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10 Best Law Schools in the United Kingdom

Below is a list of the best law schools found in the United Kingdom

1. University of Law

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The University of Law prides itself as one of the oldest educational institutions in the UK for legal studies.

Its foundation dates back to 1876 when the leading tutorial firm Gibson and Weldon was established. Since then, their role and contribution to the national legal system has been massive, producing some of the most notable lawmakers.

The University of Law in the UK offers a wide range of study programs in a variety of law and business disciplines.

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2. University of Cambridge

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The Faculty of Law, Cambridge is the law school of the University of Cambridge.

The study of law at the University of Cambridge began in the thirteenth century and the faculty of law sits the oldest law professorship in the English-speaking world. That is, the Regius Professorship of Civil Law, which was founded by Henry VIII in 1540. The programme has a stipend of £40 per year for which the holder is still chosen by The Crown.

Today, the faculty incorporates the Institute of Criminology as well as 11 Research Centres, including the world’s leading research institute for international law.

The faculty has 31 professors, six readers, and over 70 other universities. The student body comprises about 700 undergraduate and 250 postgraduate students.

It is also home to the Cambridge University Law Society, which is the largest student-run law society in the United Kingdom and one of the largest in the world.

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3. University of Oxford

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The University of Oxford Faculty of Law is the law school of the University of Oxford. It has a history of over 800 years in the teaching and learning of law.

Oxford’s law school is currently ranked first in the world in the 2019 Times Higher Education World University Rankings.

Along with its counterpart at Cambridge, it is unique in its use of personalised tutorials, whereby 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.

Further, it offers the largest doctoral programme in Law in the English-speaking world.

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Address: Oxford OX1 2JD, United Kingdom

Phone: +44 1865 270000

Acceptance rate: 17.5% (2015)

Founded: 1096, Oxford, United Kingdom

Undergraduate tuition and fees: 9,250 GBP (2017 – 18)

Total enrollment: 25,820 (Dec 2020)

4. Glasgow University

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The School of Law at the University of Glasgow provides undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Law. 

It also awards the degrees of Bachelor of Laws, Master of Laws, Master of Research (MRes) and Doctor of Philosophy. The degree of Doctor of Laws is warded generally only as an honorary degree.

Further, there are forty-nine full-time academic staff and over one thousand students. The current Head of the School of Law is Professor Jane Mair.

In the 2019 “Complete University Guide league” rankings, Glasgow was placed 2nd in the UK while the 2019 rankings from “The Guardian”  placed Glasgow 9th in the UK. In the 2018 rankings of “the times,” Glasgow was placed 4th in the UK.

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5. London School of Economics

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The London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university located in London, England. It is a constituent college of the federal University of London.

Founded in 1895, LSE joined the University of London in 1900 and established its first degree courses under the auspices of the university in 1901.

The institution began awarding its degrees under its own name in 2008, prior to which it was awarding degrees of the University of London.

Despite its name, the school is organised into 25 academic departments and institutes which conduct teaching and research across a range of pure and applied social sciences.

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6. University of Aberdeen

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The University of Aberdeen School of Law is the law school found in the University of Aberdeen, located in Aberdeen, Scotland.

Established in 1495, Aberdeen has been consistently ranked among the top 10 law schools in the United Kingdom.

Today, it is one of the oldest, largest and most selective law schools in Scotland, admitting some two hundred and fifty students each year, as well as over forty international exchange students.

The 2021 “Complete University Guide”  league rankings placed Aberdeen at 6th in the UK. In the 2019 league ranking by “the time,” it was placed 7th in the UK.

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7. University of York

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The University of York is a collegiate research university, located in the city of York, England.

Established in 1963, the university has expanded to more than thirty departments and centres, thus covering a wide range of subjects.

York is one of the first plate-glass universities to be established in the 1960s and runs a distinctive collegiate system with 10 colleges as of 2021. An eleventh college is under construction currently and is planned to open in 2022.

In 2012, York joined the Russell Group of research-intensive British universities.

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8. King’s College, London

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King’s College London (informally King’s or KCL) is a public research-based university located in London, England.

It was established by the royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of King George IV and the Duke of Wellington.

In 1836, it became one of the two founding colleges of the University of London and it is also one of the oldest university-level institutions in England.

King’s college is often ranked among the best and most prestigious universities in the world.

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9. University of Dundee

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The Dundee Law School is the law school of the University of Dundee which is located in Scotland.

This institution provides undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and teaches both Scots and English law. This thus permits students to qualify into all three United Kingdom legal jurisdictions.

The law school traces its roots to the University of St. Andrews and has placed in the top 15 law schools in the UK on the University League Tables.

The school is based in the Scrymgeour Building—named after Henry Scrymgeour, a 16th-century legal philosopher from Dundee.

On the other hand, the law Library is based in the library’s building, which is both on the university’s main campus. The Law School is part of the wider School of Social Sciences at Dundee.

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10. University College, London

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The UCL Faculty of Laws is the law school of University College, London (UCL). UCL is actually part of the federal University of London.

The faculty of law at UCL is one of the university’s 11 constituent faculties and is based in London, United Kingdom.

UCL is one of the world’s leading law schools, and this year (2022), it was ranked 6th globally in the 2022 “Times Higher Education World University Rankings” for Law.

Established in 1826, the Faculty was the very first law school in England to admit students regardless of their religion, and the first to also admit women on equal terms with men.

Currently, the faculty has a student body that comprises of around 650 undergraduates, 350 taught graduates and around 40 research (MPhil/PhD) students.

Further, UCL also publishes a number of journals. This is inclusive of “Current Legal Problems,” “Current Legal Issues,” and the “UCL Journal of Law and Jurisprudence.”

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