Los Angeles, California
LMU Loyola Law School
- Accreditation
- ABA approved since 1935
- Institution type
- Private
- J.D. formats
- Full-time and Part-time J.D.
- Median LSAT
- 163
- Median GPA
- 3.74
- Resident tuition
- $70,360
- First-year class
- 338
- Bar-required jobs
- 85.7%
- First-time bar passage
- 79.7%
J.D. program formats
- Full-time J.D.
- Offered. Full-time first-year students were reported to the ABA.
- Part-time J.D.
- Offered. The school is on the ABA Council’s list of approved part-time programs.
- Distance-education J.D.
- Not on the ABA Council’s distance-education J.D. list.
Formats come from the ABA Council’s published lists, not from the school’s marketing. What each format means
Programs published by the school
Clinics and field placements
Supervised legal work with real clients or in real legal settings, for credit.
- Collaborative Family Law ClinicSchool page for Collaborative Family Law Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Conciliation & Mediation Assistance ClinicSchool page for Conciliation & Mediation Assistance Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Loyola Immigrant Justice ClinicSchool page for Loyola Immigrant Justice Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Loyola Justice for Atrocities ClinicSchool page for Loyola Justice for Atrocities Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Loyola Social Justice Law ClinicSchool page for Loyola Social Justice Law Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Ninth Circuit Appellate ClinicSchool page for Ninth Circuit Appellate Clinic (opens in a new tab)
Centers and institutes
Research and program centers that organize a school's teaching, scholarship and events in a field.
- Center for Juvenile Law and PolicySchool page for Center for Juvenile Law and Policy (opens in a new tab)
- Center for the Study of Law and GenocideSchool page for Center for the Study of Law and Genocide (opens in a new tab)
- International Human Rights CenterSchool page for International Human Rights Center (opens in a new tab)
- LLS Anti-Racism CenterSchool page for LLS Anti-Racism Center (opens in a new tab)
- Loyola Center For Conflict ResolutionSchool page for Loyola Center For Conflict Resolution (opens in a new tab)
- Loyola Public Service InstituteSchool page for Loyola Public Service Institute (opens in a new tab)
- Transactional Lawyering InstituteSchool page for Transactional Lawyering Institute (opens in a new tab)
Journals and advocacy programs
Student-edited publications and competitive advocacy programs.
Journals and law reviews (3)
- Loyola of Los Angeles Entertainment Law ReviewSchool page for Loyola of Los Angeles Entertainment Law Review (opens in a new tab)
- Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law ReviewSchool page for Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review (opens in a new tab)
- Loyola of Los Angeles Law ReviewSchool page for Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review (opens in a new tab)
Moot court and trial advocacy programs (2)
- Alarcón Advocacy CenterSchool page for Alarcón Advocacy Center (opens in a new tab)
- Moot Court & Trial Advocacy ProgramsSchool page for Moot Court & Trial Advocacy Programs (opens in a new tab)
Advanced law degrees
Degrees for people who already hold a first degree in law, in the United States or abroad.
- LL.M. in American LawSchool page for LL.M. in American Law (opens in a new tab)
- LL.M. programSchool page for LL.M. program (opens in a new tab)
Master's degrees for non-lawyers
Graduate degrees in legal studies for professionals who work with the law but do not intend to practise. They do not qualify graduates to sit for the bar.
- Master of Legal StudiesSchool page for Master of Legal Studies (opens in a new tab)
Curriculum & faculty (2025 ABA report)
Source
- Organization
- American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
- Document
- ABA Standard 509 compilation — Curricular Offerings (2025)
- Covers
- Report year 2025
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
Course titles beyond 1L
210
Clinic positions available
493
305 filled
Field placements filled
198
Simulation course seats
1,706
Co-curricular offerings
30
Full-time faculty
78
198 total faculty
Clinic and simulation seat counts are only mapped from report layouts that define them unambiguously (2025 onward).
