Law Schools Worldwide

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Find Law Schools and Programs Worldwide

Explore law degrees, legal studies, and professional courses. Compare institutions by destination, qualification, subject, and study format.

  • 862verified programs
  • 365schools and providers
  • 126countries
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LLB programs

LLB, BA Law and locally named first law degrees, kept under their official titles: a licence en droit is never relabelled as an LLB.

207 verified programs

JD programs

Juris Doctor and other professional law degrees, with delivery format and the approval information each school publishes.

128 verified programs

LLM programs

LLM, Master of Laws and Master of Comparative Law programs by subject, country and delivery format.

259 verified programs

Legal studies degrees

Master of Legal Studies and similar degrees designed for people who do not intend to practise law.

39 verified programs

Law PhD and research degrees

PhD in Law, SJD, JSD and other earned research doctorates. Honorary doctorates are never listed.

67 verified programs

Professional legal training

Practical legal training, bar courses, exam preparation and continuing legal education, kept apart from academic awards.

23 verified programs

United States

Law Schools in the United States

JD, LLM and legal studies programs at US law schools, browsable by state, with online and hybrid formats labelled exactly. US results come first by default; use the sort to see all countries A–Z.

96US law schools and providers100JD programs (see the best JD programs)68LLM programs (see the best LLM programs)43online or hybrid programs

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LLB, JD and LLM: what each is

LLB and first law degrees
The first law degree in many countries, kept under its official title. In most systems it does not by itself qualify its holder to practise.
JD (Juris Doctor)
The professional law degree in the United States, normally taken after a first degree. Bar admission rules are set by each US jurisdiction.
LLM (Master of Laws)
A postgraduate degree for people who already studied law. An LLM does not automatically make an international graduate eligible for a bar examination.

LLB vs JD guideProfessional pathways

Online law programs

Study online, and know what “online” involves

109 verified online or hybrid programs at 61 schools; 71 are listed as fully online. Required campus time is shown on every listing, and remote teaching is not professional recognition: check what the regulator accepts before enrolling.

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Examples of online and hybrid programs

Shown for discovery, not ranked. See the editorial selections for researched picks.

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Editorial selections

Best Law Schools and Programs

Unranked selections with an individual explanation and an official source for every entry. Never sold, and not a league table. How we select.

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Best Law Schools in the USA

15 schools selected

Best JD Programs in the USA

18 programs selected

Best LLM Programs in the USA

14 programs selected

Best Online Law Programs in the USA

11 programs selected

Best Law Schools

12 schools selected

Best LLB Programs

13 programs selected

Best JD Programs

11 programs selected

Best LLM Programs

11 programs selected

Best Online Law Programs

14 programs selected

Best Online LLM Programs

7 programs selected

Selected law schools

From the editorial selection. Not ranked, and sponsors do not take part.

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Browse by US state

All 50 states with listings

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Selected verified programs

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How listings are researched

  1. 1. Confirm the program

    Candidates come from official registers, university lists and catalogues. We confirm the exact award and whether it is a standalone law qualification or a named concentration.

  2. 2. Quote the source

    Every fact is recorded with the official page and a short verbatim quote, plus the date it was checked.

  3. 3. Re-check it live

    A script re-fetches each page and looks for the quote before anything is shown. 862 programs are listed today.

  4. 4. Show what is missing

    Unpublished information stays unpublished. Missing tuition never means free, and no listing implies a right to practise.

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Admissions, funding and qualification guides

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How to Choose a Law School

Questions that separate law programs that look alike: recognition, qualification route, format, cost basis and evidence.

Legal Education for Nonlawyers

Legal studies degrees, certificates and courses for people who work with law but do not intend to practise it.

Online Law Degrees and Professional Recognition

Why remote teaching is not professional recognition, and what to ask the regulator before enrolling in an online law degree.

Applying for an LLM

What LLM applications usually involve: entry requirements, documents, language tests, deadlines and funding.

Law School Tuition and Funding

Why annual, per-credit and whole-program fees cannot be compared, and where law students find funding.

PhD vs SJD/JSD

Research doctorates in law: what the PhD and the SJD or JSD have in common and where schools define them differently.

Questions about this directory

Which programs does this directory include?

Standalone law qualifications (LLB, JD, LLM, legal studies degrees, research doctorates), formally named law concentrations within broader degrees, structured professional legal education and documented short courses. A business degree with one law module is not listed, and honorary doctorates are excluded.

Does a law degree qualify me to practise?

Not by itself. Admission to practice is decided by the regulator of each jurisdiction and often adds examinations, training or supervised practice. Professional eligibility statements appear only on the professional pathway pages, taken from the regulator's own page; elsewhere: professional eligibility must be confirmed with the relevant regulator.

Why are United States schools shown first?

The directory covers every country, and the United States is where most listings are, so US results come first by default and the United States has its own pages. This is a presentation choice, not a quality ranking: switch the sort to A–Z across all countries at any time.

How are the Best lists made?

They are unranked editorial selections chosen on documented legal education (recognition, scholarship and research, faculty, clinics, curriculum, support and transparency), each entry with its own explanation and an official source. They are never sold, and sponsorship plays no part.

Where does the information come from?

From each institution's own program, admissions and fee pages, and from regulator and accreditor registers. Every fact carries a source and a date, and a quote that cannot be found on the live page is withheld.