University of Edinburgh School of Law
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| Established | 1707 (Regius Chair of Public Law and the Law of Nature and Nations) |
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| Head of School | Professor Richard Sparks |
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Administrative staff
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67 academic |
| Location | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Offer Rate | 21.4% |
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| Affiliations | Part of the College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Website | www.law.ed.ac.uk |
Coordinates: 55°56′50.6″N 3°11′13.9″W / 55.947389°N 3.187194°W
The University of Edinburgh Law School, founded in 1707, is a school within the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom dedicated to research and teaching in law. Known today as Edinburgh Law School, it is located in the historic Old College, the original site of the University. The School is near George Square and the University's central campus, not far from Edinburgh Castle and the Royal Mile, and also finds itself at the heart of the Scottish legal system, with Parliament House, home to the High Court of Justiciary, and the Court of Session nearby. Two of the twelve currently sitting Supreme Court of the United Kingdom justices are graduates of Edinburgh. The offer rate for the 2013–2014 admissions cycle was 21.4%. Edinburgh Law includes undergraduate LLB and post-graduate LLB programs, along with LLM, MSc and PhD programs.
In 2010, the Guardian University Guide ranked Edinburgh Law School as the fourth best law school in the UK and the best in Scotland. In 2014, the Research Excellence Framework commissioned by the UK government, ranked Edinburgh University 1st in Scotland and 4th in the UK. Also in 2014, the newspaper The Telegraph ranked Edinburgh Law 6th in the United Kingdom.
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