 The Straus Institute provides education to law and graduate students, as well as mid-career professionals in areas of mediation, negotiation, arbitration, international dispute resolution and peacemaking.The Institute has consistently ranked as the number one dispute resolution school in the nation for the past 13 years.Pepperdine Law offers six joint degrees, which include the JD/MBA, JD/MDiv, JD/Master of Public Policy (MPP), JD/ Master of Dispute Resolution (MDR), MDR/MPP, and MDR/MBA.