For the second year in a row, the William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is at the top of a national list of 169 law schools that recognizes the Best Environment for Minority Students, according to The Princeton Review’s annual rankings for 2015.
Additionally, the law school was named fourth in the country for Most Diverse Faculty, and seventh in the nation as the law school Most Chosen by Older Students. The Princeton Review reports that the average age of the law school’s entering class is 26.
Dean Avi Soifer said he is again gratified by the national recognition for Hawaiʻi’s very friendly law school, which bucked a national trend by enrolling its largest incoming class ever this fall.
“We are proud to attract outstanding students who come to Richardson because of our ethic of accessibility, first-rate teaching and a unique spirit of ʻohana,” said Soifer. “Our students are already high achievers, and the legal education they get here opens greater opportunities for them as well as creating a supportive network of friends for life.”
Soifer said the School of Law has an open and inclusive atmosphere that welcomes students from Hawaiʻi, across the nation and around the world. Its small programs for foreign-trained lawyers have attracted students from 50 countries.
The Princeton Review releases its annual rankings each fall. It also features the Richardson Law School in the new 2015 edition of its book, “The Best 169 Law Schools,” published by Random House/Princeton Review.
For more on the Princeton Review rankings, read the School of Law news release.
—By Beverly Creamer
