As proof of our students' unusually high mastery of oral advocacy, our school had the first West Coast moot court team to have won the prestigious National Trial Competition. The skills you learn in law school are valuable not only in law careers, but also in other careers both around and outside the law. Broad-based problem solving, communication, analytical thinking, writing and persuasion skills are the core of a legal education. These and other skills developed in law school are coveted in almost every field, including technology, government, education, business, politics, non-profit, finance, medicine, the arts and others. Law school prepares you to address personal, societal, and business needs in a creative, effective and efficient fashion.
Legal education opens innumerable career options in, around and outside the law.
The possibilities are limitless. At California Western we value diversity and have assumed a leading role in providing access to legal education to all, including ethnic and racial minorities, as well as other diverse people. In just a few short years, we have increased the diversity of our student body from 9 percent to 26 percent. The Office of Diversity Services, the liaison between the community and the law school, sponsors the highly successful Mentor Program linking San Diego judges and practicing attorneys with students. Our efforts to achieve ethnic diversity, especially the innovative Academic Success Program, have become a model for other law schools.