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ABA-Approved Law Schools

Most-Cited Institutions by Author Affiliation

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Last Updated: October 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 955 1,938 41,984 203,432 80,499
2 Yale University 783 1,594 35,877 175,018 70,277
3 New York University 888 1,826 30,977 137,141 65,506
4 Columbia University School of Law 719 1,309 27,459 99,011 64,741
5 University of Chicago 510 974 23,451 93,678 42,301
6 Georgetown University 830 1,514 22,485 74,479 50,682
7 University of California, Berkeley 644 1,255 19,028 76,201 47,029
8 University of Virginia 643 1,177 20,681 66,222 40,759
9 Stanford University 477 892 17,385 70,889 31,026
10 University of California, Los Angeles 646 1,150 18,935 62,378 39,320
11 University of Pennsylvania 574 1,053 19,731 56,332 39,650
12 University of Michigan 571 1,007 15,913 46,511 34,622
13 George Washington University 535 1,077 13,542 48,135 34,919
14 Vanderbilt University 402 748 12,457 42,293 25,227
15 Northwestern University 425 864 11,393 46,565 26,739
16 Duke University 422 798 11,778 41,609 27,540
17 University of Texas at Austin 409 818 11,308 42,239 21,219
18 Cornell University 341 668 9,995 35,674 25,996
19 University of Minnesota 358 702 9,300 27,664 24,124
20 Boston University 410 756 9,899 26,121 22,219
21 Fordham University 383 699 9,111 27,920 20,012
22 Rutgers University 437 868 7,741 29,804 21,324
23 Washington University 336 608 8,135 22,306 21,067
24 University of California, Davis 286 500 8,064 20,950 19,407
25 University of Florida 330 633 7,377 24,746 19,621
26 University of California, Irvine 271 471 6,448 19,142 17,425
27 Texas A&M University 320 537 6,777 15,990 17,305
28 University of California, San Francisco 312 616 5,637 22,093 14,996
29 University of Wisconsin-Madison 257 558 5,229 23,422 15,342
30 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 294 539 6,144 17,624 14,005
31 Emory University 235 476 5,423 19,010 18,783
32 University of San Diego 201 427 4,788 22,037 10,790
33 University of Colorado Boulder 280 524 5,813 16,354 15,693
34 Brooklyn Law School 258 461 5,913 15,479 10,896
35 George Mason University 233 495 4,196 19,999 10,239
36 Indiana University Bloomington 260 532 4,610 18,338 13,158
37 Ohio State University 238 452 4,888 16,202 12,125
38 Yeshiva University 254 487 4,800 16,650 12,732
39 William & Mary Law School 234 404 5,236 13,440 13,340
40 Arizona State University 275 590 4,336 19,242 15,003
41 Seattle University 175 379 3,597 20,989 10,132
42 University of Southern California 207 406 4,313 15,407 10,853
43 American University 261 515 4,101 15,542 15,002
44 Temple University 237 443 4,286 12,007 11,929
45 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 225 441 3,796 14,397 8,958
46 University of Notre Dame 223 418 4,095 12,892 11,164
47 Florida State University 190 379 4,167 11,662 12,420
48 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 186 417 3,172 16,393 12,011
49 Wake Forest University 179 353 3,429 12,850 10,386
50 Loyola Marymount University 200 381 3,606 10,730 9,680
51 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 160 353 3,067 12,791 8,422
52 Southern Methodist University 206 364 3,787 9,249 9,199
53 Boston College 219 399 3,375 11,508 7,675
54 University of Pittsburgh 172 380 2,955 12,829 9,279
55 University of Maryland 185 348 3,240 11,071 8,449
56 Loyola University Chicago 183 372 3,366 9,485 10,897
57 University of Denver 194 353 3,386 9,269 9,535
58 University of Miami 168 380 2,609 12,649 10,241
59 University of Utah 176 305 3,255 8,740 10,474
60 University of Arizona 172 323 2,919 10,772 8,949
61 University of St. Thomas 116 236 2,785 10,396 6,939
62 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 136 263 2,678 11,126 7,912
63 Pennsylvania State University 186 373 3,083 8,768 9,200
64 University of Georgia 173 310 3,155 8,069 7,512
65 University of Richmond 163 286 2,843 9,010 7,367
66 Case Western Reserve University 143 294 2,340 10,593 6,687
67 University of Iowa 158 311 2,734 8,752 8,623
68 Northeastern University 159 302 2,369 10,922 9,387
69 Pepperdine University 162 342 2,528 9,726 6,797
70 University of Washington 160 337 2,813 7,700 9,381
71 University of Houston 184 386 2,270 9,907 7,456
72 Lewis & Clark Law School 135 276 2,331 9,021 7,703
73 University of Kansas 106 243 2,180 9,300 6,181
74 University of South Carolina 159 294 2,696 6,944 7,480
75 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 153 286 2,566 7,236 6,054
76 Santa Clara University 125 275 1,973 9,144 5,841
77 Georgia State University 177 350 2,347 7,969 7,851
78 Seton Hall University 149 271 2,278 6,900 6,465
79 Michigan State University 151 266 2,375 6,072 6,386
80 Hofstra University 127 266 1,842 8,432 5,052
81 University of Missouri 137 273 2,102 6,885 4,815
82 University of Baltimore 172 314 2,216 6,448 8,998
83 University at Buffalo 137 256 2,087 6,936 9,053
84 University of Alabama 133 224 2,279 5,330 5,640
85 Wayne State University 141 289 1,810 7,880 5,364
86 Suffolk University 150 324 1,910 7,772 6,327
87 St. John's University 132 232 2,149 5,480 6,030
88 Villanova University 128 261 1,680 7,132 5,737
89 University of Connecticut 129 230 2,055 5,281 6,510
90 DePaul University 98 213 1,457 7,630 5,341
91 University of Oklahoma 128 210 2,302 3,204 5,628
92 University of San Francisco 105 202 1,529 6,778 7,758
93 Pace University 116 249 1,717 5,825 6,581
94 Albany Law School 118 235 1,775 5,573 5,986
95 Indiana University Indianapolis 107 244 1,510 6,544 4,956
96 New York Law School 120 256 1,470 7,223 6,237
97 Drexel University 113 217 1,866 4,357 6,359
98 Catholic University of America 118 240 1,743 5,073 4,134
99 University of Cincinnati 101 212 1,328 7,092 4,114
100 Tulane University 125 273 1,516 6,191 5,801