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ABA-Approved Law Schools

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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 20 37 2,415 7,455 19,700
2 Yale University 30 64 3,480 14,466 6,759
3 New York University 23 48 2,247 9,233 7,195
4 Harvard University 17 53 1,456 11,952 4,782
5 University of Virginia 21 40 2,360 5,835 6,016
6 Georgetown University 22 39 1,884 5,804 6,263
7 University of Pennsylvania 21 36 1,742 5,125 5,084
8 University of Michigan 17 35 1,105 5,670 6,740
9 University of California, Berkeley 19 36 1,468 5,430 5,069
10 University of California, Los Angeles 19 33 1,149 4,269 2,776
11 Emory University 15 33 797 4,030 4,545
12 Rutgers University 14 28 1,021 3,676 3,764
13 Northwestern University 15 32 1,008 3,419 3,538
14 Duke University 15 28 891 3,887 3,253
15 University of California, Davis 16 27 1,122 2,202 3,670
16 University of Chicago 18 32 988 3,872 2,775
17 George Washington University 16 27 1,109 2,819 3,061
18 University of Texas at Austin 15 23 1,160 1,810 3,267
19 University of Minnesota 13 27 913 2,758 3,338
20 Cornell University 15 24 851 3,077 2,934
21 Washington University 14 26 902 2,139 3,084
22 Ohio State University 13 33 781 3,869 2,041
23 University of California, Irvine 15 25 741 3,200 2,174
24 Brooklyn Law School 15 24 666 2,830 2,058
25 University of Southern California 15 23 775 2,210 1,910
26 Boston University 13 22 658 2,092 2,531
27 Fordham University 12 26 662 1,986 2,278
28 University of California, San Francisco 11 30 463 3,622 1,737
29 University of Florida 11 24 531 2,196 2,244
30 Seattle University 11 27 472 3,234 1,567
31 American University 10 27 405 2,090 2,844
32 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 11 24 512 1,932 1,938
33 Loyola Marymount University 14 20 658 1,293 1,822
34 University of Baltimore 11 15 385 637 3,599
35 Indiana University Bloomington 14 21 509 1,920 1,699
36 University of Miami 10 21 387 2,749 1,509
37 Vanderbilt University 10 22 401 2,859 1,244
38 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 11 19 549 1,438 1,799
39 University of Iowa 11 24 437 1,757 1,870
40 Texas A&M University 9 14 559 700 1,995
41 Georgia State University 10 19 417 1,195 1,969
42 Southwestern Law School 13 14 535 805 1,750
43 University of Denver 11 16 346 1,271 2,160
44 William & Mary Law School 9 15 261 694 3,058
45 Stanford University 12 20 474 1,478 1,333
46 University of Colorado Boulder 13 17 473 935 1,770
47 Arizona State University 10 23 379 1,748 1,334
48 University of Pittsburgh 9 18 388 1,141 1,644
49 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 10 17 396 980 1,693
50 Northeastern University 9 20 274 1,595 1,613
51 University of Maryland 10 18 386 1,148 1,402
52 Pace University 11 13 339 493 2,169
53 Wake Forest University 11 17 402 907 1,475
54 Santa Clara University 7 25 258 2,055 889
55 Temple University 10 20 357 1,027 1,303
56 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 8 16 224 1,483 1,350
57 Southern Methodist University 10 18 418 938 886
58 University of San Diego 10 18 370 1,099 720
59 St. John's University 11 15 346 758 1,060
60 Yeshiva University 7 19 268 1,237 997
61 City University of New York (CUNY) 9 16 231 1,040 1,213
62 University of Utah 10 16 244 800 1,326
63 Drexel University 8 13 303 521 1,272
64 University at Buffalo 8 17 169 1,451 1,052
65 Loyola University Chicago 9 15 321 621 1,063
66 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 9 13 234 849 1,260
67 University of Wisconsin-Madison 6 18 228 998 1,057
68 University of Missouri-Kansas City 9 15 228 656 1,301
69 University of Arizona 8 14 271 753 918
70 University of San Francisco 9 15 219 842 1,000
71 New York Law School 4 16 113 1,281 1,024
72 Florida State University 9 13 285 576 839
73 University of Notre Dame 7 19 163 1,141 900
74 Catholic University of America 8 13 311 531 754
75 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 8 14 270 604 842
76 Hofstra University 7 18 172 1,229 734
77 University of Richmond 7 13 195 476 1,081
78 University of Kansas 8 14 217 530 701
79 University of New Mexico 6 17 163 896 608
80 University of South Carolina 7 12 204 339 901
81 Florida International University 7 12 167 604 806
82 Pennsylvania State University 7 15 173 599 708
83 Washington and Lee University 7 10 242 385 579
84 Case Western Reserve University 8 14 186 628 596
85 Capital University 4 19 97 1,169 459
86 University of Missouri 7 10 177 362 751
87 University of Cincinnati 7 12 128 542 814
88 California Western School of Law 7 14 171 501 644
89 Pepperdine University 6 12 160 408 779
90 University of Washington 7 12 145 448 795
91 Widener University Delaware Law School 6 15 109 682 739
92 University of St. Thomas 9 12 177 482 592
93 Western New England University 8 9 173 277 714
94 Cleveland State University 6 13 119 495 762
95 Quinnipiac University 9 14 182 557 394
96 University of Oregon 7 9 175 332 621
97 George Mason University 6 14 124 857 362
98 South Texas College of Law Houston 7 10 144 284 764
99 University of Louisville 7 14 101 698 581
100 Albany Law School 6 11 145 386 650