Achievement in the Evening
American University Washington College of Law offers one of the premier part-time law programs committed to ensuring a high-quality education and personal experience for our part-time students. Ranked 4th in the nation, AUWCL's part-time program provides part-time students with the same breath and depth of courses available to their full-time counterparts. Part-time students are fully integrated in extracurricular activities including moot court, mock trial and alternative dispute resolution honor societies; law journals and law briefs; and participation in our nationally ranked clinics. One of the focuses of the program is to ensure that part-time students can succeed in law school while balancing full-time employment and all of the demands of everyday life.
AUWCL Administrative Office, such as the Office of Career and Professional Development, Office of the Registrar, and Office of Student Affairs, are dedicated to the unique needs of part-time, evening students. These offices offer unique programs tailored to the needs of part-time students and are available on campus during the evenings to support them.
Additionally, the Assistant Dean of the Part-Time Program helps coordinate service and advocates for the needs of part-time students within the Administration.
A Tradition is Service to Non-traditional Law Students
American University Washington College of Law is an institution with a unique heritage. It was founded over 120 years ago by two pioneering women – Ellen Spencer Messey and Emma Gillett – at a time when women were generally excluded from the legal profession. The founders created a tradition of providing opportunites for those histrorically outside the mainstream of the legal profession. As such, we have a long histroy of offering evening and part- time opprotunities when other schools have cut these programs