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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)
#44	St. Louis University St. Louis, MO	34	2.1	149-155	35.5%	105
#58	St. Mary's University San Antonio, TX	24	1.7	150-155	33.5%	173
#40	Stetson University Gulfport, FL	35	2.1	150-156	39.3%	226
#31	Suffolk University Boston, MA	39	2.4	144-154	72.3%	559
#12	Temple University (Beasley) Philadelphia, PA	57	2.8	156-162	29.2%	173
#54	Texas Wesleyan University Fort Worth, TX	25	1.8	149-154	44.9%	268
Rank Not Published	Thomas Jefferson School of Law San Diego, CA	N/A	1.5	143-148	74.2%	310
#60	Touro College (Fuchsberg) Central Islip, NY	23	1.7	145-150	54.8%	210
#47	University of Akron Akron, OH	31	1.9	148-155	71.4%	216
#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
#5	University of Connecticut Hartford, CT	66	2.9	155-161	18.0%	118
#12	University of Denver (Sturm) Denver, CO	57	2.9	153-159	39.5%	148
Rank Not Published	University of Detroit Mercy Detroit, MI	N/A	1.5	144-151	46.6%	113
#29	University of Hawaii–Manoa (Richardson) Honolulu, HI	40	2.4	151-160	32.4%	82
#16	University of Houston Houston, TX	52	2.7	157-162	12.6%	143
#26	University of Louisville (Brandeis) Louisville, KY	41	2.1	147-156	23.4%	28
#6	University of Maryland (Carey) Baltimore, MD	62	2.8	149-163	23.1%	195
#62	University of Missouri–Kansas City Kansas City, MO	21	2.3	148-153	34.9%	29
#24	University of Nevada–Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV	45	2.5	151-158	28.3%	130
#10	University of San Diego San Diego, CA	58	2.8	156-162	22.2%	100
#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
#54	University of Toledo Toledo, OH	25	2.0	145-151	34.3%	79
Rank Not Published	Valparaiso University Valparaiso, IN	N/A	1.9	145-150	57.3%	20

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