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ABA-Approved Law Schools

Most-Cited Institutions by Author Affiliation

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Last Updated: June 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 920 1,925 39,106 203,607 82,124
2 Yale University 766 1,591 33,441 175,291 71,881
3 New York University 859 1,810 28,845 137,185 68,412
4 Columbia University School of Law 689 1,292 25,367 99,633 62,631
5 University of Chicago 495 960 21,694 93,980 42,620
6 University of Virginia 656 1,221 21,607 69,137 45,644
7 Georgetown University 786 1,484 20,497 74,424 50,282
8 University of California, Berkeley 627 1,246 17,796 76,694 48,997
9 University of California, Los Angeles 622 1,139 17,658 62,362 40,745
10 University of Pennsylvania 556 1,041 18,381 56,371 40,534
11 Stanford University 452 860 15,847 69,504 30,979
12 University of Michigan 559 1,008 14,982 46,689 35,781
13 George Washington University 508 1,045 12,384 47,998 35,487
14 Vanderbilt University 384 738 11,578 42,265 25,961
15 Northwestern University 404 855 10,553 46,573 27,413
16 Duke University 407 787 10,931 41,603 28,652
17 University of Texas at Austin 389 775 10,383 40,626 21,172
18 Cornell University 327 661 9,296 35,947 26,492
19 University of Minnesota 340 680 8,492 28,353 24,777
20 Fordham University 373 691 8,519 27,953 20,884
21 Boston University 395 742 8,818 26,109 21,899
22 Rutgers University 420 861 7,191 29,720 22,344
23 Washington University 322 597 7,458 22,290 21,207
24 University of California, Davis 277 494 7,378 20,948 20,517
25 University of Florida 315 623 6,833 24,738 20,193
26 University of California, Irvine 264 466 6,017 19,134 18,165
27 Texas A&M University 302 522 6,234 15,894 17,780
28 University of California, San Francisco 302 617 5,206 22,150 15,686
29 University of Wisconsin-Madison 253 552 4,811 23,431 15,916
30 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 287 531 5,704 17,647 14,356
31 University of San Diego 195 425 4,440 22,028 11,116
32 Emory University 229 469 4,999 19,051 19,487
33 Brooklyn Law School 246 454 5,512 15,480 11,439
34 University of Colorado Boulder 264 514 5,370 16,308 16,271
35 George Mason University 225 486 3,935 19,847 10,884
36 Ohio State University 231 445 4,542 16,209 12,230
37 Indiana University Bloomington 246 520 4,182 18,353 13,544
38 Yeshiva University 248 485 4,425 16,631 13,252
39 William & Mary Law School 222 399 4,882 13,425 13,690
40 Arizona State University 263 581 4,022 19,271 15,521
41 Seattle University 169 378 3,398 21,564 10,287
42 University of Southern California 199 398 4,045 15,393 11,043
43 American University 256 511 3,821 15,511 15,334
44 Florida State University 193 384 3,972 11,748 13,203
45 University of Notre Dame 210 404 3,741 12,880 11,014
46 Temple University 226 435 3,946 11,913 12,663
47 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 212 436 3,476 14,400 9,441
48 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 180 413 2,962 16,415 12,196
49 Wake Forest University 172 352 3,161 12,887 10,524
50 Loyola Marymount University 195 377 3,377 10,592 9,858
51 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 152 349 2,878 12,803 8,942
52 University of Maryland 177 346 3,062 11,596 8,592
53 Southern Methodist University 194 352 3,443 9,354 9,557
54 Boston College 208 389 3,112 11,473 7,989
55 University of Pittsburgh 167 375 2,745 12,800 9,569
56 University of Denver 189 351 3,186 9,278 9,672
57 Loyola University Chicago 182 367 3,153 9,484 11,257
58 University of Miami 167 378 2,438 12,636 10,360
59 University of Utah 168 302 3,042 8,718 10,688
60 University of Georgia 175 315 3,170 8,116 8,278
61 University of Arizona 159 316 2,696 10,742 9,549
62 University of St. Thomas 114 235 2,563 10,373 7,622
63 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 132 260 2,495 11,158 8,157
64 Pennsylvania State University 183 367 2,876 8,781 9,614
65 University of Richmond 152 279 2,566 9,005 7,591
66 Case Western Reserve University 137 291 2,199 10,583 7,158
67 University of Iowa 151 308 2,514 8,799 9,080
68 Pepperdine University 152 337 2,330 9,685 6,879
69 Northeastern University 152 297 2,158 10,627 9,253
70 University of Washington 156 332 2,586 7,696 9,619
71 Lewis & Clark Law School 129 275 2,186 9,013 7,673
72 University of Houston 170 380 2,077 9,907 7,725
73 University of Kansas 106 242 2,049 9,334 6,613
74 University of South Carolina 153 292 2,517 6,954 7,709
75 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 149 281 2,394 7,231 6,213
76 Santa Clara University 122 275 1,857 9,141 5,936
77 Georgia State University 166 352 2,215 7,956 8,239
78 Seton Hall University 142 268 2,106 6,890 6,201
79 Hofstra University 124 262 1,730 8,422 5,305
80 University of Missouri 133 269 1,940 6,843 5,156
81 Michigan State University 141 254 2,108 6,037 5,666
82 University at Buffalo 131 253 1,957 6,935 9,063
83 University of Baltimore 167 306 2,019 6,415 9,269
84 University of Connecticut 133 238 2,167 5,342 7,175
85 Suffolk University 146 318 1,796 7,751 6,549
86 Wayne State University 138 289 1,676 7,886 5,636
87 University of Alabama 127 221 2,089 5,322 5,863
88 St. John's University 124 228 1,957 5,325 6,214
89 Villanova University 121 256 1,556 7,131 5,760
90 DePaul University 95 212 1,354 7,649 5,591
91 University of Oklahoma 127 208 2,130 3,196 5,821
92 University of San Francisco 97 200 1,446 6,775 7,973
93 Pace University 111 245 1,564 5,800 6,825
94 Albany Law School 114 232 1,634 5,558 6,083
95 University of Cincinnati 102 220 1,311 7,142 4,376
96 Indiana University Indianapolis 102 242 1,415 6,550 5,167
97 New York Law School 116 253 1,364 7,207 6,682
98 Drexel University 109 216 1,699 4,355 6,567
99 Catholic University of America 115 238 1,587 5,072 4,394
100 Tulane University 121 270 1,401 6,200 6,234