2025 USNews ADR Specialty Rankings

It is the time of year for law schools’ yearly genuflecting to the USNews Rankings, and this year is no different – even for those of us in the Dispute Resolution community. With that in mind, here are the 2025 USNews rankings for law school Dispute Resolution Programs. Drumroll please. . . . .

Ohio State moves back to the top displacing Harvard, which is now ranked 3rd tied with Missouri. Ahead of them placing 2nd this year is Pepperdine which maintained its ranking from last year. And a big welcome (or should I say howdy?) to Texas A&M as it cracks the top 5 joining Cardozo at 5th. The top 50 are below (50 schools rankings up to 42 because of ties – oh the ties). Happy reading and congrats to all.

1. Ohio State

2. Pepperdine

3. Harvard and Missouri

5. Cardozo and Texas A&M

7. Maryland, Mitchell-Hamline, Northwestern, UNLV

11. Arizona State and Oregon

13. Fordham

14. Quinnipiac and UC-San Francisco

16. Stanford

17. Florida

18. Georgetown, South Texas, UC-Berkeley

21. Creighton, Michigan, Pacific (McGeorge), Suffolk, Wash U. (St.Louis)

26. Columbia, Texas, UC-Davis

29. Arkansas-Little Rock, Loyola (Chicago), Nebraska, Pace, UC-Irvine, UCLA, USC

36. Georgia, Kansas, Marquette, NYU, Penn, Virginia

42. Boston College, Cornell, GW, St.John’s, Baltimore, Houston, Illinois, Minnesota, Yale

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