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York Law School

York Law School

League rankings, stats and brags
  • Top 25 in the UK for Law, according to Guardian University Guide 2023
  • 12th in the UK for Law, according to CUG (Complete University Guide) 2024
  • Secured £17.5 million from the European Regional Development Fund in Yorkshire and the Humber

Research Excellence Framework

  • A top 25 law school in the UK according to the Times Higher Education's ranking of the latest REF results (2021)
    • More than 85% of research outputs are of 3* or 4* quality, REF's highest ratings
Facilities and key information

Undergraduate and postgraduate

  • Based within a new state-of the art Law and Management Building - situated in Campus East - on the Heslington East development.
  • Lecture and seminar spaces, including a Harvard style lecture theatre and a coffee bar on the ground floor.
  • Innovative problem-based learning suite on the first floor has been specially designed to facilitate the teaching style of the Law School, consisting of a large flexible space, with 10 syndicate rooms for the law ‘firms’ opening onto it.
  • Contains its own Baroness Hale Legal Clinic, a working, active legal clinic that provides free legal advice and help to anyone.

Undergraduate-specific

  • A key feature of our course is problem-based learning - a modern, dynamic learning method that ensures you experience and understand law in its practical, social and theoretical contexts.

Postgraduate-specific

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