Location

• Our downtown campus is located in the center of San Diego's legal and cultural communities
• 225 Cedar Street
  San Diego, CA 92101
  (619) 525-1401

History

• Established in 1924; oldest law school in San Diego
• ABA accreditation in 1962
• AALS accreditation in 1967
• State-of-the-art Law Library opened in 2000
• WASC candidacy approved in 2020
• See more about California Western's history.

Student, Alumni, and Faculty Profiles

• Approximately 670 students (also see Entering Class Profile)
• Average age of student population is 27
• Multicultural student body
• Women represent 52 percent of the student population
• Alumni in all 50 states and more than 40 foreign countries
• Faculty of 36 full-time professors

Degrees Offered

• Juris Doctor (see the J.D. curriculum)
• Juris Doctor/Master of Business Administration (with San Diego State University)
• Juris Doctor/Master of Social Work (with San Diego State University)
• LLM/MCL for International Lawyers
• Spanish Language LLM

Academic Schedule

• Two entering classes per year - Spring and Fall
• Trimester academic calendar (see the current Trimester Calendar)
• Full-time and part-time (day) programs
• Two-year option

Research Centers and Institutes

• California Innocence Project
• New Media Rights
• Latin American Institute for Law and Justice

Clinical Internship Program

Places students in organizations that include:

• U.S. Courts of Appeal
• U.S. District Courts
• U.S. Attorney's Offices
• See more about the Clinical Internship Program

Publications

• California Western Law Review
• California Western International Law Journal
• Learn more about the Law Review and International Law Journal

Location

• Our downtown campus is located in the center of San Diego's legal and cultural communities
• 225 Cedar Street
  San Diego, CA 92101
  (619) 525-1401

History

• Established in 1924; oldest law school in San Diego
• ABA accreditation in 1962
• AALS accreditation in 1967
• State-of-the-art Law Library opened in 2000
• WASC candidacy approved in 2020
• See more about California Western's history.

Student, Alumni, and Faculty Profiles

• Approximately 670 students (also see Entering Class Profile)
• Average age of student population is 27
• Multicultural student body
• Women represent 52 percent of the student population
• Alumni in all 50 states and more than 40 foreign countries
• Faculty of 36 full-time professors

Degrees Offered

• Juris Doctor (see the J.D. curriculum)
• Juris Doctor/Master of Business Administration (with San Diego State University)
• Juris Doctor/Master of Social Work (with San Diego State University)
• LLM/MCL for International Lawyers
• Spanish Language LLM

Academic Schedule

• Two entering classes per year - Spring and Fall
• Trimester academic calendar (see the current Trimester Calendar)
• Full-time and part-time (day) programs
• Two-year option

Research Centers and Institutes

• California Innocence Project
• New Media Rights
• Latin American Institute for Law and Justice

Clinical Internship Program

Places students in organizations that include:

• U.S. Courts of Appeal
• U.S. District Courts
• U.S. Attorney's Offices
• See more about the Clinical Internship Program

Publications

• California Western Law Review
• California Western International Law Journal
• Learn more about the Law Review and International Law Journal