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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)
#6	Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA	62	2.7	155-162	5.1%	227
#6	Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL	62	2.8	151-157	25.6%	107
#46	Loyola University New Orleans New Orleans, LA	32	2.1	149-156	53.1%	118
#18	Marquette University Milwaukee, WI	49	2.5	153-157	23.8%	131
#49	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	30	2.3	145-149	32.3%	176
#54	Mississippi College Jackson, MS	25	1.7	153-153	33.3%	22
#61	New England Law Boston Boston, MA	22	1.7	145-152	90.2%	332
#31	New York Law School New York, NY	39	2.0	149-153	41.2%	411
Rank Not Published	North Carolina Central University Durham, NC	N/A	1.6	148-155	15.9%	102
#62	Northern Kentucky University (Chase) Highland Heights, KY	21	1.6	147-155	55.8%	182
Rank Not Published	Nova Southeastern University (Broad) Fort Lauderdale, FL	N/A	1.7	145-152	30.8%	200
#62	Oklahoma City University Oklahoma City, OK	21	1.8	147-153	67.2%	65
#36	Pace University White Plains, NY	37	1.9	148-159	23.9%	115
Rank Not Published	Phoenix School of Law Phoenix, AZ	N/A	1.1	141-149	79.1%	347
#44	Quinnipiac University Hamden, CT	34	2.1	150-157	34.8%	78
Rank Not Published	Regent University Virginia Beach, VA	N/A	1.4	147-151	34.5%	22
#21	Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey–Newark Newark, NJ	46	2.5	154-160	23.9%	205
#39	Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA	36	2.6	155-160	47.9%	187
#20	Seattle University Seattle, WA	47	2.7	152-158	54.0%	199
#24	Seton Hall University Newark, NJ	45	2.5	148-154	24.1%	246
#53	South Texas College of Law Houston, TX	27	1.7	149-155	41.3%	261
#15	Southern Methodist University (Dedman) Dallas, TX	56	2.7	157-161	25.4%	295
Rank Not Published	Southern University Law Center Baton Rouge, LA	N/A	1.5	143-148	62.8%	193
#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

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