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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)
#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
#49	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	30	2.3	145-149	32.3%	176
#34	St. John's University Jamaica, NY	38	2.3	150-158	24.1%	147
#62	University of Missouri–Kansas City Kansas City, MO	21	2.3	148-153	34.9%	29
#40	University of San Francisco San Francisco, CA	35	2.3	152-156	29.1%	118
#26	University of the Pacific (McGeorge) Sacramento, CA	41	2.3	150-156	38.5%	227
#36	Wayne State University Detroit, MI	37	2.2	151-158	45.7%	156
#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	Stetson University Gulfport, FL	35	2.1	150-156	39.3%	226
#52	University of Arkansas–Little Rock (Bowen) Little Rock, AR	28	2.1	148-154	24.8%	155
#26	University of Baltimore Baltimore, MD	41	2.1	149-155	48.9%	360
#26	University of Louisville (Brandeis) Louisville, KY	41	2.1	147-156	23.4%	28
#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
#40	Hamline University St. Paul, MN	35	2.0	145-157	62.3%	158
#31	New York Law School New York, NY	39	2.0	149-153	41.2%	411
#54	University of Toledo Toledo, OH	25	2.0	145-151	34.3%	79
#36	Widener University Wilmington, DE	37	2.0	147-153	44.3%	362

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