Paris Summer Program

The 2008 Paris Summer Program dates are June 1 to June 30, 2008.

We welcome all law students with access to Westlaw to add our GGU/UPX Paris Program to their TWEN courses. Use the TWEN site to peruse the detailed outline of the program, read comments by and post questions for past participants, view photos, and contact Professor and Associate Dean David Oppenheimer.

To add the Paris Summer Program, sign on to Westlaw and select the "Drop/Add" link in the upper-right corner of the TWEN page. Under the list of "National TWEN Courses," put a check mark in the box for: GGU/UPX Paris Summer Comparative Law Program 2008 (full year 2007-2008) - Oppenheimer.

Scroll to the bottom of the page and press "Submit." Voila!

Sponsored by Golden Gate University School of Law and the University of Paris X (Nanterre)

Click here to view photos taken by Carl Basile during the 2005 program.

United States, Canadian, and European students spend a month in Paris (June 1-30, 2008) studying comparative law in English with distinguished American and French law faculty and judges. The program will be limited to 60 US/Canadian students and 40 EU students. For students from the U.S. and Canada:
Introduction to French and European Union Law (2 credits) June 3 to 13. Limited to 60 students and co-taught by an American and a French professor, with guest lectures from French law professors, lawyers, and judges.

All students
Choose one of the following specialized courses to attend from June 17 to June 28. Each course will be limited to 25 students from the United States, Canada, and the European Union. Some students may not receive their first choice from among the five courses.

• Comparative Corporate Law
• Comparative Criminal Justice
• Comparative Equality (Equal Rights) Law
• Comparative Labor Law
• Comparative Remedies Law

Read the Course descriptions for the 2008 program.

Read about the faculty for the 2008 program.

Course Credits

• US and Canadian students earn 4 credits in the program.
• EU students may arrange for credits through University of Paris X (UPX).

Read the Credit and Enrollment policies for the 2008 program. Classes will be held at the University of Paris X (Nanterre) (UPX) Law School campus, located near the La Defense neighborhood. The campus has its own Metro stop and has a law library and computer labs for student use.

Students will have full access to the main UPX law library, which has an extensive collection. The library director is fluent in English and will give a tour of the library and a lecture on sources of French and EU law early in the program.

GGU and UPX have a longstanding partnership, with student exchanges, faculty exchanges, and joint efforts to promote comparative law scholarship and a better understanding of our respective legal systems. The summer program is co-directed by a UPX professor and former dean, will be partially housed at UPX, and will rely substantially on UPX faculty as team members with GGU (or other US) faculty in team-teaching classes. UPX will handle administrative support and will recruit and enroll EU and other non-US/Canadian law students to participate for UPX academic credit.

Visit the UPX website.(Note: The website is in French.) The program will include the following trips to legal institutions:

• Visits to two of the three French Supreme Courts, the Cour de Cassation (the highest civil court in France), the Conseil d'Etat (the highest administrative court in France), and/or the Conseil Constitutional, including meetings with judges and/or lawyers from these courts.
• Visit to CRFPA at Versailles, a training school for French lawyers. A presentation will be made explaining the requirements to practice law in Europe, the French bar exam (CFPA), and the impact of European federalism and its requirement of free circulation on the legal profession.

Special Visit to Brussels An over-night field trip to Brussels, the EU capital, with meetings with commissioners and staff on enlargement, the status of the new EU constitution, EU standards, free circulation of goods, and/or tax harmonization. Students will be housed in dorm-style single rooms at the Cite International Universitaire de Paris (CIUP), located in the 14th arrondissement near the heart of Paris. CIUP has its own Metro stop. Learn more about CIUP. Golden Gate University welcomes US applicants who have successfully completed at least one year at an accredited law school and Canadian applicants after one year at an accredited Canadian law school.

The nonrefundable application fee of $250 will be credited toward the program tuition. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling admissions basis.

Golden Gate University anticipates that most European students participating in the program will be French nationals but that several other European countries will also be represented. The program will be limited to 60 US/Canadian students and 40 EU students.

View the Requirements for Admission.

Download the Paris program application. Note: This is a pdf file. Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view it.
Tuition & Fees: The total program cost is $5,800, including housing:

Tuition totals $4,360 for four units of credit, receptions, two welcome dinners, liability insurance, field trips (not including Brussels) and a Paris transit pass.

Housing totals $1,000 for a single room at Cite International University for arrival June 1 and departure June 30.

The Brussels field trip cost is $200, including a double room in a hotel.

The cost for all books and readers is $240. The GGU/UPX Summer Program in Paris is fully accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA). Read other details for information about: Requirements for Admission, Credit and Enrollment, Tuition and Costs, Schedule of Payments, Access for People with Disabilities, Refund Policy, and Cancellation Policy. US and Canadian students should contact:
David B. Oppenheimer
Professor of Law
Paris Summer Program Co-Director
Golden Gate University School of Law
536 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94105 USA

dbo@ggu.edu
415-442-6655

EU students should contact:
Professor Anne Deysine
University of Paris X (Nanterre)
Co-Director GGU/UPX Summer Law Program
anne.deysine@u-paris10.fr