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 — 2023-2024
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 (2023)
- Covers
- Report year 2023
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
| Program | Tuition | Fees |
|---|---|---|
| Full-time · resident | $58,392 | $145 |
| Full-time · nonresident | $58,392 | $145 |
| Part-time · resident | $38,944 | $98 |
| Part-time · nonresident | $38,944 | $98 |
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 (2023)
- Covers
- Report year 2023
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
- Living on campus$32,698
- Living off campus$36,235
- Living at home$21,070
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$58,392
- Mandatory fees$145
- Living expenses (off campus, school estimate)$36,235
PreLaw Advisor total$94,772
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 (2023–2024 students)
Source
- Organization
- American Bar Association, Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
- Document
- ABA Standard 509 compilation — Grants and Scholarships (2023)
- Covers
- Report year 2023
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
| Measure | All | Full-time | Part-time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total students | 922 | 718 | 204 |
| Receiving grants | 657 | 516 | 141 |
| % receiving grants | 71% | 72% | 69% |
| Less than half tuition | 354 | 272 | 82 |
| Half to full tuition | 273 | 224 | 49 |
| Full tuition | 17 | 14 | 3 |
| More than full tuition | 13 | 6 | 7 |
| 25th percentile grant | Not applicable | $16,374 | $2,500 |
| Median grant | Not applicable | $27,771 | $14,186 |
| 75th percentile grant | Not applicable | $39,828 | $25,525 |
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 (2023)
- Covers
- Report year 2023
- Retrieved
- Sep 23, 2026
- Status
- Verified · Sep 23, 2026
The school reports offering conditional scholarships (awards that can be reduced or eliminated, e.g. for grades).
- Entering 2022-2023194 received · 100 reduced or eliminated
- Entering 2021-2022222 received · 103 reduced or eliminated
- Entering 2020-2021204 received · 107 reduced or eliminated
Figures are School reported to the ABA under Standard 509.