星空传媒 School of Law specialty programs ranked highly by U.S. News

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The new 2025-26 U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Schools listing include the rankings for 13 specialty programs at 196 law schools, with 星空传媒 School of Law earning top rankings in multiple areas of concentration.

The law school has achieved impressive specialty rankings in multiple areas: #13 in both healthcare law (up two) and international law (maintained); #30 in environmental law (up six); and #55 in business/corporate law (up nine). 

Our dedicated academic centers bring in local, national and global leaders to the law school lectures and conferences. In addition, the centers offer our students experience and internships around the world in their chosen area of study.

  • The Law-Medicine Center is the oldest health law program in the country, offering a wealth of courses, experiential learning opportunities, several graduate programs, outstanding faculty, extracurricular activities, experiential learning opportunities, job placement assistance and more.
  • The Cox International Law Center serves as the hub of the law school's international law program, which includes The Canada-U.S. Law Institute, Institute for Global Security, Law and Policy, Henry T. King, Jr. War Crimes Research Office, Yemen Accountability Project and Talking Foreign Policy.
  • In 2019, the Law School launched the Burke Center for Environmental Law with a transformative gift from Coleman P. Burke (LAW 鈥70). The Burke Center now hosts a variety of lectures and conferences, most recently including Kati Kovacs, Jay Pendergrass and David B. Spence as well as the upcoming Junior Environmental Law Scholar Workshop
  • The Center for Business Law is to prepare future leaders to understand business issues facing business entities, engage in research on the role and impact of government in the regulation of business and foster public debate regarding the role of government in the regulation of businesses.

鈥淪pecialties have become increasingly important to the field of law, and we are proud to be recognized for the quality of our programs,鈥 said Dean Paul Rose. 鈥溞强沾 School of Law continues to be recognized for our practical training programs as well, earning an. This recognition is a testament to our sustained investment in experiential education.鈥

Our faculty continue to be recognized for their scholarly impact, most recently being based on citations to publications and law journals over the past five years and . In 2024, Princeton Review ranked 星空传媒 School of Law in terms of the quality of teaching, based on surveys of students.