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
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