Southwestern Law School Students and Faculties

    Class Size and Student Population

    There are 955 students enrolled in Southwestern Law School - 950 JD and 5 non-JD enrollment. The number of enrolled students increased by 27 compared to last year.

    First-year Enrollment

    In the acadmic year 2023-2024, 351 students newly enrolled to the law school - 138 men and 208 women. By enrolled status, 299 students enrolled as full-time and 138 students enrolled as part-time. Southwestern Law School is slightly bigger than other law schools compared to their average number of students 714.
    ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledPre-AdmittedTotal First year Enrollment
    2024 Admission 2,018 1,006 345 6 351
    TotalMenWomenOther
    2020Total 277 131 145 1
    Full-time 227 112 114 1
    Part-time 50 19 31 0
    2021Total 341 144 197 0
    Full-time 289 118 171 0
    Part-time 52 26 26 0
    2022Total 378 166 209 3
    Full-time 313 144 166 3
    Part-time 65 22 43 0
    2023Total 343 132 211 0
    Full-time 297 119 178 0
    Part-time 46 13 33 0
    2024Total 349 138 208 3
    Full-time 302 120 179 3
    Part-time 47 18 29 0
    First Year Enrollment Trends by Gender at Southwestern Law School Chart

    Total Law Student Population

    In the academic year 2023-2024, 955 students enrolled, of which 950 are J.D. students and 5 are Non-JD students. The proportion of J.D. students is 99.48% at Southwestern Law School.
    You can compare Southwestern Law School with law schools that have similar student population between 700 and 1000
    The following table and chart shows the changes of total student population by year at Southwestern Law School.
    TotalJD EnrollmentNon-JD Enrollment
    202082180516
    202189387914
    20229579507
    20239289226
    20249559505
    Southwestern Law School Total Enrollment Trends Chart

    Diversity of Student Population

    For first-year law school students, the percentage of White students at Southwestern Law School is 46.96%. The percentage of African-american students is 4.35% with 15 students and the percentage of Asian students is 8.12% with 28 students.
    The following table and chart visualize the student demographics by race/ethnicity and gender at Southwestern Law School.
    TotalMenWomen
    American Indian / Alaska Native0 00
    African-American / Black15
    (4.35%)    		 87
    Asian28
    (8.12%)    		 820
    Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0 00
    Hispanic110
    (31.88%)    		 3575
    White162
    (46.96%)    		 7191
    Two or More17
    (4.93%)    		 413
    Race Unknown3
    (0.87%)    		 30
    Nonresident Aliens8
    (2.32%)    		 35
    Southwestern Law School Enrollment by Race Chart

    2024 Faculties & Staffs

    180 faculties and 8 law librarians work for Southwestern Law School. With the 955 law school students, its students to faculty ratio is 5 to 1.

    Faculty & Staffs Summary and Comparison

    FacultiesStaffsStudents to Faculty
    Southwestern Law School18085 to 1
    All Law Schools14276 to 1
    Public12776 to 1
    Private15376 to 1
    California Law Schools15985 to 1
    Public221125 to 1
    Private13565 to 1

    Faculty by Gender and Job Type

    By gender, there are 93 men (51.67%) and 86 women (47.78%) faculties teaching/advising students at Southwestern Law. In addition, 1 faculties are either gender-separated or unknown. By employment status, 69 full-time and 111 part-time faculties work for the school.
    202220232024
    Total139167180
    Full-time586169
    Men283030
    Women303139
    Other000
    Part-time81106111
    Men435763
    Women384947
    Other001

    Law School Librarians

    Other than teaching faculties, 8 law librarians work and help the law school students and faculties at Southwestern Law School.
    202220232024
    Librarians558
    Full-time558
    Part-time000
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