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ABA-Approved Law Schools

Most-Cited Institutions by Subject

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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 20 37 2,361 7,452 19,198
2 Yale University 30 65 3,388 14,609 6,809
3 New York University 22 48 2,199 9,262 7,122
4 University of Virginia 21 40 2,301 5,860 6,000
5 Harvard University 17 53 1,405 11,943 4,675
6 Georgetown University 22 39 1,855 5,759 6,062
7 University of Pennsylvania 21 36 1,699 5,129 5,078
8 University of Michigan 18 35 1,075 5,593 6,677
9 University of California, Berkeley 19 36 1,431 5,435 5,094
10 University of California, Los Angeles 18 33 1,119 4,269 2,786
11 Emory University 15 33 784 4,032 4,549
12 Rutgers University 14 28 992 3,680 3,791
13 Duke University 15 29 893 4,056 3,316
14 Northwestern University 15 31 966 3,380 3,525
15 George Washington University 16 28 1,091 2,862 3,150
16 University of Chicago 17 32 968 3,901 2,775
17 University of California, Davis 16 27 1,092 2,211 3,654
18 University of Texas at Austin 15 23 1,131 1,802 3,221
19 University of Minnesota 12 27 893 2,758 3,334
20 Cornell University 15 25 845 3,124 2,935
21 Washington University 14 26 883 2,139 3,076
22 Ohio State University 13 33 765 3,871 2,005
23 University of California, Irvine 15 25 729 3,233 2,330
24 Brooklyn Law School 15 24 647 2,830 1,964
25 University of Southern California 15 23 769 2,213 1,895
26 Boston University 13 22 641 2,096 2,516
27 University of California, San Francisco 11 30 448 3,618 1,747
28 Fordham University 12 26 637 1,986 2,276
29 University of Florida 11 24 524 2,196 2,265
30 Seattle University 11 27 458 3,234 1,567
31 American University 10 27 400 2,090 2,851
32 University of Miami 10 22 404 3,128 1,574
33 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 11 24 507 1,941 1,951
34 Loyola Marymount University 13 20 648 1,293 1,852
35 University of Baltimore 11 15 382 660 3,625
36 Indiana University Bloomington 13 21 504 1,934 1,696
37 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 11 19 543 1,438 1,789
38 Vanderbilt University 10 22 386 2,836 1,210
39 University of Iowa 11 24 427 1,762 1,860
40 Texas A&M University 9 14 548 690 1,991
41 Georgia State University 10 19 405 1,178 1,962
42 William & Mary Law School 9 15 257 695 3,069
43 University of Denver 11 16 336 1,271 2,139
44 University of Colorado Boulder 14 17 476 935 1,751
45 Stanford University 11 20 460 1,488 1,328
46 Southwestern Law School 13 14 508 777 1,702
47 Arizona State University 10 23 376 1,750 1,328
48 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 9 17 391 980 1,717
49 University of Pittsburgh 9 18 379 1,141 1,608
50 University of Maryland 10 18 386 1,182 1,384
51 Northeastern University 9 20 265 1,578 1,602
52 Wake Forest University 11 17 400 919 1,446
53 Pace University 11 13 325 493 2,166
54 Santa Clara University 7 25 254 2,055 879
55 Temple University 9 20 347 1,033 1,287
56 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 8 16 220 1,483 1,344
57 Southern Methodist University 10 18 406 948 890
58 University of San Diego 9 18 353 1,090 742
59 Yeshiva University 7 19 262 1,237 1,013
60 City University of New York (CUNY) 8 16 227 1,040 1,207
61 University of Utah 9 16 240 801 1,334
62 University at Buffalo 8 17 168 1,451 1,057
63 Loyola University Chicago 9 15 316 621 1,080
64 Drexel University 8 13 295 523 1,258
65 St. John's University 10 15 309 743 982
66 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 9 13 229 849 1,264
67 University of Missouri-Kansas City 9 15 233 658 1,310
68 University of Wisconsin-Madison 6 17 221 968 997
69 University of Arizona 8 14 265 753 921
70 University of San Francisco 9 15 216 842 1,022
71 University of Notre Dame 7 19 160 1,141 915
72 Florida State University 9 13 279 577 849
73 New York Law School 4 16 111 1,281 1,020
74 Hofstra University 7 18 166 1,229 733
75 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 8 14 262 604 824
76 Catholic University of America 8 13 290 531 676
77 University of Richmond 7 13 185 492 1,095
78 University of Kansas 8 14 210 531 713
79 University of New Mexico 6 17 157 896 601
80 University of South Carolina 7 12 198 339 896
81 Florida International University 7 12 163 603 825
82 Washington and Lee University 6 10 237 385 577
83 Case Western Reserve University 7 14 183 628 606
84 Pennsylvania State University 7 15 164 599 697
85 Capital University 4 19 92 1,169 464
86 Pepperdine University 6 12 161 408 780
87 University of Cincinnati 7 12 122 542 830
88 California Western School of Law 7 14 163 501 656
89 Widener University Delaware Law School 6 15 108 681 731
90 University of St. Thomas 9 12 172 482 599
91 University of Washington 7 12 138 444 789
92 University of Missouri 7 10 169 362 707
93 Cleveland State University 6 13 118 495 766
94 Western New England University 7 9 167 277 714
95 University of Oregon 7 9 173 332 620
96 George Mason University 6 14 122 857 343
97 University of Louisville 6 14 100 698 579
98 Suffolk University 5 13 108 602 624
99 South Texas College of Law Houston 7 10 140 284 753
100 Willamette University College of Law 5 7 96 153 1,079