Higher Education Institutions are encouraged to become strategic partners of the DPR through Top Indonesian Law Schools 2026

JAKARTA - Hukumonline again appreciates law schools through the Top Indonesian Law Schools 2026.

This award is given as a form of appreciation for the contribution of universities in the development of education and the Indonesian legal ecosystem.

Hukumonline Chief Media & Engagement Officer Amrie Hakim said the award was a form of appreciation for the contribution of academicians in advancing education and legal literacy in Indonesia.

"Higher education is not merely a place to transfer knowledge, but a space for the growth of critical thinking, integrity, and intellectual courage," said Amrie in a speech at the Top Indonesian Law Schools 2026 which took place at the Ashley Tanah Abang Hotel, Jakarta, Thursday, August 13.

This year, Hukumonline has improved the ranking methodology by distinguishing universities based on their type, namely universities and non-universities.

The assessment includes the number of Golden Alumni of the Bachelor of Law (S1) Study Program, BAN-PT accreditation, SINTA Score, and international reputation.

The Top Indonesian Law Schools 2026 ranking is divided into regional and national categories. The regional category includes the best law PTN and PTS in the Western, Central, and Eastern regions.

Meanwhile, the national categories include the National Best Law Campus 2026, the National Leading Non-University Law Campus 2026, the National Best State Law University 2026, and the National Best Private Law University 2026.

Beyond the ranking size, the role of universities in building legal quality is also one of the issues that emerged in the series of events.

Because, universities do not only play a role in producing legal scholars. In the midst of increasingly complex regulatory issues, campuses can become a source of knowledge, data, and expertise that help the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR RI) produce better quality laws.

The Head of the DPR RI Expertise Agency, Prof. Bayu Dwi Anggono, said that universities, especially legal higher education, have a wide collaboration space with the DPR RI in carrying out the function of legislation.

The collaboration is needed to strengthen the scientific foundation while ensuring that the policies formed are related to community needs.

"Actually, the role of universities, higher education in law can collaborate with us in the DPR RI, one of whose functions is the legislative function," he said.

Bayu places universities as an important part of the policy-making ecosystem because campuses have mandates for education, research, and community service.

Academics can be involved in the formulation of the concept of academic manuscripts and draft laws, expert discussions, public consultations, to the provision of research results to strengthen the basis for the preparation of regulations.

Furthermore, universities can also conduct surveys on draft laws and provide input through hearings to the DPR RI Expert Agency.

"Universities as channels for public aspirations and needs based on objective and scientific expertise," is one of the frameworks used by Bayu in mapping the urgency of collaboration between campuses and the DPR RI.

This role is becoming increasingly important because regulatory issues can no longer be answered from one discipline. Universities have the opportunity to bring together various expertise to help lawmakers understand issues from a legal, economic, social, technological, and other relevant fields.

Bayu said that the results of university research could be used further to support the legislative process. Not only at the initial stage of drafting academic texts, but also in the evaluation of existing laws.

The cooperation includes monitoring and reviewing the implementation of laws, legislative analysis, budget analysis, state financial accountability, to foreign legislative analysis.

Thus, universities do not stop as a source of input. Knowledge generated through research can be part of the policy cycle, from formulation, discussion, to evaluation of regulations.

"How does the collaboration that we have built have an impact on the quality of legislation," he explained.

The role of universities also continues after the law is passed. Bayu maps cooperation with campuses in monitoring and evaluating the implementation of laws, including support for the process of testing laws in the Constitutional Court.

Academics can be involved in the preparation of the DPR RI statement in the trial of testing laws and becoming expert witnesses of the DPR RI at the Constitutional Court.

The position shows that the contribution of universities to legislation does not stop at the classroom or scientific publications.

Academic expertise can be used to test the application of norms and their relevance to community development.

As part of the series of Top Indonesian Law Schools 2026, Hukumonline also held the 2026 National Law Seminar.

This seminar presents the Chief Justice of the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Indonesia, Prof. Dr. Surya Jaya; Dean of the Faculty of Law, Adhyaksa University, Assoc. Dr. Prof. Hasbullah; Head of the Asset Recovery Agency of the Attorney General of the Republic of Indonesia, Dr. Patris Yusrian Jaya; and Chairman of the Legislation Agency & Member of Commission III of the DPR RI, Dr. Bob Hasan.

In addition, at the same series of activities, Hukumonline announced Golden Alumni 2026, an exclusive directory of alumni of leading law schools in Indonesia who are active in the leadership of the legal profession and public institutions.

One of the figures who entered the ranks of alumni in this exclusive directory is the Deputy Coordinator for External Affairs of the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (KontraS), Andrie Yunus.