Southwestern Law School

Southwestern Law School
3050 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90010-1106
Admissions Phone: (213) 738-6717
Admissions Email: admissions@swlaw.edu
Web site: http://www.swlaw.edu
Admissions URL: http://www.swlaw.edu/applyonline

Admissions Information

Fall 2010 Admissions Information

Director of admissions

Lisa Gear

Application deadline

04/01

Full-time program application fee

$60

Part-time program application fee

$60

Besides the fall semester, can enter in

N/A

Fall 2008 Admissions and Enrollment Statistics

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

3,545

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

1,082

Overall acceptance rate

30.5%

Total number of full- and part-time first-year students enrolled

358

Number of full-time program applicants

3,104

Number of full-time program acceptances

927

Full-time acceptance rate

29.9%

Number of first-year full-time students enrolled

255

Number of part-time program applicants

441

Number of part-time program acceptances

155

Part-time acceptance rate

35.1%

Number of first-year part-time students enrolled

103

Fall 2008 GPA and LSAT Scores

25th-75th percentile GPA scores for all students

2.96-3.48

25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for all students

153-157

25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for full-time students

3.02-3.5

25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for full-time students

154-157

25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for part-time students

2.79-3.41

25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for part-time students

150-154

Career Information

Bar Statistics (Winter and Summer 2007 administrations)

State where the greatest number of first-time test takers took the bar

School’s bar passage rate for first-time test takers

63.4%

Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers

65.7%

Class of 2007 Graduates

Total graduates

283

Graduates employed at graduation

85.2%

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

95.6%

Starting Salaries of 2007 Graduates Employed Full-time

25th percentile private sector starting salary

$63,000

Median private sector starting salary

$70,500

75th percentile private sector starting salary

$105,500

Percent in the private sector who reported salary information

30%

Median public service starting salary

$54,000

Areas of Legal Practice (Class of 2007)

Percent employed in academia

2.0%

Percent employed in business and industry

23.0%

Percent employed in government

9.0%

Percent employed in all judicial clerkships

2.0%

Percent employed in law firms

53.0%

Percent employed in public interest

5.0%

Percent employed in an unknown field

6.0%

Percent employed in a judicial clerkship by an Article III federal judge

1.5%

2007 Graduates Employment Location

Graduates employed in-state

92%

Graduates employed in foreign countries

Number of states where graduates are employed

New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)

0.0%

Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)

1.0%

East North Central (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)

1.0%

West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)

0.0%

South Atlantic (DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)

1.0%

East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN)

0.0%

West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX)

0.5%

Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)

93.0%

Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY)

1.0%

Employment location unknown

1.0%

Career Services

Career services operations: Extensive and supportive network of over 10,000 alumni in 47 states and 17 foreign countries; comprehensive individualized career counseling, panel presentations, mock interviews; online resources; extensive fall and spring on-campus interview programs.

Job Type

Bar admission required or anticipated (e.g., attorney and corporate counsel positions, law clerks, judicial clerks)

81.0%

J.D. preferred, law degree enhances position (e.g., corporate contracts administrator, alternative dispute resolution specialist, government regulatory analyst, FBI special agent)

12.4%

Professional/other (jobs that require professional skills or training but for which a J.D. is neither preferred nor particularly applicable; e.g., accountant, teacher, business manager, nurse)

6.2%

Nonprofessional/other (job that does not require any professional skills or training or is taken on a temporary basis and not viewed as part of a career path)

0.4%

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