2021 U.S. News Dispute Resolution Rankings

The new 2021 U.S. News Dispute Resolution Rankings include the dispute resolution programs at 98 law schools (the faculty survey had a 51% response rate). Here are the Top 50:

Rank	Score	School
1	4.5	Harvard
2	4.4	Ohio State
3	4.3	Pepperdine
3	4.3	Missouri (Columbia)
5	4.0	Cardozo
6	3.9	Mitchell Hamline
6	3.9	Northwestern
6	3.9	Texas A&M
6	3.9	UNLV
10	3.8	Arizona State
10	3.8	Marquette
10	3.8	Oregon
13	3.7	Fordham
13	3.7	UC-Hastings
13	3.7	Maryland
16	3.6	NYU
16	3.6	Texas
18	3.5	Quinnipiac
18	3.5	Stanford
18	3.5	Virginia
18	3.5	William & Mary
22	3.4	Cornell
22	3.4	Suffolk
22	3.4	UC-Irvine
25	3.3	Duke
25	3.3	Georgetown
25	3.3	Temple
25	3.3	UC-Davis
25	3.3	UCLA
25	3.3	Kansas
25	3.3	Washington University
32	3.2	Pace
32	3.2	UC-Berkeley
32	3.2	Penn
32	3.2	USC
32	3.2	Vanderbilt
37	3.1	Columbia
37	3.1	St. John's
37	3.1	Tulane
37	3.1	Florida
37	3.1	Michigan
37	3.1	Wisconsin
37	3.1	Yale
44	3.0	George Washington
44	3.0	Santa Clara
44	3.0	South Texas
44	3.0	Washington & Lee
48	2.9	American
48	2.9	Boston College
48	2.9	Creighton
48	2.9	Lewis & Clark
48	2.9	Northeastern
48	2.9	Chicago
48	2.9	North Carolina
48	2.9	St. Thomas (MN)

2021 U.S. News Specialty Rankings:

• Omnibus Specialty Rankings (compilation of all 13 specialty rankings)
• Omnibus Specialty Rankings v. Overall Rankings
• Business/Corporate Law
• Clinical Law
• Constitutional Law
• Contracts/Commercial Law
• Criminal Law
• Dispute Resolution 
• Environmental Law
• Health Care Law
• Intellectual Property Law
• International Law
• Legal Writing
• Tax Law
• Trial Advocacy