California Western School of Law

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

Total number of full- and part-time applicants

2,610

Total number of full- and part-time acceptances

1,383

Overall acceptance rate

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

25th-75th percentile GPA scores for all students

25th-75th percentile LSAT scores for all students

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

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%

Total graduates

258

Graduates employed at graduation

N/A

Graduates known to be employed nine months after graduation

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

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%

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 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

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%