In order to qualify for inclusion in the QS World University Rankings®, - Law 2015, universities must offer a course or the option to specialize in these disciplines, and meet the discipline specific threshold for papers published.
Rank 2015
Rank 2014
Institution
Country
Academic
Employer
Citations
Score
1
1
Harvard University
United States
100
99.5
99.9
100
99.8
2
3
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom
98
99.3
91.3
88.8
96.7
3
2
University of Oxford
United Kingdom
98.7
100
86.7
82.1
96
4
4
Yale University
United States
96.3
89.2
98.7
92.3
93.7
5
5
New York University (NYU)
United States
98.1
78.9
97.5
97.5
92.2
6
6
Stanford University
United States
89.9
92
97.2
88.8
90.7
7
7
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
United Kingdom
91.6
93.3
87.7
81.1
90.3
8
8
The University of Melbourne
Australia
90.7
94.8
85.2
75.5
89.4
9
10
University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
United States
89.6
81.6
93.7
92.9
87.9
10
11
Columbia University
United States
89.8
82.2
92.4
84.8
86.9
11
12
UCL (University College London)
United Kingdom
89.1
82.5
88.8
84.8
86.5
12
9
University of Chicago
United States
86.7
81.9
97.8
90.9
86.4
13
13
The University of Sydney
Australia
85.9
94.8
77.7
68.2
85.5
14
19
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Singapore
86.3
90.3
79.2
69.8
84.7
15
14
The University of New South Wales
Australia
84.2
89.3
81.3
74.2
84.1
16
15
Australian National University
Australia
84.1
87
83.3
71.4
83
17
20
King's College London (KCL)
United Kingdom
82.7
80.6
82.4
75.5
81
18
51-100
Peking University
China
80.8
87.7
80.9
66.5
80.7
19
18
The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
79.8
90.7
74.5
64.6
80.5
20
22
The University of Tokyo
Japan
84.3
88.2
65.3
55.3
80.2
21
21
University of Toronto
Canada
82.2
77.8
82.8
76.7
80.1
22
16
Monash University
Australia
75
90.5
78.6
75.5
79.9
23
23
Leiden University
Netherlands
83.6
75.2
82.4
75.5
79.8
24
17
Georgetown University
United States
81.4
67
96.9
90.9
79.3
25
27
Université, Paris 1 Panthé,on-Sorbonne
France
86
87.5
57.6
45.1
78.9
26
33
McGill University
Canada
79.2
83
80.4
68.2
78.8
27
32
University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom
81.6
76.3
78.5
71.4
78.3
28
31
University of Michigan
United States
76.3
73.1
90.7
85.7
77.5
29
24=
University of Pennsylvania
United States
67.7
82.7
95.8
91.6
77.2
30
26
KU Leuven
Belgium
78
75.4
84.2
74.2
77
31
30
Cornell University
United States
70.3
77.3
100
90.3
76.9
32
35
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
United States
70.3
81.7
92
83.9
76.8
33
28=
The University of Auckland
New Zealand
73.8
89.1
78.5
60.4
76.6
33
36
University of British Columbia
Canada
73.6
78.6
90.3
77.9
76.6
35
34
The University of Nottingham
United Kingdom
75.3
78.3
83.4
72.8
76.2
36
24=
Ruprecht-Karls-Universitä,t Heidelberg
Germany
82.6
77
69
52.4
75.7
37
43
Pontificia Universidad Cató,lica de Chile
Chile
74.4
81.6
73.9
60.4
74.4
38
51-100
Universidad Nacional Autó,noma de Mé,xico (UNAM)