California Western School of Law

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225 Cedar Street
San Diego, CA 92101

Students
629
enrolled (full-time)
150
enrolled (part-time)
Tuition
$43,700
per year (full-time)
$30,700
per year (part-time)

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Specialties

RNP in Part-time Law

Law School Overview

The law school at California Western School of Law has an application deadline of April 1. The full-time program application fee at the law school at California Western School of Law is $55. The part-time program application fee at the law school at California Western School of Law is $55. Its tuition is full-time: $43,700 per year and part-time: $30,700 per year. The student-faculty ratio is 16.9:1. The law school at California Western School of Law has 86 full- and part-time faculty on staff.

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Year founded 1924
Public/private Private
Law school designation National

Admissions

Application deadline April 1
Full-time program application fee $55
Part-time program application fee $55
Admissions Phone (619) 525-1401
Admissions E-mail admissions@cwsl.edu
Web site http://www.cwsl.edu

Academics

Full- and part-time faculty 86
Student-faculty ratio 16.9:1
Total faculty 104

Student Body

Enrollment (full-time) 629
Gender distribution (full-time)
Gender distribution (full-time)
J.D. candidates graduating in 2011-2012 274

Cost

Tuition and fees

Full-time: $43,700 per year
Part-time: $30,700 per year

Room and board $12,720

Careers

Employed at graduation 2 N/A
Median private sector starting salary $66,250
Median public service starting salary $57,000

Library

Total volumes and volume equivalents 353,775

* Law School Overview details based on 2012 data

2. Represents the percentage of all 2011 graduates who had a full-time job lasting at least a year for which bar passage was required or a J.D. degree was an advantage. These employment rates are part of the data on placement success used to determine a school’s ranking.
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