HONOLULU -- The U.S. News and World Report ranked the University of Hawaii's law school among of the nation's top 100.

The survey ranks the William S. Richardson School of Law 82nd in the nation. That ranking places UH as the highest of any "small school" in the country.

Law School Dean Aviam Soifer said the staff is pleased to provide access to an exceptional legal education within a uniquely diverse law school and that more classes are being planned to allow people to get an absolutely first-rate, but relatively inexpensive legal education.