The School has 20 doctoral researchers, most working with the Transitional Justice Institute or Ulster Law Clinic.
In the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) process in 2008, Ulster was ranked 13th out of 64 Law submissions in the UK.
In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework(REF) 2014 Law at Ulster University was ranked 4th overall in the UK (based on GPA).
The School is home to the Ulster Law Clinic, Transitional Justice Institute, and Legal Innovation Centre.
It offers free legal advice on social security and employment law.
The programme has also been highly commended, being shortlisted for the LawWorks & Attorney General Award 2016, for best pro bono student activity in the UK and only law school in the UK to receive a nomination for The Hague Institute for the Internationalisation of Law ‘Justice Innovation’ 2014.