Continuing on with our coverage of the latest law school rankings for 2018/2019, we now present the most recent Complete University Guide Ranking (or ‘League Tables’) of the best UK law schools. According to the 2019 Complete University Guide Ranking, these are the Top 10 best law faculties in the United Kingdom (as always, with last year’s ranking in brackets for purposes of comparison): 1. Cambridge (1) 2. Glasgow (5)…read more →
Spring is traditionally the time when many of the well known university rankings providers publish their latest output. We start today with the Guardian University League Tables for Law 2019. We will provide an overview of other important rankings in future posts. In terms of methodology, the Guardian’s university rankings look at the following performance indicators: Course satisfaction Teaching satisfaction Feedback satisfaction Student/staff ratio Spend per student Average entry tariff…read more →
The US News Best Law Schools Ranking 2019 has recently been published. Like every year, we present the highlights to our readers. As always, we should note that this ranking of US law schools is based on J.D. programs but is still indicative of a law school’s overall quality and reputation and therefore also relevant for LL.M. applicants who are searching for the best program to pursue their LL.M. in…read more →
The QS World University Rankings 2018 has recently been released. This ranking is not subject-specific, although QS also offers such rankings (which we regularly feature on our LLM blog). Still, the general QS Rankings provide helpful guidance and a regular update on which institutions are the global leaders in education. One trend, for example, is that Russian and Chinese universities are rising, although that’s not yet reflected on the very…read more →
Spring and early summer are traditionally the time of year when most university and graduate school rankings are published. Thus, continuing on with our coverage of the latest law school rankings, we now present the latest Complete University Guide Ranking (or ‘League Tables’) of the best UK law schools. According to the 2018 Complete University Guide Ranking, these are the Top 10 best law faculties in the United Kingdom (as…read more →
The US News Law School Ranking 2018 has recently been published. This ranking, which concerns US law schools, is based on J.D. programs but is of course indicative of a school’s overall quality and reputation. Thus, the US News ranking is important for prospective LL.M. candidates who are looking for the best place to pursue their LL.M. in the United States. Here are some highlights for this year’s ranking: Yale…read more →
You may have read in the news that Oxford has become the first UK university to top a global university ranking. This refers to the latest edition of the Times Higher Education (THE) world university rankings, in which Oxford for the first time surpassed the institution that was top ranked the last five years – the California Institute of Technology – and was able to take the number one spot. This is…read more →
Last month, the Guardian has released its latest ranking of UK law schools. The influential “University Guide: Guardian League Table for Law” is now available in its 2017 edition. As usual, this law school ranking still relies on student satisfaction with teaching and feedback; student to staff ratio; spend per student; average student entry tariff; career after six months; and a ‘value added score’ to determine each institution’s placement. As we…read more →
The Complete University Guide’s 2017 League Table for Law has recently been published. As usual, the ranking’s methodology is based on a mix of entry standards, student satisfaction, research quality, output, and prospects for each law schools’ graduate on the job market. According to the latest 2017 Complete University Guide Law League Table/Ranking, these are the United Kingdom’s top 10 best law schools (the results from last year’s ranking are in brackets):…read more →
The US News Law School Ranking 2017 has recently been published. Yale is still ranked as the #1 law school in the U.S., while Harvard and Stanford continue to share the #2 spot. This year’s most notable change is further down in the Top 10, where Michigan is now back at #8 (tied with Berkeley and Virginia) whereas Duke fell to #11. Also, Emory fell out of the Top 20 (now ranked…read more →
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