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'''University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas''' ({{lang-fr|Université Panthéon-Assas}}; ]]), also referred to as '''Assas''' (]]), '''Paris&nbsp;II''' (]]) or '''Sorbonne-Assas''', is a ] specialized in law and economics in ], ]. It is renowned for excellence in law and often described as the top law school in France.<ref name="cne-evaluation.fr"></ref><ref name="news.iu.edu"></ref><ref name="mondedesgrandesecoles.fr">{{cite web|url=http://www.mondedesgrandesecoles.fr/rencontre-avec-4-universites-dexcellence/|title=Rencontre avec 4 universités d'excellence - Monde des grandes écoles et des universités|date=22 February 2012|publisher=|accessdate=26 December 2016}}</ref> It is considered as the direct inheritor of the ] (1257–1970)<ref name="cne-evaluation.fr"/>. Following the division of the ] in 1970, most of its law professors (88 out of 108)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1970/06/24/les-programmes-de-i-a-vii_2637947_1819218.html|title=Les programmes de I à VII|date=1970-06-24|access-date=2019-02-09|language=fr}}</ref> choose indeed to perpetuate the faculty of law and its programs by creating this university of law and economics and delivering the same programs within the same two buildings.<ref name="cne-evaluation.fr"/> It currently provides law courses for ] and may become its faculty of law.<ref></ref><ref></ref> '''University of Paris&nbsp;II Panthéon-Assas''' ({{lang-fr|Université Panthéon-Assas}}; ]]), also referred to as '''Assas''' (]]), '''Paris&nbsp;II''' (]]) or '''Sorbonne-Assas''', is a ] specialized in law and economics in ], ]. It is renowned for excellence in law and often described as the top law school in France.<ref name="cne-evaluation.fr"></ref><ref name="news.iu.edu"></ref><ref name="mondedesgrandesecoles.fr">{{cite web|url=http://www.mondedesgrandesecoles.fr/rencontre-avec-4-universites-dexcellence/|title=Rencontre avec 4 universités d'excellence - Monde des grandes écoles et des universités|date=22 February 2012|publisher=|accessdate=26 December 2016}}</ref> It is considered as the direct inheritor of the ] (1257–1970)<ref name="cne-evaluation.fr"/> since, following the division of the ] in 1970, most of its law professors (88 out of 108)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1970/06/24/les-programmes-de-i-a-vii_2637947_1819218.html|title=Les programmes de I à VII|date=1970-06-24|access-date=2019-02-09|language=fr}}</ref> choose to perpetuate the faculty by creating and joining a university of law and economics offering the same programs within the same two buildings.<ref name="cne-evaluation.fr"/> It currently provides law courses for ] and may become its faculty of law.<ref></ref><ref></ref>


Since its founding in 1971, it has produced two ]s, four ]s, and the holders of thirty-seven other ] in France and around the world. Forty alumni of the university have been members of various ]s as well. The majority of the nineteen campuses of Panthéon-Assas are located in the ], with the main campuses on ] and ]. The university is composed of five departments specialising in law, journalism and media, economics, public and private management, and political science and hosts twenty-four research centres and five specialized doctoral schools. Every year, the university enrolls approximately 18,000 students, including 3,000 international students. Since its founding in 1971, it has produced two ]s, four ]s, and the holders of thirty-seven other ] in France and around the world. Forty alumni of the university have been members of various ]s as well. The majority of the nineteen campuses of Panthéon-Assas are located in the ], with the main campuses on ] and ]. The university is composed of five departments specialising in law, journalism and media, economics, public and private management, and political science and hosts twenty-four research centres and five specialized doctoral schools. Every year, the university enrolls approximately 18,000 students, including 3,000 international students.
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==History== ==History==
] ]
When the ] (nicknamed the Sorbonne), which had been founded in the middle of the 12th century and officially ceased to exist on 31 December 1970, following the ], the ] professors had to choose the future of the faculty. Most of the law professors of the faculty of law and economics (88 out of 108)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1970/06/24/les-programmes-de-i-a-vii_2637947_1819218.html|title=Les programmes de I à VII|date=1970-06-24|access-date=2019-02-09|language=fr}}</ref> wished only to restructure their faculty into a new university. In pursuit of this, they founded with professors of economics the "University of law, economics and social sciences of Paris" or "Paris II".<ref>Conac, pp. 177&ndash;178.</ref> Hence, it is generally considered as its direct inheritor.<ref name="cne-evaluation.fr"/><ref></ref><ref>https://www.sorbonne.fr/etablissement/les-universites/universite-pantheon-sorbonne-paris-1/</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sorbonne.fr/etablissement/les-universites/universite-pantheon-assas-paris-2/|title=Université Panthéon Assas - Adresse Paris 2 - Cours Droit, Science politique, gestion....Master, licence - La Chancellerie des Universités de Paris|publisher=|accessdate=26 December 2016}}</ref><ref></ref><ref>.</ref> When the ] (nicknamed the Sorbonne), which had been founded in the middle of the 12th century and officially ceased to exist on 31 December 1970, following the ], the ] professors had to choose the future of the faculty. Most of the law professors of the faculty of law and economics (88 out of 108)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1970/06/24/les-programmes-de-i-a-vii_2637947_1819218.html|title=Les programmes de I à VII|date=1970-06-24|access-date=2019-02-09|language=fr}}</ref> wished only to restructure their faculty into a new university. In pursuit of this, they founded with professors of economics the "University of law, economics and social sciences of Paris" or "Paris&nbsp;II" and kept in it the research centers and teaching programs of the Paris Law faculty.<ref>Conac, pp. 177&ndash;178.</ref> Hence, it is generally considered as its direct inheritor.<ref name="cne-evaluation.fr"/><ref></ref><ref>https://www.sorbonne.fr/etablissement/les-universites/universite-pantheon-sorbonne-paris-1/</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sorbonne.fr/etablissement/les-universites/universite-pantheon-assas-paris-2/|title=Université Panthéon Assas - Adresse Paris 2 - Cours Droit, Science politique, gestion....Master, licence - La Chancellerie des Universités de Paris|publisher=|accessdate=26 December 2016}}</ref><ref></ref><ref>.</ref>


The official name of the university was changed to "Panthéon-Assas (Paris II)" 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 Place du Panthéon and Rue d'Assas.<ref>Conac, p. 191.</ref> The university is also referred to as "Assas" or "Paris II" and "Sorbonne Law School".<ref name="sorbonne1">{{cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/9e81dc58-9e57-11e0-8e61-00144feabdc0|title=Insead and Sorbonne launch joint business and law degree|publisher=|accessdate=26 December 2016}}</ref><ref name="ft.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/510c561c-f405-11df-886b-00144feab49a|title=Insead resorts to the law|publisher=|accessdate=26 December 2016}}</ref><ref></ref><ref></ref> The official name of the university was changed to "Panthéon-Assas (Paris&nbsp;II)" 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 Place du Panthéon and Rue d'Assas.<ref>Conac, p. 191.</ref> The university is also referred to as "Assas" or "Paris&nbsp;II" and "Sorbonne Law School".<ref name="sorbonne1">{{cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/9e81dc58-9e57-11e0-8e61-00144feabdc0|title=Insead and Sorbonne launch joint business and law degree|publisher=|accessdate=26 December 2016}}</ref><ref name="ft.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/510c561c-f405-11df-886b-00144feab49a|title=Insead resorts to the law|publisher=|accessdate=26 December 2016}}</ref><ref></ref><ref></ref>


==Organisation== ==Organisation==
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===Research centres=== ===Research centres===
The university houses five academic departments: one for private law and criminal sciences, one for public law and political science, one for Roman law and legal history, one for economics and management, and one for journalism and communication (administered by the ], which was incorporated into Paris&nbsp;II in 1969<ref>{{cite French decree||number or usual name=n<sup>o</sup> 70-246|date in French=21 mars 1970|article=5}}</ref> serving as the later's department for communication and journalism studies).{{efn|The ''Savary'' bill of 1984 aimed at centering universities on "education and research units" ({{lang-fr|unités de formation et de recherche}}) which match academic departments&mdash; offering both undergraduate and graduate programs&mdash;to research centres. Panthéon-Assas comprises six of these units: one for first cycle and basic legal qualification in law and political science, one for second and third cycles in law and political science, one for economics and management, one for private and public management, the French Press Institute, and the Institute of Judicial Studies.}} In all, Panthéon-Assas comprises about two dozens of research centres, including the ], the ], and the ]. In July 2012, Panthéon-Assas became the first university in France to open preparatory classes for the bar school entrance examination,<ref>Rey-Lefebvre.</ref> which were until this point the monopole of private preparatory schools. In 2013, the university set up a distance learning degree in law.<ref>Sérès.</ref> The university inherited the academic department and research centers from the Faculty of law and social sciences of Paris.<ref>{{cite French decree||number or usual name=n<sup>o</sup> 70-246|date in French=21 mars 1970|article=5}}</ref> It currently houses five academic departments: one for private law and criminal sciences, one for public law and political science, one for Roman law and legal history, one for economics and management, and one for journalism and communication (administered by the ]).{{efn|The ''Savary'' bill of 1984 aimed at centering universities on "education and research units" ({{lang-fr|unités de formation et de recherche}}) which match academic departments&mdash; offering both undergraduate and graduate programs&mdash;to research centres. Panthéon-Assas comprises six of these units: one for first cycle and basic legal qualification in law and political science, one for second and third cycles in law and political science, one for economics and management, one for private and public management, the French Press Institute, and the Institute of Judicial Studies.}} In all, Panthéon-Assas comprises about two dozens of research centres, including the ], the ], and the ]. In July 2012, Panthéon-Assas became the first university in France to open preparatory classes for the bar school entrance examination,<ref>Rey-Lefebvre.</ref> which were until this point the monopole of private preparatory schools. In 2013, the university set up a distance learning degree in law.<ref>Sérès.</ref>


===Administration=== ===Administration===
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===Libraries=== ===Libraries===
] ]
]’s design]] ]’s design]]
The campuses at ''rue d'Assas'', ''rue de Vaugirard'' and Melun host the university library, which is 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 3,400&nbsp;m<sup>2</sup>, and the university's collections gather over three hundred thousand volumes together. Students of the university also have free access to ], which is the largest law library in Europe<ref>Oswald, p. 97.</ref> and which is co-administered by Panthéon-Assas and ]. The campuses at ''rue d'Assas'', ''rue de Vaugirard'' and Melun host the university library, which is 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 3,400&nbsp;m<sup>2</sup>, and the university's collections gather over three hundred thousand volumes together. Students of the university also have free access to ], which is the largest law library in Europe<ref>Oswald, p. 97.</ref> and which is co-administered by Panthéon-Assas and ].


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===International programs === ===International programs ===
] ]


Paris II offers international integrated undergraduate programs (Bachelor-Double maîtrise) with universities such as ], ], ], ]. It offers international integrated postgraduate programs (LL.M.-Master II) with some universities such as, on top of the latter ones, ], ], ], ], ].<ref></ref> Paris&nbsp;II offers international integrated undergraduate programs (Bachelor-Double maîtrise) with universities such as ], ], ], ]. It offers international integrated postgraduate programs (LL.M.-Master II) with some universities such as, on top of the latter ones, ], ], ], ], ].<ref></ref>


It created in 2011 the ''Sorbonne-Assas International Law School'' which have campuses in Paris, Singapore and Mauritius.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sorbonne-assas-ils.org/about-the-school/|title=About the School – Sorbonne Assas – International Law School|publisher=|accessdate=26 December 2016}}</ref> It created in 2011 the ''Sorbonne-Assas International Law School'' which have campuses in Paris, Singapore and Mauritius.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sorbonne-assas-ils.org/about-the-school/|title=About the School – Sorbonne Assas – International Law School|publisher=|accessdate=26 December 2016}}</ref>


] and Paris II signed in June 2011 an Agreement for Collaborative Activities to create an environment for long-term joint research, exchange. and programming activities.<ref></ref> The first event of this partnership was a lecture given by ], dean of Yale Law School, co-hosted by Yale Law School and Paris II. ] and Paris&nbsp;II signed in June 2011 an Agreement for Collaborative Activities to create an environment for long-term joint research, exchange. and programming activities.<ref></ref> The first event of this partnership was a lecture given by ], dean of Yale Law School, co-hosted by Yale Law School and Paris&nbsp;II.
Since 2013, Panthéon-Assas, ], and Yale Law School organise in Paris a summer school in law and economics, the ''Yale-Paris II-Essec Summer School''.<ref></ref> Since 2013, Panthéon-Assas, ], and Yale Law School organise in Paris a summer school in law and economics, the ''Yale-Paris&nbsp;II-Essec Summer School''.<ref></ref>


Assas has cooperation agreements with 315 partner universities, including 113 ] partners.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.u-paris2.fr/fr/international/universites-partenaires|title=Universités partenaires - Université Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas|publisher=|accessdate=26 December 2016}}</ref> Assas has cooperation agreements with 315 partner universities, including 113 ] partners.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.u-paris2.fr/fr/international/universites-partenaires|title=Universités partenaires - Université Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas|publisher=|accessdate=26 December 2016}}</ref>
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Assas has reputation of "excellence" in Law<ref name="cne-evaluation.fr"/><ref name="ex1">{{cite web|url=http://www.letudiant.fr/etudes/fac/portrait-de-fac-luniversite-paris-2-pantheon-assas-10881.html|title=Portrait de fac : l’université Paris 2 – Panthéon-Assas|publisher=|accessdate=26 December 2016}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web|url=http://www.letudiant.fr/letudiant-tv/filieres/universite/universite-paris-2-fondes-ou-pas-les-cliches-sur-assas.html|title=Université Paris 2 : fondés ou pas, les clichés sur Assas ?|publisher=|accessdate=26 December 2016}}</ref><ref name="mondedesgrandesecoles.fr"/> and cultivates its own image of being "the top law school in France".<ref name="letudiant.fr">{{cite web|url=http://www.letudiant.fr/etudes/fac/portrait-de-fac-luniversite-paris-2-pantheon-assas-10881/paris-2pantheon-assas-3-parcours-pour-la-licence-de-droit-15998.html|title=Paris 2-Assas : trois parcours pour la licence de droit|publisher=|accessdate=26 December 2016}}</ref> Assas has reputation of "excellence" in Law<ref name="cne-evaluation.fr"/><ref name="ex1">{{cite web|url=http://www.letudiant.fr/etudes/fac/portrait-de-fac-luniversite-paris-2-pantheon-assas-10881.html|title=Portrait de fac : l’université Paris 2 – Panthéon-Assas|publisher=|accessdate=26 December 2016}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web|url=http://www.letudiant.fr/letudiant-tv/filieres/universite/universite-paris-2-fondes-ou-pas-les-cliches-sur-assas.html|title=Université Paris 2 : fondés ou pas, les clichés sur Assas ?|publisher=|accessdate=26 December 2016}}</ref><ref name="mondedesgrandesecoles.fr"/> and cultivates its own image of being "the top law school in France".<ref name="letudiant.fr">{{cite web|url=http://www.letudiant.fr/etudes/fac/portrait-de-fac-luniversite-paris-2-pantheon-assas-10881/paris-2pantheon-assas-3-parcours-pour-la-licence-de-droit-15998.html|title=Paris 2-Assas : trois parcours pour la licence de droit|publisher=|accessdate=26 December 2016}}</ref>


''Le monde des grandes écoles et des universités'' called it a "symbol of Made in France excellence".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mondedesgrandesecoles.fr/luniversite-pantheon-%E2%80%88assas-un-symbole-de-lexcellence-made-in-france/|title=L'Université Panthéon - Assas, un symbole de l'excellence Made In France - Monde des grandes écoles et des universités|date=20 May 2015|publisher=|accessdate=26 December 2016}}</ref> 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 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."<ref>Review report of the French Research and Higher Education Evaluation Agency (AERES), 2013, p. 7.</ref> ''Le monde des grandes écoles et des universités'' called it a "symbol of Made in France excellence".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mondedesgrandesecoles.fr/luniversite-pantheon-%E2%80%88assas-un-symbole-de-lexcellence-made-in-france/|title=L'Université Panthéon - Assas, un symbole de l'excellence Made In France - Monde des grandes écoles et des universités|date=20 May 2015|publisher=|accessdate=26 December 2016}}</ref> The ''French Research and Higher Education Evaluation Agency'' stated in 2013: "Paris&nbsp;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 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."<ref>Review report of the French Research and Higher Education Evaluation Agency (AERES), 2013, p. 7.</ref>


==Notable people== ==Notable people==

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Panthéon-Assas University
Université Panthéon-Assas
File:Logo of Panthéon-Assas University, 2016.svg
TypePublic
Established1971
AffiliationSorbonne University group Chancellerie des Universités de Paris
Budget€91 million (2013)
PresidentGuillaume Leyte
Academic staff2,060
Administrative staff356
Students17,705
LocationParis, France
CampusUrban
Colours  Red and white
Websitewww.u-paris2.fr

University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas (Template:Lang-fr; ), also referred to as Assas (), Paris II () or Sorbonne-Assas, is a research university specialized in law and economics in Paris, France. It is renowned for excellence in law and often described as the top law school in France. It is considered as the direct inheritor of the Faculty of Law and Economics of Paris (1257–1970) since, following the division of the University of Paris in 1970, most of its law professors (88 out of 108) choose to perpetuate the faculty by creating and joining a university of law and economics offering the same programs within the same two buildings. It currently provides law courses for Sorbonne University and may become its faculty of law.

Since its founding in 1971, it has produced two presidents, four prime ministers, and the holders of thirty-seven other ministerships in France and around the world. Forty alumni of the university have been members of various parliaments as well. The majority of the nineteen campuses of Panthéon-Assas are located in the Latin Quarter, with the main campuses on Place du Panthéon and Rue d'Assas. The university is composed of five departments specialising in law, journalism and media, economics, public and private management, and political science and hosts twenty-four research centres and five specialized doctoral schools. Every year, the university enrolls approximately 18,000 students, including 3,000 international students.

History

Pediment of the Paris Law Faculty

When the University of Paris (nicknamed the Sorbonne), which had been founded in the middle of the 12th century and officially ceased to exist on 31 December 1970, following the student protests of 1968, the Faculty of Law and Economics of Paris professors had to choose the future of the faculty. Most of the law professors of the faculty of law and economics (88 out of 108) wished only to restructure their faculty into a new university. In pursuit of this, they founded with professors of economics the "University of law, economics and social sciences of Paris" or "Paris II" and kept in it the research centers and teaching programs of the Paris Law faculty. Hence, it is generally considered as its direct inheritor.

The official name of the university was changed to "Panthéon-Assas (Paris II)" 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 Place du Panthéon and Rue d'Assas. The university is also referred to as "Assas" or "Paris II" and "Sorbonne Law School".

Organisation

Campuses

Panthéon center

The university has 18 campuses in Paris and one in the city of Melun.

File:Panthéon-Assas University, Conseils.jpg
Salle des Conseils on place du Panthéon

The administration offices and postgraduate studies are located in the structure designed by Jacques-Germain Soufflot and built in the late eighteenth century for the faculty of law of the University of Paris, on the plaza that rings the Pantheon; the building is shared with Panthéon-Sorbonne University. It is registered among the national heritage sites of France.

File:Panthéon-Assas University, Mezzanine.jpg
Inside the redesigned building rue d'Assas

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 Carpentier 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 vastest in France, with 1,700 seats; several concerts have been held in it, featuring Herbert von Karajan, Leonard Bernstein, Georg Solti, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Martha Argerich, Gundula Janowitz, Christa Ludwig, Alfred Brendel, Arthur Rubinstein, Seiji Ozawa, Carlo Maria Giulini, or Samson François, among others. The scene at the Cairo airport from OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies was filmed in its entrance hall.

Campus on rue de Vaugirard.

The campus on rue de Vaugirard gathers first-year students. It is located in the chapel wing of the defunct Jesuit College of the Immaculate Conception, where Charles de Gaulle had been a pupil; the chapel itself, dating from the eighteenth century, was transformed into a lecture theatre in the 1980s. The structure is a national heritage site as well. The campus on rue Charcot receives third-year and master students of economics. South-east of Paris, the campus in Melun, which opened in 1987, gathers over a thousand first-cycle students who do not reside in Paris.

The campus in Melun 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. It has extension under work.

File:Panthéon-Assas University, Patio.jpg
The "patio", opened in 2016, in the learning center rue d'Assas
File:Panthéon-Assas University, Planches.jpg
The "planches", in the learning center rue d'Assas

Assas building, which was going under renovation during the last ten years, has been completely redesigned and now hosts a modern learning center, created by the architect Alain Sarfati.

Research centres

The university inherited the academic department and research centers from the Faculty of law and social sciences of Paris. It currently houses five academic departments: one for private law and criminal sciences, one for public law and political science, one for Roman law and legal history, one for economics and management, and one for journalism and communication (administered by the French Press Institute). In all, Panthéon-Assas comprises about two dozens of research centres, including the Institute of Higher International Studies, the Paris Institute of Comparative Law, and the Paris Institute of Criminology. In July 2012, Panthéon-Assas became the first university in France to open preparatory classes for the bar school entrance examination, which were until this point the monopole of private preparatory schools. In 2013, the university set up a distance learning degree in law.

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.

Academics

Admissions

The undergraduate law program of Panthéon-Assas is selective, with an acceptance rate of 14%. The first-year pass rate in law hovers around 40%. All French universities are legally obliged to allow students to change universities and curriculums after the first semester of their first year. However, they are allowed to accept as few or many students as they like; Panthéon-Assas accepts only 3% of transfer requests. Admission to the second year of the university's master programs is selective as well, some of these programs admitting only 1.7% of applicants.

Libraries

Reading room of the Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, Paris
File:Panthéon-Assas University, Library.jpg
Newly designed library of Paris II, with Philippe Starck’s design

The campuses at rue d'Assas, rue de Vaugirard and Melun host the university library, which is 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 3,400 m, and the university's collections gather over three hundred thousand volumes together. Students of the university also have free access to Cujas Library, which is the largest law library in Europe and which is co-administered by Panthéon-Assas and Panthéon-Sorbonne.

The new Rue d’Assas library has been designed by the architect Alain Sarfati and has furniture designed by Philippe Starck.

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") since 2008, the Revue de droit d'Assas ("Assas Legal Journal") since 2010 and Droits fondamentaux ("Human Rights") since 2012. They are all available online.

It also hosts a faculty-led publication in English, the Sorbonne-Assas Law Review, since 2012.

Teachings

Programs for "excellence"

Further information: Law schools and colleges in France

On top of its core curriculum, Panthéon-Assas developed a number of internal degrees delivered to its top students, like the College of Law and the Paris Law School. A lot of universities followed its steps.

Joint academic programs

Panthéon-Assas offers several joint undergraduate and graduate programs with Sorbonne University. It has also joint programs with other French universities and institutions such as INSEAD, Paris-Dauphine University, ESSEC Business School, HEC Paris, or École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris.

International programs

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Louis Vogel, president of Paris II, with Robert C. Post, dean of Yale Law School

Paris II offers international integrated undergraduate programs (Bachelor-Double maîtrise) with universities such as Oxford University, University College London, King's College London, University College Dublin. It offers international integrated postgraduate programs (LL.M.-Master II) with some universities such as, on top of the latter ones, Boston University, Humboldt University of Berlin, Ludwig Maximilians University, Sapienza University of Rome, University of Padua.

It created in 2011 the Sorbonne-Assas International Law School which have campuses in Paris, Singapore and Mauritius.

Yale Law School and Paris II signed in June 2011 an Agreement for Collaborative Activities to create an environment for long-term joint research, exchange. and programming activities. The first event of this partnership was a lecture given by Robert C. Post, dean of Yale Law School, co-hosted by Yale Law School and Paris II. Since 2013, Panthéon-Assas, ESSEC Business School, and Yale Law School organise in Paris a summer school in law and economics, the Yale-Paris II-Essec Summer School.

Assas has cooperation agreements with 315 partner universities, including 113 Erasmus+ partners.

Rankings and reputation

Rankings

Law

Panthéon-Assas University is ranked first in the Eduniversal rankings. In QS World University Rankings, based on English speaking publications, the university is ranked 3rd in France and 101st-150th worldwide. It is often described as the "top law school in France".

Assas' undergraduate law program is ranked first by Eduniversal, the only one with 4 stars. It was also ranked first in the interdisciplinary degree Law and English.

Assas' masters law programs have the overall best ranking from France by Eduniversal. They were ranked as follow:

  • Business Law: 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th
  • European and International Business Law: 1st and 2nd
  • Business Law and Management: 1st
  • Tax law: 1st and 2nd
  • Social Law: 1st and 9th

Its best-ranked master's degree is ranked 5th of Europe (1st of France) by Eduniversal.

Most of the students admitted at the French National School for the Judiciary come from Panthéon-Assas, more than 40% in 2011 (people who went to Assas Faculty of Law and then passed the exam from elsewhere not included).

According to "capital.fr", Assas graduates have the highest salary of all French law schools.

Economics and business

Assas undergraduate program has been ranked seven in 2016 by Eduniversal.

Assas was in 2011 the second best-ranked university (behind Paris-Dauphine University) for its master's degrees in business fields, with 20 ranked masters (law included) in Eduniversal ranking. In 2016, it was ranked as follow:

  • International business: 1st
  • Decisional computing: 1st
  • Finance and banking: 2nd

Reputation

Assas has reputation of "excellence" in Law and cultivates its own image of being "the top law school in France".

Le monde des grandes écoles et des universités called it 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 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."

Notable people

Main article: List of Panthéon-Assas University people

Faculty

Faculty members have included two French ministers, four members of the French parliament, two members of the European parliament, a member of the Constitutional Council of France, a president and four members of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques, a member of the Académie française, a member of the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres, a president, a vice-president and a member of the Supreme Court of Monaco, and a secretary general of the Institute of International Law.

Among the professors of Panthéon-Assas who reformed French law, there are:

  • Jean Carbonnier, who renewed huge parts of the French Civil Code in the 1960s and 1970s, and especially family law.
  • Gérard Cornu, 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, 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 and for the Council of Europe.
  • Pierre Catala, who reformed inheritance law and law of donations with Jean Carbonnier in the 2000s, and who initiated the reform of French contract law, tort Law and law of evidence, and was the head of the official committee for its reform
  • François Terré, president in 2008 of the legal section of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques, head of the private committee for the reform of French Law of Obligations.

Alumni

In the judiciary field, outside France, alumni of Panthéon-Assas have included a chief justice of Brazil, a judge of the Constitutional Court of Italy and a former vice-president of the International Court of Justice, two former chairmen of the International Law Commission, an advocate general at the European Court of Justice, two chairmen of the International Arbitration Institute, a former president of the Greek Council of State.

Alumni of Panthéon-Assas have held important positions in the French and international political spheres. In France, two prime ministers, three ministers of justice, three ministers of the interior, two ministers of defence, two ministers of labour, two ministers of finance and one minister of the environment have been alumni of the university. Twenty-nine members of the French parliament and five heads of French political parties have earned degrees from Panthéon-Assas as well. Alumni have also held twenty-two foreign ministerships, while fifteen alumni have filled seats in foreign or supranational parliaments. Alumni have also held twenty-two foreign ministerships, while fifteen alumni have filled seats in foreign or supranational parliaments.

The president of Greece and the first female president of the Central African Republic are also alumni of the university.

Presidents

To this day, Panthéon-Assas has been governed by nine presidents. The founding president, Berthold Goldman, a jurist, was succeeded by Jacques Robert, former member of the Constitutional Council of France, who was followed by Jean Boulouis, a private law jurist. Next came another private law jurist, Georges Durry, followed by Philippe Ardant, former president of the Constitutional Court of the Principality of Andorra and former president of the Arab World Institute. Panthéon-Assas was then presided by Bernard Teyssié, a specialist in social law, who was succeeded by Jacqueline Dutheil de la Rochère, a public law jurist. She was followed by Louis Vogel, a private law jurist. He implemented numerous innovations, the aim of which has been to adapt the education given at the University of Paris 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 June 20, 2012, and reelected in 2016.

See also

Notes

  1. The Savary bill of 1984 aimed at centering universities on "education and research units" (Template:Lang-fr) which match academic departments— offering both undergraduate and graduate programs—to research centres. Panthéon-Assas comprises six of these units: one for first cycle and basic legal qualification in law and political science, one for second and third cycles in law and political science, one for economics and management, one for private and public management, the French Press Institute, and the Institute of Judicial Studies.

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