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Our reputation

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The School of Law is one of the leading law schools in the UK and is home to an international community of world-leading academics, attracting students from across 40 countries.

Since being established in 1899, the School has shaped the intellectual and practical development of law and public policy on both a national and international scale. Our global impact has ranged from improving professional practice and reshaping law and policy across Europe, to providing consultancy to the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.

Our academics have also been internationally recognised among the top 50 most influential individuals in the tax world, in addition to high-level state honours from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and his late Majesty King Birendra of Nepal.

We have an established reputation for stimulating teaching which supports and inspires students to develop into highly-skilled law professionals, which is one of the reasons why our graduates are highly targeted by leading employers. Our students also greatly benefit from a network of professional and academic partnerships – collaborating and sharing practice with guest lecturers and prestigious visitors as part of our ever-expanding international community.

School of Law rankings

University of Leeds rankings

Gender equality

We have been commended for our strong and continued commitment to gender equality in the form of a prestigious Athena SWAN Bronze award. 

Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021

Every six years, the UK’s four higher education funding bodies undertake an exercise to measure the quality of research undertaken by UK higher education institutions (HEIs). The funding bodies use the outcomes to inform the allocation of their research funding to HEIs. The Research Excellence Framework was the framework used in 2021.