2020-2021 Award Year
The following tables provide an idea of the types and amounts of aid a typical new student can receive.
NOTE: This information is intended solely to familiarize you with the types of aid for which a first-year student would typically be eligible to apply. It is neither an offer of aid nor a declaration of eligibility for any specific student. Eligibility for the types and amounts of aid described in this document is contingent upon the student's citizenship, prior student loan history, Selective Service status, and other factors relevant to the awarding of Title IV aid, including the information from your 2020-2021 FAFSA.
The charts below show some examples of the types and amounts of aid offered to first-year Juris Doctor students for their first two terms.
Full Time (12-17 units; 15 for 1st-year students in the full time track)
| Fund Type |
Off-campus,
No scholarship |
Off-campus, Full tuition scholarship |
Living with
parents/relatives,
No scholarship |
Living with parents/relatives, Full tuition scholarship |
| Federal Unsubsidized Loan* |
$20,500 |
$20,500 |
$20,500 |
$12,810 |
| Federal Graduate PLUS Loan** |
$61,870 |
$5,790 |
$49,750 |
N/A |
| CWSL
Scholarship |
N/A |
$56,080 |
N/A |
$56,080 |
| TOTAL |
$82,370 |
$82,370 |
$70,250 |
$68,890*** |
Part Time (6-11 units; 9 for 1st-year students in the part time track)
| Fund Type |
Off-campus, No scholarship |
Off-campus, Full tuition scholarship |
Living with parents/relatives, No scholarship |
Living with parents/relatives, Full tuition scholarship |
| Federal Unsubsidized Loan* |
$20,500 |
$20,500 |
$20,500 |
$12,810 |
| Federal Graduate PLUS Loan**
|
$47,630 |
$5,790 |
$35,510 |
N/A |
| CWSL
Scholarship |
N/A |
$41,840 |
N/A |
$41,840 |
| TOTAL*** |
$68,130 |
$68,130 |
$56,010 |
$54,650*** |
* Subject to a student's eligibility for federal student aid.
** Federal Graduate PLUS Loans are subject to credit approval as well as federal student loan eligibility requirements.
***The maximum amount of aid is smaller for students who receive no Graduate PLUS loans, because an adjustment is included in the budgets of students who borrow Graduate PLUS which is intended to offset the loan fees charged on the Graduate PLUS.
Some students will receive other funds than those listed; in such cases those funds will typically replace Graduate PLUS loans, then Unsubsidized Loans, on a dollar-for-dollar basis.
For more information on the funds listed above, click on the appropriate links.