In the top tercile?  Really?  According to whom?  The Law School Web site? 

In reality the University of Hawai‘i Law School was ranked in 100th place among the 146 accredited US law schools.  
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This is evidenced by the fact that 216 applicants were accepted by Richardson but only 65 enrolled.  Few people want to pay $25,000 a semester to attend a "diverse" institution.