Summer on Campus

Southwestern offers an extensive summer session to provide students with greater scheduling flexibility and additional educational opportunities. A number of distinguished practicing attorneys and judges join the faculty during the summer months to teach courses in specialized areas of the law. The schedule of course offerings includes a variety of courses and externships.

The 2024 summer session dates are:

• Tuesday, May 27, 2025 - Summer session begins; First day of classes
• Thursday, July 24, 2025 -  Summer session ends

Additional courses may be offered. Please check this page regularly.  

Southwestern's Summer Entertainment Law Program in Los Angeles, under the auspices of the Biederman Entertainment & Media Law Institute, features a broad scope of courses taught by top entertainment, fashion, intellectual property, and media attorneys; specialized externships; and meetings with prominent Southwestern alumni working in the field.

Co-Sponsored by the Williams Institute at UCLA, Southwestern Law School will be offering two 1-unit courses on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Law.  In addition to courses, a variety of special tours are planned.

Southwestern's active and successful Externship Program offers a diverse selection of part-time and full-time placements. The Program offers students the opportunity to gain legal education through real-life practical experiences, by "externing" at approved off-campus placements, with government agencies, public interest entities, state and federal judges,  the legal departments of select organizations, including the entertainment industry, and select law firms. Please be advised that summer externships are generally competitive. 

Students can earn two to five units of credit based on the nature of the placement and the number of fieldwork hours per week. The course also includes an in-class academic component (scheduled on Saturday or Sunday). Externships are graded on a credit/no credit basis.

Please contact the Externship Office for more information.

Credits

The Summer Entertainment Law Program is offered as part of the ABA-approved curriculum at Southwestern Law School. The program complies with ABA and AALS requirements. All entertainment and media law courses for the summer are graded. Externships are offered on a credit/no credit basis.

Tuition

New tuition rates beginning with Summer Session 2025 will be available in April. Please check Southwestern's Tuition & Fees page for more information.