1. UCL, LSE
2. Durham, KCL, Bristol
3. Nottingham, Manchester, Edinburgh (Scots law), Warwick
4. Southampton, Exeter, QMUL,
5. Leeds, SOAS, Glasgow
6. Sheffield, York,
7. Birmingham, Leicester, Newcastle,
8. Brighton, Reading, Essex, Cardiff, Aberdeen, Sussex
This is what I personally used, based on graduate salaries, QS rankings, entry requirement standards and general opinions and sentiments I saw. It’s super difficult to decide, it took me so long to come up with this list lol.
This is not a 100% accurate list as it’s pretty subjective. People will probably agree with me on tiers 1 and 2 but the rest is up to personal opinion. I would definitely not use it as a deciding factor because ultimately I don’t think employers actually have rankings like this lmao. Some sources to use though:
https://www.chambersstudent.co.uk/where-to-start/newsletter/law-firms-preferred-universities-2019https://www.legalcheek.com/2020/08/this-is-how-much-you-stand-to-earn-as-a-law-grad-uni-by-uni/amp/However again, those are not entirely accurate. Some unis have smaller cohorts so they will be underrepresented in the first ranking. Graduates from london unis tend to stay in London, hence higher salaries.