LSE Law Research Excellence Framework REF Results
RESEARCH IMPACT CASE STUDY

Protecting the human rights of refugees and displaced persons - Chaloka Beyani

RESEARCH IMPACT CASE STUDY

Making waste treatment a safer business - Julia Black & Robert Baldwin

RESEARCH IMPACT CASE STUDY

Making the world a better, safer place for women - Christine Chinkin

RESEARCH IMPACT CASE STUDY

Giving consumers the right to private redress over scams - Hugh Collins

RESEARCH IMPACT CASE STUDY

Aligning anti-terrorism laws with criminal law and human rights - Conor Gearty

RESEARCH IMPACT CASE STUDY

Rethinking EU law governing international investment treaties - Jan Kleinheisterkamp

RESEARCH IMPACT CASE STUDY

Reforming England's libel law - Andrew Scott

LSE Law has excelled once again in UK's nationwide assessment of research quality, impact and environment which is undertaken every six-seven years. The published results show that LSE Law is the UK's number one law school for legal research.

In the overall ranking when adjusted for the percentage of an institution's faculty that was submitted to REF 2014 (institutions may select how many staff they wish to submit) LSE is by some distance the number one UK Law School for research quality.

 

Overall League Table

 


The REF assessment takes place according to a quality scale from 1* to 4*, with 4* representing world leading research quality. In REF 2014 LSE Law had the highest percentage of 4* publications of any UK institution and was in first place in the overall outputs table.

 

Outputs League Table


 


REF also provides an assessment of the impact of our research on policy and law making. Here again LSE Law excelled and was positioned in first place.
 

Impact League Table