The Faculty is regarded as one of the best in the UK. In 2017, UCL Laws was ranked 8th globally in the 2018 "Times Higher Education World University Rankings" for Law. In 2009 the Independent University Guide ranked the quality of teaching at the Faculty joint first in the UK alongside the University of Oxford. During a recent peer-review assessment conducted by "The Sunday Times", the Faculty recorded perfect scores for teaching and research quality, confirming its reputation as one of UCL's most outstanding departments.