Allocations exist for room, board and personal expenses; travel; health services coverage; children; extraordinary expenses. Expenses that are not considered part of student budgets in determining eligibility for financial aid awards are moving expenses, prior debt, credit card debt, and costs associated with automobiles.
Details are available in the 2007-2008 Financial Aid Policies & Procedures.
A quick summary:
Student Contribution
Parental Contribution
Spousal Contribution
The Law School expects all students to finance a portion of their education with loans. Students are expected to meet the first $33,600 to $35,600 of their need with loans, depending upon their class year. Students whose need is less than this amount generally receive only loan assistance.
Students are expected to use their personal assets, earnings from summer employment, and earnings from term-time employment to help meet the cost of their education.
For those students applying for grants, the Law School will take into account all resources available to meet the cost of their education, including, to some extent, family resources. Family resources are taken into consideration on a sliding scale, based on the student’s age.
The expected parental contribution is calculated based on the information in the Need Access application.
For students who are only applying for loans, parental resources are not considered.
Spouses who are not themselves full-time students or full-time parents of young children are expected to contribute toward the expenses covered by the married student budget by working during both the summer and the school year.