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ABA-Approved Law Schools

Most-Cited Institutions by Subject

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Last Updated: August 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Columbia University School of Law 29 52 2,472 9,558 4,344
2 Yale University 21 48 2,012 9,903 3,494
3 Harvard University 20 42 1,771 10,261 3,289
4 New York University 20 46 1,655 6,862 3,795
5 University of Chicago 21 41 1,618 6,618 2,956
6 Stanford University 19 37 1,056 5,949 2,305
7 University of California, Berkeley 16 36 986 5,661 2,893
8 University of California, Los Angeles 15 31 1,117 4,222 1,909
9 University of Virginia 15 30 1,141 2,917 2,676
10 Georgetown University 15 34 979 3,741 2,054
11 University of Pennsylvania 18 28 1,095 2,799 2,295
12 Cornell University 11 29 586 3,017 1,361
13 George Washington University 10 26 621 2,012 1,562
14 University of Michigan 14 21 709 1,464 1,366
15 Rutgers University 11 24 448 1,824 1,396
16 University of California, Davis 15 21 623 986 1,245
17 University of Minnesota 12 23 434 1,534 1,375
18 Boston University 9 23 401 1,664 932
19 Duke University 11 21 317 1,762 931
20 University of Florida 11 20 332 1,239 1,305
21 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 12 18 487 801 900
22 Fordham University 12 15 403 1,020 1,091
23 University of Texas at Austin 11 18 430 1,169 603
24 University of San Diego 10 19 363 1,162 793
25 Northwestern University 9 14 341 1,121 691
26 University of Colorado Boulder 8 13 369 908 660
27 Vanderbilt University 8 16 266 977 779
28 University of Wisconsin-Madison 7 23 209 1,553 518
29 University of Iowa 7 18 152 1,443 756
30 University of Kansas 9 19 225 1,311 459
31 Texas A&M University 8 12 297 484 833
32 Washington University 11 14 244 640 901
33 University of California, San Francisco 8 19 233 1,101 385
34 George Mason University 8 15 186 1,085 587
35 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 7 16 211 1,146 363
36 William & Mary Law School 9 16 227 689 661
37 Yeshiva University 7 15 172 720 737
38 Suffolk University 8 14 240 618 500
39 University of Washington 4 14 225 705 472
40 Pepperdine University 7 16 169 817 553
41 Florida State University 6 14 188 562 623
42 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 9 15 202 605 499
43 Temple University 6 13 161 560 683
44 Arizona State University 8 12 169 599 586
45 Indiana University Bloomington 7 13 146 854 425
46 Ohio State University 8 12 164 537 403
47 University of Houston 6 14 140 654 392
48 Southern Methodist University 7 11 189 346 417
49 Loyola Marymount University 8 11 174 478 354
50 Widener University Delaware Law School 6 14 146 603 367
51 Loyola University Chicago 6 9 183 247 389
52 American University 5 12 106 383 623
53 University of California, Irvine 8 10 157 403 358
54 South Texas College of Law Houston 5 12 146 491 315
55 University of Georgia 8 9 166 403 276
56 Emory University 5 13 126 395 409
57 University of Richmond 6 12 143 318 390
58 Brooklyn Law School 7 10 154 295 345
59 Seattle University 5 12 81 453 539
60 University of Notre Dame 6 12 111 505 348
61 Tulane University 4 11 83 444 525
62 Louisiana State University 7 12 135 347 335
63 University of Maryland 5 11 109 618 216
64 University of Southern California 8 7 162 222 314
65 University of St. Thomas 7 9 105 382 422
66 Case Western Reserve University 5 12 109 493 282
67 Northeastern University 6 10 131 307 336
68 Michigan State University 6 8 119 260 415
69 Wake Forest University 5 12 81 560 314
70 University of Connecticut 5 10 109 460 260
71 Washington and Lee University 7 7 139 196 337
72 University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 7 9 151 152 295
73 Willamette University College of Law 5 14 116 352 279
74 St. John's University 5 8 94 302 400
75 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 5 11 116 363 177
76 University of Denver 6 11 114 281 254
77 University of South Carolina 6 8 101 296 275
78 University of Pittsburgh 4 14 42 507 325
79 University of Oregon 7 8 106 290 219
80 Drexel University 5 12 68 420 270
81 University of Missouri 5 10 73 428 214
82 Pennsylvania State University 6 9 90 321 219
83 University of Alabama 6 5 115 105 297
84 Albany Law School 4 7 87 254 267
85 Georgia State University 4 9 68 245 330
86 Santa Clara University 4 8 58 301 313
87 University of Illinois Chicago 4 9 57 255 345
88 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 5 9 67 242 295
89 University of Cincinnati 4 10 54 429 181
90 Seton Hall University 4 7 70 277 242
91 Villanova University 4 8 63 262 275
92 University of Baltimore 5 7 72 343 154
93 Boston College 5 9 79 316 133
94 California Western School of Law 5 7 70 196 279
95 Indiana University Indianapolis 4 8 71 217 256
96 Southwestern Law School 5 10 71 317 145
97 Wayne State University 5 6 75 132 264
98 Lewis & Clark Law School 4 9 55 282 162
99 Pace University 4 6 75 116 208
100 Stetson University 4 7 48 175 246