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ABA-Approved Law Schools

Most-Cited Institutions by Subject

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Last Updated: September 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Columbia University School of Law 29 52 2,526 9,549 4,136
2 Yale University 21 48 2,083 9,929 3,359
3 Harvard University 20 42 1,808 10,280 3,317
4 New York University 20 46 1,724 7,019 3,692
5 University of Chicago 22 41 1,644 6,626 2,828
6 Stanford University 19 37 1,081 5,972 2,279
7 University of California, Berkeley 15 36 1,005 5,548 2,760
8 University of California, Los Angeles 15 31 1,139 4,206 1,855
9 Georgetown University 17 33 1,116 3,726 2,234
10 University of Virginia 14 30 1,054 2,882 2,492
11 University of Pennsylvania 19 28 1,084 2,848 2,136
12 Cornell University 12 29 607 2,985 1,322
13 George Washington University 10 26 634 2,034 1,490
14 University of Michigan 14 21 719 1,440 1,368
15 Rutgers University 12 24 464 1,825 1,383
16 University of California, Davis 16 20 640 972 1,208
17 University of Minnesota 12 23 451 1,534 1,347
18 Boston University 9 23 407 1,664 896
19 Fordham University 12 15 426 1,060 1,071
20 Duke University 11 21 327 1,759 885
21 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 13 18 514 787 882
22 University of Florida 11 20 340 1,221 1,250
23 University of Texas at Austin 12 18 440 1,169 618
24 University of San Diego 10 19 364 1,162 774
25 Northwestern University 9 14 352 1,134 659
26 University of Colorado Boulder 8 13 386 907 653
27 Vanderbilt University 8 16 270 975 791
28 University of Wisconsin-Madison 7 23 212 1,555 512
29 University of Iowa 7 18 157 1,443 721
30 University of Kansas 9 19 233 1,311 434
31 Washington University 11 14 262 640 885
32 Texas A&M University 8 12 306 484 805
33 University of California, San Francisco 9 19 240 1,100 376
34 George Mason University 8 15 187 1,085 562
35 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 8 16 216 1,146 354
36 William & Mary Law School 9 16 234 689 627
37 Yeshiva University 7 15 179 722 717
38 University of Washington 5 14 235 705 453
39 Suffolk University 8 14 246 618 472
40 Pepperdine University 7 16 173 817 530
41 Florida State University 6 14 193 562 596
42 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 9 15 207 598 482
43 Arizona State University 8 12 175 599 588
44 Temple University 6 13 163 560 676
45 Indiana University Bloomington 7 13 152 854 441
46 Ohio State University 8 12 171 537 392
47 Southern Methodist University 7 11 194 348 410
48 Loyola Marymount University 8 11 183 478 339
49 University of Houston 6 14 138 654 372
50 Widener University Delaware Law School 6 14 146 603 364
51 University of California, Irvine 8 10 160 403 357
52 Loyola University Chicago 6 9 186 247 369
53 American University 5 12 108 381 596
54 South Texas College of Law Houston 5 12 146 491 306
55 University of Georgia 8 9 169 403 275
56 University of Richmond 6 12 149 318 407
57 Emory University 5 13 125 395 416
58 Brooklyn Law School 7 10 158 295 345
59 Seattle University 5 12 82 455 525
60 Louisiana State University 7 12 139 347 356
61 University of Maryland 5 11 116 618 211
62 Tulane University 4 11 85 444 494
63 University of St. Thomas 7 9 110 382 430
64 University of Southern California 8 7 165 222 309
65 University of Notre Dame 6 11 111 444 341
66 Case Western Reserve University 5 12 112 493 276
67 Northeastern University 6 10 133 307 327
68 Wake Forest University 5 12 84 560 323
69 Michigan State University 6 8 122 260 403
70 University of Connecticut 5 10 109 460 249
71 Washington and Lee University 7 7 141 196 313
72 Willamette University College of Law 5 14 118 352 277
73 University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 7 9 153 152 266
74 St. John's University 5 8 94 302 378
75 Drexel University 6 13 93 444 242
76 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 5 11 120 363 172
77 University of Denver 6 11 114 281 268
78 University of Alabama 7 5 140 105 283
79 University of Oregon 7 8 107 290 261
80 University of South Carolina 6 8 104 296 258
81 University of Pittsburgh 4 14 43 507 321
82 Pennsylvania State University 6 9 94 321 212
83 University of Missouri 5 9 73 417 197
84 Seton Hall University 5 7 81 277 274
85 Albany Law School 4 7 91 254 249
86 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 5 10 76 255 289
87 Santa Clara University 5 8 62 301 308
88 Georgia State University 5 9 70 245 319
89 Indiana University Indianapolis 5 8 82 217 249
90 Villanova University 4 8 68 262 268
91 University of Cincinnati 4 10 53 430 179
92 University of Baltimore 5 7 74 343 147
93 University of Illinois Chicago 4 9 56 255 295
94 Boston College 5 9 80 313 130
95 California Western School of Law 5 7 70 196 275
96 Southwestern Law School 5 10 74 317 135
97 Wayne State University 5 6 75 132 238
98 Lewis & Clark Law School 4 9 56 282 163
99 Pace University 4 6 78 116 200
100 Stetson University 4 7 49 175 220