California Western School of Law

California Western School of Law
225 Cedar Street San Diego, CA 92101-3090
Admissions Phone: (619) 525-1401
Admissions Email: admissions@cwsl.edu
Web site: http://www.cwsl.edu
Admissions URL: http://www.cwsl.edu/main/default.asp?nav=admissions.asp&body=admissions/application.asp

Admissions Information

Fall 2010 Admissions Information
Director of admissions
Traci Howard
Application deadline
04/01
Full-time program application fee
$55
Part-time program application fee
$55
Besides the fall semester, can enter in
winter/spring
Fall 2008 Admissions and Enrollment Statistics
Total number of full- and part-time applicants
2,610
Total number of full- and part-time acceptances
1,383
Overall acceptance rate
53.0%
Total number of full- and part-time first-year students enrolled
393
Number of full-time program applicants
2,428
Number of full-time program acceptances
1,313
Full-time acceptance rate
54.1%
Number of first-year full-time students enrolled
370
Number of part-time program applicants
182
Number of part-time program acceptances
70
Part-time acceptance rate
38.5%
Number of first-year part-time students enrolled
23
Fall 2008 GPA and LSAT Scores
25th-75th percentile GPA scores for all students
3-3.52
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for all students
150-155
25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for full-time students
3-3.52
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for full-time students
150-155
25th-75th percentile undergraduate GPA for part-time students
3.1-3.53
25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for part-time students
149-154

Career Information

Bar Statistics (Winter and Summer 2007 administrations)
State where the greatest number of first-time test takers took the bar
CA
School’s bar passage rate for first-time test takers
69.2%
Statewide bar passage rate for first-time test takers
65.7%
Class of 2007 Graduates
Total graduates
258
Graduates employed at graduation
N/A
Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation
85.1%
Starting Salaries of 2007 Graduates Employed Full-time
25th percentile private sector starting salary
$60,000
Median private sector starting salary
$65,000
75th percentile private sector starting salary
$73,000
Percent in the private sector who reported salary information
44%
Median public service starting salary
$56,000
Areas of Legal Practice (Class of 2007)
Percent employed in academia
2.0%
Percent employed in business and industry
21.0%
Percent employed in government
11.0%
Percent employed in all judicial clerkships
3.0%
Percent employed in law firms
59.0%
Percent employed in public interest
4.0%
Percent employed in an unknown field
0.0%
Percent employed in a judicial clerkship by an Article III federal judge
1.0%
2007 Graduates Employment Location
Graduates employed in-state
74%
Graduates employed in foreign countries
2%
Number of states where graduates are employed
19
New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
2.0%
Middle Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)
3.0%
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)
4.0%
East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN)
0.0%
West South Central (AR, LA, OK, TX)
2.0%
Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)
77.0%
Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, WY)
9.0%
Employment location unknown
0.0%
Career Services
Career services operations: The office is staffed with experienced lawyers from many practice areas and diverse settings. As a result, we provide students with first hand knowledge of what makes lawyers successful in a multitude of areas. We work closely with students to help them find their individual places in the profession so they enjoy rewarding careers in or around the law. www.cwsl.edu/careerservices
Job Type
Bar admission required or anticipated (e.g., attorney and corporate counsel positions, law clerks, judicial clerks)
89.0%
J.D. preferred, law degree enhances position (e.g., corporate contracts administrator, alternative dispute resolution specialist, government regulatory analyst, FBI special agent)
7.0%
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)
2.0%
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)
2.0%

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