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)
#1	Georgetown University Washington, DC	100	4.1	163-170	4.9%	243
#6	Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA	62	2.7	155-162	5.1%	227
#4	George Mason University Arlington, VA	67	2.8	160-165	7.8%	194
#16	University of Houston Houston, TX	52	2.7	157-162	12.6%	143
#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
#2	George Washington University Washington, DC	85	3.5	160-168	17.9%	322
#5	University of Connecticut Hartford, CT	66	2.9	155-161	18.0%	118
#3	Fordham University New York, NY	82	3.5	160-165	18.2%	221
#29	Hofstra University (Deane) Hempstead, NY	40	2.4	151-158	19.1%	34
#21	Brooklyn Law School Brooklyn, NY	46	2.7	156-160	19.3%	262
#47	Chapman University Orange, CA	31	1.8	153-161	19.7%	28
#10	University of San Diego San Diego, CA	58	2.8	156-162	22.2%	100
#6	University of Maryland (Carey) Baltimore, MD	62	2.8	149-163	23.1%	195
#26	University of Louisville (Brandeis) Louisville, KY	41	2.1	147-156	23.4%	28
#18	Marquette University Milwaukee, WI	49	2.5	153-157	23.8%	131
#21	Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey–Newark Newark, NJ	46	2.5	154-160	23.9%	205
#36	Pace University White Plains, NY	37	1.9	148-159	23.9%	115
#34	St. John's University Jamaica, NY	38	2.3	150-158	24.1%	147
#24	Seton Hall University Newark, NJ	45	2.5	148-154	24.1%	246
Rank Not Published	Charleston School of Law Charleston, SC	N/A	1.5	146-149	24.7%	184
#52	University of Arkansas–Little Rock (Bowen) Little Rock, AR	28	2.1	148-154	24.8%	155
#15	Southern Methodist University (Dedman) Dallas, TX	56	2.7	157-161	25.4%	295
#6	Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL	62	2.8	151-157	25.6%	107
#16	Georgia State University Atlanta, GA	52	2.5	154-160	27.8%	185

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