Southwestern Law School

Law School Overview

U.S. News Rankings

Ranking score and category

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Specialties #34 in Part-time Law

Law School Overview

The law school at Southwestern Law School has an application deadline of April 1. The full-time program application fee at the law school at Southwestern Law School is $60. The part-time program application fee at the law school at Southwestern Law School is $60. Its tuition is full-time: $43,850 per year and part-time: $29,300 per year. The student-faculty ratio is 14.6:1. The law school at Southwestern Law School has 89 full- and part-time faculty on staff.

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Year founded	1911
Public/private	Private
Law school designation	Regional

Admissions

Application deadline	April 1
Full-time program application fee	$60
Part-time program application fee	$60
Admissions Phone	(213) 738-6717
Admissions E-mail	admissions@swlaw.edu
Web site	http://www.swlaw.edu

Academics

Full- and part-time faculty	89
Student-faculty ratio	14.6:1
Total faculty	100

Student Body

Enrollment (full-time)	691
Gender distribution (full-time)
J.D. candidates graduating in 2011-2012	323

Cost

Tuition and fees
Full-time: $43,850 per year Part-time: $29,300 per year
Room and board	$19,620

Careers

Employed at graduation 2	25.2%
Median private sector starting salary	$62,000
Median public service starting salary	$56,000

Library

Total volumes and volume equivalents

519,597

* Law School Overview details based on 2012 data