Global Law Rankings 2026
Snapshot 2026-09-16. QS Subject 2026 Law: Harvard 99 No. 1, Oxford 97.6, Cambridge 96.7. THE Law: Stanford 84.7. No blended score.
Snapshot 2026-09-16. The main table is QS Subject 2026 Law, published 25 March 2026 (403 universities). Harvard is first at 99, Oxford 97.6, Cambridge 96.7. Whole-university ranks sit in Global Universities 2026. Firm revenue: global law firms 2026.
QS Subject 2026 Law
Harvard scores 100 on employer reputation and H-index, 99.8 on academic reputation, and 82.8 on citations per paper. Yale is fourth at 94.4, Stanford fifth at 92.8, NUS sixth at 91.8. Six of the top 10 are in the United States. Ties follow the site: UNSW and UCL share 13 at 84; Cornell and UBC share 26 at 80.2. The numbers are copied from the live QS page and are not blended with THE.
| QS | University | Location | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harvard University | United States | 99 |
| 2 | University of Oxford | United Kingdom | 97.6 |
| 3 | University of Cambridge | United Kingdom | 96.7 |
| 4 | Yale University | United States | 94.4 |
| 5 | Stanford University | United States | 92.8 |
| 6 | NUS | Singapore | 91.8 |
| 7 | NYU | United States | 90.4 |
| 8 | Columbia University | United States | 89.4 |
| 9 | LSE | United Kingdom | 88.2 |
| 10 | UC Berkeley | United States | 87.9 |
| 11 | University of Melbourne | Australia | 86.2 |
| 12 | University of Chicago | United States | 84.1 |
| =13 | UNSW Sydney | Australia | 84 |
| =13 | UCL | United Kingdom | 84 |
| 15 | University of Edinburgh | United Kingdom | 83.8 |
| 16 | King's College London | United Kingdom | 83.7 |
| 17 | University of Sydney | Australia | 83.3 |
| 18 | University of Toronto | Canada | 83.2 |
| 19 | Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne | France | 82.2 |
| 20 | University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong SAR | 82.1 |
| 21 | Georgetown University | United States | 81.4 |
| 22 | University of Pennsylvania | United States | 81.2 |
| 23 | Leiden University | Netherlands | 80.7 |
| 24 | University of Tokyo | Japan | 80.5 |
| 25 | ANU | Australia | 80.3 |
| =26 | Cornell University | United States | 80.2 |
| =26 | University of British Columbia | Canada | 80.2 |
| 28 | Peking University | China (Mainland) | 80.1 |
| 29 | Tsinghua University | China (Mainland) | 79.8 |
| 30 | McGill University | Canada | 79.3 |
THE 2026 Law
THE’s line covers constitutional and administrative law, international law, commercial and corporate law, criminal law and legal theory. The 2026 table scores 425 universities in 53 countries and territories. Stanford leads at 84.7, NYU 84.5, Cambridge 83.2. Harvard is sixth on this ruler at 82.3. Melbourne re-enters the top 10 at 80.9. Chicago and Yale share ninth at 80.6.
| THE | University | Location | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stanford University | 美国 | 84.7 |
| 2 | NYU | 美国 | 84.5 |
| 3 | University of Cambridge | 英国 | 83.2 |
| 4 | Columbia University | 美国 | 82.9 |
| 5 | University of Oxford | 英国 | 82.7 |
| 6 | Harvard University | 美国 | 82.3 |
| 7 | UC Berkeley | 美国 | 82.1 |
| 8 | University of Melbourne | 澳大利亚 | 80.9 |
| =9 | University of Chicago | 美国 | 80.6 |
| =9 | Yale University | 美国 | 80.6 |
| 11 | UCL | 英国 | 80.4 |
| 12 | Peking University | 中国内地 | 79.8 |
| 13 | LSE | 英国 | 79.2 |
| 14 | KU Leuven | 比利时 | 78.4 |
| 15 | NUS | 新加坡 | 78.0 |
Chinese mainland and Hong Kong
On QS Law’s top 30: HKU is 20th (82.1), Peking University 28th (80.1), Tsinghua 29th (79.8). On THE Law: Peking University is 12th (79.8), Tsinghua 16th (77.8); Shanghai Jiao Tong and HKU share 27th at 71.1.
| THE | University | Location | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Peking University | 中国内地 | 79.8 |
| 16 | Tsinghua University | 中国内地 | 77.8 |
| =27 | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | 中国内地 | 71.1 |
| =27 | University of Hong Kong | 中国香港 | 71.1 |
How this list is ranked
Snapshot 2026-09-16. The main table is QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026 · Law & Legal Studies, published 25 March 2026 (403 universities). Whole-university tables sit in Global Universities 2026. Chinese undergraduate tables: China Universities 2026. Medicine: Global Medicine 2026. MBA: Global MBA 2026. Firm revenue: global law firms 2026. THE uses Law 2026. Names: docs/glossaries/law-schools-2026-glossary.md.
| Source | Snapshot | Basis | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| QS Subject 2026 Law & Legal Studies | Published 2026-03-25; rechecked 2026-09-16 | 403 universities; Harvard 99; employer reputation / H-index 100, academic reputation 99.8, citations per paper 82.8 | Primary |
| THE Law 2026 | 2026 edition | 425 universities / 53 territories; Stanford 84.7; Melbourne back in the top 10; different ruler from QS | Support |
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