Law Rank 2020 |
Law Rank 2019 |
University |
Country/region |
1 |
1 |
Stanford University |
United States |
2 |
3 |
University of Cambridge |
United Kingdom |
3 |
4 |
Yale University |
United States |
4 |
5 |
University of Oxford |
United Kingdom |
5 |
6 |
University of Chicago |
United States |
=6 |
=11 |
University of California, Berkeley |
United States |
=6 |
2 |
Duke University |
United States |
8 |
=7 |
London School of Economics and Political Science |
United Kingdom |
9 |
9 |
New York University |
United States |
10 |
=11 |
University of Toronto |
Canada |
11 |
18 |
University of California, Los Angeles |
United States |
12 |
10 |
University of Melbourne |
Australia |
13 |
=7 |
Harvard University |
United States |
14 |
=11 |
UCL |
United Kingdom |
15 |
21 |
National University of Singapore |
Singapore |
16 |
15 |
Columbia University |
United States |
17 |
22 |
University of Hong Kong |
Hong Kong |
=18 |
17 |
University of Edinburgh |
United Kingdom |
=18 |
23 |
UNSW Sydney |
Australia |
20 |
14 |
McGill University |
Canada |
=21 |
34 |
Cornell University |
United States |
=21 |
16 |
University of Pennsylvania |
United States |
=23 |
25 |
King’s College London |
United Kingdom |
=23 |
20 |
University of Washington |
United States |
=25 |
45 |
City University of Hong Kong |
Hong Kong |
=25 |
26 |
Georgetown University |
United States |
27 |
27 |
Leiden University |
Netherlands |
28 |
29 |
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor |
United States |
29 |
31 |
University of Amsterdam |
Netherlands |
30 |
=86 |
Shanghai Jiao Tong University |
China |
31 |
24 |
KU Leuven |
Belgium |
32 |
=81 |
University of California, Irvine |
United States |
33 |
42 |
Durham University |
United Kingdom |
=34 |
19 |
University of British Columbia |
Canada |
=34 |
=58 |
Northwestern University |
United States |
36 |
38 |
Queen Mary University of London |
United Kingdom |
37 |
28 |
Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Israel |
38 |
32 |
University of Sydney |
Australia |
39 |
33 |
Utrecht University |
Netherlands |
40 |
46 |
Maastricht University |
Netherlands |
41 |
52 |
University of Glasgow |
United Kingdom |
42 |
53 |
Australian National University |
Australia |
43 |
37 |
Goethe University Frankfurt |
Germany |
44 |
=65 |
George Mason University |
United States |
45 |
35 |
University of Manchester |
United Kingdom |
46 |
=56 |
Erasmus University Rotterdam |
Netherlands |
=47 |
=60 |
University of Bristol |
United Kingdom |
=47 |
39 |
University of Copenhagen |
Denmark |
49 |
126–150 |
Tel Aviv University |
Israel |
50 |
30 |
Lund University |
Sweden |
51 |
=58 |
University of Kent |
United Kingdom |
52 |
43 |
Tilburg University |
Netherlands |
53 |
=79 |
Monash University |
Australia |
54 |
NR |
Panthéon-Sorbonne University – Paris 1 |
France |
=55 |
101–125 |
Florida State University |
United States |
=55 |
=88 |
University of Groningen |
Netherlands |
=55 |
36 |
University of Virginia (Main campus) |
United States |
58 |
40 |
University of Queensland |
Australia |
59 |
101–125 |
Penn State (Main campus) |
United States |
60 |
=68 |
University of Technology Sydney |
Australia |
61 |
63 |
Queensland University of Technology |
Australia |
62 |
55 |
University of East Anglia |
United Kingdom |
63 |
64 |
George Washington University |
United States |
64 |
94 |
University of Warwick |
United Kingdom |
65 |
=56 |
Boston University |
United States |
66 |
44 |
York University |
Canada |
67 |
101–125 |
University of Geneva |
Switzerland |
68 |
73 |
University of Vienna |
Austria |
69 |
75 |
American University |
United States |
70 |
54 |
University of Texas at Austin |
United States |
71 |
70 |
University of Hamburg |
Germany |
72 |
71 |
Griffith University |
Australia |
=73 |
41 |
University of Nottingham |
United Kingdom |
=73 |
126–150 |
University of São Paulo |
Brazil |
75 |
126–150 |
University of Western Australia |
Australia |
=76 |
51 |
University of Essex |
United Kingdom |
=76 |
=99 |
University of Oslo |
Norway |
78 |
90 |
University of Wollongong |
Australia |
79 |
126–150 |
University of Bologna |
Italy |
=80 |
NR |
Temple University |
United States |
=80 |
126–150 |
Vanderbilt University |
United States |
82 |
151+ |
University of Southern California |
United States |
=83 |
95 |
University of Helsinki |
Finland |
=83 |
101–125 |
Northeastern University |
United States |
85 |
101–125 |
Queen’s University Belfast |
United Kingdom |
86 |
=79 |
University of Leeds |
United Kingdom |
87 |
101–125 |
Complutense University of Madrid |
Spain |
88 |
101–125 |
University of Lausanne |
Switzerland |
89 |
72 |
University of Exeter |
United Kingdom |
90 |
76 |
University of Pretoria |
South Africa |
91 |
49 |
Chinese University of Hong Kong |
Hong Kong |
92 |
93 |
University of Ottawa |
Canada |
93 |
NR |
Renmin University of China |
China |
=94 |
91 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
United States |
=94 |
=86 |
University of Sussex |
United Kingdom |
=96 |
101–125 |
University of Liverpool |
United Kingdom |
=96 |
=88 |
University of Sheffield |
United Kingdom |
98 |
84 |
University of Zurich |
Switzerland |
99 |
101–125 |
University of Montreal |
Canada |
=100 |
74 |
Ghent University |
Belgium |
=100 |
=81 |
University of South Australia |
Australia |
101–125 |
50 |
University of Antwerp |
Belgium |
101–125 |
101–125 |
University of Auckland |
New Zealand |
101–125 |
77 |
University of Cape Town |
South Africa |
101–125 |
101–125 |
Cardiff University |
United Kingdom |
101–125 |
101–125 |
University of Cincinnati |
United States |
101–125 |
151+ |
University of Colorado Boulder |
United States |
101–125 |
62 |
Emory University |
United States |
101–125 |
151+ |
University of Florida |
United States |
101–125 |
NR |
University of Houston |
United States |
101–125 |
98 |
Laval University |
Canada |
101–125 |
126–150 |
University of Minnesota |
United States |
101–125 |
92 |
National Autonomous University of Mexico |
Mexico |
101–125 |
101–125 |
Newcastle University |
United Kingdom |
101–125 |
96 |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
United States |
101–125 |
83 |
Paris Sciences et Lettres – PSL Research University Paris |
France |
101–125 |
=99 |
Sapienza University of Rome |
Italy |
101–125 |
101–125 |
University of South Carolina-Columbia |
United States |
101–125 |
67 |
Stockholm University |
Sweden |
101–125 |
85 |
University of Tasmania |
Australia |
101–125 |
151+ |
University of Valencia |
Spain |
101–125 |
NR |
Victoria University of Wellington |
New Zealand |
101–125 |
151+ |
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam |
Netherlands |
101–125 |
78 |
University of Wisconsin-Madison |
United States |
101–125 |
126–150 |
University of York |
United Kingdom |
126–150 |
126–150 |
University of Adelaide |
Australia |
126–150 |
151+ |
University of Alabama |
United States |
126–150 |
101–125 |
University of Arizona |
United States |
126–150 |
101–125 |
University of Barcelona |
Spain |
126–150 |
151+ |
University of Birmingham |
United Kingdom |
126–150 |
151+ |
Boston College |
United States |
126–150 |
126–150 |
University of Central Florida |
United States |
126–150 |
126–150 |
Curtin University |
Australia |
126–150 |
126–150 |
Florida International University |
United States |
126–150 |
101–125 |
University of Gothenburg |
Sweden |
126–150 |
126–150 |
University of Kentucky |
United States |
126–150 |
126–150 |
Lancaster University |
United Kingdom |
126–150 |
NR |
University of Lisbon |
Portugal |
126–150 |
126–150 |
Macquarie University |
Australia |
126–150 |
101–125 |
Masaryk University |
Czech Republic |
126–150 |
151+ |
University of Miami |
United States |
126–150 |
151+ |
University of Milan |
Italy |
126–150 |
NR |
University of Notre Dame |
United States |
126–150 |
101–125 |
Ohio State University (Main campus) |
United States |
126–150 |
101–125 |
Queen’s University |
Canada |
126–150 |
126–150 |
University of Southampton |
United Kingdom |
126–150 |
151+ |
University of Strathclyde |
United Kingdom |
126–150 |
151+ |
University of Turin |
Italy |
126–150 |
126–150 |
Vrije Universiteit Brussel |
Belgium |
126–150 |
151+ |
University of the Witwatersrand |
South Africa |
151+ |
=68 |
Aarhus University |
Denmark |
151+ |
101–125 |
University of Alberta |
Canada |
151+ |
101–125 |
Autonomous University of Madrid |
Spain |
151+ |
151+ |
Bar-Ilan University |
Israel |
151+ |
NR |
University of the Basque Country |
Spain |
151+ |
126–150 |
University of Calgary |
Canada |
151+ |
NR |
Carleton University |
Canada |
151+ |
101–125 |
Carlos III University of Madrid |
Spain |
151+ |
NR |
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart |
Italy |
151+ |
151+ |
Charles University in Prague |
Czech Republic |
151+ |
151+ |
University of Chile |
Chile |
151+ |
151+ |
University of Coimbra |
Portugal |
151+ |
151+ |
University of Connecticut |
United States |
151+ |
151+ |
Deakin University |
Australia |
151+ |
151+ |
University of Denver |
United States |
151+ |
NR |
University of Genoa |
Italy |
151+ |
151+ |
University of Georgia |
United States |
151+ |
151+ |
Georgia State University |
United States |
151+ |
151+ |
University of Granada |
Spain |
151+ |
126–150 |
University of Haifa |
Israel |
151+ |
NR |
Higher School of Economics |
Russian Federation |
151+ |
151+ |
Indiana University |
United States |
151+ |
126–150 |
University of Iowa |
United States |
151+ |
151+ |
University of Johannesburg |
South Africa |
151+ |
151+ |
University of Leicester |
United Kingdom |
151+ |
151+ |
University of Ljubljana |
Slovenia |
151+ |
151+ |
Louisiana State University |
United States |
151+ |
151+ |
University of Maribor |
Slovenia |
151+ |
151+ |
Northumbria University |
United Kingdom |
151+ |
NR |
North-West University |
South Africa |
151+ |
NR |
University of Padua |
Italy |
151+ |
151+ |
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh campus |
United States |
151+ |
97 |
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile |
Chile |
151+ |
151+ |
University of Portsmouth |
United Kingdom |
151+ |
126–150 |
Radboud University Nijmegen |
Netherlands |
151+ |
126–150 |
University of South Africa |
South Africa |
151+ |
151+ |
University of Surrey |
United Kingdom |
151+ |
151+ |
Wayne State University |
United States |
151+ |
126–150 |
Wuhan University |
China |
151+ |
151+ |
University of Zagreb |
Croatia |