[3] Following the 1970 split of the University of Paris, often referred to as the 'Sorbonne', in the aftermath of the May 68 events, law professors faced decisions regarding the future of their faculty.

The University of Paris, 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.

Jacques-Germain Soufflot, alumnus of the Faculty who had become the architect of the King designed and supervised the construction.

It was designed by Charles Lemaresquier, Alain le Normand, and François Carpentier[28] to accommodate the growing number of students at the University of Paris.

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, have performed in it.

The school was founded by Pierre Antoine Victor de Lanneau, teacher of religious studies, as a college of the University of Paris.

The university's research centres, institutes and reading rooms host twenty-two more specialized libraries.

[52] 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.

is now part of the joint Master's program and has become the norm in France for lawyers (including barristers).

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.

[65] Yale Law School and Panthéon-Assas signed in June 2011 an Agreement for Collaborative Activities to create an environment for long-term joint research, exchange.

[67][68] It created in 2011 the Sorbonne-Assas International Law School which have campuses in Paris, Singapore, Mauritius and Dubai.

[76] Assas' Melun campus has been selected in 2021 by the French Government to host three preparatory schools "Prépa Talents".

An additional year abroad is mandatory to obtain the École de droit diploma degree.

[81] Panthéon-Assas University being considered as the top faculty of law[2][82][83] in France, media focused particularly on it and called even more this curriculum a "way of excellence".

The department is the oldest and one of the finest French schools in the field of communication and journalism studies, in particular with Sorbonne University's CELSA in Neuilly.

The graduate school is a member of the Conférence des Grandes écoles and recognized by the profession of journalists.

The CFJ has trained a large number of great journalists (Bernard Pivot, David Pujadas, Florence Aubenas, Pierre Lescure ...), and attracts each year nearly a thousand candidates for around fifty places.

The École française d'électronique et d'informatique (EFREI, in English: French School of Electronics and Computer Science) is the engineering school of Training and Research in Computer Science and Management, located in Villejuif, Greater Paris.

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 Management and Communication, located in the Centre Assas campus, in the 6th arrondissement.

The W School of Journalism and Communication (in French: École W) is the college that primarily offers a multidisciplinary undergraduate programme in Media, Journalism, Communication, Marketing, Storytelling and Design, 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, EDHEC Business School, Catholic University of Lille and the École de design Nantes Atlantique, Nantes University.

The university occupies – in Paris, in France, in the European Union and, more broadly, in the international scientific community – a prominent place.

They are based on teaching and research activities as well as publications whose quality is recognized and celebrated in academia.

[98] Le Figaro Étudiant has published, for the first time in 2023, a ranking of the top 30 universities in France in law.

Among the professors of Panthéon-Assas who reformed French or foreign laws, there are: The Institut de France is a learned society which was created as such in 1795 and maintained close links with Napoléon Bonaparte.

[121] 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.

[124] Guillaume Leyte, a legal historian, was elected president of the university on 20 June 2012,[125] and reelected in 2016.

On 30 November 2020, Stéphane Braconnier, a public law professor, was elected as the new president of the university,[126] succeeding Guillaume Leyte.

Faculty members who have held prominent political positions include: This section is about notable alumni from Panthéon-Assas University (since 1971).