World University Rankings by Subject 2021: Law

The law subject table uses the same trusted and rigorous performance indicators as the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2021, but the methodology has been recalibrated to suit the discipline.

This year’s table includes 224 universities, up from 190 last year.

View the World University Rankings 2021 by subject: law methodology

Stanford University leads the ranking for the third consecutive year, while the University of Cambridge remains in second. UCL and Harvard University both rise up to enter the top 10 this year, in eighth and ninth place respectively, while the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Toronto fall out of this group.