Top Law Schools in Europe

The European continent does not have homogeneous characteristics, as disparities are present in several aspects such as natural landscapes, climate, politics and culture. The continent has several ways of being regionalized, one of which is classified in Western and Eastern Europe.

Some scholars on the subject, through spatial, economic and cultural analysis, carry out a classification of the continent in four distinct areas: Western, Northern, Central-Eastern and Southern Europe fall. Regionalization before and mainly after the Second World War generated an abstract frontier. This means the emergence of an ideological barrier between two groups of countries that make up the same continent.

With the decline of the USSR, and also of socialism, several autonomous republics that made up the Soviet territory emerged, however, independence did not guarantee an effective insertion in the market economy stemming from the legacy of the productive system of the planned economy that prevailed in the USSR, which failed to keep up with the other economies.

Northern Europe is located at the northern end of the continent. This area has the coldest climate in all European territory. The countries located in this part of Europe are: Norway, Sweden (Scandinavian peninsula), Denmark, in addition to the new Republics of the former Soviet Union – Latvia and Lithuania, Finland. These countries have the main economic activities in fishing and logging. This restriction is due to climatic conditions that compromise, for example, agricultural production.

Central-Eastern Europe is constituted by the group of countries of the former Soviet Union that had their independence. They have culturally great complexity and ethnic-cultural diversity, such as the Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary, in addition to Ukraine, Georgia and Azerbaijan.

Southern Europe is bathed by the Mediterranean Sea, located on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal, Spain and Greece are present in this region, which in history have been centers of dispersal of cultures. Portugal and Spain were responsible for unraveling the continents of Africa and, mainly, South America.

If you consider pursing a law degree and decide to study in Europe, then you’ve come to the right place. Here, we provide rankings for all law schools in Europe based on alumni reviews, graduate employment rate, faculty and student ratio, admissions acceptance rates, etc. In addition to the European rankings, you can also see where each school is ranked world wide.

From the following table, you can see the top five are from U.K.. They are: Oxford University, University of Cambridge, London School of Economics and Political Science, UCL, and King’s College London. In total, there are 34 law schools that are top ranked in the world. Among the remaining 107 programs, 15 are from Italy, 14 are from Germany, 13 are from Spain, 9 are from Netherlands and France respectively, 8 are from Switzerland, 7 are from Belgium, and the other 32 are from Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovenia, and Sweden.

Europe Rankings	World Rankings	Law School	Nation
1	2	University of Oxford	United Kingdom
2	3	University of Cambridge	United Kingdom
3	7	The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)	United Kingdom
4	16	UCL	United Kingdom
5	19	King’s College London	United Kingdom
6	25	Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne	France
7	26	Leiden University	Netherlands
8	29	The University of Edinburgh	United Kingdom
9	32	Queen Mary University of London	United Kingdom
10	36	Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München	Germany
11	37	KU Leuven	Belgium
12	41	University of Amsterdam	Netherlands
13	42	Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin	Germany
14	48	Durham University	United Kingdom
15	55	ETH Zurich – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology	Switzerland
16	56	European University Institute	Italy
17	57	Freie Universitaet Berlin	Germany
18	61	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Russia
19	62	Maastricht University	Netherlands
20	64	Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg	Germany
21	65	Sapienza University of Rome	Italy
22	66	Sciences Po	France
23	69	The University of Manchester	United Kingdom
24	70	University of Nottingham	United Kingdom
25	71	The University of Warwick	United Kingdom
26	73	Tilburg University	Netherlands
27	74	Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin	Ireland
28	75	Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M)	Spain
29	76	Complutense University of Madrid	Spain
30	79	Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna	Italy
31	80	Universität Frankfurt am Main	Germany
32	81	Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiburg	Germany
33	82	University of Vienna	Austria
34	83	Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain)	Belgium
35	84	Universite libre de Bruxelles	Belgium
36	85	University Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas	France
37	86	University College Dublin	Ireland
38	87	University of Bristol	United Kingdom
39	88	University of Geneva	Switzerland
40	89	Ghent University	Belgium
41	90	University of Glasgow	United Kingdom
42	91	University of Oslo	Norway
43	95	University of Zurich	Switzerland
44	96	Utrecht University	Netherlands
45	101	Cardiff University	United Kingdom
46	103	Erasmus University Rotterdam	Netherlands
47	107	Lund University	Sweden
48	117	Queen’s University Belfast	United Kingdom
49	120	Sorbonne University	France
50	121	Stockholm University	Sweden
51	122	Universidad Autónoma de Madrid	Spain
52	123	University of Navarra	Spain
53	126	Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore	Italy
54	127	University of Milan	Italy
55	128	Universitat de Barcelona	Spain
56	129	Universität Hamburg	Germany
57	130	Universitat Pompeu Fabra	Spain
58	133	University College Cork	Ireland
59	134	University of Birmingham	United Kingdom
60	138	University of Groningen	Netherlands
61	139	University of Helsinki	Finland
62	140	University of Leeds	United Kingdom
63	144	University of St.Gallen (HSG)	Switzerland
64	147	Uppsala University	Sweden
65	148	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam	Netherlands
66	150	Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster	Germany
67	154	Central European University	Hungary
68	162	National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE University)	Russia
69	163	Université PSL	France
70	166	Saint Petersburg State University	Russia
71	167	SOAS University of London	United Kingdom
72	172	The University of Sheffield	United Kingdom
73	173	Universidad de Sevilla	Spain
74	177	Università di Padova	Italy
75	178	University of Rome “Tor Vergata”	Italy
76	179	University of Trento	Italy
77	180	University of Cologne	Germany
78	181	Université de Fribourg	Switzerland
79	182	Université de Strasbourg	France
80	184	University of Antwerp	Belgium
81	185	University of Basel	Switzerland
82	186	University of Bern	Switzerland
83	188	University of Essex	United Kingdom
84	191	University of Kent	United Kingdom
85	192	University of Lausanne	Switzerland
86	193	University of Leicester	United Kingdom
87	194	University of Lisbon	Portugal
88	195	University of Liverpool	United Kingdom
89	199	University of York	United Kingdom
90	200	Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)	Belgium
91	202	Aarhus University	Denmark
92	205	Copenhagen Business School	Denmark
93	206	Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen	Germany
94	208	University of Göttingen	Germany
95	209	Jagiellonian University	Poland
96	214	Luiss University	Italy
97	215	Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University)	Russia
98	217	National University of Ireland Galway	Ireland
99	218	Newcastle University	United Kingdom
100	220	Oxford Brookes University	United Kingdom
101	221	Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn	Germany
102	223	Swansea University	United Kingdom
103	228	University of Granada	Spain
104	230	University of Salamanca	Spain
105	231	University of Florence	Italy
106	232	University of Turin	Italy
107	233	Università degli studi Roma Tre	Italy
108	234	Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona	Spain
109	235	Universitat de Valencia	Spain
110	236	Aix-Marseille University	France
111	237	Université de Montpellier	France
112	238	Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense	France
113	240	University of Aberdeen	United Kingdom
114	242	University of Bergen	Norway
115	244	University of Coimbra	Portugal
116	245	The University of Exeter	United Kingdom
117	247	University of Southampton	United Kingdom
118	248	University of Warsaw	Poland
119	250	WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business)	Austria
120	253	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	Greece
121	254	Birkbeck, University of London	United Kingdom
122	256	Charles University	Czech Republic
123	257	City, University of London	United Kingdom
124	266	Mykolas Romeris University	Lithuania
125	267	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens	Greece
126	269	Radboud University	Netherlands
127	274	Universidad Pontificia Comillas	Spain
128	277	University of Genoa	Italy
129	278	University of Naples – Federico II	Italy
130	279	University of Pisa	Italy
131	280	Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg	Germany
132	281	Universität Mannheim	Germany
133	284	University of Deusto	Spain
134	287	Université de Liège	Belgium
135	288	University of Limerick	Ireland
136	289	University of Ljubljana	Slovenia
137	290	University of Luxembourg	Luxembourg
138	293	University of Strathclyde	United Kingdom
139	294	University of Sussex	United Kingdom
140	295	University of Tartu	Estonia
141	299	University of Turku	Finland

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Gibraltar

Gibraltar, British colony on a limestone cliff at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula at the entrance to the Mediterranean; 6.5 km², 29,000 residents (2015). The east side of the 426 m high peninsula is steep. On the evenly sloping west side down towards Bahía de Algericas is the capital, Gibraltar, with the harbor protected behind large piers.

Gibraltar is connected to Spain by a low, narrow sand bar, La Línea. Here is the colony’s airport. The peninsula has only a few deposits of groundwater, which is why water supply solved by collecting rainwater. Banking, finance and insurance, as well as e-commerce, are of economic importance.

Tourism

Gibraltar is a sought-after excursion destination for day tourists, and arrangements are made, among other things. bus trips from southern Spanish resort towns. Customs control is thorough, so waiting time must be expected. After passing the customs checkpoint, the road leads into the city of Gibraltar across the airport runway, which is cordoned off with barriers.

The city of Gibraltar is reminiscent of a small English provincial town with small shops and pubs. Only in the new district by the harbor is there a large supermarket (2017).

Gibraltar’s biggest attraction is the cliff itself with the associated nature reserve Upper Rock Nature Reserve at an altitude of just over 400 m, which inhabited by a colony of Berber monkeys (macaques) and over 300 bird species. The Upper Rock Nature Reserve can be reached via small minibuses or by cable car.

Of other attractions, e.g. mention the tunnel system and the stalactite cave St. Michael’s Cave in the Rock, a large cannon, 100 Tonne Gun, from 1870, reminiscent of the former guarding of the Strait of Gibraltar, a Moorish castle complex and Europe’s southernmost mosque.

History

The area, called Calpe in antiquity, was considered in ancient mythology as one of Hercules ‘ two pillars; the other was Abila (now Jabal Musa) in North Africa.

When the Arabs invaded the Iberian Peninsula 710-11, the area was named Jabal Tariq ‘Mountain of Tariq’ after the commander Tariq. Gibraltar was then under Moorish rule until in 1462 it was conquered by Christian Spain. The English occupied Gibraltar in 1704 during the War of the Spanish Succession, and at the Peace of Utrecht in 1713, British ownership of the area was recognized.

Spain has made numerous attempts at a recapture, all without success. In 1969, General Francisco Franco closed the border and stopped all communication between Spain and Gibraltar; a referendum in 1967 had yielded a large majority for continued affiliation with Britain. In 1985, all border restrictions were lifted, and in 1993, Spain and the United Kingdom resumed negotiations on the area.

In 2002, Britain proposed sharing sovereignty over Gibraltar with Spain. However, the proposal met with strong opposition from the population, who demanded a vote on the matter.

The British naval base

The British established Gibraltar as a naval base shortly after the conquest in 1704 and expanded and strengthened it until the end of World War II. The naval base consolidated Britain’s dominance as a naval power; with Gibraltar not only did they have the key to the Mediterranean with control of the Strait of Gibraltar, they also had a strong base between hereditary enemy France’s two major naval ports, Brest and Toulon, by which the French navy was effectively divided.

With the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869, the Mediterranean became a major route between Europe and the East, and Britain could now protect its own shipping from Gibraltar and the other strong Mediterranean base in Malta and control other states’ shipping on the colonies in the East.

During the two world wars, Gibraltar was a very important base for the Allies, but due to the post-war relinquishment of the colonies in the East and the sharp reduction of the British navy, Gibraltar has lost its strategic importance.

The origin of man

In Gibraltar, two Neanderthal skulls have been found

The find of one skull was published in 1848 and is thus one of the earliest finds of ancient humans. It is about a young adult, probably a woman, with a brain volume of approximately 1270 cm ³, which is believed to have lived during the last interglacial period (Eem, 130,000-150,000 years before now).

The second skull was found in 1926 just 350 m from the first site. Despite the size of 1400 cm ³, it originates from a three- or four-year-old child, presumably from the beginning of the last ice age.