Best Law School in Every EU Member State
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The European Union is home to some of Europe's oldest and most respected universities, boasting centuries of legal scholarship alongside strong connections to national courts, governments, international organisations, and the legal profession. EU law itself is one of the most influential transnational legal systems in the world.
Because there is no universally accepted ranking that identifies the single best law school in every EU member state, we have curated an editorial selection based on academic reputation, legal scholarship, faculty quality, career outcomes, international recognition, and each institution's standing within its national legal system.
| EU Member State | Best Law School | Why We Selected It |
|---|---|---|
| Austria | University of Vienna Faculty of Law | Austria's leading and oldest law faculty, with exceptional academic tradition and a major role in Austrian legal scholarship. |
| Belgium | KU Leuven Faculty of Law and Criminology | One of Belgium's leading universities with a particularly strong international reputation and extensive legal research. |
| Bulgaria | Sofia University Faculty of Law | Bulgaria's oldest and most prestigious university and a leading centre of legal education and scholarship. |
| Croatia | University of Zagreb Faculty of Law | Croatia's oldest law faculty and the country's leading institution for legal education and research. |
| Cyprus | University of Cyprus Department of Law | Cyprus's leading public university and an important centre for legal education and research. |
| Czech Republic | Charles University Faculty of Law | One of Europe's oldest universities and the Czech Republic's most historically significant law faculty. |
| Denmark | University of Copenhagen Faculty of Law | Denmark's leading university with a highly regarded law faculty and strong legal research reputation. |
| Estonia | University of Tartu School of Law | Estonia's leading university and its most established centre of legal scholarship and education. |
| Finland | University of Helsinki Faculty of Law | Finland's oldest and most internationally recognised university, with a leading position in Finnish legal scholarship. |
| France | Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne School of Law | One of France's most prestigious institutions for legal education and scholarship, with exceptional strength across public and private law. |
| Germany | Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich Faculty of Law | One of Germany's leading research universities, with an outstanding academic and professional reputation in law. |
| Greece | National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Faculty of Law | Greece's oldest university and a historically dominant institution in Greek legal education. |
| Hungary | Eötvös Loránd University Faculty of Law | Hungary's leading university for legal education, with a long history and strong academic reputation. |
| Ireland | Trinity College Dublin School of Law | Ireland's oldest university and one of its most internationally recognised institutions for legal education and scholarship. |
| Italy | University of Bologna Department of Legal Studies | The University of Bologna has one of the world's oldest university traditions and an exceptional historical connection with European legal scholarship. |
| Latvia | University of Latvia Faculty of Law | Latvia's principal national university and a leading centre of legal education and research. |
| Lithuania | Vilnius University Faculty of Law | Lithuania's oldest university and its leading institution for legal education and scholarship. |
| Luxembourg | University of Luxembourg Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance | Luxembourg's national university, with particular strengths in European, international and comparative law. |
| Malta | University of Malta Faculty of Laws | Malta's principal and historically important institution for legal education, reflecting the country's distinctive mixed legal tradition. |
| Netherlands | Leiden University Faculty of Law | One of Europe's most prestigious law faculties, with particularly strong international, public and comparative law traditions. |
| Poland | Jagiellonian University Faculty of Law and Administration | Poland's oldest university and one of Central Europe's most historically important institutions for legal education. |
| Portugal | University of Lisbon Faculty of Law | Portugal's leading law faculty, with a strong academic reputation and major influence on Portuguese legal scholarship and the profession. |
| Romania | University of Bucharest Faculty of Law | Romania's leading and most established institution for legal education and scholarship. |
| Slovakia | Comenius University Faculty of Law | Slovakia's oldest university and a leading institution for legal education and research. |
| Slovenia | University of Ljubljana Faculty of Law | Slovenia's leading law faculty and a major centre for Slovenian legal scholarship and professional education. |
| Spain | Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Faculty of Social Sciences and Law | One of Spain's strongest modern institutions for legal education, with an especially strong reputation in research and international law. |
| Sweden | Lund University Faculty of Law | One of Scandinavia's leading universities, with a highly regarded law faculty and strong international research profile. |
