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Fall 2009 Entering Class Profile
Applicants: 1,498   Enrolled: 162
Median GPA: 3.17   25% GPA: 2.83   75% GPA: 3.40
Median LSAT: 150   25% LSAT: 149   75% LSAT: 154
Gender: 53% Male   47% Female   Average Age: 26
Minority Students: 33% (4% African American, 15% Asian, 13% Hispanic, 1% Native American) Our highly diverse student body represents a wide range of cultural and ethnic backgrounds.

Majors Represented:
Economics, Business, or Finance -31%; History or Humanities -23%; Political Science or International Relations -21%; Psychology or Sociology -14%; Other -8%; Criminal Justice -7%; Communications or Marketing -5%; Biology, Biochemistry, or Physics -3%

Western State University College of Law
The oldest law school in Orange County, Southern California, founded in 1966; over 10,000 alumni in 50 states; represents 1/4 of the Orange County District Attorney’s and Public Defender’s office and 1/4 of the Orange County bench. WSU has produced 170 of California’s judicial officers, more than any other law school.

Faculty
25 Full-Time, 9 women and 3 minority on full-time faculty; approximately 34 Adjunct Professors; the student/faculty ratio is 18 to 1.

2009-2010 Tuition
Full-Time: $16,300.00 per semester; Part-Time: $10,900.00 per semester; summer 2010 courses $1090 per unit.

 

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Be A Law Student For A Day

Saturday, October 03, 2009

Sit in on a mock class, meet faculty and law students, observe a Moot Court presentation, and more...

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