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ABA-Approved Law Schools

Most-Cited Institutions by Author Affiliation

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Last Updated: May 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 915 1,933 38,269 204,378 84,035
2 Yale University 817 1,819 34,319 209,359 79,726
3 New York University 835 1,801 27,632 137,690 69,870
4 Columbia University School of Law 676 1,286 24,655 99,350 63,756
5 University of Chicago 510 1,010 22,607 107,422 45,986
6 University of Virginia 644 1,216 20,790 69,296 46,503
7 Georgetown University 772 1,473 20,026 73,849 51,747
8 University of California, Berkeley 607 1,232 17,153 79,268 49,719
9 University of California, Los Angeles 634 1,199 17,651 70,970 43,224
10 University of Pennsylvania 547 1,034 17,908 56,368 41,630
11 Stanford University 440 850 15,344 69,196 31,402
12 University of Michigan 537 980 14,468 45,674 36,242
13 George Washington University 497 1,042 12,060 47,976 36,470
14 Vanderbilt University 373 724 11,243 42,228 26,339
15 Northwestern University 395 864 10,216 47,549 27,468
16 Duke University 396 780 10,623 41,580 29,424
17 University of Texas at Austin 358 728 9,228 39,808 19,451
18 Cornell University 319 657 9,078 35,948 27,012
19 University of Minnesota 332 671 8,248 28,286 25,372
20 Fordham University 366 690 8,319 27,970 21,422
21 Boston University 390 739 8,602 26,111 22,457
22 Rutgers University 399 838 6,797 29,611 22,051
23 University of Florida 320 647 6,832 25,872 20,909
24 Washington University 300 580 7,050 22,269 20,479
25 University of California, Davis 266 487 7,078 20,614 20,986
26 University of California, Irvine 260 460 5,823 19,132 18,270
27 Texas A&M University 304 526 6,137 15,959 18,348
28 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 289 539 5,751 17,769 16,380
29 University of California, San Francisco 300 614 5,089 22,204 16,062
30 University of Wisconsin-Madison 257 577 4,738 24,014 16,807
31 Emory University 225 468 4,860 19,056 19,802
32 University of San Diego 185 411 4,303 21,878 11,294
33 University of Colorado Boulder 264 527 5,222 16,706 16,702
34 Brooklyn Law School 242 448 5,368 15,493 11,678
35 Ohio State University 228 456 4,411 17,156 12,684
36 George Mason University 225 486 3,836 19,993 11,272
37 Indiana University Bloomington 245 514 4,098 18,451 13,875
38 Yeshiva University 244 481 4,303 16,657 13,578
39 Arizona State University 257 580 3,949 19,281 15,906
40 William & Mary Law School 217 397 4,712 13,430 13,765
41 Seattle University 166 359 3,410 20,441 10,239
42 University of Southern California 204 402 4,092 15,410 12,230
43 Temple University 242 467 4,543 12,894 14,394
44 American University 254 509 3,729 15,517 15,759
45 University of Notre Dame 226 432 3,910 13,533 11,961
46 Florida State University 193 384 3,961 11,686 13,614
47 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 206 423 3,362 14,092 9,552
48 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 179 413 2,901 16,418 12,475
49 Wake Forest University 169 350 3,098 12,879 10,731
50 Loyola Marymount University 203 391 3,398 11,071 10,496
51 University of Arizona 175 359 2,995 12,898 11,301
52 University of Denver 211 396 3,378 9,972 10,800
53 University of Miami 173 401 2,547 14,112 10,956
54 Boston College 206 389 3,027 11,506 8,280
55 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 146 342 2,736 12,603 9,300
56 Southern Methodist University 192 350 3,340 9,370 9,879
57 University of Maryland 177 347 2,979 11,305 8,888
58 University of Pittsburgh 167 377 2,683 12,831 9,990
59 University of Iowa 170 344 2,913 10,501 10,419
60 Loyola University Chicago 177 361 3,073 9,490 11,435
61 University of Utah 163 300 3,013 9,024 10,860
62 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 138 273 2,544 11,419 9,139
63 University of Houston 180 434 2,131 13,888 8,972
64 Brigham Young University Law School 161 292 2,951 8,725 8,793
65 University of St. Thomas 111 233 2,477 10,379 7,737
66 University of Georgia 157 289 2,942 7,870 7,687
67 Pennsylvania State University 179 367 2,723 8,792 9,782
68 University of Richmond 152 276 2,513 9,007 7,718
69 Case Western Reserve University 136 290 2,156 10,591 7,342
70 Pepperdine University 148 334 2,240 9,726 7,086
71 Northeastern University 146 283 2,042 10,670 8,584
72 University of Washington 155 331 2,500 7,701 9,890
73 Lewis & Clark Law School 125 275 2,117 9,015 7,735
74 University of Kansas 104 240 1,982 9,275 6,767
75 University of South Carolina 150 290 2,424 6,999 7,776
76 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 143 273 2,293 7,163 6,261
77 Santa Clara University 123 281 1,868 9,225 6,198
78 Wayne State University 136 313 1,670 10,450 5,786
79 University at Buffalo 144 294 2,089 8,394 9,921
80 Georgia State University 167 354 2,171 8,002 8,411
81 Hofstra University 127 276 1,784 9,200 5,904
82 Seton Hall University 141 266 2,056 6,898 6,264
83 University of Missouri 129 267 1,881 6,911 5,143
84 Michigan State University 136 249 2,048 6,007 5,751
85 Suffolk University 147 322 1,775 7,824 6,776
86 University of Alabama 129 228 2,030 5,570 6,138
87 University of Connecticut 132 242 2,091 5,463 7,356
88 St. John's University 120 224 1,914 5,467 6,308
89 University of Baltimore 153 292 1,803 6,230 9,090
90 Villanova University 124 260 1,533 7,355 6,139
91 Washington and Lee University 116 210 1,916 4,793 5,307
92 Indiana University Indianapolis 103 256 1,406 7,334 5,414
93 DePaul University 92 211 1,306 7,602 5,742
94 University of San Francisco 95 204 1,355 7,065 8,034
95 Pace University 109 259 1,498 6,420 6,953
96 Syracuse University 113 242 1,471 6,749 6,592
97 New York Law School 120 260 1,409 7,269 7,029
98 Albany Law School 113 232 1,616 5,575 6,227
99 University of Cincinnati 99 218 1,270 7,172 4,494
100 University of Oklahoma 118 199 1,899 3,230 5,032