Top 15 Law Universities in UK 2019 – Best Rated

Filed in School News by on April 3, 2019

Top 15 Law Universities in UK 2019 – Best Rated.

15 Best Universities in UK to Study Law 2019A league table has revealed that UK has the top world universities to study law according to reputation. Attending a high-ranking university can provide graduates with better paid jobs, because top ranked universities are often looked on more favorably on Cvs.  Below are best universities in UK that offers  law.

Top 15 Law Universities in UK 2018Top 15 Law Universities in UK

1. University of Oxford

The Faculty of Law, Oxford is the law school of the University of Oxford which has a history of over 800 years of teaching and writing law. It is unique in its use of personalized tutorials, in which students are taught by faculty fellows in groups of one to three on a weekly basis, as the main form of instruction in its undergraduate and graduate courses. It offers the largest doctoral programme in Law in the English-speaking world.

2. University of Cambridge

The Faculty of Law, Cambridge is the law school of the University of Cambridge. The Faculty is one of the world’s oldest and finest law schools, renowned for the quality of its teaching and its cutting-edge legal research, particularly in international law. It is regularly ranked as the best law school in the United Kingdom by major national league tables. In September 2017, it was ranked the second best law school in the world

3. University of Edinburgh

Edinburgh Law School, founded in 1707, is a school within the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom dedicated to research and teaching in law. Known today as Edinburgh Law School, it is located in the historic Old College, the original site of the University. The School is near George Square and the University’s central campus, not far from Edinburgh Castle and the Royal Mile, and also finds itself at the heart of the Scottish legal system, with Parliament House, home to the High Court of Justiciary, and the Court of Session nearby

4. Birmingham City University

The Faculty Law and was established in 2008 as part of the re-organization in Birmingham City University, England from full-time undergraduate to postgraduate level and PhD. The School of Law was the first to offer undergraduate and postgraduate students the opportunity for study placements with death penalty appeal advocates in the USA, and an HND programme in Legal Studies in partnership with local further education colleges.

The Pioneering the Legal Advice and Representation Unit gives students the opportunity to handle legal cases, such as employment issues, welfare benefit appeals, housing and consumer problems and criminal injuries compensation appeals, under supervision. The university offers seven courses with four joint-honor combinations. Grades of entry for all undergraduate courses are between AAB-ABB

5. University College London

The UCL Faculty of Laws is the law school of University College London (UCL). It is one of UCL’s 11 constituent faculties and is based in London, United Kingdom. It is one of the world’s leading law schools, and ranked 8th globally in the 2018 Times Higher Education World University Rankings for Law.

Established in 1826, the Faculty was the first law school in England to admit students regardless of their religion, and the first to admit women on equal terms with men. The Faculty currently has a student body comprising around 650 undergraduates, 350 taught graduates and around 40 research (MPhil/PhD) students and offers a variety of undergraduate and graduate degrees

6. New York University

The New York University School of Law is the law school of New York University. Established in 1835, it is the oldest law school in New York City. The school offers J.D., LL.M., and J.S.D. degrees in law, and is located in Greenwich Village, in downtown Manhattan.

NYU Law is regarded as one of the most prestigious and selective law schools in the world. It is currently ranked the second best Law school in the World by Shanghai’s Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) by subject Law. And it is consistently ranked in the top 5 by the QS World University Rankings. U.S. News & World Report currently ranks NYU Law 6th in the nation[5] and has ranked the law school.

7. University Of Virginia

The University Of Virginia School Of Law (Virginia Law or UVA Law) was founded in Charlottesville in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson as one of the original subjects taught at his “academical village,” the University of Virginia. Virginia Law is the fourth-oldest active law school in the United States and the second-oldest continuously operating law school. The law school offers the J.D., LL.M., and S.J.D. degrees in law and hosts visiting scholars, visiting researchers and a number of legal research centers.

Virginia Law is perennially regarded as one of the 10 most prestigious law schools in the United States. U.S. News & World Report currently ranks Virginia Law as tied for eighth in the nation with Michigan, in 2009, and in 2011, ranked Virginia Law as sixth among major law firm recruiters. In the 2010 Super Lawyers Law School Rankings, Virginia Law ranks fourth in the nation. In the 2015 Above the Law rankings, Virginia Law ranked sixth in the nation

8. The University of Law

The University of Law (ULaw) (formerly the College of Law) is a for-profit, private university in the United Kingdom, providing law degrees, specialist legal training, and continuing professional development courses for British barristers and solicitors. Founded in 1962 as the College of Law, it is the UK’s largest law school. The College of Law was granted degree-awarding powers in 2006, and in 2012 it became the UK’s first for-profit educational institution to be granted university status. ULaw has eight branches across England.

9. University of East Anglia

UEA Law School, founded in 1977, is a school within the University of East Anglia, dedicated to research and teaching in law. It is located in Earlham Hall, a seventeenth-century mansion situated on the edge of the UEA campus. From mid-2010 to early 2014, the school was temporarily located in the Blackdale School Building owing to essential renovation work. In national league tables UEA Law School has most recently been ranked 7th in the UK by The Guardian, placing it as one of the top law schools in the country.

10. University of Dundee

The Dundee Law School at the University of Dundee, Scotland provides undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in Scots and English Law. It is the only institution in the United Kingdom to permit students to qualify into all three UK legal jurisdictions. It is based in the Scrymgeour Building—named for Henry Scrymgeour, a 16th-century legal philosopher from Dundee—the Law Library is based in the libraries building, both on the university’s main campus. An internal reorganisation at the university in 2015 led to the Law School becoming part of the School of Social Sciences.

11. University of Glasgow

The School of Law at the University of Glasgow provides undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Law, and awards the degrees of Bachelor of Laws (Legum Baccalaureus, LL.B.), Master of Laws (Iuris Vtriusque Magistrum, LL.M.), LLM by Research, Master of Research (M.Res.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Philosophiæ Doctor, Ph.D.), the degree of Doctor of Laws being awarded generally only as an honorary degree. There are forty-nine full-time academic staff[1] and over one thousand students.

12. Durham University

Durham Law School is the law school of Durham University. Durham is ranked joint 40th in the world for law by the 2017 QS World University Rankings by Subject.

Durham Law School graduates currently sit on the UK Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, in government and in Parliament as well as other leading roles. Small group teaching in tutorials taught in academic staff offices and seminars are a central part of the School’s award winning legal education and unique for most law schools. Durham Law School has particular research strengths in the areas of Public Law & Human Rights, Commercial & Corporate Law, EU & International Law and Biolaw.

13. King’s College London

The Dickson Poon School of Law is the law school of King’s College London, and one of the nine Schools of Study of the College. It is situated on the Strand in the East Wing of Somerset House, in close proximity to the Royal Courts of Justice and the four Inns of Court in the heart of London’s legal quarter.

The School was ranked as the 18th most prestigious institution for the research and teaching of law in the world. Following a donation of £20 million by Sir Dickson Poon in 2012, the School was renamed in his honour. In early 2016, students from The Dickson Poon School of Law beat over 550 Law schools from over 80 countries to win the 57th annual UK

14. University of Aberdeen

The School of Law at the University of Aberdeen dates back to the University’s foundation in 1495.[1] Today, it is one of the largest law schools in Scotland, admitting some two hundred and fifty students each year, as well as over forty international exchange students.[1] The School offers both undergraduate and taught and research postgraduate degrees, as well as the Diploma in Legal Practice and Professional Competence Course

15. University of Bristol

Bristol Law School (BLS), formerly known as the Faculty of Law, is an academic school at the University of the West of England. Not to be confused with University of Bristol Law School.

Established in 1969, Bristol Law School has since grown into one of the largest law schools in England and Wales with nearly two thousand students enrolled (seventeen hundred full-time students). The School provides both academic and professional legal studies, and benefits from the largest University library in the South West. It also has a number of mock court rooms.

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