Los Angeles, California
Southwestern Law School
- Accreditation
- ABA approved since 1970
- Institution type
- Private
- J.D. formats
- Full-time and Part-time and Distance education J.D.
- Median LSAT
- 157
- Median GPA
- 3.51
- Resident tuition
- $63,160
- First-year class
- 459
- Bar-required jobs
- 78.6%
- First-time bar passage
- 72.1%
Tuition & mandatory fees — 2021-2022
Source
- Organization
- American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
- Document
- ABA Standard 509 compilation — Tuitions and Fees/Living Expenses/Cond. Scholarships (2021)
- Covers
- Report year 2021
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
| Program | Tuition | Fees |
|---|---|---|
| Full-time · resident | $55,316 | $0 |
| Full-time · nonresident | $55,316 | $0 |
| Part-time · resident | $36,894 | $0 |
| Part-time · nonresident | $36,894 | $0 |
Living expenses (school estimates)
Source
- Organization
- American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
- Document
- ABA Standard 509 compilation — Tuitions and Fees/Living Expenses/Cond. Scholarships (2021)
- Covers
- Report year 2021
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
- Living on campus$28,533
- Living off campus$31,890
- Living at home$16,815
Annual estimates for single students, as reported by the school. Books, transportation and insurance are not itemized in ABA disclosures.
Estimated annual cost (calculation)
- Tuition$55,316
- Mandatory fees$0
- Living expenses (off campus, school estimate)$31,890
PreLaw Advisor total$87,206
Sum of the school-published figures above. It is not the school’s official cost of attendance and assumes no scholarship.
Model costs with your own scholarship offers →Grants & scholarships (2021–2022 students)
Source
- Organization
- American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
- Document
- ABA Standard 509 compilation — Grants and Scholarships (2021)
- Covers
- Report year 2021
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
| Measure | All | Full-time | Part-time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total students | 879 | 670 | 209 |
| Receiving grants | 644 | 509 | 135 |
| % receiving grants | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| Less than half tuition | 385 | 307 | 78 |
| Half to full tuition | 236 | 186 | 50 |
| Full tuition | 13 | 10 | 3 |
| More than full tuition | 10 | 6 | 4 |
| 25th percentile grant | Not applicable | $13,333 | $9,950 |
| Median grant | Not applicable | $25,910 | $15,000 |
| 75th percentile grant | Not applicable | $35,680 | $22,925 |
The ABA publishes grant percentiles by full-time/part-time status only. These describe past awards; they do not indicate what any applicant will receive.
Conditional scholarships
Source
- Organization
- American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
- Document
- ABA Standard 509 compilation — Tuitions and Fees/Living Expenses/Cond. Scholarships (2021)
- Covers
- Report year 2021
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
The report does not state whether conditional scholarships are offered.
- Entering 2019-2020204 received · 107 reduced or eliminated
- Entering 2018-2019176 received · 62 reduced or eliminated
- Entering 2017-2018122 received · 57 reduced or eliminated
Figures are School reported to the ABA under Standard 509.