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They鈥檙e businesspeople and health care professionals, educators and state legislators. Many have small children, aging parents, or volunteer commitments. These 鈥渨eekend warriors鈥� have a wide mix of life experiences, but they share a common objective: earning a law degree that works with their busy schedules and diverse geographic locations.

Loyola鈥檚 innovative Weekend JD program celebrates its fifth anniversary in fall 2021. U.S. News & World Report ranks Weekend JD the #7 part-time JD program in the country, making it the top part-time JD program in Chicago, the Midwest, and west of the Eastern Seaboard. And it鈥檚 opened the door for many who otherwise couldn鈥檛 have attended law school.

鈥淭here鈥檚 no way I could have enrolled in other part-time law programs, where you had to do it in the evenings,鈥� says Amina Jaffer (JD 鈥�20), who was a stay-at-home parent with four children and an active volunteer when she looked for a law school. 鈥淟oyola鈥檚 program was perfect because in-person classes were only every other weekend.鈥� Jaffer is now an administrative attorney and account executive with NSN Employer Services, Inc., building a career around an interest in administrative law she discovered during law school.