| 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 |