Numbers grew with the expansion of the legal profession in the 19th century, and by 1830 there were over 200 students attending the Scots Law class alone.

Scholarship amongst the academics at Edinburgh continued to grow in reputation, with the work of Muirhead, Lorimer and Rankine achieving international renown.

In 1909 Eveline MacLaren and Josephine Gordon Stuart became Scotland's first two female law graduates when they each obtained an LL.B degree from Edinburgh.

In 2007 the School celebrated its Tercentenary year, marked by a series of events and of lectures by world-renowned legal experts.

Throughout its history the School (or Faculty) of Law has accommodated some of the leading legal scholars in Europe.

The University of Edinburgh Law Society, known as LawSoc, provides a programme of social events.

For graduate-level students there are a number of subject-specific discussion groups which meet on a regular basis.