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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	Quinnipiac University Hamden, CT	34	2.1	150-157	34.8%	78
#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
#6	Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL	62	2.8	151-157	25.6%	107
#29	Hofstra University (Deane) Hempstead, NY	40	2.4	151-158	19.1%	34
#24	University of Nevada–Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV	45	2.5	151-158	28.3%	130
#36	Wayne State University Detroit, MI	37	2.2	151-158	45.7%	156
#29	University of Hawaii–Manoa (Richardson) Honolulu, HI	40	2.4	151-160	32.4%	82
#40	University of San Francisco San Francisco, CA	35	2.3	152-156	29.1%	118
#20	Seattle University Seattle, WA	47	2.7	152-158	54.0%	199
#54	Mississippi College Jackson, MS	25	1.7	153-153	33.3%	22
#18	Marquette University Milwaukee, WI	49	2.5	153-157	23.8%	131
#10	American University (Washington) Washington, DC	58	3.0	153-159	29.2%	307
#18	Catholic University of America (Columbus) Washington, DC	49	2.4	153-159	30.0%	211
#12	University of Denver (Sturm) Denver, CO	57	2.9	153-159	39.5%	148
#47	Chapman University Orange, CA	31	1.8	153-161	19.7%	28
#9	Lewis & Clark College (Northwestern) Portland, OR	61	2.7	153-161	46.7%	267
#16	Georgia State University Atlanta, GA	52	2.5	154-160	27.8%	185
#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
#5	University of Connecticut Hartford, CT	66	2.9	155-161	18.0%	118
#6	Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA	62	2.7	155-162	5.1%	227
#21	Brooklyn Law School Brooklyn, NY	46	2.7	156-160	19.3%	262
#12	Temple University (Beasley) Philadelphia, PA	57	2.8	156-162	29.2%	173
#10	University of San Diego San Diego, CA	58	2.8	156-162	22.2%	100

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