I don’t think many people yet grasp just how good the University of Miami’s international arbitration law program is, both at the JD and LL.M level.
Consider that the lead international arbitration professor on our faculty, Jan Paulsson, was just rated the #2 international arbitrator in the world based on a peer reputation survey.
And if that wasn’t enough, the #1 international arbitrator in the world in that same survey, Albert Jan van den Berg, visits here every year as a regular Visiting International Professor. And the other regular and visiting professors in the program are quite eminent too.
Read more puffing here.
Admittedly, international arbitration is a relatively small field, which it can be tough to break in to. But it is growing. And we’re really, really good at it.
Miami Law: Awesome at international arbitration. Abysmal at Florida Bar passage. Doesn’t seem like a net win for the students there.
Abysmal? Not at all. We have great years, we have less-great years.
See also Bar Pass Rates are Over-Rated As A Measure of Law School Quality.