Top Australian universities for law fall in global ranking

Four of the five Australian universities that offer the best law programs have fallen in a global ranking.

This year’s edition of the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2020: Law list included 18 Australian universities. They are:

• The University of Melbourne [10]
• The University of Sydney [13]
• The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney) [14]
• The Australian National University [17]
• Monash University [35]
• The University of Queensland [39]
• The University of Western Australia [51-100]
• University of Technology Sydney [51-100]
• Griffith University [101-150]
• Macquarie University [101-150]
• Queensland University of Technology [101-150]
• The University of Adelaide [101-150]
• University of Wollongong [101-150]
• Curtin University [201-250]
• Deakin University [201-250]
• La Trobe University [251-300]
• The University of Newcastle, Australia (UON) [251-300]
• University of Tasmania [251-300]

Last year, The University of Melbourne was sixth, The University of Sydney was 12th, The Australian National University was 15th, and Monash University was 31st. Also experiencing a decline this year were The University of Adelaide, which was in the 51-100 bracket last year; Deakin University, which was in the 151-200 group; and La Trobe University, which was in 201-250.

Not making this year’s list are Bond University, University of Canberra, and Western Sydney University.  The number of Australian universities only declined by one because of Curtin University and The University of Newcastle, Australia (UON) entering the rankings.

Three universities also performed better in the global rankings. The University of Queensland rose from 43rd, and Griffith University and University of Wollongong both climbed from 151-200.

The 25 best universities for law around the world are:

1. Harvard University
2. University of Oxford
3. University of Cambridge
4. Yale University
5. Stanford University
6. The London School of Economics
7. University of California, Berkeley
8. Columbia University
9. New York University
10. The University of Melbourne
11. University of Chicago
12. National University Singapore
13. The University of Sydney
14. The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney)
15. King’s College London
16. University College London
17. The Australian National University
18. Georgetown University
19. The University of Hong Kong
20. = The University of Tokyo

20. = The University of Toronto

22. The University of Edinburgh
23. Peking University
24. Leiden University
25. Université Paris 1 Panthéon – Sorbonne