Durham Law

e.r.i.n.

Hi, I have received an offer to study law at Durham and, though I chose not to apply to London unis as it isn't personally the university experience I am after, I am concerned that Durham is not an impressive enough university for law as someone wanting to work in big law in the future. Any thoughts?

Reply 1

MerrineGexko27

From the top of my head Durham is one of the top unis for law in the UK. Also, looking at UK uni law league tables it’s always in the top 10. Durham is also a pretty impressive name in general, but this is mostly for the UK rather than internationally, so if you want to work outside of the UK then maybe it’s not the most impressive uni, but inside the UK it’s one of the biggest names

Reply 2

DurhamRep Rosie

Official Rep

Original post

by e.r.i.n.

Hi there,

I thought I'd give you some general information and statistics about how Durham University ranks for Law, to hopefully help your decision. 🙂

Durham Law School is ranked:

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3rd in The Complete University Guide 2026

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4th in The Guardian best UK universities 2026

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4th in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2026

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57 in the QS World University Rankings by subject 2025

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The prestigious QS ranking of world universities ranks Durham Law School among the top 60 law schools in the world.

Graduates include many of the profession’s leading figures, among them current or former members of the UK Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal, and the High Court, as well as Members of Parliament, King’s Counsel (KC), partners in major international law firms, and General Counsel to listed companies. 😊

You can read accounts of students studying law here, highlighting what makes studying Law at Durham stand out: https://durham-student.org/whats-it-like-studying-law-2/.

I hope this helps, let me know if you have any questions!
-Rosie (DU Representative)