As any learned society, AFDA gets a college of founders.
| AFDA College of founders | |
|---|---|
| François Burdeau † | Professor Emeritus at Panthéon-Assas University |
| Sabino Cassese | Professor Emeritus at La Sapienza University in Rome Associate justice, Constitutional court (Italy) |
| René Chapus | Professor Emeritus at Panthéon-Assas University |
| Jean-Louis de Corail | Professor Emeritus at Panthéon-Assas University |
| Jean-Claude Douence | Professor Emeritus at Pau University |
| Roland Drago † | President of the political and moral sciences French Academy, Chief justice of Monaco (ret.) Professor Emeritus at Panthéon-Assas University |
| Michel Fromont | Professor Emeritus at Panthéon-Sorbonne University (Paris I) |
| Eduardo Garcia de Enterria | Fellow of the Spanish legal royal society, Professor Emeritus at Complutense University in Madrid |
| Jean-François Lachaume | Professor Emeritus at Poitiers University |
| Jean-Arnaud Mazères | Professor Emeritus at Toulouse I University |
| Franck Moderne | Professor Emeritus at Panthéon-Sorbonne University (Paris I) |
| Jacques Moreau | Professor Emeritus at Panthéon-Assas University |
| Gustave Peiser | Professor Emeritus at Grenoble II University |
| Eberhard Schmidt-Aßmann | Professor Emeritus at Ruprecht-Karls University in Heidelberg |
| Gérard Timsit | Professor Emeritus at Panthéon-Sorbonne University (Paris I) |
| Jean-Claude Venezia | Professor Emeritus at Panthéon-Assas University |
| Jean Waline | Professor Emeritus at Robert Schumann University in Strasbourg |
| Prosper Weil | Fellow of the political and moral sciences French Academy, Professor Emeritus at Panthéon-Assas University |