Following is the ranking of top law schools in the UK:
The top 20 UK law schools:
1 Cambridge
2 Oxford
3 UCL
4 Edinburgh
5 King's College London
6 London School of Economics
7 Warwick
8 Birmingham
9 Queen Mary
10 Glasgow
11 Durham
12 SOAS
13 Dundee
14 Nottingham
15 Bristol
16 Exeter
17 Lancaster
17 Manchester
19 Aberdeen
20 Southampton
Source: Guardian 2010
League Table 2004:
Rank, Name, Guardian teaching score/100
1 Oxford 87
2 Cambridge 83
3 University College London 78
4 King's Col, London 77
5 London Schl of Economics 76
6 Nottingham 75
7 Durham 74
8 Schl of Oriental & African Studies 74
9 Warwick 72
10 Manchester 71
11 Bristol 70
12 Leicester 69
13 Queen's Belfast 69
14 Northumbria Uni at Newcastle 67
15 Birmingham 66
16 Edinburgh 65
17 Sheffield 65
18 City 65
19 Essex 64
20 Queen Mary, London 64
21 Sunderland 64
22 Dundee 64
23 Oxford Brookes 63
24 West of England 63
25 Middlesex 63
26 Wales, Aberystwyth 63
27 Exeter 62
28 Nottingham Trent 62
29 Derby 62
30 Keele 62
31 East Anglia 61
32 East London 61
33 Kingston 61
34 Abertay Dundee Uni 61
35 Ulster 60
36 Westminster 59
37 Stirling 59
38 Liverpool 59
39 Lincoln 58
40 Kent at Canterbury 58
41 Lancaster 58
42 Reading 58
43 Southampton 58
44 Thames Valley 57
45 Leeds 57
46 Luton 57
47 Newcastle 57
48 Bournemouth 57
49 South Bank 56
50 Leeds Metropolitan 56
51 Cardiff 56
52 Central England 56
53 Glasgow 56
54 Manchester Metropolitan 56
55 Southampton Institute 56
56 Plymouth 56
57 Aberdeen 55
58 Edge Hill Col of HE 55
59 Wales, Bangor 55
60 Brunel 55
61 Hull 55
62 Napier 55
63 Sussex 55
64 Wolverhampton 55
65 Glasgow Caledonian 54
66 APU 53
67 Huddersfield 53
68 Wales, Swansea 53
69 Buckinghamshire Chilterns Uni Col 53
70 De Montfort 53
71 Greenwich 52
72 Strathclyde 52
73 Staffordshire 52
74 Bell Col of Tech 52
75 Coventry 51
76 Sheffield Hallam 51
77 Portsmouth 51
78 Glamorgan 51
79 Hertfordshire 51
80 Central Lancashire 51
81 Liverpool John Moores 51
82 Teesside 50
83 Bradford 50
84 Surrey 49
85 Swansea Institute of HE 44
86 Uni Col Northampton 44
Source: Guardian 2004
* Next: Top Law Schools in Scotland
The top 20 UK law schools:
1 Cambridge
2 Oxford
3 UCL
4 Edinburgh
5 King's College London
6 London School of Economics
7 Warwick
8 Birmingham
9 Queen Mary
10 Glasgow
11 Durham
12 SOAS
13 Dundee
14 Nottingham
15 Bristol
16 Exeter
17 Lancaster
17 Manchester
19 Aberdeen
20 Southampton
Source: Guardian 2010
League Table 2004:
Rank, Name, Guardian teaching score/100
1 Oxford 87
2 Cambridge 83
3 University College London 78
4 King's Col, London 77
5 London Schl of Economics 76
6 Nottingham 75
7 Durham 74
8 Schl of Oriental & African Studies 74
9 Warwick 72
10 Manchester 71
11 Bristol 70
12 Leicester 69
13 Queen's Belfast 69
14 Northumbria Uni at Newcastle 67
15 Birmingham 66
16 Edinburgh 65
17 Sheffield 65
18 City 65
19 Essex 64
20 Queen Mary, London 64
21 Sunderland 64
22 Dundee 64
23 Oxford Brookes 63
24 West of England 63
25 Middlesex 63
26 Wales, Aberystwyth 63
27 Exeter 62
28 Nottingham Trent 62
29 Derby 62
30 Keele 62
31 East Anglia 61
32 East London 61
33 Kingston 61
34 Abertay Dundee Uni 61
35 Ulster 60
36 Westminster 59
37 Stirling 59
38 Liverpool 59
39 Lincoln 58
40 Kent at Canterbury 58
41 Lancaster 58
42 Reading 58
43 Southampton 58
44 Thames Valley 57
45 Leeds 57
46 Luton 57
47 Newcastle 57
48 Bournemouth 57
49 South Bank 56
50 Leeds Metropolitan 56
51 Cardiff 56
52 Central England 56
53 Glasgow 56
54 Manchester Metropolitan 56
55 Southampton Institute 56
56 Plymouth 56
57 Aberdeen 55
58 Edge Hill Col of HE 55
59 Wales, Bangor 55
60 Brunel 55
61 Hull 55
62 Napier 55
63 Sussex 55
64 Wolverhampton 55
65 Glasgow Caledonian 54
66 APU 53
67 Huddersfield 53
68 Wales, Swansea 53
69 Buckinghamshire Chilterns Uni Col 53
70 De Montfort 53
71 Greenwich 52
72 Strathclyde 52
73 Staffordshire 52
74 Bell Col of Tech 52
75 Coventry 51
76 Sheffield Hallam 51
77 Portsmouth 51
78 Glamorgan 51
79 Hertfordshire 51
80 Central Lancashire 51
81 Liverpool John Moores 51
82 Teesside 50
83 Bradford 50
84 Surrey 49
85 Swansea Institute of HE 44
86 Uni Col Northampton 44
Source: Guardian 2004
* Next: Top Law Schools in Scotland