California Western School of Law (CA)
225 Cedar Street San Diego, CA 92101-3090
- Special programs offered to J.D.students Special programs includeCalifornia Innocence Project, ProyectoACCESO, Street Law and Community LawProject. Areas of concentration areHealth, International, IntellectualProperty, Family, Employment Law andCreative Problem Solving. Other programsare study abroad, dual-degree programswith UCSD and SDSU, and clinicalinternships.
- Tuition Full-time: $36,340 per year,part-time: $25,620 per year
ChapmanUniversity (CA)
1 University Drive Orange, CA 92866
- Special programs offered to J.D.students We have certificate programs:Taxation; Environmental, Land Use andReal Estate; Advocacy and DisputeResolution; Entertainment Law; andInternational Law. We have jointJ.D.-M.B.A. and joint J.D.-M.F.A.programs, and clinical programs in elderlaw, taxation law, constitutionallitigation, domestic violence, and aNinth Circuit Appellate Law Clinic. Weco-sponsor a summer law program inEngland.
- Tuition Full-time: $36,233 per year,part-time: $28,972 per year
PO Box 535 Charleston, SC 29402
- Special programs offered to J.D.students The Charleston School of Lawoffers an extensive externship programproviding students with practicalexperience in more than 110 placementsites. The school is developing aMaritime Law Institute. All students arerequired to complete a minimum of 30hours of pro bono work prior tograduation.
- Tuition N/A
536 Mission Street San Francisco, CA94105
- Special programs offered to J.D.students GGU Law students study apractice-oriented curriculum thatenables them to understand legal theoryand provide meaningful legal assistanceboth during and after law school.Through simulation exercises, clinics,externships, trial practice teams,specialization programs and ourcompetitive Honors Lawyering Program,GGU students start thinking and workinglike lawyers from the day they arrive.
- Tuition Full-time: $34,760 per year,part-time: $24,410 per year
Loyola Marymount University (CA)
919 Albany Street Los Angeles, CA90015-1211
- Special programs offered to J.D.students Academic Support Programs.Externships with federal, state & localgovernments, public interest andentertainment firms, and DistrictAttorney. Clinics: Juvenile Justice,Disability Rights, Conflict Resolution,State Board of Equalization, NonprofitTax and Transactions. Study Abroad:Italy, Costa Rica, London, China.Ethical Advocacy Center, Alumni MentorProgram, & Public Interest Program.
- Tuition Full-time: $38,450 per year,part-time: $25,775 per year
24255 Pacific Coast Highway Malibu, CA90263
- Special programs offered to J.D.students We operate a summer/fall Londonprogram; a legal aid clinic at the UnionRescue Mission in L.A.; the NootbarInstitute on Law, Religion, and Ethics;a Special Ed. Clinic; an Asylum &Refugee Law Clinic; the Palmer Centerfor Entrepreneurship and the Law; andthe Straus Institute for DisputeResolution. We also have exchangeprograms: Universities of Augsburg andCopenhagen.
- Tuition Full-time: $37,590 per year
500 El Camino Real Santa Clara, CA95053-0421
- Special programs offered to J.D.students The Center for Social Justiceand Public Service, the NorthernCalifornia Innocence Project and theAlexander Community Law Center offerinnovative courses and clinics under thesupervision of experienced attorneys.The High Tech Law curriculum is one ofthe richest in the nation. The Centerfor Global Law and Policy offers 13summer study abroad programs, most ofwhich include field placement.
- Tuition Full-time: $1,225 percredit, part-time: $1,225 per credit
3050 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, CA90010-1106
- Special programs offered to J.D.students Entertainment & Media LawInstitute offering 40+entertainment/sports law courses, 50entertainment externships and a law firmpracticum. 4 J.D. programs: FT day & PTevening, 2-year SCALE alternative, andpart-time day for students w/child/elder care responsibilities.Summer Programs in Vancouver, BuenosAires, London, Guanajuato. Clinics forchildren’s rights, immigration law, andStreet Law.
- Tuition Full-time: $35,270 per year,part-time: $21,242 per year
Stanford University (CA)
Crown Quadrangle, 559 Nathan Abbott WayStanford, CA 94305-8610
- Special programs offered to J.D.students A leader in interdisciplinaryeducation, SLS offers 25 joint degreesand virtually limitless opportunities tocustomize. With 10 clinics, SLS enablesstudents to take on the roles andresponsibilities of practicing lawyers.Students can engage in research andpolicy-oriented study through our 19programs and centers.
- Tuition Full-time: $42,080 per year
Thomas Jefferson School of Law (CA)
2121 San Diego Avenue San Diego, CA 92110
- Special programs offered to J.D.students To provide an institutionalframework for the study of technologicalchange and globalization, the law schoolhas established three academic centers -The Centers for Law Technology andCommunications, Global Legal studies,and Law and Social Justice. Each centercombines the scholarship of the facultywith special programs that attractleading legal experts from throughoutthe world.
- Tuition Full-time: $33,900 per year,part-time: $21,650 per year
University of California (Hastings) (CA)
200 McAllister Street San Francisco, CA94102
- Special programs offered to J.D.students Hastings’ strengths includecivil, criminal, and transactionalclinical programs and cutting-edgeresearch and advocacy centers. We offerformal study abroad programs inArgentina, Australia, China, Denmark,England, Germany, Hungary, Italy, andthe Netherlands. We offer joint degreesand concentrations in civil litigation,family law, international law, tax,criminal law, public interest law.
- Tuition In-state, full-time: $28,864per year; Out-of-state, full-time:$40,089 per year
University of California–Berkeley (CA)
Boalt Hall Berkeley, CA 94720-7200
- Special programs offered to J.D.students Boalt offers a wide array ofspecial programs for J.D. students,including guaranteed funding for summerpublic interest fellowships, an array ofemployment opportunities at our cuttingedge research centers, and our clinicaleducation program. Our financial aidprograms, including our Loan RepaymentAssistance Program, are quite possiblythe best in the nation.
- Tuition In-state, full-time: $30,944per year; Out-of-state, full-time:$43,189 per year
University of California–Davis (CA)
400 Mrak Hall Drive Davis, CA 95616-5201
- Special programs offered to J.D.students Nationally renowned faculty;talented, diverse students; 70 student1L sections, 30-35 student smallsections; immigration, civil rights,prison and family law clinics;externships: employment, tax, criminal,govt., judicial; Litigation andnonlitigation skills courses; PublicService Law program, certificate,externship; Environmental Lawcertificate, externship.
- Tuition In-state, full-time: $28,511per year; Out-of-state, full-time:$40,756 per year
University of California–Los Angeles(CA)
71 Dodd Hall, PO Box 951445 Los Angeles,CA 90095-1445
- Special programs offered to J.D.students UCLA Law students canparticipate in supervised educationalexperiences in the school’s renownedclinical program. They can chooseacademic specializations in businesslaw, critical race studies,entertainment law and public interestlaw. Students can also participate in avariety of academic centers in areas ofreal estate, environmental law, Indianlaw and sexual orientation law.
- Tuition In-state, full-time: $31,103per year; Out-of-state, full-time:$41,624 per year
320 E. D Street Ontario, CA 91764
- Special programs offered to J.D.students A Lawyering Skills Practicumsimulates private practice and courtroomsettings. A Family Law Practicumprovides 30 hours of clinicalexperience, and an on site ImmigrationLaw and Disability Rights clinics .Externships are available ingovernmental agencies and public serviceorganizations in greater Los Angeles.Study abroad and JD/MBA or JD/MPAdegrees are also offered.
- Tuition Full-time: $34,286 per year,part-time: $25,916 per year
5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110-2492
- Special programs offered to J.D.students Our Clinical program is amongthe most extensive and successful in thenation. Students interview, counsel, andrepresent clients under facultysupervision. The Center for PublicInterest Law, the Children’s AdvocacyInstitute, and the Energy Policy andInitiatives Center offer research andtraining opportunities. Summer sessionsare offered in England, Ireland, France,Spain, Italy & Russia.
- Tuition Full-time: $39,204 per year,part-time: $27,843 per year
University of San Francisco (CA)
2130 Fulton Street San Francisco, CA94117-1080
- Special programs offered to J.D.students Law study at USF is enriched byin-house clinics (7), and off-siteclinicals and judicial externships.International internships were offeredin Summer 2008 in Spain, India,Cambodia, & Vietnam. The McCarthyInstitute promotes Intellectual Propertyand Cyberlaw development. The 2-weekIntensive Advocacy Program buildsstudents’ litigation skills.
- Tuition Full-time: $35,880 per year,part-time: $25,645 per year
University of Southern California(Gould) (CA)
699 Exposition Boulevard Los Angeles, CA90089-0071
- Special programs offered to J.D.students Clinics in: IP; immigration;employment; nonprofit business;children’s issues; post-convictionmatters. Research centers in law and:economics; philosophy; politics;humanities; health; communication; anddirect democracy. Broadinternship/externship program withentertainment law, public interest andother placements. Joint degree programswith USC schools, Caltech, London Schoolof Economics.
- Tuition Full-time: $44,510 per year
University of the Pacific (McGeorge)(CA)
3200 Fifth Avenue Sacramento, CA 95817
- Special programs offered to J.D.students Students can concentrate inAdvocacy, Criminal Justice, GovernmentalLaw & Policy, Intellectual Property,International Law, or Taxation. Studentscan also create individualized programsfrom our extensive elective offerings,including clinical, internships, andstudy-abroad. Our unique LLM programs ininternational law attract foreigngraduate students, giving our campus aninternational flavor.
- Tuition Full-time: $36,617 per year,part-time: $24,369 per year
1111 N. State College BoulevardFullerton, CA 92831
- Special programs offered to J.D.students On Site Civil and Family LawClinic; Business Law Center offersCertificate in Business Law; CriminalLaw Practice Center offers Certificatein Criminal Law; Civil and CriminalInternships and Externships.
- Tuition Full-time: $31,000 per year,part-time: $20,800 per year
WhittierCollege (CA)
3333 Harbor Boulevard Costa Mesa, CA92626-1501
- Special programs offered to J.D.students Center for Children’s Rights;Center for Intellectual Property Law;Center for International and ComparativeLaw; Exchange Programs in France andSpain; five Summer Abroad Programs:Spain, France, Amsterdam, China, andIsrael; Institute for Student andGraduate Academic Support; Institute forLegal Writing and Professional Skills;LL.M. Degree in U.S. Legal Studies forForeign Lawyers.
- Tuition Full-time: $33,640 per year,part-time: $22,440 per year
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