California (Los Angeles) -- Southwestern University School of Law -- Accreditation: Full ABA -- Year Founded: 1911

Southwestern Law School (formerly known as Southwestern University School of Law and also known as Beans) is a private ABA-accredited law school located in Los Angeles, California (Mid-Wilshire), with about 1,000 students on a campus that includes the Bullocks Wilshire building, an admired art deco landmark completed in 1929. Southwestern is an independent law school with no affiliation to any undergraduate university.



Southwestern Law School is approved by the American Bar Association (Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar of the American Bar Association, 321 North Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60654, 312-988-6738) and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools.

Contact the School

3050 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles
CA 90010
Telephone: 213-738-6700

Admissions
admissions@swlaw.edu
(213) 738-6834

Academic Rankings and Faculty Reputation

• Established in 1911, Southwestern is an ABA accredited school and ranked in the third tier by the 2009 (U.S. News and World Report)
• Southwestern's Part Time program is ranked 27th in the country by U.S. News and World Report.
• Southwestern is ranked 82nd in the nation by the 2010 Super Lawyers Law School Rankings. Super Lawyers
• In 2008, Southwestern's moot court team was ranked 11th in the U.S., and is currently ranked 47th.
• Southwestern's negotiation team finished first place in the 2008-09 regional negotiation competition sponsored by the American Bar Association.
• According to the Internet Legal Research Group (ILRG), Southwestern graduates rank in the top 10 of all U.S. law schools by median salary in public practice, and in the top 50 for median salary overall.
• Nationally, Southwestern ranks 43rd in the percentage of students employed at graduation with 85.2%.
• A compilation of Brian Leiter's study of Most Cited Law Professors By Specialty 2000-2007 reveals that Southwestern faculty ranked in the top 50 of the nation's law schools in total citations.

The Bullocks Wilshire Building on the campus of the Southwestern Law School

Study Abroad Programs

Summer Abroad

• Buenos Aires, Argentina
• London, England
• Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
• Guanajuato, Mexico.

Semester Abroad

• Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• University of Western Ontario, Ontario, Canada