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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)
#18	Marquette University Milwaukee, WI	49	2.5	153-157	23.8%	131
#31	DePaul University Chicago, IL	39	2.4	151-156	36.0%	142
#16	University of Houston Houston, TX	52	2.7	157-162	12.6%	143
#34	St. John's University Jamaica, NY	38	2.3	150-158	24.1%	147
#12	University of Denver (Sturm) Denver, CO	57	2.9	153-159	39.5%	148
Rank Not Published	Western State College of Law at Argosy University Fullerton, CA	N/A	1.4	150-155	46.2%	149
Rank Not Published	California Western School of Law San Diego, CA	N/A	1.8	148-152	51.7%	150
#52	University of Arkansas–Little Rock (Bowen) Little Rock, AR	28	2.1	148-154	24.8%	155
#36	Wayne State University Detroit, MI	37	2.2	151-158	45.7%	156
#40	Hamline University St. Paul, MN	35	2.0	145-157	62.3%	158
#21	Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) Chicago, IL	46	2.7	149-155	28.0%	161
#54	Florida International University Miami, FL	25	1.6	148-156	14.9%	162
#49	Duquesne University Pittsburgh, PA	30	2.0	149-156	44.1%	165
Rank Not Published	Whittier College Costa Mesa, CA	N/A	1.5	146-153	54.6%	171
#58	St. Mary's University San Antonio, TX	24	1.7	150-155	33.5%	173
#12	Temple University (Beasley) Philadelphia, PA	57	2.8	156-162	29.2%	173
#62	Capital University Columbus, OH	21	1.8	146-152	60.5%	176
#49	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	30	2.3	145-149	32.3%	176
#62	Northern Kentucky University (Chase) Highland Heights, KY	21	1.6	147-155	55.8%	182
Rank Not Published	Charleston School of Law Charleston, SC	N/A	1.5	146-149	24.7%	184
#16	Georgia State University Atlanta, GA	52	2.5	154-160	27.8%	185
#39	Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA	36	2.6	155-160	47.9%	187
Rank Not Published	Southern University Law Center Baton Rouge, LA	N/A	1.5	143-148	62.8%	193
#4	George Mason University Arlington, VA	67	2.8	160-165	7.8%	194
#6	University of Maryland (Carey) Baltimore, MD	62	2.8	149-163	23.1%	195

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