The Ombuds Blog: Little Change in 2015 Rankings of Law School Dispute Resolution Programs

March 19, 2015

Little Change in 2015 Rankings of Law School Dispute Resolution Programs

There were few changes in the annual ranking of the law school ADR programs by U.S. News & World Report.

Here's the annotated list:

1. Pepperdine University (Straus)

2. University of Missouri

3. Harvard University

4. Ohio State

5. Hamline University

6. Yeshiva University (Cardozo)

7. University of Oregon

8. Marquette University

9. University of Nevada-Las Vegas (Boyd)

10. University of California (Hastings)

11. Arizona State University (O'Connor) and Northwestern University (tie)

13. Fordham University

14. Creighton University

15. Georgetown University and Quinnipiac

17. Suffolk University

(US News & World Report; via Indisputably.)

Related posts: Pepperdine Stays Atop List of Best Law School ADR Programs; Annual List of Top U.S. ADR Law Schools Largely Unchanged (2011); US News & World Report 2012 Ranking of ADR Grad Programs; Which Top-Rated US Law School Programs for Dispute Resolution Have Ombuds for Students?

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March 19, 2015

Little Change in 2015 Rankings of Law School Dispute Resolution Programs

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