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)
#21	Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) Chicago, IL	46	2.7	149-155	28.0%	161
#24	University of Nevada–Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV	45	2.5	151-158	28.3%	130
#40	University of San Francisco San Francisco, CA	35	2.3	152-156	29.1%	118
#10	American University (Washington) Washington, DC	58	3.0	153-159	29.2%	307
#12	Temple University (Beasley) Philadelphia, PA	57	2.8	156-162	29.2%	173
#18	Catholic University of America (Columbus) Washington, DC	49	2.4	153-159	30.0%	211
Rank Not Published	Nova Southeastern University (Broad) Fort Lauderdale, FL	N/A	1.7	145-152	30.8%	200
#49	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	30	2.3	145-149	32.3%	176
#29	University of Hawaii–Manoa (Richardson) Honolulu, HI	40	2.4	151-160	32.4%	82
#54	Mississippi College Jackson, MS	25	1.7	153-153	33.3%	22
#58	St. Mary's University San Antonio, TX	24	1.7	150-155	33.5%	173
#54	University of Toledo Toledo, OH	25	2.0	145-151	34.3%	79
Rank Not Published	Regent University Virginia Beach, VA	N/A	1.4	147-151	34.5%	22
#44	Quinnipiac University Hamden, CT	34	2.1	150-157	34.8%	78
#62	University of Missouri–Kansas City Kansas City, MO	21	2.3	148-153	34.9%	29
#44	St. Louis University St. Louis, MO	34	2.1	149-155	35.5%	105
#49	Cleveland State University (Cleveland-Marshall) Cleveland, OH	30	2.0	150-157	35.5%	120
#31	DePaul University Chicago, IL	39	2.4	151-156	36.0%	142
#12	Yeshiva University (Cardozo) New York, NY	57	2.8	157-160	37.5%	107
#26	University of the Pacific (McGeorge) Sacramento, CA	41	2.3	150-156	38.5%	227
#40	Stetson University Gulfport, FL	35	2.1	150-156	39.3%	226
#12	University of Denver (Sturm) Denver, CO	57	2.9	153-159	39.5%	148
#31	New York Law School New York, NY	39	2.0	149-153	41.2%	411
#53	South Texas College of Law Houston, TX	27	1.7	149-155	41.3%	261
#40	William Mitchell College of Law St. Paul, MN	35	2.0	146-157	41.7%	300

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