Clinique Juridique de l'Université Panthéon-Assas

What Clinique Juridique de l'Université Panthéon-Assas does

The Clinique Juridique de l'Université Panthéon-Assas is a French non-profit student legal clinic (association loi 1901) headquartered at 92 rue d'Assas in the 6th arrondissement of Paris. Founded in 2021 and affiliated with Université Paris Panthéon-Assas, it is described as France's first and leading law clinic. Its core activity is the delivery of free oral and written legal information to members of the public (justiciables), with the dual mission of expanding access to legal guidance for the general public and providing practical professional training to law students.

The clinic organizes its service delivery through five specialized legal poles covering Social Law, Private/Contract/Business Law, Family and Persons Law, Criminal Law, and Public Law (including foreigners' law and asylum). Cases are received via a WordPress website contact form, on-site permanences at the Mairie du 6e arrondissement (currently suspended due to municipal elections), phone consultations, and video conferencing. Student volunteers ranging from Licence 2 to Master 2 are organized into multidisciplinary teams under the supervision of academic supervisors (doctorants, Maîtres de conférences, Professeurs agrégés), with the President (Madame Alice BLEUSE) and a Bureau governing the association.

The business model is non-commercial: all consultations and legal information services are provided free of charge to justiciables. The association is funded through annual student membership dues collected via the HelloAsso platform and through university affiliation. There are no paying customers, no enterprise contracts, and no disclosed revenue figures. The technology stack is minimal — WordPress, email, HelloAsso, and standard video conferencing — reflecting the organization's human-capital-intensive, community-led operating model.

Name

Clinique Juridique de l'Université Panthéon-Assas

Legal name

Clinique Juridique de l'Université Panthéon-Assas

Website

https://cliniquejuridiquepantheonassas.wordpress.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

The Clinique Juridique de l'Université Panthéon-Assas is a Paris-based non-profit student legal clinic (founded 2021) affiliated with France's premier law university, providing free legal information and orientation to the general public through five specialized legal poles staffed by supervised student volunteers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pro Bono Legal Aid Services

NAICS

All Other Legal Services (541199), Other Legal Services (54119), Legal Services (5411)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111), Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAGAEAM

Legal Aid & Client Advocacy Services

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Social Services & Community Support (Food, Housing, Family)

SECONDARYEDAHAIAH

Law School Continuing Legal Education (CLE) & Executive Programs

Education/Higher Education (Colleges & Universities)/Law Schools

SECONDARYEDAHAIAI

Paralegal & Legal Studies Programs (Law School–Affiliated)

Education/Higher Education (Colleges & Universities)/Law Schools

SECONDARYEDAAALAB

Legal & Compliance (CLE, Paralegal CE)

Education/Adult & Continuing Education/Professional Licensure & Continuing Professional Education (CE/CPE)

Keywords

• Free legal information
• Pro bono legal aid
• Student law clinic
• Legal orientation services
• Nonprofit legal services

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership dues (Adhésion): Annual membership fees collected through HelloAsso platform. The 2025/2026 recruitment cycle indicates membership is required to join as a clinicien.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

The Clinique Juridique is a student-led non-profit association that provides free oral legal information and orientation to members of the public (justiciables). Services are delivered by law students from Université Paris Panthéon-Assas (Licence 2 through Master 2) under the supervision of academic legal experts (doctorants, Maîtres de conférences, Professeurs agrégés), and are organized into five specialized legal poles covering social law, private/contract/business law, family law, criminal law, and public/foreigners/asylum law.

Product overview

Clinique Juridique de l'Université Panthéon-Assas operates as a student-led legal information service organized around a core offering of free legal consultations. The service is structured into five specialized legal divisions (pôles): Social Law (Pôle Droit Social), General Private/Contract/Business Law (Pôle Droit Privé Général, Droit des Contrats et Droit des Affaires), Family and Persons Law (Pôle Droit de la Famille et des Personnes), Criminal Law (Pôle Droit Penal), and Public Law/Foreigners/Asylum Law (Pôle Droit Public, Droit des Étrangers et Droit d'Asile). Citizens submit cases through the website or during in-person consultation sessions, where student teams research and draft legal information under the supervision of qualified legal professionals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Free Legal Information Service Free oral and written legal information service delivered by law students from Université Paris Panthéon-Assas to members of the public (justiciables), providing orientation and guidance on rights and procedures across multiple areas of French law.
• Legal Consultation Sessions (Permanences) Scheduled in-person or video conference consultations where justiciables receive free legal information from multidisciplinary student teams, each case reviewed and corrected by a qualified legal supervisor.
• Pôle Droit Social (Social Law Division) Legal information on employment law and social protection matters, including dismissals, workplace safety, sick leave, harassment, and social security questions, for workers and employees.
• Pôle Droit Privé Général, Droit des Contrats et Droit des Affaires Legal information on tort liability, contractual responsibility, consumer credit, insurance, business contracts, company creation, and taxation matters, for individuals and small businesses.
• Pôle Droit de la Famille et des Personnes (Family and Persons Law Division) Legal information on divorce, matrimonial regimes, adoption, inheritance, protection of minors and vulnerable adults, and civil status modifications.
• Pôle Droit Pénal (Criminal Law Division) Support for victims of criminal matters, including complaint preparation, guidance on procedures at police stations, and assistance in cases of domestic, school, sexual, psychological, or physical harassment.
• Pôle Droit Public, Droit des Étrangers et Droit d'Asile Legal information on administrative procedures, residence permits, work permits for foreigners, naturalization requests, and asylum procedures, primarily for foreign nationals and asylum seekers.

Named customers2 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Barreau de Paris SolidaritéminorOthersReferral partnership where Barreau de Paris Solidarité directs individuals seeking free legal assistance to the clinic when its permanences are available. Individuals are also redirected to Points d'accès au droit de la Ville de Paris when the clinic's services are unavailable.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Clinique Juridique de l'Université Paris Nanterre: A peer French university legal clinic providing free legal information to the public through law students. Comparable because it operates the same student-led, university-affiliated, multi-specialty legal-clinic model in the greater Paris region and competes for the same student-volunteer and justiciable audiences.
• Barreau de Paris Solidarité: The Paris Bar's pro bono legal assistance arm, which itself redirects overflow demand to the Clinique Juridique. Comparable because it serves the same Parisian justiciable population seeking free legal orientation and operates as a structured free-legal-aid channel backed by legal professionals.

Broad incumbents

• Défenseur des Droits: French independent constitutional authority that provides free legal information, orientation, and referrals to citizens on rights-related matters. Comparable as a publicly mandated free legal-information channel serving the same justiciable audience across multiple legal domains.
• GISTI (Groupe d'Information et de Soutien des Immigrés): Established French NGO specializing in legal information and advocacy for foreigners and immigrants. Comparable because the clinic's Pôle Droit Public, Droit des Étrangers et Droit d'Asile operates in the same legal domain — providing free orientation on residence permits, work authorization, and asylum to foreign nationals.
• La Cimade: Major French NGO defending the rights of refugees and migrants, with legal-information and orientation services. Comparable because it overlaps directly with the clinic's asylum and foreigners' law pole and operates on a similar free-service, non-profit basis across France.
• Maison de la Justice et du Droit (MJD) de Paris: State-run local justice houses offering free legal information, orientation, and referral to the public in Paris and other cities. Comparable because they deliver free legal information and orientation to justiciables — the same core service as the clinic — but as part of a broader public-sector portfolio with permanent staff.

Emerging players

• France Terre d'Asile: Major French association supporting asylum seekers and refugees with legal information and procedural guidance. Comparable because its asylum-procedure orientation services overlap with the clinic's Pôle Droit Public, Droit des Étrangers et Droit d'Asile.
• Ligue des Droits de l'Homme (LDH): Long-standing French human-rights association providing legal information and assistance on civil liberties, criminal procedure, and discrimination cases. Comparable in that it offers free legal orientation to individuals, including in criminal-law matters that intersect with the clinic's Pôle Droit Pénal.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CliniqueAssas
• Facebookfacebook.com/CliniqueAssas
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/clinique-juridique-de-l-universit%C3%A9-panth%C3%A9on-assas
• Instagraminstagram.com/cliniqueassas

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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