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What type of law should I study if I am interested in dispute resolution? What schools are best in this field?

Thanks!

osu

pepperdine, if you have a high tolerance for religious extremists.

What's osu?

charliep wrote:osu

ryemanhattan wrote:pepperdine, if you have a high tolerance for religious extremists.

Please explain what you mean

Lingon wrote:What's osu?

charliep wrote:osu

Ohio State University. they are highly ranked in dispute resolution if i'm not mistaken

I think most people here will tell you to go to the highest ranked school you can and disregard specialty rankings.
If OSU happens to be in your target range then maybe pursue that, but having a prestigious school on your resume and doing well there will do more for you than anything else.

charliep wrote:

Lingon wrote:What's osu?

charliep wrote:osu

Ohio State University. they are highly ranked in dispute resolution if i'm not mistaken

http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/studies/adr/index.php

also what "the watch" said

TheWatch wrote:I think most people here will tell you to go to the highest ranked school you can and disregard specialty rankings.
If OSU happens to be in your target range then maybe pursue that, but having a prestigious school on your resume and doing well there will do more for you than anything else.

This. The correct answer for every which law school is best at X question is the T14. Specialty rankings are complete BS.

Lingon wrote:

ryemanhattan wrote:pepperdine, if you have a high tolerance for religious extremists.

Please explain what you mean

It means that they don't know what the F*** they're talking about. vamedic03's is TCR.

If OSU is out of your range, Mizzou is also highly ranked in this field. Their Center for Dispute Resolution is a big draw for me right now, as well as its incredibly low in-state tuition. Consider giving their program a look.

Aren't dispute resolution programs pretty much the same as "international law" programs that don't translate to jerbs after graduation? I'm under the impression that retired judges and older/well-established attorneys are the only ones who use dispute resolution as a career path.

vamedic03 wrote:

TheWatch wrote:I think most people here will tell you to go to the highest ranked school you can and disregard specialty rankings.
If OSU happens to be in your target range then maybe pursue that, but having a prestigious school on your resume and doing well there will do more for you than anything else.

This. The correct answer for every which law school is best at X question is the T14. Specialty rankings are complete BS.

Well, I do know that Vermont students dominate small firms in my area for environmental law. Maybe that is an interest based thing but idk.

NYLS

They're are so few openings for new lawyers in this field I would really think twice about betting the farm on getting into it. Historically, dispute resolution and mediation work was done by retired judges. While that's changed a little, I would really carefully evaluate who is hiring in this arena and what they're expecting from new hires in terms of credentials.

On the subject of Pepperdine.

I certainly don't agree with extreme religious positions. That being said, Pepperdine is not nearly as notorious in this respect as its reputation has many believing.

Also, anyone considering that school should know that many of its students are Pepperdine undergrads who didn't want to leave malibu after UG. If there is anything about religious extremism to look out for, it can be found more so in the student body than the faculty.

IAFG wrote:They're are so few openings for new lawyers in this field I would really think twice about betting the farm on getting into it. Historically, dispute resolution and mediation work was done by retired judges. While that's changed a little, I would really carefully evaluate who is hiring in this arena and what they're expecting from new hires in terms of credentials.

This.

It's no longer exclusively retired "judges" but it's definitely primarily veterans in the field of law (whether those be judges or lawyers).

Just read the ADR nutshell and go to the best (highest ranked) school you can.