Pepperdine Caruso Law provides a superior legal education in a beautiful location on the Pacific Ocean near Los Angeles, CA. In addition to our degree programs, we offer experiential learning, mentorship, and continuing education to prepare practitioners to bring their best to their work and to the world.

Students come together from around the world and the U.S. and find a community marked by a sense of encouragement and support, while at the same time experiencing a rigorous education with hands-on, real-life learning. The

As mediation, arbitration, and negotiation continue to explode in popularity in litigation and international affairs, Pepperdine's Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution consistently ranks as a top program by

Pepperdine's LLM and Master of Dispute Resolution (MDR) programs attract students from across the globe. Students vary from recent graduates to seasoned attorneys and judges who have attended or commuted for the program from China, Korea, Russia, Greece, Moldova, Spain, Pakistan, Jordan, United Kingdom, Germany, Sweden and more.

Pepperdine has attracted scholars from prestigious organizations like Fulbright, Muskie, Organization of the American States and Rotary Foundation.

Career counseling is available and you are introduced to an international network of alumni. Our students go on to become leaders in their communities worldwide, resolving disputes, furthering the practice of law, and creating positive change.

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Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law

The top-ranked Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution has led the nation in law-school-based conflict resolution for over a decade and has been ranked # 1 in the U.S. News and World Report law school rankings for 13 of the last 14 years. Offering a Certificate in Dispute Resolution, Master of Dispute Resolution, and seven different LLM degrees, lawyers and non-law practitioners can all learn the skills to manage conflict in a variety of settings. Hands on faculty, small class sizes, diverse student body, and flexible schedules make its academic programs ideal for achieving a wide variety of professional goals. The LLM in Dispute Resolution is considered the premier program in dispute resolution and offers students the most amount of flexibility in their dispute resolution education. This 26-unit program can be completed over the course of two semesters and is structured with a balance of theory and practice; students will focus on a variety of ADR mechanisms including negotiation, mediation, and arbitration, as well as gain practice through the requisite Mediation Clinic and Externship program.

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LLM in Dispute Resolution

The LLM in International Commercial Arbitration is designed to combine a robust academic foundation, a capstone practice experience in which every student will gain experience in a mock international arbitration setting, methodical examination and practice of the negotiation and mediation processes, and enough electives for students to be able to take electives to sit for the New York or California bar exam.

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