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)
Rank Not Published	Western State College of Law at Argosy University Fullerton, CA	N/A	1.4	150-155	46.2%	149
#36	Wayne State University Detroit, MI	37	2.2	151-158	45.7%	156
#54	Texas Wesleyan University Fort Worth, TX	25	1.8	149-154	44.9%	268
Rank Not Published	Atlanta's John Marshall Law School Atlanta, GA	N/A	1.4	146-152	44.6%	205
#36	Widener University Wilmington, DE	37	2.0	147-153	44.3%	362
#49	Duquesne University Pittsburgh, PA	30	2.0	149-156	44.1%	165
#34	Southwestern Law School Los Angeles, CA	38	2.4	150-154	41.7%	395
#40	William Mitchell College of Law St. Paul, MN	35	2.0	146-157	41.7%	300
#53	South Texas College of Law Houston, TX	27	1.7	149-155	41.3%	261
#31	New York Law School New York, NY	39	2.0	149-153	41.2%	411
#12	University of Denver (Sturm) Denver, CO	57	2.9	153-159	39.5%	148
#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
#12	Yeshiva University (Cardozo) New York, NY	57	2.8	157-160	37.5%	107
#31	DePaul University Chicago, IL	39	2.4	151-156	36.0%	142
#49	Cleveland State University (Cleveland-Marshall) Cleveland, OH	30	2.0	150-157	35.5%	120
#44	St. Louis University St. Louis, MO	34	2.1	149-155	35.5%	105
#62	University of Missouri–Kansas City Kansas City, MO	21	2.3	148-153	34.9%	29
#44	Quinnipiac University Hamden, CT	34	2.1	150-157	34.8%	78
Rank Not Published	Regent University Virginia Beach, VA	N/A	1.4	147-151	34.5%	22
#54	University of Toledo Toledo, OH	25	2.0	145-151	34.3%	79
#58	St. Mary's University San Antonio, TX	24	1.7	150-155	33.5%	173
#54	Mississippi College Jackson, MS	25	1.7	153-153	33.3%	22
#29	University of Hawaii–Manoa (Richardson) Honolulu, HI	40	2.4	151-160	32.4%	82
#49	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	30	2.3	145-149	32.3%	176

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