Students pay regular tuition for the semester at WCL, and may continue to receive financial aid. The program is intended to assist students with an interest in international or European law by introducing them to the substance of French legal doctrine and -- more importantly -- to French legal culture.
The cost of living for WCL participants in the Cooperative Program is, to some degree, dependent on currency exchange rates.
For students needing to economize, student cafeterias on the UPX campus offer very inexpensive meals. Some modestly priced student housing is also available on campus, with accommodations running in the range of $250-300 per month. According to the UPX staff however, these rooms might not measure up to American students' expectations of comfort and convenience.
The International Relations Office of UPX will assist WCL students in making their own arrangements for off-campus housing. Among the possible alternatives are private rooms with shared baths in the residence maintained by the Foundation des Etats-Unis near the Parc Montsouris in central Paris at approximately $350-400 per month. To date, however, our students have opted to live in shared apartments in various areas of downtown Paris, paying $500 (or more) each on a monthly basis. Various temporary housing agencies in Paris are organized to provide assistance to visitors planning stays of less than a year, and our students have used these agencies successfully to locate accommodations. Additional information about housing options will be available to students accepted into the Cooperative Program before their departure for France.
Although emergency health services for minor complaints are available on the Nanterre campus, students participating in the Cooperative Program should check their health insurance policies and, where necessary, arrange for additional private insurance covering treatment for more serious illnesses and/or hospitalization in France, and (if desired) for medical repatriation to the United States. Medical care expenses are the responsibility of individual participants, not that of WCL or UPX.
