from 1971), 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. Jacques Robert (1969–1979, Paris II from 1971), former member of the Constitutional Council of France Notable alumni (1100–1679) The Pope forbade the teaching of Roman law in Paris in 1223 with the decretal Super Specula. Until the reintroduction of Roman Law (civil law) by Louis XIV, people who wanted to learn civil law (Roman Law) and become lawyers would usually go to the nearby faculty of Law of the University of Orléans. Hence, Molière, Calvin, Perrault, Cujas, Rabelais, Fermat, La Boétie and others went to the latter. Saint Ivo, patron of the lawyers of abandoned children, and of Brittany, "Advocate of the Poor" Nicolas Boileau, one of the builders of French poetry Julius Caesar, Chancellor of the Exchequer Nicolas Fouquet, Superintendent of Finances under King Louis XIV Alain-René Lesage, author of Gil Blas Notable alumni (1679–1793) Voltaire Mathieu-Antoine Bouchaud, author of the French Enlightenment Jean le Rond d'Alembert, co-creator with Diderot of the Encyclopédie (creating the concept of encyclopedia) Denis Diderot, co-creator with d'Alembert of the Encyclopédie Étienne Pascal, father and instructor of Blaise Pascal Maximilien Robespierre, prominent member of the French Revolution Camille Desmoulins, member of the French Revolution Notable alumni (1802–1970) Intellectuals Victor Hugo Alexis de Tocqueville Law professors Manuel Alejandro Álvarez Jofré, Chilean professor of international law and a judge at the International Court of Justice Henri Batiffol Raymond Carré de Malberg Lev Kasso, Russian professor of law and secretary of public instruction Gustave Boissonade Judiciary and lawyers Lawyers who are more well known as politicians are listed in the section about politicians. Sarmiza Bilcescu, first female student in law in France and first female doctor of law in France Jeanne Chauvin, first woman to lead at the bar in France Henri Donnedieu de Vabres, French judge at the Nuremberg trials Louis Henri Barboux, lawyer for Sarah Bernhardt in her 1880 breach-of-contract suit against the Comédie-Française Louis Leblois, magistrate and lawyer of Alfred Dreyfus, symbolic French antisemitism case Fernand Labori, lawyer of Alfred Dreyfus Paul Magnaud, prominent magistrate Rodolphe-Madeleine Cleophas Dareste de La Chavanne Mireille Ndiaye Olga Petit, first woman to take the oath to become barrister in France Simone Rozès, first female president of the French Court of Cassation (highest position for a judge in France)