I was wondering whats the failure rate for the College? I have a friend whos there at the minute and says its really tough and that you only get 2 chances to pass exams and you have to get 11 to pass. I'm thinking of applying but my French isn't the best and I worry that I wouldn't pass every subject, are they accommodating about failure and do they try and help students pass as much as possible or are they more likely to let them fail?

I'm thinking of applying as well. It would be really interesting to have someone who's actually gone there answer this question...

I attended that LLM last year. I had no background in European law (or so very little), but any prior courses in that area do help.

There was a 35% failure rate in june.

I would guess around 10% of the starting students failed in September, perhaps down to half that.

I would not be too worried about the French language requirement as the professors are very accomodating on that account. I believe most of the permanent failures are due to the fact that some students from more peripheral countries have not been properly trained to higher education level methodology.

In other words, if you were good (top 25%) in your university, you should be fine. If you were not a good student, the College is going to be hard ride.