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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.
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Median LSAT
157
Fall 2025 entering class
Median GPA
3.51
Fall 2025 entering class
Resident tuition
$63,160
Full-time, 2025-2026
First-year class
459
Enrolled fall 2025
Bar-required jobs
78.6%
Class of 2025, full-time long-term
First-time bar passage
72.1%
2025 graduates

Latest verified values from ABA required disclosures. Each dataset describes a different class, as labelled. The job share is PreLaw Advisor’s arithmetic (full-time, long-term bar-passage-required positions ÷ total graduates), not an ABA-published figure.

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.
Offered. The school is on the ABA Council’s distance-education J.D. list.
Accelerated entry
B.A./J.D.

Formats come from the ABA Council’s published lists, not from the school’s marketing. What each format means

Programs published by the school

Joint and dual degrees

A J.D. earned together with a second degree, usually in less time than the two would take separately. Each pairing is specific to the school that offers it.

Concentrations and courses of study

Defined paths through the J.D. curriculum and study at partner institutions.

Clinics and field placements

Supervised legal work with real clients or in real legal settings, for credit.

Centers and institutes

Research and program centers that organize a school's teaching, scholarship and events in a field.

Journals and advocacy programs

Student-edited publications and competitive advocacy programs.

Moot court and trial advocacy programs (2)

Advanced law degrees

Degrees for people who already hold a first degree in law, in the United States or abroad.

These are not J.D. programs. The ABA Council approves a school’s J.D. program; it does not approve or accredit these degrees.

22 programs read from Southwestern Law School’s own website and reviewed before publication, most recently verified Sep 2026. The list covers structured academic offerings, not student organizations, and may not be complete.

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
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Course titles beyond 1L
139
Clinic positions available
166
143 filled
Field placements filled
441
Simulation course seats
1,161
Co-curricular offerings
19
Full-time faculty
70
185 total faculty

Clinic and simulation seat counts are only mapped from report layouts that define them unambiguously (2025 onward).