Edinburgh Law School
Edinburgh Law School, founded in 1707, is a school within the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom dedicated to research and teaching in law. It is located in the historic Old College, the original site of the University. Two of the twelve currently sitting Supreme Court of the United Kingdom justices are graduates of Edinburgh, including the current President and Deputy President.
| Established | 1707 (Regius Chair of Public Law and the Law of Nature and Nations) | |||||||||||||||
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| Head of School | Jo Shaw | |||||||||||||||
Academic staff | 290 | |||||||||||||||
Administrative staff | 54 | |||||||||||||||
| Students | 1,930 | |||||||||||||||
| Undergraduates | 955 | |||||||||||||||
| Postgraduates | 980 | |||||||||||||||
| Location | , Scotland 55°56′50.6″N 3°11′13.9″W | |||||||||||||||
| Offer rate | 2018 undergraduate offer rate by fee status: 27% (Scotland/EU), 20% (rest of UK), 61% (overseas), 89% (graduate entry) | |||||||||||||||
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| Affiliations | Part of the College of Humanities and Social Science | |||||||||||||||
| Website | www.law.ed.ac.uk | |||||||||||||||
In 2014, the Research Excellence Framework commissioned by the UK government, ranked the University of Edinburgh 1st in Scotland and 4th in the UK. The 2022 league table rankings from The Guardian placed Edinburgh at 10th in the UK. The 2022 Complete University Guide league rankings placed Edinburgh at 8th in the UK. The 2018 The Times league rankings placed Edinburgh at 11th in the UK. Edinburgh Law School was placed 17th in the world and 6th in the UK for law in the 2023 QS World University Rankings by Subject: Law & Legal Studies.