Part-time Law

Ranked in 2013, part of Best Law Schools | Part-time Law Rankings Methodology

Part-time law programs allow working professionals to balance a career with evening or weekend courses. Students in part-time programs can usually earn a J.D. in four years. These are the top part-time law programs.

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Rank	School name	Part-time score	Peer assessment score (5.0 highest)	LSAT scores (25th-75th percentile)	Acceptance rate	Enrollment (part-time)
#26	University of the Pacific (McGeorge) Sacramento, CA	41	2.3	150-156	38.5%	227
#18	Catholic University of America (Columbus) Washington, DC	49	2.4	153-159	30.0%	211
#31	DePaul University Chicago, IL	39	2.4	151-156	36.0%	142
#29	Hofstra University (Deane) Hempstead, NY	40	2.4	151-158	19.1%	34
#34	Southwestern Law School Los Angeles, CA	38	2.4	150-154	41.7%	395
#31	Suffolk University Boston, MA	39	2.4	144-154	72.3%	559
#29	University of Hawaii–Manoa (Richardson) Honolulu, HI	40	2.4	151-160	32.4%	82
#16	Georgia State University Atlanta, GA	52	2.5	154-160	27.8%	185
#18	Marquette University Milwaukee, WI	49	2.5	153-157	23.8%	131
#21	Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey–Newark Newark, NJ	46	2.5	154-160	23.9%	205
#24	Seton Hall University Newark, NJ	45	2.5	148-154	24.1%	246
#24	University of Nevada–Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV	45	2.5	151-158	28.3%	130
#39	Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA	36	2.6	155-160	47.9%	187
#21	Brooklyn Law School Brooklyn, NY	46	2.7	156-160	19.3%	262
#21	Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) Chicago, IL	46	2.7	149-155	28.0%	161
#9	Lewis & Clark College (Northwestern) Portland, OR	61	2.7	153-161	46.7%	267
#6	Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA	62	2.7	155-162	5.1%	227
#20	Seattle University Seattle, WA	47	2.7	152-158	54.0%	199
#15	Southern Methodist University (Dedman) Dallas, TX	56	2.7	157-161	25.4%	295
#16	University of Houston Houston, TX	52	2.7	157-162	12.6%	143
#4	George Mason University Arlington, VA	67	2.8	160-165	7.8%	194
#6	Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL	62	2.8	151-157	25.6%	107
#12	Temple University (Beasley) Philadelphia, PA	57	2.8	156-162	29.2%	173
#6	University of Maryland (Carey) Baltimore, MD	62	2.8	149-163	23.1%	195
#10	University of San Diego San Diego, CA	58	2.8	156-162	22.2%	100

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