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)
#54 Florida International University

Miami, FL

25 1.6 148-156 14.9% 162
#54 Mississippi College

Jackson, MS

25 1.7 153-153 33.3% 22
#54 Texas Wesleyan University

Fort Worth, TX

25 1.8 149-154 44.9% 268
#54 University of Toledo

Toledo, OH

25 2.0 145-151 34.3% 79
#53 South Texas College of Law

Houston, TX

27 1.7 149-155 41.3% 261
#52 University of Arkansas–​Little Rock (Bowen)

Little Rock, AR

28 2.1 148-154 24.8% 155
#49 Cleveland State University (Cleveland-​Marshall)

Cleveland, OH

30 2.0 150-157 35.5% 120
#49 Duquesne University

Pittsburgh, PA

30 2.0 149-156 44.1% 165
#49 Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

30 2.3 145-149 32.3% 176
#47 Chapman University

Orange, CA

31 1.8 153-161 19.7% 28
#47 University of Akron

Akron, OH

31 1.9 148-155 71.4% 216
#46 Loyola University New Orleans

New Orleans, LA

32 2.1 149-156 53.1% 118
#44 Quinnipiac University

Hamden, CT

34 2.1 150-157 34.8% 78
#44 St. Louis University

St. Louis, MO

34 2.1 149-155 35.5% 105
#40 Hamline University

St. Paul, MN

35 2.0 145-157 62.3% 158
#40 Stetson University

Gulfport, FL

35 2.1 150-156 39.3% 226
#40 University of San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

35 2.3 152-156 29.1% 118
#40 William Mitchell College of Law

St. Paul, MN

35 2.0 146-157 41.7% 300
#39 Santa Clara University

Santa Clara, CA

36 2.6 155-160 47.9% 187
#36 Pace University

White Plains, NY

37 1.9 148-159 23.9% 115
#36 Wayne State University

Detroit, MI

37 2.2 151-158 45.7% 156
#36 Widener University

Wilmington, DE

37 2.0 147-153 44.3% 362
#34 Southwestern Law School

Los Angeles, CA

38 2.4 150-154 41.7% 395
#34 St. John's University

Jamaica, NY

38 2.3 150-158 24.1% 147
#31 DePaul University

Chicago, IL

39 2.4 151-156 36.0% 142

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