San Diego, California
University of San Diego, School of Law
- Accreditation
- ABA approved since 1961
- Institution type
- Private
- J.D. formats
- Full-time and Part-time J.D.
- Median LSAT
- 163
- Median GPA
- 3.84
- Resident tuition
- $66,950
- First-year class
- 240
- Bar-required jobs
- 88.6%
- First-time bar passage
- 86.7%
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
Concentrations and courses of study
Defined paths through the J.D. curriculum and study at partner institutions.
- Summer Study AbroadSchool page for Summer Study Abroad (opens in a new tab)
Clinics and field placements
Supervised legal work with real clients or in real legal settings, for credit.
Clinics (12)
- Appellate ClinicSchool page for Appellate Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Civil ClinicSchool page for Civil Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Education and Disability ClinicSchool page for Education and Disability Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Entrepreneurship ClinicSchool page for Entrepreneurship Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Federal Tax ClinicSchool page for Federal Tax Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Housing Rights ClinicSchool page for Housing Rights Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Immigration ClinicSchool page for Immigration Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Innocence ClinicSchool page for Innocence Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- State Income Tax Clinic - CaliforniaSchool page for State Income Tax Clinic - California (opens in a new tab)
- State Sales and Use Tax Clinic - CaliforniaSchool page for State Sales and Use Tax Clinic - California (opens in a new tab)
- Women's Legal ClinicSchool page for Women's Legal Clinic (opens in a new tab)
- Workers' Rights ClinicSchool page for Workers' Rights Clinic (opens in a new tab)
Externships and field placements (3)
- Corporate Counsel ExternshipSchool page for Corporate Counsel Externship (opens in a new tab)
- Corporate Technology ExternshipSchool page for Corporate Technology Externship (opens in a new tab)
- Judicial ExternshipSchool page for Judicial Externship (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 Corporate and Securities LawSchool page for Center for Corporate and Securities Law (opens in a new tab)
- Center for Employment and Labor PolicySchool page for Center for Employment and Labor Policy (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 U.S. LawSchool page for LL.M. in U.S. Law (opens in a new tab)
- LL.M. programSchool page for LL.M. program (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
160
Clinic positions available
417
159 filled
Field placements filled
428
Simulation course seats
2,021
Co-curricular offerings
184
Full-time faculty
53
146 total faculty
Clinic and simulation seat counts are only mapped from report layouts that define them unambiguously (2025 onward).
