| Sydney Law School | |
|---|---|
 New Law School building | |
| Parent school | University of Sydney |
| Established | 1855 |
| School type | Public |
| Dean | Simon Bronitt |
| Location | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Enrollment | 2,310 (2019)[1] |
| Faculty | 106 (2020)[2] |
| Website | sydney.edu.au/law |
Sydney Law School (informally Sydney Law or SLS) is the law school at the University of Sydney, Australia's oldest university. Sydney Law School began a full program of legal instruction in 1890 following the appointment of its first dean, having offered legal examinations since 1855.[3]
Sydney Law School is widely regarded as being one of Australia's top law schools. In 2022, QS World University Rankings ranked the law school 16th in the world (3rd nationally, 2nd in Sydney, 4th in Asia-Pacific).[4] In 2016, the Social Science Research Network ranked the law school as first in Australia and fifth in the world in the number of downloads of academic papers which have been uploaded to its website.[5] Sydney Law School has won the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition on a record six occasions: in 1996, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2017 and 2021.[6]
The law school has produced many leaders in law and politics, including six Prime Ministers, four Federal Opposition Leaders, two Governors-General, eleven Federal Attorneys-General, and 20 out of 56 justices of the High Court (plus five from the broader University)—more than any other law school in Australia.[7] The school has also produced 24 Rhodes Scholars and several Gates Scholars.
In 2010, the School replaced its graduate-entry Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree with the Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree. The LL.B. degree remains as part of an undergraduate double degree program. Today, it has approximately 1,700 LL.B. and J.D. students,[8] 1,500 postgraduate coursework students, and 100 postgraduate research students. There are now 24 chairs, including the Challis Professors of Law, Jurisprudence and International Law.
- ^ "University of Sydney 2019 Annual Report" (PDF). University of Sydney.
- ^ "Sydney Law School website - Academic Staff".
- ^ The University of Sydney. History - Sydney Law School. Retrieved 14 May 2013
- ^ "QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022: Law". Top Universities. QS.
- ^ "SSRN Top 500 International Law Schools". Social Science Research Network, Top 500 International Law Schools List. 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
- ^ "International Law Students Association: The Future of International Law: Jessup Archives". International Law Students Association.
- ^ Wikipedia - List of law schools attended by Australian High Court justices.
- ^ Law, Faculty of. "History of the Sydney Law School". sydney.edu.au. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
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