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ABA-Approved Law Schools

Most-Cited Institutions by Author Affiliation

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Last Updated: August 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 939 1,931 40,553 203,637 83,501
2 Yale University 771 1,589 34,716 175,001 73,407
3 New York University 875 1,813 29,888 137,018 69,318
4 Columbia University School of Law 709 1,305 26,496 99,646 65,517
5 University of Chicago 500 965 22,660 93,920 43,634
6 Georgetown University 801 1,489 21,391 74,520 51,515
7 University of Virginia 650 1,188 20,498 66,352 44,107
8 University of California, Berkeley 639 1,248 18,474 76,693 49,768
9 Stanford University 470 888 16,794 70,972 32,280
10 University of California, Los Angeles 635 1,144 18,302 62,311 41,519
11 University of Pennsylvania 565 1,044 19,050 56,133 41,560
12 University of Michigan 560 999 15,327 46,517 35,959
13 George Washington University 515 1,055 12,898 47,985 36,384
14 Vanderbilt University 395 741 12,032 42,151 26,546
15 Northwestern University 412 854 10,942 46,266 27,883
16 Duke University 416 791 11,355 41,451 29,009
17 University of Texas at Austin 405 816 10,989 42,268 22,195
18 Cornell University 336 663 9,579 35,402 27,028
19 University of Minnesota 354 697 9,107 28,410 25,545
20 Fordham University 381 694 8,875 27,972 21,230
21 Boston University 401 744 9,199 26,064 22,624
22 Rutgers University 429 868 7,496 29,711 22,537
23 Washington University 324 602 7,720 22,276 21,547
24 University of California, Davis 281 497 7,708 20,960 20,720
25 University of Florida 327 630 7,133 24,768 20,555
26 University of California, Irvine 267 470 6,229 19,101 18,324
27 Texas A&M University 313 531 6,561 15,954 18,173
28 University of California, San Francisco 303 617 5,451 22,143 15,956
29 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 291 536 5,919 17,674 14,604
30 University of Wisconsin-Madison 254 557 4,963 23,027 16,124
31 University of San Diego 198 428 4,672 22,061 11,315
32 Emory University 230 471 5,215 19,066 19,937
33 Brooklyn Law School 253 458 5,719 15,499 11,541
34 University of Colorado Boulder 273 517 5,541 16,307 16,563
35 George Mason University 228 489 4,068 19,981 10,964
36 Indiana University Bloomington 250 524 4,361 18,309 13,750
37 Ohio State University 237 450 4,721 16,207 12,665
38 Yeshiva University 251 485 4,611 16,662 13,225
39 William & Mary Law School 232 403 5,070 13,450 13,911
40 Arizona State University 268 583 4,184 19,277 15,809
41 Seattle University 171 383 3,535 21,568 10,514
42 University of Southern California 201 400 4,179 15,372 11,300
43 American University 259 514 3,971 15,525 15,619
44 Temple University 230 440 4,132 12,047 12,779
45 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 218 436 3,656 14,390 9,664
46 Florida State University 195 383 4,133 11,695 13,377
47 University of Notre Dame 213 407 3,879 12,866 11,371
48 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 185 416 3,066 16,411 12,527
49 Wake Forest University 177 352 3,300 12,833 10,776
50 Loyola Marymount University 199 379 3,502 10,725 10,052
51 University of Maryland 181 346 3,179 11,578 8,722
52 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 156 347 2,948 12,727 9,028
53 Southern Methodist University 198 354 3,607 9,288 9,693
54 Boston College 210 392 3,241 11,505 8,033
55 University of Pittsburgh 169 377 2,866 12,830 9,720
56 University of Denver 194 352 3,313 9,269 9,851
57 Loyola University Chicago 182 371 3,261 9,474 11,483
58 University of Miami 167 378 2,553 12,648 10,610
59 University of Utah 174 305 3,173 8,741 10,894
60 University of Arizona 166 320 2,826 10,766 9,552
61 University of St. Thomas 116 236 2,692 10,396 7,718
62 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 134 259 2,557 11,124 8,245
63 Pennsylvania State University 186 370 2,983 8,762 9,806
64 University of Georgia 170 303 3,044 8,042 7,895
65 University of Richmond 156 280 2,695 8,987 7,637
66 Case Western Reserve University 140 292 2,284 10,588 7,189
67 University of Iowa 154 311 2,619 8,810 9,246
68 Northeastern University 157 302 2,276 10,923 9,663
69 Pepperdine University 155 337 2,419 9,630 7,066
70 University of Washington 158 334 2,689 7,703 9,837
71 University of Houston 176 382 2,184 9,905 7,802
72 Lewis & Clark Law School 131 275 2,263 9,019 7,823
73 University of South Carolina 158 293 2,607 6,974 7,846
74 University of Kansas 105 243 2,106 9,275 6,839
75 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 150 281 2,466 7,185 6,314
76 Santa Clara University 122 275 1,906 9,144 6,062
77 Georgia State University 173 349 2,284 7,960 8,321
78 Seton Hall University 145 269 2,199 6,896 6,266
79 Hofstra University 124 265 1,790 8,432 5,412
80 University of Missouri 135 270 2,034 6,897 5,222
81 University of Baltimore 167 307 2,118 6,401 9,401
82 University at Buffalo 133 254 2,029 6,936 9,294
83 University of Connecticut 135 239 2,282 5,343 7,212
84 Michigan State University 139 254 2,147 5,975 6,017
85 Wayne State University 139 289 1,756 7,886 5,634
86 Suffolk University 148 322 1,854 7,772 6,684
87 University of Alabama 130 221 2,163 5,325 5,903
88 St. John's University 131 230 2,069 5,466 6,274
89 Villanova University 125 258 1,618 7,131 5,888
90 DePaul University 97 211 1,408 7,581 5,626
91 University of Oklahoma 127 209 2,230 3,203 5,930
92 University of San Francisco 100 200 1,482 6,770 8,132
93 Pace University 116 247 1,653 5,817 6,918
94 Albany Law School 115 234 1,707 5,573 6,198
95 University of Cincinnati 104 220 1,363 7,178 4,446
96 Indiana University Indianapolis 103 242 1,457 6,544 5,301
97 New York Law School 118 255 1,408 7,218 6,719
98 Drexel University 111 217 1,797 4,360 6,705
99 Catholic University of America 118 241 1,678 5,080 4,455
100 Tulane University 123 272 1,454 6,190 6,268