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)
#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
#6	Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL	62	2.8	151-157	25.6%	107
#31	DePaul University Chicago, IL	39	2.4	151-156	36.0%	142
#34	St. John's University Jamaica, NY	38	2.3	150-158	24.1%	147
#49	Cleveland State University (Cleveland-Marshall) Cleveland, OH	30	2.0	150-157	35.5%	120
#44	Quinnipiac University Hamden, CT	34	2.1	150-157	34.8%	78
#40	Stetson University Gulfport, FL	35	2.1	150-156	39.3%	226
#26	University of the Pacific (McGeorge) Sacramento, CA	41	2.3	150-156	38.5%	227
#58	St. Mary's University San Antonio, TX	24	1.7	150-155	33.5%	173
Rank Not Published	Western State College of Law at Argosy University Fullerton, CA	N/A	1.4	150-155	46.2%	149
#34	Southwestern Law School Los Angeles, CA	38	2.4	150-154	41.7%	395
#6	University of Maryland (Carey) Baltimore, MD	62	2.8	149-163	23.1%	195
#49	Duquesne University Pittsburgh, PA	30	2.0	149-156	44.1%	165
#46	Loyola University New Orleans New Orleans, LA	32	2.1	149-156	53.1%	118
#21	Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) Chicago, IL	46	2.7	149-155	28.0%	161
#53	South Texas College of Law Houston, TX	27	1.7	149-155	41.3%	261
#44	St. Louis University St. Louis, MO	34	2.1	149-155	35.5%	105
#26	University of Baltimore Baltimore, MD	41	2.1	149-155	48.9%	360
#54	Texas Wesleyan University Fort Worth, TX	25	1.8	149-154	44.9%	268
#31	New York Law School New York, NY	39	2.0	149-153	41.2%	411
#36	Pace University White Plains, NY	37	1.9	148-159	23.9%	115
#54	Florida International University Miami, FL	25	1.6	148-156	14.9%	162
Rank Not Published	North Carolina Central University Durham, NC	N/A	1.6	148-155	15.9%	102

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