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ABA-Approved Law Schools

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Last Updated: July 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Columbia University School of Law 29 52 2,420 9,559 4,333
2 Yale University 20 48 1,996 9,919 3,471
3 Harvard University 20 42 1,740 10,261 3,245
4 New York University 20 46 1,655 6,947 3,833
5 University of Chicago 21 41 1,602 6,618 3,096
6 University of California, Berkeley 15 36 963 5,665 2,851
7 Stanford University 18 37 1,012 5,928 2,237
8 University of California, Los Angeles 15 31 1,100 4,222 1,918
9 University of Virginia 15 30 1,115 2,917 2,614
10 University of Pennsylvania 18 28 1,091 2,854 2,281
11 Georgetown University 14 32 949 3,666 2,013
12 Cornell University 11 29 568 3,017 1,350
13 George Washington University 10 26 608 2,012 1,556
14 University of Michigan 14 21 676 1,419 1,293
15 Rutgers University 11 24 439 1,824 1,368
16 University of California, Davis 15 21 600 986 1,236
17 University of Minnesota 12 23 422 1,536 1,382
18 Boston University 9 23 382 1,664 928
19 Fordham University 12 15 410 1,060 1,081
20 Duke University 10 21 310 1,762 928
21 University of Florida 11 20 325 1,239 1,291
22 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 12 18 475 801 858
23 University of Texas at Austin 11 18 413 1,168 606
24 University of San Diego 10 19 352 1,162 788
25 Northwestern University 9 14 327 1,121 675
26 University of Colorado Boulder 8 13 363 908 639
27 Vanderbilt University 8 16 258 977 761
28 University of Wisconsin-Madison 7 23 202 1,553 508
29 University of Iowa 7 18 149 1,443 759
30 University of Kansas 9 19 219 1,311 455
31 Texas A&M University 8 12 290 484 825
32 Washington University 10 14 232 640 859
33 University of California, San Francisco 8 19 227 1,101 377
34 George Mason University 8 15 181 1,085 575
35 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 7 16 202 1,147 362
36 William & Mary Law School 9 16 223 689 659
37 Yeshiva University 7 15 165 722 756
38 Suffolk University 8 14 234 614 510
39 University of Washington 4 14 219 705 467
40 Pepperdine University 7 16 163 817 548
41 Florida State University 6 14 186 562 641
42 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 9 15 196 601 482
43 Loyola Marymount University 9 11 221 498 445
44 Temple University 6 13 158 558 673
45 Arizona State University 8 12 163 604 574
46 Indiana University Bloomington 7 13 142 854 414
47 Ohio State University 8 12 163 537 409
48 University of Houston 6 14 137 654 376
49 Southern Methodist University 7 11 182 348 418
50 Widener University Delaware Law School 6 14 145 604 356
51 Loyola University Chicago 6 9 182 247 395
52 University of California, Irvine 8 10 157 403 372
53 American University 5 12 104 383 638
54 South Texas College of Law Houston 5 12 143 491 323
55 University of Georgia 8 9 161 403 279
56 Brooklyn Law School 7 10 152 295 353
57 University of Richmond 6 12 138 318 393
58 Emory University 5 13 122 395 386
59 University of Notre Dame 6 12 110 499 343
60 Seattle University 5 12 76 453 542
61 Louisiana State University 7 12 132 347 362
62 Tulane University 4 11 79 444 525
63 University of Maryland 5 11 104 618 215
64 University of Southern California 8 7 158 222 304
65 University of St. Thomas 7 9 103 382 420
66 Northeastern University 6 10 129 307 332
67 Case Western Reserve University 5 12 106 493 268
68 Wake Forest University 5 12 79 560 315
69 Michigan State University 6 8 117 260 396
70 University of Connecticut 5 10 104 460 266
71 Washington and Lee University 7 7 137 196 340
72 Willamette University College of Law 5 14 115 352 277
73 University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 7 9 145 152 290
74 St. John's University 5 8 92 302 395
75 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 5 11 113 363 177
76 Drexel University 5 13 75 444 281
77 University of Denver 6 11 111 281 241
78 University of South Carolina 6 8 98 296 282
79 University of Alabama 7 5 128 105 309
80 University of Oregon 7 8 105 290 230
81 University of Pittsburgh 3 14 38 507 301
82 Pennsylvania State University 6 9 88 320 221
83 Albany Law School 4 7 87 254 269
84 University of Missouri 5 10 67 424 206
85 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 5 10 72 255 291
86 Santa Clara University 4 8 56 301 311
87 University of Illinois Chicago 4 9 56 255 346
88 Georgia State University 4 9 67 245 302
89 University of Cincinnati 4 10 54 432 183
90 Seton Hall University 4 7 70 277 243
91 Villanova University 4 8 63 262 272
92 Boston College 5 9 78 316 133
93 Indiana University Indianapolis 4 8 68 217 269
94 California Western School of Law 5 7 70 196 277
95 University of Baltimore 5 7 71 343 128
96 Southwestern Law School 5 10 69 318 149
97 Wayne State University 5 6 73 132 275
98 Lewis & Clark Law School 4 9 55 282 160
99 Pace University 4 6 71 116 209
100 Stetson University 4 7 47 175 249