About
California Western School of Law is a private law school in San Diego, California. It is one of two successor organizations to California Western University, the other being Alliant International University. The school was founded in 1924, was approved by the American Bar Association (ABA) in 1962, and became a member of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) in 1967.
Academic programs at CWSL
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
CWSL vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions CWSL selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectCalifornia Western School of Law | — | — | 650 | — | — |
Abraham Lincoln University | 0% | — | 112 | $24,825 | — |
Albany Law School | — | — | 670 | — | — |
Appalachian School of Law | — | — | 154 | — | — |
Atlanta's John Marshall Law School | — | — | 379 | — | — |
Ave Maria School of Law | — | — | 299 | — | — |
Brooklyn Law School | — | — | 1,125 | — | — |
Cal Northern School of Law | — | — | 55 | — | — |
Charleston School of Law | — | — | 692 | — | — |
CUNY School of Law | — | — | 669 | — | — |
Massachusetts School of Law | — | — | 273 | — | — |
Mitchell Hamline School of Law | — | — | 1,163 | — | — |
New England Law-Boston | — | — | 1,131 | — | — |
New York Law School | — | — | 1,062 | — | — |
Roger Williams University School of Law | — | — | 484 | — | — |
San Joaquin College of Law | — | — | 154 | — | — |
South Texas College of Law Houston | — | — | 1,089 | — | — |
Southern University Law Center | 32% | — | — | — | — |
Southwestern Law School | — | — | 1,006 | — | — |
The Colleges of Law at Santa Barbara | — | — | 78 | — | — |
The Colleges of Law at Ventura | — | — | 288 | — | — |
Thomas Jefferson School of Law | — | — | 262 | — | — |
Thomas M Cooley Law School | — | — | 420 | — | — |
Trinity Law School | — | — | 273 | — | — |
University of California College of the Law-San Francisco | — | — | 1,195 | — | — |
University of New Hampshire-Franklin Pierce School of Law | — | — | 718 | — | — |
University of West Los Angeles | — | — | 367 | — | — |
Vermont Law and Graduate School | — | — | 722 | — | — |
| Peer group median | 16% | — | 484 | $24,825 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
Notable alumni of CWSL (23)
A curated list of alumni recognized for notable achievements across industries.
- David Asper
- Anthony J. Battaglia
- Alissa Bjerkhoel
- Scott C. Black
- Christina Bobb
- Garland E. Burrell Jr.
- Marlene Caride
- Derrick H.M. Chan
- Shana Dale
- Sean Elo-Rivera
- David FrancisAthletics
- James B. Gibson
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