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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by SOUTHWESTERN LAW SCHOOL.

Totals

Total revenue
$71,187,787
Total expenses
$67,395,011
Contributions and grants received
$4,656,964
Grants paid
$20,389,361
Program service revenue
$64,575,085
Investment income
$2,220,104
Other revenue
-$264,366
Total assets, end of year
$147,987,058
Total liabilities, end of year
$30,199,233
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$117,787,825
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$51,696,178
Management and general expenses
$15,033,661
Fundraising expenses
$665,172
Program service expenses (Part III)
$51,696,178

Program services were 76.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $167,350

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $620,084

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,869,530

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $10,356

  • 2a · Program service revenue: STUDENT TUITION AND FEES

    total $61,290,471 · related or exempt $61,290,471

  • 2b · Program service revenue: STUDENT HOUSING

    total $3,147,064 · related or exempt $3,147,064

  • 2c · Program service revenue: INTEREST EARNED ON STUDENT LOANS

    total $73,457 · related or exempt $73,457

  • 2d · Program service revenue: SALES AND SERVICES OF EDUCATION D

    total $64,093 · related or exempt $64,093

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,729,035 · unrelated business -$11,427 · excluded $1,740,462

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $1,945 · excluded $1,945

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $1,154,993

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $1,564,849

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property -$409,856

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total -$409,856 · excluded -$409,856

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $175,718,067

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $175,228,943

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $489,124

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $489,124 · excluded $489,124

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $42,500

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $167,350

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $70,343

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$27,843 · excluded -$27,843

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $173,333 · excluded $173,333

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $173,333

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $20,389,361 · program services $20,389,361

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,437,575 · management and general $1,346,949 · fundraising $90,626

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $408,829 · program services $408,829

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $22,418,788 · program services $17,231,377 · management and general $4,924,030 · fundraising $263,381

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $1,701,972 · program services $1,311,888 · management and general $346,406 · fundraising $43,678

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,545,248 · program services $1,817,345 · management and general $660,922 · fundraising $66,981

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,855,774 · program services $1,331,922 · management and general $477,430 · fundraising $46,422

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $1,079,384 · program services $1,079,384

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $168,317 · management and general $168,317

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $142,574 · management and general $142,574

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $48,000 · management and general $48,000

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $576,399 · program services $368,153 · management and general $187,276 · fundraising $20,970

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $866,360 · management and general $866,360

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $255,291 · program services $86,731 · management and general $165,580 · fundraising $2,980

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,409,827 · program services $305,114 · management and general $1,080,136 · fundraising $24,577

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,668,013 · program services $50,754 · management and general $1,514,906 · fundraising $102,353

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $4,001,922 · program services $2,328,350 · management and general $1,673,572

  • 17 · Travel

    total $733,723 · program services $673,264 · management and general $60,459

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,364,859 · program services $1,034,313 · management and general $327,342 · fundraising $3,204

  • 20 · Interest

    total $314,005 · program services $204,485 · management and general $109,520

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,230,811 · program services $984,027 · management and general $246,784

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,088,810 · program services $634,684 · management and general $454,126

  • 24a · Other expenses: LIBRARY BOOKS & COURSE

    total $776,978 · program services $776,978

  • 24b · Other expenses: BAD DEBT EXPENSE

    total $427,709 · program services $427,709

  • 24c · Other expenses: CONTINGENCY

    total $346,154 · program services $118,028 · management and general $228,126

  • 24d · Other expenses: GRADUATION

    total $133,482 · program services $133,482

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $4,846 · management and general $4,846

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,683,554 · end of year $1,677,228

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $10,660,119 · end of year $17,003,920

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $2,935,272 · end of year $3,440,498

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $662,949 · end of year $919,715

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $408,518 · end of year $314,161

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $118,747,711

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $67,890,757

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $46,262,245 · end of year $50,856,954

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $34,640,030 · end of year $34,458,463

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $35,422,850 · end of year $37,642,750

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $1,750,961 · end of year $1,429,350

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $234,895 · end of year $244,019

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $6,695,434 · end of year $7,553,439

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $2,128,138 · end of year $2,481,190

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $15,323,920 · end of year $14,580,222

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $1,500,000 · end of year $5,525,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $138,528 · end of year $59,382

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $73,263,239 · end of year $77,695,265

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $35,612,134 · end of year $40,092,560

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY, SOUTHWESTERN HAS EDUCATED LAWYERS READY TO SERVE CLIENTS, THE PROFESSION, AND OUR SOCIETY WITH EXCELLENCE. WE EMPOWER STUDENTS TO REACH THEIR POTENTIAL. WE CULTIVATE INCLUSION AND BELONGING. WE PROMOTE EQUITY AND JUSTICE. WE CHAMPION TRAILBLAZERS, DEVELOP DEALMAKERS, AND INSPIRE INTELLECTUAL CURIOSITY. WE INNOVATE. WE SHAPE THE LAW AND PUBLIC POLICY THROUGH TEACHING, SCHOLARSHIP, AND SERVICE. WE ARE THE DIFFERENCE.

  • THE LAW SCHOOL WELCOMES STUDENTS FROM A BROAD RANGE OF BACKGROUNDS AND EXPERIENCES AND STRIVES TO MAKE A COMPREHENSIVE LEGAL EDUCATION ACCESSIBLE TO ALL QUALIFIED APPLICANTS WHILE FOSTERING INCLUSIVE REPRESENTATION IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION. THE LAW SCHOOL ACCOMPLISHES THIS GOAL IN PART BY OFFERING MULTIPLE COURSES OF STUDY LEADING TO THE JURIS DOCTOR DEGREE: (1) A FULLY ONLINE ASYNCHRONOUS CURRICULUM IN BOTH FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME OPTIONS;(2) A THREE-YEAR, FULL-TIME DAY PROGRAM; (3) A TWO-YEAR, ACCELERATED FULL-TIME DAY PROGRAM;(4) A FOUR YEAR, PART-TIME DAY PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS WITH CHILD-CARE, ELDER-CARE, OR OTHER CARE-GIVING RESPONSIBILITIES;(5) A FOUR-YEAR, PART-TIME DAY PROGRAM; AND(6) A FOUR-YEAR, PART-TIME HYBRID EVENING PROGRAM.THE LAW SCHOOL ALSO OFFERS COURSES OF STUDY LEADING TO EITHER A MASTERS IN GENERAL LAW OR MASTERS OF LAW IN ENTERTAINMENT AND MEDIA LAW. THE LAW SCHOOL OFFERS A CONCURRENT J.D./M.B.A. PROGRAM WITH THE DRUCKER SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT AT CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY. THE LAW SCHOOL SPONSORS A FOREIGN SUMMER ABROAD LAW PROGRAM AS PART OF THE J.D. DEGREE.

    Expenses $51,696,178 · Grants $20,389,361 · Revenue $64,575,085

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • HAROUT DIMIJIAN

    BOARD MEMBER (AS OF 12/24)

    Total calculated
    $6,048
    From this org
    $6,048
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROBERT S GLASSMAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $2,016
    From this org
    $2,016
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DANIEL K KRAMER

    BOARD MEMBER (THRU 12/24)

    Total calculated
    $2,016
    From this org
    $2,016
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LAUREN B LEICHTMAN

    CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PETER DUCHESNEAU

    VICE CHAIR, BOARD OF TRUSTEES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • WALTER M YOKA

    VICE CHAIR, BOARD OF TRUSTEES

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BERNARD J ALEXANDER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHRISTIAN DOWELL

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • THOMAS L DRISCOLL

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MATTHEW P FRENCH

    BOARD MEMBER (THRU 12/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KEN GORVETZIAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOHN M GERRO

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JAHMY S GRAHAM

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NYREE GRAY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GARY J HASTINGS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • THOMAS H HOBERMAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DANA HOLLINGER

    BOARD MEMBER (THRU 9/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JINNA KANG

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • BETTY P KELEPECZ

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARIA MEHRANIAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SANFORD MICHELMAN

    BOARD MEMBER (AS OF 12/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOE NUNEZ

    BOARD MEMBER (AS OF 12/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEPHANIE PEATMAN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DOUGLAS A PRAW

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHERIE S RAIDY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HARRIET M ROLNICK

    BOARD MEMBER (AS OF 12/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANDREW ROSEN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MEE H SEMCKEN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HEIDY VAQUERANO

    BOARD MEMBER (THRU 9/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GEORGE WOOLVERTON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANGELA D DICKERSON

    PRESIDENT & DEAN

    Total calculated
    $576,140
    From this org
    $527,487
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,653
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $527,487
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $31,050
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,603
    Filer's total
    $576,140

  • LAURA PONDER

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $310,525
    From this org
    $272,116
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,409
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $272,116
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $24,657
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,752
    Filer's total
    $310,525

  • JULIE K XANDERS

    GENERAL COUNSEL/CORPORATE SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $339,233
    From this org
    $267,985
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $71,248
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $267,985
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $25,113
    Nontaxable benefits
    $46,135
    Filer's total
    $339,233

  • MARISELA CERVANTES CHIEF OF

    STAFF, ASST. CORPORATE SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $191,729
    From this org
    $143,916
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $47,813
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $143,916
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,698
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,115
    Filer's total
    $191,729

  • DANIELLE K HART

    FACULTY

    Total calculated
    $299,721
    From this org
    $274,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,471
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $274,250
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $24,683
    Nontaxable benefits
    $788
    Filer's total
    $299,721

  • AMY B MCLELLAN

    FACULTY

    Total calculated
    $287,832
    From this org
    $269,863
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,969
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $269,863
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,103
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,866
    Filer's total
    $287,832

  • ANDREA G FREEMAN

    FACULTY

    Total calculated
    $312,911
    From this org
    $252,851
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $60,060
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $252,851
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,142
    Nontaxable benefits
    $45,918
    Filer's total
    $312,911

  • ORLY RAVID

    FACULTY

    Total calculated
    $290,018
    From this org
    $252,675
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,343
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $252,675
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $22,954
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,389
    Filer's total
    $290,018

  • ANAHID GHARAKHANIAN

    FACULTY

    Total calculated
    $275,932
    From this org
    $252,417
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,515
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $252,417
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $22,718
    Nontaxable benefits
    $797
    Filer's total
    $275,932

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • 682-688 SHATTO PL LLC

    PROPERTY HOLDINGS · CA · income $299,289 · assets $6,683,370

    Directly controlled by SOUTHWESTERN LAW SCHOOL

  • 670 SHATTO PL LLC

    PROPERTY HOLDINGS · CA · income $256,566 · assets $4,762,471

    Directly controlled by SOUTHWESTERN LAW SCHOOL

  • 676 SHATTO PL LLC

    PROPERTY HOLDINGS · CA · income $427,802 · assets $4,147,767

    Directly controlled by SOUTHWESTERN LAW SCHOOL

  • 666 SHATTO PL LLC

    PROPERTY HOLDINGS · CA · income $171,336 · assets $3,611,904

    Directly controlled by SOUTHWESTERN LAW SCHOOL

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
6 May 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202621319349302642

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