Faculty of Law of the University Paris-Cité, Research and education unit in Malakoff, France

The Faculty of Law of the University Paris-Cité is a modern educational institution in Malakoff devoted to legal studies and research. The campus includes classrooms, seminar rooms, and dedicated research spaces across its building complex.

The institution was established in 1976 and originally operated as part of Paris Descartes University. It was integrated into the newly formed Paris-Cité University in 2020 and continues to play a major role in French legal education.

The faculty's name honours René Descartes, whose name the university bore until it joined Paris-Cité in 2020; the stone band above the tall windows of the central facade still reads "UNIVERSITE RENE DESCARTES". The building is a former electricity school, and its 1930s brick and stone front, with carved relief panels, is protected as a monument historique inscrit.

The faculty occupies the former Supélec building at 10 avenue Pierre-Larousse in Malakoff, near Porte de Vanves on the southwestern edge of Paris. It is a working university site, not a tourist monument, so access to the interior is tied to enrolment or appointments; the brick and stone facades, carved panels and the "UNIVERSITE RENE DESCARTES" inscription can be seen from the street and the fenced forecourt.

The building was erected for Supélec, the electrical engineering school founded in 1894, which occupied the Malakoff site from 1927; the law faculty took over the premises in 1976. The architects Jean Papet, André Raimbert and Georges Appia designed it in the 1930s style, with monumental volumes and carved stone panels above the tall windows.