School of Law, Gender and Media


Overview
The School of Law is the only one of its kind in the UK - dedicated to legal systems and legal challenges of the developing world, with complementary strengths in human rights, international law and institutions, environmental law and international trade and commerce.
We have unrivalled expertise and produce world-leading research in comparative law (China, Africa, South/South-East Asia, the Middle East), complemented by specialists in international and transnational law, human rights, transnational commercial law, environmental law and socio-legal method.
The Centre for Gender Studies and Centre for Global Media and Communications are vibrant research units associated with the School that host their own masters programmes.
We host six specialist law centres: Centre for Law in Asia, Centre for the Study of Colonialism, Empire and International Law, Centre for Human Rights Law, Centre for Islamic and Middle Eastern Law, Law, Environment and Development Centre and Centre for AI Futures.
Facts and figures
1st in UK
REF 2021 (Research Outputs)
6th in UK
REF 2021
Top 20 in the UK
QS World University Rankings 2023