| Shanghai Ranking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2017 - Law |
| World Rank | Institution* | Country | Total Score | Score on PUB |
| 1 | Harvard University | United States | 351.4 | 100 |
| 2 | New York University | United States | 236.3 | 88.1 |
| 3 | Columbia University | United States | 230.8 | 81.9 |
| 4 | University of Chicago | United States | 229.9 | 74.1 |
| 5 | Yale University | United States | 210.9 | 77.3 |
| 6 | Georgetown University | United States | 195.9 | 71.7 |
| 7 | The George Washington University | United States | 187.5 | 68.4 |
| 8 | University of Pennsylvania | United States | 187.3 | 71.6 |
| 9 | University of Oxford | United Kingdom | 185.1 | 83.5 |
| 10 | Duke University | United States | 179.2 | 58.6 |
| 11 | University of California, Berkeley | United States | 174.1 | 69.7 |
| 12 | The University of Texas at Austin | United States | 173.8 | 49.1 |
| 13 | Florida State University | United States | 171.8 | 57 |
| 14 | University of Cambridge | United Kingdom | 169.2 | 86.9 |
| 15 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | United States | 168.2 | 64.9 |
| 16 | London School of Economics and Political Science | United Kingdom | 159.5 | 61.7 |
| 17 | Northwestern University | United States | 158.9 | 62.2 |
| 18 | Stanford University | United States | 151.4 | 67.9 |
| 19 | Fordham University | United States | 143.9 | 52.1 |
| 20 | Washington University in St. Louis | United States | 143.4 | 40.4 |
| 21 | University of Virginia | United States | 141.1 | 61.6 |
| 22 | Arizona State University | United States | 140 | 60.1 |
| 23 | University of California, Los Angeles | United States | 137.5 | 59.3 |
| 24 | University of Toronto | Canada | 137.3 | 65.3 |
| 25 | University of Southern California | United States | 136.2 | 49.7 |
| 26 | University of Minnesota, Twin Cities | United States | 134.6 | 63.3 |
| 27 | University of California, Irvine | United States | 132.6 | 55.2 |
| 28 | Monash University | Australia | 132.4 | 66.2 |
| 29 | George Mason University | United States | 129.6 | 54.5 |
| 30 | Vanderbilt University | United States | 129.3 | 54.8 |
| 31 | Boston University | United States | 128.8 | 59.9 |
| 32 | University College London | United Kingdom | 128 | 60.5 |
| 33 | The University of Georgia | United States | 126.9 | 40.7 |
| 34 | Simon Fraser University | Canada | 126.1 | 52.1 |
| 34 | University of Amsterdam | Netherlands | 126.1 | 60.2 |
| 36 | Cornell University | United States | 125.6 | 55.8 |
| 37 | The University of New South Wales | Australia | 124.8 | 61.8 |
| 38 | Griffith University | Australia | 123.9 | 56.9 |
| 39 | The Australian National University | Australia | 122.6 | 60.8 |
| 40 | Michigan State University | United States | 121.9 | 55.1 |
| 41 | King's College London | United Kingdom | 121.8 | 60.1 |
| 42 | University of Cincinnati | United States | 121.5 | 52.5 |
| 43 | McGill University | Canada | 120.8 | 41.8 |
| 44 | Sam Houston State University | United States | 120.3 | 50.8 |
| 45 | University of Denver | United States | 120.1 | 37.3 |
| 46 | Indiana University Bloomington | United States | 119 | 56.8 |
| 46 | The University of Texas at Dallas | United States | 119 | 44.6 |
| 48 | University of Washington | United States | 118.9 | 51.6 |
| 49 | University of Nottingham | United Kingdom | 118.3 | 59 |
| 50 | University of Maryland, College Park | United States | 117.9 | 49.8 |
| 51-75 | Carleton University | Canada | | 42.3 |
| 51-75 | Emory University | United States | | 44.7 |
| 51-75 | European University Institute | Italy | | 59.4 |
| 51-75 | Iowa State University | United States | | 35.3 |
| 51-75 | John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY) | United States | | 46.7 |
| 51-75 | KU Leuven | Belgium | | 50.1 |
| 51-75 | Leiden University | Netherlands | | 56.2 |
| 51-75 | Pennsylvania State University - University Park | United States | | 49.9 |
| 51-75 | Rutgers University-Newark | United States | | 44.2 |
| 51-75 | The Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Israel | | 45.7 |
| 51-75 | The University of Edinburgh | United Kingdom | | 57.3 |
| 51-75 | The University of Hong Kong | China-Hong Kong | | 57.1 |
| 51-75 | The University of Manchester | United Kingdom | | 52.3 |
| 51-75 | The University of Melbourne | Australia | | 58.8 |
| 51-75 | University of Birmingham | United Kingdom | | 55.5 |
| 51-75 | University of British Columbia | Canada | | 44.7 |
| 51-75 | University of Connecticut | United States | | 36.8 |
| 51-75 | University of Florida | United States | | 43.7 |
| 51-75 | University of Illinois at Chicago | United States | | 51.9 |
| 51-75 | University of Leicester | United Kingdom | | 55.6 |
| 51-75 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | United States | | 44.2 |
| 51-75 | University of South Florida | United States | | 46.7 |
| 51-75 | University of Sydney | Australia | | 56.3 |
| 51-75 | Utrecht University | Netherlands | | 51.8 |
| 51-75 | VU University Amsterdam | Netherlands | | 51 |
| 76-100 | American University | United States | | 42.7 |
| 76-100 | Deakin University | Australia | | 45.5 |
| 76-100 | Florida International University | United States | | 35.1 |
| 76-100 | Ghent University | Belgium | | 46.1 |
| 76-100 | Maastricht University | Netherlands | | 44.5 |
| 76-100 | Northeastern University | United States | | 44.3 |
| 76-100 | Princeton University | United States | | 39.8 |
| 76-100 | Saint Louis University | United States | | 38.6 |
| 76-100 | Temple University | United States | | 43.2 |
| 76-100 | The Ohio State University - Columbus | United States | | 36.2 |
| 76-100 | The University of New Mexico - Albuquerque | United States | | 27.7 |
| 76-100 | The University of Queensland | Australia | | 46.6 |
| 76-100 | The University of Sheffield | United Kingdom | | 49.5 |
| 76-100 | Tilburg University | Netherlands | | 49.5 |
| 76-100 | University at Albany (State University of New York) | United States | | 43.7 |
| 76-100 | University of Arizona | United States | | 39 |
| 76-100 | University of California, Davis | United States | | 37.8 |
| 76-100 | University of Iowa | United States | | 47.7 |
| 76-100 | University of Kent | United Kingdom | | 47.1 |
| 76-100 | University of Notre Dame | United States | | 46.1 |
| 76-100 | University of Oslo | Norway | | 45.3 |
| 76-100 | University of Ottawa | Canada | | 45.4 |
| 76-100 | University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Campus | United States | | 44.7 |
| 76-100 | University of Portsmouth | United Kingdom | | 43.1 |
| 76-100 | University of Wisconsin - Madison | United States | | 44.1 |