To help you make the big decisions about the institute at which you study, we're compiling up to date rankings for academic departments both European and Worldwide. If you're looking for a law school, there is a huge number of historical and prestigious institutions to choose from. We're compiled a list of the twenty best Law Departments in Europe for 2015, covering the institutions which are known across the world for the high quality of their teaching. If you're looking further afield as well, we'll be covering the top Law Departments Worldwide in a subsequent post.

1. Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
2. Law Faculty, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
3. Department of Law, London School of Economics, United Kingdom
4. Faculty of Law, University College London, United Kingdom
5. Leiden Law School, University of Leiden, the Netherlands
6. Faculty of Law, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany
7. Faculty of Law, KU Leuven, Belgium
8. Faculty of Law, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
9. School of Law, Nottingham, United Kingdom
10. Edinburgh Law School, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
11. School of Law, Queen Mary University, United Kingdom
12. Durham Law School, Durham University, United Kingdom
13. School of Law, University of Warwick, United Kingdom
14. Law Faculty, University of Hamburg, Germany
15. University of Bristol Law School, University of Bristol, United Kingdom
16. Faculty of Law, Maastricht University, the Netherlands
17. Faculty of Law, Lund University, Sweden
18. Faculty of Law, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
19. York Law School, University of York, United Kingdom
20. The Dickson Poon School of Law, King's College London, United Kingdom

Compiled from the QS World University Rankings and Guardian University Guide Rankings.