by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Programs for Foreign Lawyers. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Legal Research is a major offered under the legal professions program of study at California Western School of Law. Here, you’ll find out more about the major master’s degree program in legal research, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.
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Part-time graduates at California Western paid an average of $2,560 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $32,440 | $32,440 |
| Fees | $150 | $150 |
legal research who receive their master’s degree from California Western make an average of $29,685 a year during the early days of their career. That is 56% lower than the national average of $68,119.
Online degrees for the California Western legal research master’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the California Western Online Learning page.
Women made up around 42.2% of the legal research students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 57.8%.
None of the legal research master’s degree recipients at California Western in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 0 |
| International Students | 5 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 104 |
Legal Research students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Programs for Foreign Lawyers | 109 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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