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)
#31	Suffolk University Boston, MA	39	2.4	144-154	72.3%	559
#31	New York Law School New York, NY	39	2.0	149-153	41.2%	411
#34	Southwestern Law School Los Angeles, CA	38	2.4	150-154	41.7%	395
#36	Widener University Wilmington, DE	37	2.0	147-153	44.3%	362
#26	University of Baltimore Baltimore, MD	41	2.1	149-155	48.9%	360
Rank Not Published	Phoenix School of Law Phoenix, AZ	N/A	1.1	141-149	79.1%	347
#61	New England Law Boston Boston, MA	22	1.7	145-152	90.2%	332
#62	John Marshall Law School Chicago, IL	21	1.8	147-153	46.2%	328
#2	George Washington University Washington, DC	85	3.5	160-168	17.9%	322
Rank Not Published	Thomas Jefferson School of Law San Diego, CA	N/A	1.5	143-148	74.2%	310
#10	American University (Washington) Washington, DC	58	3.0	153-159	29.2%	307
#40	William Mitchell College of Law St. Paul, MN	35	2.0	146-157	41.7%	300
#15	Southern Methodist University (Dedman) Dallas, TX	56	2.7	157-161	25.4%	295
#54	Texas Wesleyan University Fort Worth, TX	25	1.8	149-154	44.9%	268
#9	Lewis & Clark College (Northwestern) Portland, OR	61	2.7	153-161	46.7%	267
#21	Brooklyn Law School Brooklyn, NY	46	2.7	156-160	19.3%	262
#53	South Texas College of Law Houston, TX	27	1.7	149-155	41.3%	261
#24	Seton Hall University Newark, NJ	45	2.5	148-154	24.1%	246
#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
#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
Rank Not Published	Charlotte School of Law Charlotte, NC	N/A	1.3	141-147	64.3%	224
Rank Not Published	Florida Coastal School of Law Jacksonville, FL	N/A	1.2	141-150	54.3%	223
#3	Fordham University New York, NY	82	3.5	160-165	18.2%	221

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