwestern Europe, bordered by France to the north and Spain to the south. Believed to have been crea ...

and former president of the

Arab World Institute The Institut du Monde Arabe (, ''Arab World Institute''; abbr. IMA) is an organisation founded in Paris in 1980 by France with 18 Arab countries to research and disseminate information about the Arab world and its cultural and spiritual values. ...

. *Dominique Chagnollaud, former member of the

Supreme Court of Monaco The Monegasque Supreme Court () is the highest court of law in the city-state of Monaco for judicial appeals, administrative matters as well as ensuring the constitution of Monaco is upheld. It consists of three full judges and two assistant judge ...

Presidents of university

To this day, Panthéon-Assas has been governed by ten presidents. The founding president, Berthold Goldman, a jurist, was succeeded by Jacques Robert, former member of the

, who was followed by Jean Boulouis, a private law

jurist A jurist is a person with expert knowledge of law; someone who analyzes and comments on law. This person is usually a specialist legal scholar, mostly (but not always) with a formal education in law (a law degree) and often a Lawyer, legal prac ...

. Next came another private law

, Georges Durry, followed by Philippe Ardant, former president of the Constitutional Court of the Principality of Andorra and former president of the

. Panthéon-Assas was then presided by Bernard Teyssié, a specialist in social law, who was succeeded by Jacqueline Dutheil de la Rochère, a public international law scholar. She was followed by Louis Vogel, a private law

. He implemented numerous innovations, the aim of which has been to adapt the education given at the university to the needs of the 21st century. He was elected head of the Presidents of Universities of France Society in 2010. Guillaume Leyte, a legal historian, was elected president of the university on 20 June 2012, and reelected in 2016. On 30 November 2020, Stéphane Braconnier, a public law professor, was elected as the new president of the university, succeeding Guillaume Leyte.

Other

(1947–1977), the first woman professor of law of France, first woman to be a member of the ''Académie des sciences morales et politiques'', secretary General of the Institute of International Law (Nobel peace prize 1904) and judge at the

International Court of Justice The International Court of Justice (ICJ; , CIJ), or colloquially the World Court, is the only international court that Adjudication, adjudicates general disputes between nations, and gives advisory opinions on International law, internation ...

. *Henri Mazeaud (1939–1971), twin brother of Léon Mazeaud, resistant to Nazi Germany and deported to

Buchenwald Buchenwald (; 'beech forest') was a German Nazi concentration camp established on Ettersberg hill near Weimar, Germany, in July 1937. It was one of the first and the largest of the concentration camps within the Altreich (Old Reich) territori ...

, honorary professor at Panthéon-Assas. *Henri Batiffol, professor of private international law and professor at the Institute of International Law. *Yves Lequette, professor of private law and private international law and professor at the Institute of International Law. *Joe Verhoeven, former the general secretary of the Institute of International Law and honorary President of the Institute of Higher International Studies. *Olivier Beaud, professor of public law. *Gérard Cornu, author of the ''Dictionnaire de linguistique juridique''. *

David Naccache David Naccache is a cryptographer, currently a professor at the École normale supérieure and a member of its Computer Laboratory. He was previously a professor at Panthéon-Assas University. Biography He received his Ph.D. in 1995 from the ...

, forensic expert at the

International Criminal Court The International Criminal Court (ICC) is an intergovernmental organization and International court, international tribunal seated in The Hague, Netherlands. It is the first and only permanent international court with jurisdiction to prosecute ...

and member of the Computer Science Laboratory of the ''

École normale supérieure École or Ecole may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by Secondary education in France, secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing i ...

''.

Politics

Faculty members who have held prominent political positions include: * Edmond Alphandéry, former French Minister of the Economy. *Jean Foyer, former Minister of Justice. *

Roger-Gérard Schwartzenberg Roger-Gérard Schwartzenberg (born 17 April 1943) is a French politics, politician of the Radical Party of the Left (French: ''Parti Radical de Gauche'', PRG). Biography He has been a Member of the European Parliament (1979-1983), a Deputy ...

, former Minister for Research. *Abderrazak Zouaoui, Tunisian Minister of the Economy. * Hugues Portelli, member of the

Senate A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...

of France. *

, member of the

French Parliament The French Parliament (, ) is the Bicameralism, bicameral parliament of the French Fifth Republic, consisting of the Senate (France), Senate (), and the National Assembly (France), National Assembly (). Each assembly conducts legislative sessi ...

(referred to as the French National Assembly), former Minister and former member of the

European Parliament The European Parliament (EP) is one of the two legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union (known as the Council and informally as the Council of Ministers), it ...

. * Jean-Claude Martinez, member of the

and of the

. *Nicole Catala, former member of the

French National Assembly The National Assembly (, ) is the lower house of the Bicameralism, bicameral French Parliament under the French Fifth Republic, Fifth Republic, the upper house being the Senate (France), Senate (). The National Assembly's legislators are known ...

. *

Jean-Michel Blanquer Jean-Michel Blanquer (; born 4 December 1964) is a French jurist and government official serving as Minister of National Education under Prime Ministers Édouard Philippe and Jean Castex from 2017 to 2022. Education and early career Born in t ...

, former

Minister of Education An education minister (sometimes minister of education) is a position in the governments of some countries responsible for dealing with educational matters. Where known, the government department, ministry, or agency that develops policy and deli ...

joined the faculty in 2022 as professor of civil law.

Notable alumni

This section is about notable alumni from Panthéon-Assas University (since 1971). To see a list of notable alumni of the

(before 1970), see that article.

Politics

France

Among alumni of Paris II who had significant role in politics in France, there are: *

François Hollande François Gérard Georges Nicolas Hollande (; born 12 August 1954) is a French politician who served as President of France from 2012 to 2017. Before his presidency, he was First Secretary of the Socialist Party (France), First Secretary of th ...

, former

President of France The president of France, officially the president of the French Republic (), is the executive head of state of France, and the commander-in-chief of the French Armed Forces. As the presidency is the supreme magistracy of the country, the po ...

. *

Dominique de Villepin Dominique Marie François René Galouzeau de Villepin (; born 14 November 1953) is a French politician who served as Prime Minister of France from 31 May 2005 to 17 May 2007 under President Jacques Chirac. In his career working at the Ministry ...

, former

Prime Minister of France The prime minister of France (), officially the prime minister of the French Republic (''Premier ministre de la République française''), is the head of government of the French Republic and the leader of its Council of Ministers. The prime ...

, former

Minister of the Interior An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergency ...

and former

Minister of Foreign Affairs In many countries, the ministry of foreign affairs (abbreviated as MFA or MOFA) is the highest government department exclusively or primarily responsible for the state's foreign policy and foreign relations, relations, diplomacy, bilateralism, ...

. *

Jean-Pierre Raffarin Jean-Pierre Raffarin (; born 3 August 1948) is a French politician who served as Prime Minister of France from 6 May 2002 to 31 May 2005 under President Jacques Chirac. He resigned after France's rejection of the referendum on the European Un ...

, former Prime Minister of France and Senator. *

Sébastien Lecornu Sébastien Lecornu (; born 11 June 1986) is a French politician who has served as Minister of the Armed Forces in the governments of successive Prime Ministers Élisabeth Borne, Gabriel Attal, Michel Barnier and François BayrouLeigh Thomas and ...

, French Minister of the Armed Forces. *

Claude Chirac Claude Chirac, (born 6 December 1962) is the youngest daughter of French president Jacques Chirac and was her father's personal advisor from 1994 until his death in 2019. Biography Chirac is the director of communication at PRTP.PA which is ...

, daughter and advisor to former President of France

Jacques Chirac Jacques René Chirac (, ; ; 29 November 193226 September 2019) was a French politician who served as President of France from 1995 to 2007. He was previously Prime Minister of France from 1974 to 1976 and 1986 to 1988, as well as Mayor of Pari ...

. *

Michèle Alliot-Marie Michèle Yvette Marie-Thérèse Jeanne Honorine Alliot-Marie (; born 10 September 1946), known in France as MAM, is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from France. She is a member of the The Republicans (France), Rep ...

, former French Minister of Justice, Minister of the Interior,

Minister of Defence A ministry of defence or defense (see spelling differences), also known as a department of defence or defense, is the part of a government responsible for matters of defence and military forces, found in states where the government is divid ...

and Minister of Foreign and European affairs. *

Christiane Taubira Christiane Marie Taubira (; born 2 February 1952) is a French politician who served as Minister of Justice of France in the governments of Prime Ministers Jean-Marc Ayrault and Manuel Valls under President François Hollande from 2012 until 20 ...

, former French Minister of Justice, former member of the French National Assembly and former member of the European Parliament. *

Martine Aubry Martine Louise Marie Aubry (; née Delors; born 8 August 1950) is a French politician. She was the First Secretary of the French Socialist Party (''Parti Socialiste'', or PS) from November 2008 to April 2012, and has been the Mayor (France), M ...

, former first secretary of the Socialist Party of France, Mayor of

Lille Lille (, ; ; ; ; ) is a city in the northern part of France, within French Flanders. Positioned along the Deûle river, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, region, the Prefectures in F ...

, former Minister of Social Affairs, and member of Parliament. *

Rachida Dati Rachida Dati (, ; born 27 November 1965) is a French politician and former magistrate who has been Minister of Culture (France), Minister of Culture since January 2024 in the Attal government, government of Gabriel Attal, the Barnier government, ...

, former member of the

and French Minister of Justice. *

François Baroin François Claude Pierre René Baroin (; born 21 June 1965) is a French politician and lawyer who served as Finance Minister from 2011 to 2012, following a stint as Budget Minister in the government of Prime Minister François Fillon. A member o ...

, former Senator, former member of the French National Assembly, former French

Minister of Finance A ministry of finance is a ministry or other government agency in charge of government finance, fiscal policy, and financial regulation. It is headed by a finance minister, an executive or cabinet position . A ministry of finance's portfolio ...

, Minister of the Interior, and Minister for Overseas Territories. *

Jean-Marie Le Pen Jean Louis Marie Le Pen (20 June 1928 – 7 January 2025), commonly known as Jean-Marie Le Pen (), was a French politician, lawyer and activist. He founded the far-right National Front (now National Rally) party and served as the party's presi ...

, former president of the National Front. *

Marine Le Pen Marion Anne Perrine "Marine" Le Pen (; born 5 August 1968) is a French lawyer and politician of the far-right National Rally, National Rally party (RN). She served as the party's president from 2011 to 2021, and ran for the French presidency in ...

, member of the French National Assembly and two-time presidential finalist. * Claude Goasguen, member of the French National Assembly and former Minister. *

Bruno Gollnisch Bruno Gollnisch (; born 28 January 1950) is a French academic and politician of the far-right National Rally (RN), formerly known as National Front. He was a member of the European Parliament and was chairman of the European Parliamentary group ...

, member of the European Parliament and former member of the French National Assembly. *

Corinne Lepage Corinne Dominique Marguerite Lepage (; born 11 May 1951) is a French environmental lawyer and politician. She served as French Minister of the Environment in the Alain Juppé cabinets 1 and II 1995–1997 and as Member of the European Parliame ...

, member of the European parliament, former French

minister of the Environment An environment minister (sometimes minister of the environment or secretary of the environment) is a cabinet position charged with protecting the natural environment and promoting wildlife conservation. The areas associated with the duties of a ...

* Manuel Aeschlimann, member of the French National Assembly

Outside of France

Ekaterini Sakellaropoulou Katerina N. Sakellaropoulou ( ; born 30 May 1956) is a Greek retired judge who served as the president of Greece from 2020 to 2025. She was 2020 Greek presidential election, elected by the Hellenic Parliament to succeed Prokopis Pavlopoulos on 22 ...

, President of

Greece Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th ...

since 2020. *

Dimitris Mardas Dimitris Mardas (; born 25 March 1955) is a Greek economist and politician who served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs during the Second Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras. He previously served as the Alternate Minister of Revenue in the First C ...

, former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece. *

Catherine Samba-Panza Catherine Samba-Panza (; born 26 June 1954) is a Central African politician who served as Transitional President of the Central African Republic from 2014 to 2016. She was the first woman to serve as head of state in the Central African Republ ...

, first female

president of the Central African Republic This article lists the heads of state of the Central African Republic. There have been seven heads of state of the Central African Republic and the Central African Empire since independence was obtained from the French on 13 August 1960. This ...

. *

Prokopis Pavlopoulos Prokopios "Prokopis" Pavlopoulos (, ; born 10 July 1950) is a Greek retired politician, who served as the president of Greece from 2015 to 2020. A member of New Democracy (Greece), New Democracy, he previously was Ministry of the Interior (Greece ...

President of Greece The president of Greece, officially the president of the Hellenic Republic (), commonly referred to in Greek as the president of the Republic (, ΠτΔ), is the head of state of Greece. The president is elected by the Hellenic Parliament; the ...

, former member of the

Hellenic Parliament The Parliament of the Hellenes (), commonly known as the Hellenic Parliament (), is the Unicameralism, unicameral legislature of Greece, located in the Old Royal Palace, overlooking Syntagma Square in Athens. The parliament is the supreme demo ...

and former Greek Minister of the Interior. * Pierre-Damien Habumuremyi, Prime Minister of

Rwanda Rwanda, officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of East Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator, Rwanda is bordered by ...

. *

Panagiotis Pikrammenos Panagiotis Pikrammenos (, ; born 1945) is a Greek judge and politician who served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Greece from 2019 to 2023. He briefly served as the Caretaker Cabinet of Panagiotis Pikrammenos, caretaker Prime Minister of Greec ...

, former President of the Greek Council of State. *

Evangelos Venizelos Evangelos Venizelos (, ; born 1 January 1957) is a Greek academic and retired politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Greece from 2011 to 2015, as well as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 25 June 2013 to 27 January 2015 and Minister ...

, former

Deputy Prime Minister of Greece The Deputy Prime Minister of Greece (, "Vice-President of the Government"; older form: Αντιπρόεδρος του Υπουργικού Συμβουλίου, "Vice-President of the Ministerial Council") is the second most senior member o ...

, former Greek

. *

Néstor Osorio Londoño Néstor Osorio Londoño (born 7 August 1947) is a Colombian diplomat who was the former Ambassador of Colombia to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and former Permanent Representative to the United Nations. He has been Pres ...

Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations The permanent representative of Colombia to the United Nations is the permanent representative of the Republic of Colombia to the United Nations, accredited as Concurrent Non-Resident Ambassador to the Republic of Kosovo, and Montenegro. The ...

, former Permanent Representative of Colombia to the

International Coffee Organization The International Coffee Organization (ICO) was set up in 1963 in London under the auspices of the United Nations (UN) due to the economic importance of coffee. It administers the International Coffee Agreement (ICA) which is an important instrum ...

and executive director of the International Coffee Organization, former and first Permanent Representative of Colombia to the

World Trade Organization The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an intergovernmental organization headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland that regulates and facilitates international trade. Governments use the organization to establish, revise, and enforce the rules that g ...

. *

Adán Augusto López Hernández Adan may refer to: *Garden of Eden, the Biblical paradise, Adan in Arabic People * Adan (given name) * Adan (surname) Places * 'Adan or Aden, a city of Yemen * 'Adan Governorate, Yemen * Al-Adan, a district of the governorate of Mubarak ...

, former governor of the Mexican State of Tabasco and secretary of the Mexican

Secretariat of the Interior The Secretariat of the Interior (; SEGOB) is the executive department of the Mexican government concerned with the country's domestic affairs, the presenting of the president's bills to Congress, their publication in the ''Official Journal of ...

. * Umran Chowdhury, Bangladeshi lawyer and historian

Judiciary and Law

Among alumni of Paris II who had significant role in the judiciary and in Law, there are: *

Joaquim Barbosa Joaquim Benedito Barbosa Gomes (; born October 7, 1954) is a former Justice of the Supreme Federal Court in Brazil. He served as the president of the court (Chief Justice) between 2012 and 2014. Barbosa studied law at University of Brasília (1 ...

, former President of the

Supreme Federal Court The Federal Supreme Court (, , abbreviated STF) is the supreme court (court of last resort) of Brazil, serving primarily as the country's Constitutional Court. It is the highest court of law in Brazil for constitutional issues and its rulings ...

of Brasil. *

Yves Bot Yves Bot (August 22, 1947 – June 9, 2019) was a French magistrate who served until his death as Advocate General at the European Court of Justice. Biography In 1995, Yves Bot was nominated by Jacques Toubon, then Minister of Justice, as pr ...

, general attorney at the

Court of Justice of the European Union The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ( or "''CJUE''"; Latin: Curia) is the Judiciary, judicial branch of the European Union (EU). Seated in the Kirchberg, Luxembourg, Kirchberg quarter of Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, this EU ins ...

. * Mireille Delmas-Marty, member of the

, professor and activist. * Emmanuel Gaillard, chairman of the International Arbitration Institute and former professor at

Harvard Law School Harvard Law School (HLS) is the law school of Harvard University, a Private university, private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1817, Harvard Law School is the oldest law school in continuous operation in the United ...

. *

Éric Halphen Éric Halphen (born 10 October 1959) is a French judge best known as the investigating magistrate in the Parisian low-cost housing scandals of the 1990s. Timeline * 1959. (5 October) Born at Clichy-la-Garenne (Hauts-de-Seine). Later receiv ...

anti-corruption Anti-corruption (or anticorruption) comprises activities that oppose or inhibit corruption. Just as corruption takes many forms, anti-corruption efforts vary in scope and in strategy. A general distinction between preventive and reactive measur ...

French judge. * Raymond Ranjeva, vice-president of the

. *Vassilikí Thánou-Christophílou, president of the

Supreme Civil and Criminal Court of Greece The Supreme Civil and Criminal Court of Greece (, ''Areios Pagos'', "Areopagus") is the supreme court of Greece for civil and criminal law. In Greece, the decisions of the Supreme Court are final. However, since Greece is a member state of the C ...

and Prime Minister of Greece. * Daniel Turp, professor of law and member of the

National Assembly of Quebec The National Assembly of Quebec (, ) is the Legislature, legislative body of the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec in Canada. Legislators are called MNAs (Members of the National Assembly; ). The lieutenant governor of Que ...

Media

Among alumni of Paris-Panthéon-Assas who had significant role in the media, there are: ;Journalists *

Claire Chazal Claire Chazal (; born 1 December 1956) is a French journalist, romance writer, and former director of news at a national television station, France 2. She had been the weekend news anchor at TF1 TF1 (; standing for ''Télévision Française 1'' ...

, anchor at

TF1 TF1 (; standing for ''Télévision Française 1'') is a French commercial television network owned by TF1 Group, controlled by the Bouygues conglomerate. TF1's average market share of 24% makes it the most popular domestic network. TF1 is part ...

. * Laurent Delahousse, anchor at

France 2 France 2 () is a French free-to-air public television channel. The flagship channel of France Télévisions, it broadcasts generalist programming including news, entertainment (such as dramas, films, and game shows), factual programmes, and sp ...

. * Jean-Pierre Elkabbach, journalist. * Bernard Rapp, investigative journalist. *

Léa Salamé Hala Léa Salamé, known as Léa Salamé (; born 27 October 1979), is a Lebanese-born French journalist. Early life Hala Léa Salamé is the daughter of Ghassan Salamé, former Lebanese Minister of Culture and former special advisor to UN Secreta ...

, famous radio host at

France Inter France Inter () is a French public radio channel and part of Radio France. It is the successor to Paris Inter, later known as France I, and created as a merger of the France I and France II networks, first as RTF Inter in October 1963, then ren ...

and anchor at France 2. *Thomas Sotto, anchor at France 2. * Marie Inbona, Television presenter for M6 ;Heads of media * Marc-Olivier Fogiel, CEO of

BFM TV BFM TV (, stylized as BFMTV) is a French news broadcast television and radio network, wholly owned by RMC BFM. The flagship property of the RMC BFM division of CMA CGM, its headquarters are located in Paris. As the country's most-watched new ...

, former TV and radio host. *

Jean-Marie Colombani Jean-Marie Colombani (born 7 July 1948 in Dakar, Senegal) is a French journalist, and was the editor-in-chief of the daily newspaper ''Le Monde'' from 1994 until 2007. Biography Educated at Panthéon-Assas University and Science-Po, he is the ...

, former director of

Le Monde (; ) is a mass media in France, French daily afternoon list of newspapers in France, newspaper. It is the main publication of Le Monde Group and reported an average print circulation, circulation of 480,000 copies per issue in 2022, including ...

. *Marc Crépin, director at

France Culture France Culture () is a French public radio channel and part of Radio France Radio France () is the French national public radio broadcaster. Stations Radio France offers seven national networks: *France Inter — Radio France's "generalist ...

and

France Musique France Musique () is a French national public radio channel owned and operated by Radio France. It is devoted to the broadcasting of music, both live and recorded, with particular emphasis on classical music and jazz. History The channel was lau ...

. *Axel Duroux, CEO of

EuropaCorp EuropaCorp S.A. (stylised in opening logo as EUROPA CORP. until 2022) is a French motion picture company headquartered in Saint-Denis, a northern suburb of Paris, and one of a few full-service independent studios that both produce and distribute ...

and former president of

RTL Group RTL Group S.A. ("Radio Télévision Luxembourg") is a Luxembourg-based international media conglomerate, with another corporate office in Cologne, Germany. The company operates 56 television channels and 36 radio stations in Germany, France an ...

. *Pierre Jeantet, former director of

. * Jean-Paul Cluzel, former president of

Radio France Radio France () is the French national public radio broadcaster. Stations Radio France offers seven national networks: *France Inter — Radio France's "generalist media, generalist" station, featuring entertaining and informative talk mixed wi ...

Business

* Jean-Charles Brisard (born 1968), international consultant *

Catherine Guillouard Catherine Guillouard (born 23 January 1965 in Cannes) is a French businesswoman. She was the chairwoman and chief executive officer of RATP from August 2017 to 30 September 2022. Educational background After having finishing her secondary st ...

, former president of

RATP Group The RATP Group () is a French state-owned enterprise (Établissement public à caractère industriel et commercial, EPIC) that operates public transport systems primarily in Paris, France. Headquartered in Paris, it originally operated under th ...

. *

Denis Hennequin Denis Hennequin (born June 8, 1958) is a French businessman, entrepreneur and administrator, including past and current non executive director roles for John Lewis, Eurostar, SSP Group PLC, 1001fontaines (NGO), KellyDeli LTD, Picard (Chairman), P ...

, former president of

Accor Accor S.A. is a French multinational hospitality company that owns, manages and franchises hotels, resorts and vacation properties. It is the largest hospitality company in Europe, and the sixth largest hospitality company worldwide. Accor ope ...

. * Maxime Lombardini, director of

Iliad SA Iliad SA, stylized as iliad, is a French telecommunications company. It is based in Paris and its operations comprise fixed and mobile telephony services, prepaid phone cards and Internet access providing and hosting services. The company ...

. * Ludwik Sobolewski, president of

Warsaw Stock Exchange The Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE) () is a stock exchange in Warsaw, Poland. Founded in 1817, it was located in the Saxon Palace until 1877 when it was moved to the Exchange Building at the Saxon Garden. Currently, it is located at ul. Książęca ...

from 2006 to 2013 then president of

Bucharest Stock Exchange The Bucharest Stock Exchange (, BVB) is the stock exchange of Romania located in Bucharest. In 2023, the BVB's market capitalization increased by 52.7% to $64.9 billion. , there were 85 companies listed on the BVB. The capitalization of the Roma ...

from 2013 to 2017.

Other

* Cécilia Sarkozy, former First Lady of France. *

Henri Giscard d'Estaing Henri Marie Edmond Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (born 17 October 1956) is a French businessman and son of former French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing. Biography Giscard d'Estaing studied at the Paris Institute of Political Studies and ...

, son of former President of France

Valéry Giscard d'Estaing Valéry René Marie Georges Giscard d'Estaing (, ; ; 2 February 19262 December 2020), also known as simply Giscard or VGE, was a French politician who served as President of France from 1974 to 1981. After serving as Ministry of the Economy ...

. *

Floriane Chinsky Floriane Chinsky (born 1974 in Paris, France) is the first female rabbi in Belgium. In 2005, she was ordained as a rabbi at the Schechter Institute in Jerusalem; the same year she received a Ph.D. in sociology of law, with a thesis studying the ...

, notable female rabbi. *Corinne Coman,

Miss France Miss France is a national beauty pageant in France held annually in December. The competition was first held in 1920, and has been organized continuously since 1947. The trademark for the pageant is owned by the company Miss France SAS, and is ...

2003 and top of class at Panthéon-Assas. *

Raphaël Haroche Raphaël Haroche (born 7 November 1975), professionally known under his mononym Raphael, is a French singer–songwriter and actor. Personal and media life Raphael was born as Raphaël Haroche on 7 November 1975 in Paris, France, and was rai ...

(''Raphael''), famous singer.

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* *. *. * * * * * * * * * *. * *French National School for the Judiciary
''Profil de la promotion 2008''
(in French). * * * * * * *. * * * * * * * * * * * * *

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''École W''

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