On October 25, 2021, SoftTech, a professional institution for higher education evaluation, officially released the 2021 SoftTech Ranking of China's Best Disciplines. The ranking list includes 96 first-level disciplines, with 4992 disciplines from 486 universities on the list. Among them, 106 universities are ranked in the list of law disciplines, and Southeast University Law School ranks in the top 10% with 258 points.

The Law School of Southeast University has become one of the important bases for the cultivation of legal talents in China, and has formed disciplinary advantages and characteristics that match the construction of Double First Class.

The purpose of China's best disciplines ranking is to analyze the level and development trend of each discipline in universities. The index system of Soft Science China Best Academic Ranking includes five index categories: talent cultivation, scientific research projects, achievements and awards, academic papers and academic talents, with 17 index dimensions, more than 50 objective quantitative indexes reflecting the competitiveness of academic disciplines, involving more than 100 observation variables. In order to respond to the national requirements for higher education reform and development and education evaluation in the new era, Soft Science has optimized the index system of China's best disciplines ranking, especially focusing on the problem of hats only in talent evaluation. In the 2021 ranking, the talent statistics of senior academic authorities, middle-aged leading experts, young top talents and academic backbone of liberal arts under the category of academic talents are no longer limited to the recipients of talent titles, but also include experts and scholars such as the bearers of major projects and accomplished persons of major achievements in the talent statistics, with actual Contribution as the talent standard.