Dispute Resolution

Ranked in 2013, part of Best Law Schools

Dispute resolution programs train law students to handle clients' conflicts through negotiation, mediation, arbitration, and problem solving. These are the top law schools for dispute resolution programs.

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Rankings Overall Law School Program Data
Rank School name Tuition & Fees Enrollment (full-time) LSAT scores (25th-75th percentile) Acceptance rate Employed 9 months after graduation 2 Assessment score by lawyers/judges (out of 5) Bar passage rate (first-time test takers) GPA (25th-75th percentile) Employed at graduation 2 Peer assessment score (out of 5)
#4 Hamline University

St. Paul, MN

$36,396 per year (full-time) 378
#2 Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

$50,880 per year (full-time) 1,727
#8 Marquette University

Milwaukee, WI

$38,690 per year (full-time) 599
#4 Ohio State University (Moritz)

Columbus, OH

$27,497 per year (in-state, full-time); $42,449 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 605
#1 Pepperdine University

Malibu, CA

$44,980 per year (full-time) 618
#9 University of California (Hastings)

San Francisco, CA

$46,806 per year (in-state, full-time); $52,806 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 1,097
#3 University of Missouri

Columbia, MO

$18,649 per year (in-state, full-time); $35,677 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 402
#11 University of Nevada–​Las Vegas

Las Vegas, NV

$24,749 per year (in-state, full-time); $35,749 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 315
#7 University of Oregon

Eugene, OR

$28,354 per year (in-state, full-time); $35,374 per year (out-of-state, full-time) 480
#10 Willamette University (Collins)

Salem, OR

$34,690 per year (full-time) 378
#6 Yeshiva University (Cardozo)

New York, NY

$50,046 per year (full-time) 1,032