Law League Table 2019
A Law degree will teach you about the legal systems that underpin society. This table includes Comparative Law, Public Law and Medical Law.
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| Rank | University Name | Entry Standards |
Student Satisfaction
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Research Quality
Research Quality
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Graduate Prospects
Graduate Prospects
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Overall Score
Overall Score
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| 1st | 0 | Cambridge | 226 | 4.31 | 3.31 | 92 | 100.0 | Profile Courses | |
| 2nd | 3 | Glasgow | 233 | 4.15 | 2.96 | 82 | 97.2 | Profile Courses | |
| 3rd | 1 | Oxford | 207 | 4.08 | 3.23 | 85 | 97.0 | Profile Courses | |
| 4th | 1 | London School of Economics | 207 | 3.94 | 3.40 | 85 | 97.0 | Profile Courses | |
| 5th | 5 | Aberdeen | 200 | 4.11 | 2.76 | 92 | 96.5 | Profile Courses | |
| 6th | 2 | University College London | 204 | 3.80 | 3.32 | 87 | 96.5 | Profile Courses | |
| 7th | 1 | Durham | 208 | 4.14 | 3.34 | 83 | 96.3 | Profile Courses | |
| 8th | 8 | Dundee | 188 | 4.27 | 2.79 | 90 | 95.8 | Profile Courses | |
| 9th | 0 | King's College London | 210 | 3.87 | 3.44 | 82 | 95.7 | Profile Courses | |
| 10th | 3 | Edinburgh | 197 | 3.89 | 3.18 | 86 | 95.6 | Profile Courses | |
| 11th | 3 | York | 173 | 4.37 | 3.32 | 85 | 95.4 | Profile Courses | |
| 12th | 1 | Nottingham | 184 | 4.20 | 3.17 | 81 | 95.3 | Profile Courses | |
| 13th | 5 | Bristol | 189 | 4.06 | 3.25 | 79 | 95.0 | Profile Courses | |
| 14th | 1 | Leeds | 168 | 4.36 | 3.27 | 79 | 94.5 | Profile Courses | |
| 15th | 9 | Strathclyde | 213 | 3.92 | 2.83 | 76 | 94.4 | Profile Courses | |
| 16th | 4 | Warwick | 180 | 3.90 | 3.23 | 81 | 94.1 | Profile Courses | |
| 17th | 0 | Queen's, Belfast | 154 | 3.92 | 3.17 | 88 | 93.9 | Profile Courses | |
| 18th | 1 | Kent | 147 | 4.18 | 3.14 | 84 | 93.8 | Profile Courses | |
| 19th | 1 | Exeter | 172 | 4.06 | 3.07 | 83 | 93.7 | Profile Courses | |
| 20th | 7 | Lancaster | 154 | 4.02 | 3.06 | 85 | 93.7 | Profile Courses | |
| 21st | 6 | Queen Mary, University of London | 169 | 3.96 | 3.09 | 82 | 93.1 | Profile Courses | |
| 22nd | 9 | Manchester | 170 | 3.80 | 2.96 | 83 | 93.0 | Profile Courses | |
| 23rd | 6 | Sussex | 151 | 4.10 | 2.68 | 85 | 93.0 | Profile Courses | |
| 24th | 2 | Reading | 144 | 3.94 | 2.85 | 86 | 92.9 | Profile Courses | |
| 25th | 3 | Sheffield | 155 | 3.95 | 3.23 | 82 | 92.8 | Profile Courses | |
| 26th | 5 | Birmingham | 155 | 3.89 | 2.97 | 83 | 92.7 | Profile Courses | |
| 27th | 2 | East Anglia (UEA) | 162 | 4.13 | 2.97 | 76 | 92.3 | Profile Courses | |
| 28th | 2 | Abertay | 150 | 4.54 | 1.63 | 88 | 92.1 | Profile Courses | |
| 29th | 11 | Newcastle | 177 | 3.97 | 2.81 | 73 | 92.1 | Profile Courses | |
| 30th | 2 | Keele | 116 | 4.08 | 2.88 | 88 | 92.0 | Profile Courses | |
| 31st | 9 | Leicester | 145 | 3.97 | 2.92 | 80 | 91.9 | Profile Courses | |
| 32nd | 9 | Portsmouth | 125 | 4.14 | 2.89 | 82 | 91.8 | Profile Courses | |
| 33rd | 16 | Stirling | 172 | 4.15 | 2.68 | 71 | 91.7 | Profile Courses | |
| 34th | 4 | Essex | 116 | 3.68 | 2.92 | 92 | 91.6 | Profile Courses | |
| 35th | 12 | Glasgow Caledonian | 182 | 3.76 | 2.29 | 84 | 91.4 | Profile Courses | |
| 36th | 1 | Southampton | 153 | 3.90 | 2.74 | 80 | 91.4 | Profile Courses | |
| 37th | 3 | Swansea | 122 | 4.14 | 2.70 | 84 | 91.3 | Profile Courses | |
| 38th | 2 | Cardiff | 158 | 3.95 | 3.20 | 73 | 91.3 | Profile Courses | |
| 39th | 3 | Birkbeck, University of London | 99 | 3.82 | 2.96 | 87 | 90.7 | Profile Courses | |
| 40th | 7 | Liverpool | 148 | 3.90 | 2.91 | 75 | 90.6 | Profile Courses | |
| 41st | 5 | Manchester Metropolitan | 127 | 4.36 | 2.83 | 75 | 90.5 | Profile Courses | |
| 42nd | 8 | Robert Gordon | 165 | 3.98 | 2.18 | 78 | 90.3 | Profile Courses | |
| 43rd | 20 | SOAS University of London | 150 | 3.72 | 2.91 | 73 | 89.9 | Profile Courses | |
| 44th | 10 | Brunel University London | 133 | 3.83 | 2.53 | 74 | 89.5 | Profile Courses | |
| 45th | 7 | Nottingham Trent | 139 | 4.06 | 2.37 | 79 | 89.5 | Profile Courses | |
| 46th | 10 | Hull | 125 | 3.93 | 2.50 | 78 | 89.5 | Profile Courses | |
| 47th | 20 | London South Bank | 94 | 4.33 | 2.67 | 76 | 89.2 | Profile Courses | |
| 48th | 20 | Middlesex | 109 | 4.07 | 2.76 | 75 | 89.1 | Profile Courses | |
| 49th | 6 | Surrey | 164 | 3.87 | 2.54 | 68 | 89.1 | Profile Courses | |
| 50th | 6 | Lincoln | 122 | 4.10 | 2.32 | 79 | 89.1 | Profile Courses | |
| 51st | 6 | Ulster | 128 | 4.15 | 3.33 | 60 | 89.0 | Profile Courses | |
| 52nd | 13 | Aston | 138 | 4.06 | 3.07 | 64 | 88.7 | Profile Courses | |
| 53rd | 16 | City, University of London | 140 | 3.89 | 2.75 | 70 | 88.5 | Profile Courses | |
| 54th | 6 | Bangor | 129 | 4.17 | 2.34 | 69 | 88.4 | Profile Courses | |
| 55th | 5 | West of England, Bristol | 117 | 4.09 | 2.38 | 76 | 88.1 | Profile Courses | |
| 56th | 6 | De Montfort | 108 | 4.09 | 2.42 | 77 | 88.0 | Profile Courses | |
| 57th | 4 | Northumbria | 134 | 3.87 | 2.48 | 74 | 88.0 | Profile Courses | |
| 58th | 8 | Westminster | 118 | 3.85 | 2.50 | 75 | 87.8 | Profile Courses | |
| 59th | 14 | Liverpool John Moores | 136 | 4.08 | 2.48 | 68 | 87.8 | Profile Courses | |
| 60th | 3 | Aberystwyth | 113 | 3.90 | 2.61 | 71 | 87.7 | Profile Courses | |
| 61st | 10 | Coventry | 114 | 4.02 | 2.01 | 75 | 87.6 | Profile Courses | |
| 62nd | 4 | Buckingham | 121 | 4.25 | n/a | 81 | 87.6 | Profile Courses | |
| 63rd | 11 | Plymouth | 124 | 4.26 | 2.77 | 59 | 87.4 | Profile Courses | |
| 64th | 5 | Central Lancashire | 133 | 4.06 | 2.36 | 66 | 87.4 | Profile Courses | |
| 65th | 2 | Salford | 120 | 4.34 | 2.66 | 63 | 87.3 | Profile Courses | |
| 66th | 4 | Edge Hill | 119 | 4.02 | 2.37 | 66 | 87.3 | Profile Courses | |
| 67th | 4 | Sheffield Hallam | 117 | 4.12 | 2.72 | 64 | 87.2 | Profile Courses | |
| 68th | 4 | Greenwich | 133 | 4.25 | 1.65 | 69 | 87.1 | Profile Courses | |
| 69th | 3 | St Mary's, Twickenham | 111 | 4.16 | n/a | 82 | 87.0 | Profile Courses | |
| 70th | 16 | Sunderland | 107 | 4.03 | 1.63 | 77 | 86.7 | Profile Courses | |
| 71st | 9 | Huddersfield | 127 | 3.99 | n/a | 78 | 86.6 | Profile Courses | |
| 72nd | 3 | Bournemouth | 117 | 3.74 | 2.65 | 69 | 86.6 | Profile Courses | |
| 73rd | 3 | Bradford | 127 | 4.02 | n/a | 77 | 86.5 | Profile Courses | |
| 74th | 10 | Gloucestershire | 115 | 4.04 | n/a | 80 | 86.5 | Profile Courses | |
| 75th | 20 | Oxford Brookes | 110 | 3.93 | 2.28 | 69 | 86.4 | Profile Courses | |
| 76th | 11 | Edinburgh Napier | 170 | 3.88 | n/a | 65 | 86.3 | Profile Courses | |
| 77th | 4 | Staffordshire | 112 | 4.14 | 2.33 | 65 | 86.0 | Profile Courses | |
| 78th | 14 | East London | 107 | 4.03 | 2.59 | 62 | 85.9 | Profile Courses | |
| 79th | 16 | West London | 109 | 4.38 | n/a | 72 | 85.9 | Profile Courses | |
| 80th | 0 | Birmingham City | 118 | 4.00 | 2.25 | 64 | 85.8 | Profile Courses | |
| 81st | 12 | Derby | 102 | 3.56 | 2.10 | 78 | 85.7 | Profile Courses | |
| 82nd | 3 | Hertfordshire | 106 | 4.12 | n/a | 76 | 85.6 | Profile Courses | |
| 83rd | 5 | Teesside | 110 | 4.11 | 2.99 | 53 | 85.4 | Profile Courses | |
| 84th | 9 | Solent | 95 | 4.52 | n/a | 71 | 85.4 | Profile Courses | |
| 85th | 5 | Bedfordshire | 77 | 4.46 | 1.87 | 66 | 85.1 | Profile Courses | |
| 86th | 1 | Leeds Beckett | 101 | 4.01 | 1.92 | 68 | 84.8 | Profile Courses | |
| 87th | 26 | Brighton | 112 | 3.65 | 2.84 | 60 | 84.6 | Profile Courses | |
| 88th | 5 | Chester | 109 | 3.77 | n/a | 75 | 84.6 | Profile Courses | |
| 89th | 4 | South Wales | 122 | 4.24 | n/a | 61 | 84.3 | Profile Courses | |
| 90th | 1 | Anglia Ruskin | 94 | 4.20 | 2.08 | 57 | 84.2 | Profile Courses | |
| 91st | New | Wolverhampton | 101 | 4.02 | 1.73 | 62 | 83.9 | Profile Courses | |
| 92nd | 10 | Kingston | 111 | 3.79 | n/a | 69 | 83.8 | Profile Courses | |
| 93rd | 16 | Buckinghamshire New | 98 | 4.38 | n/a | 60 | 83.3 | Profile Courses | |
| 94th | 6 | Liverpool Hope | 97 | 4.03 | n/a | n/a | 83.0 | Profile Courses | |
| 95th | 1 | Bolton | 102 | 3.94 | n/a | 61 | 82.4 | Profile Courses | |
| 96th | 2 | Winchester | 105 | 3.91 | n/a | 56 | 81.6 | Profile Courses | |
| 97th | 0 | West of Scotland | 134 | 3.76 | n/a | 48 | 81.3 | Profile Courses | |
| 98th | 4 | Canterbury Christ Church | 113 | 3.96 | 1.70 | 40 | 81.3 | Profile Courses | |
| 99th | 1 | London Metropolitan | 91 | 3.59 | 1.37 | 64 | 81.3 | Profile Courses | |
| 100th | 11 | Cumbria | 81 | 4.49 | n/a | 49 | 81.0 | Profile Courses | |
| 101st | 2 | Northampton | 96 | 3.91 | n/a | 53 | 80.7 | Profile Courses | |
Notes
This table was revised on 24 May 2018 and includes corrections and omissions reported to us by universities after publication in April. The rankings of some institutions have changed as a result.
Read University and Subject League Table Methodology to find where the data comes from, how the tables are compiled, and explanations of the measures used.
The following institutions have courses in this subject but insufficient data to be included in the ranking: Leeds Trinity, Plymouth Marjon, Roehampton, Royal Holloway, University of London and Worcester.
Measures
The maximum scores for the measures shown are as follows:
- Entry Standards: No maximum
- Student Satisfaction: 5.00
- Research Quality: 4.00
- Graduate Prospects: 100
- Overall Score: 100.0
All measures used to compile the tables are available on the full table.