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ABA-Approved Law Schools

Most-Cited Institutions by Author Affiliation

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Last Updated: February 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 885 1,912 35,711 207,362 85,062
2 Yale University 794 1,806 32,256 209,222 79,642
3 New York University 789 1,765 25,637 136,482 69,554
4 Columbia University School of Law 657 1,278 23,286 99,453 61,875
5 University of Chicago 494 1,005 21,178 107,420 46,590
6 Georgetown University 817 1,663 20,269 84,321 57,345
7 University of Virginia 651 1,237 20,347 69,666 48,089
8 University of California, Berkeley 589 1,228 16,241 79,251 51,781
9 University of California, Los Angeles 621 1,191 16,667 70,976 43,346
10 University of Pennsylvania 523 1,023 16,784 56,324 42,403
11 Stanford University 412 833 14,151 69,321 31,068
12 University of Michigan 526 977 13,622 45,636 36,290
13 George Washington University 501 1,073 11,539 49,768 37,188
14 Duke University 402 828 10,396 45,706 31,496
15 Vanderbilt University 361 716 10,606 42,100 27,534
16 Northwestern University 382 858 9,633 47,547 27,728
17 University of Texas at Austin 343 720 8,692 39,852 19,838
18 Cornell University 309 652 8,545 35,932 27,064
19 Fordham University 377 724 8,223 29,360 23,448
20 University of Minnesota 319 666 7,719 28,264 26,565
21 Boston University 374 732 8,073 26,197 22,927
22 Rutgers University 392 832 6,537 28,986 22,979
23 University of Florida 309 643 6,480 25,979 21,882
24 Washington University 287 571 6,550 22,265 20,318
25 University of California, Davis 259 483 6,673 20,620 21,413
26 University of California, Irvine 249 452 5,433 19,120 18,253
27 Texas A&M University 297 523 5,747 15,968 19,207
28 University of California, San Francisco 291 608 4,808 22,204 16,746
29 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 280 532 5,385 17,774 15,772
30 University of Wisconsin-Madison 249 567 4,358 24,002 16,208
31 Emory University 235 491 4,838 19,649 20,597
32 University of San Diego 179 405 4,068 21,870 11,675
33 University of Colorado Boulder 256 524 4,861 16,671 17,056
34 Brooklyn Law School 223 426 4,693 15,062 11,086
35 Ohio State University 225 458 4,271 17,287 13,405
36 George Mason University 217 483 3,632 19,989 11,673
37 Indiana University Bloomington 236 509 3,867 18,449 14,362
38 Arizona State University 250 568 3,745 19,191 16,032
39 Yeshiva University 234 474 4,003 16,666 13,439
40 William & Mary Law School 210 393 4,445 13,451 13,413
41 Seattle University 163 357 3,207 20,439 10,937
42 University of Southern California 199 398 3,870 15,443 12,911
43 Temple University 233 462 4,253 12,799 14,924
44 American University 246 518 3,656 15,988 16,417
45 Florida State University 190 396 3,901 12,870 14,536
46 University of Notre Dame 218 429 3,660 13,510 12,144
47 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 175 412 2,784 16,863 12,912
48 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 202 420 3,201 14,190 10,067
49 Loyola Marymount University 195 393 3,224 10,990 10,688
50 University of Arizona 174 359 2,867 12,902 12,054
51 Boston College 197 398 2,847 12,640 8,545
52 University of Denver 201 385 3,145 9,872 11,214
53 University of Miami 165 394 2,401 14,055 11,395
54 University of Maryland 171 345 2,803 11,307 8,851
55 Southern Methodist University 184 346 3,128 9,353 10,293
56 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 141 336 2,547 12,609 9,776
57 University of Pittsburgh 165 373 2,542 12,812 10,326
58 Wake Forest University 153 319 2,639 11,644 9,881
59 Loyola University Chicago 172 358 2,889 9,498 11,682
60 University of Utah 156 295 2,836 9,024 10,857
61 Brigham Young University Law School 156 289 2,792 8,723 8,775
62 University of Houston 174 436 2,018 13,912 9,061
63 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 134 264 2,366 11,190 9,365
64 University of Iowa 155 323 2,558 9,697 9,698
65 University of St. Thomas 110 232 2,309 10,397 7,586
66 Case Western Reserve University 138 311 2,128 11,512 8,800
67 University of Georgia 152 285 2,783 7,799 7,443
68 Pennsylvania State University 171 366 2,581 8,805 10,262
69 University of Richmond 148 276 2,358 9,006 7,560
70 Pepperdine University 142 329 2,069 9,708 7,269
71 Northeastern University 146 287 1,928 10,485 9,326
72 University of Washington 151 329 2,377 7,711 9,871
73 University of South Carolina 149 295 2,340 7,214 8,023
74 Lewis & Clark Law School 124 274 2,003 9,016 7,446
75 University of Kansas 100 238 1,870 9,285 6,800
76 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 136 271 2,175 7,153 6,533
77 Santa Clara University 119 278 1,769 9,229 6,557
78 Wayne State University 131 312 1,584 10,437 5,880
79 Georgia State University 168 354 2,088 8,009 8,614
80 University at Buffalo 142 290 1,976 8,392 10,235
81 Hofstra University 125 273 1,701 9,200 5,582
82 Seton Hall University 139 260 1,918 6,887 6,210
83 University of Missouri 124 267 1,756 6,980 5,197
84 DePaul University 86 225 1,281 9,449 7,328
85 Michigan State University 134 247 1,927 6,006 6,137
86 Suffolk University 144 321 1,660 7,827 7,368
87 University of Connecticut 128 240 1,948 5,489 7,848
88 University of Alabama 126 229 1,872 5,566 6,348
89 Washington and Lee University 120 218 1,976 4,896 5,804
90 University of Baltimore 151 292 1,722 6,237 8,886
91 St. John's University 114 219 1,807 5,317 6,680
92 Villanova University 123 260 1,451 7,349 6,307
93 Pace University 113 272 1,480 6,755 7,530
94 Indiana University Indianapolis 100 256 1,334 7,358 5,601
95 Syracuse University 109 242 1,395 6,760 6,699
96 University of San Francisco 90 197 1,254 7,001 7,303
97 New York Law School 116 260 1,334 7,264 7,112
98 Albany Law School 101 220 1,476 5,463 6,392
99 University of Oklahoma 112 193 1,777 3,247 5,131
100 University of Cincinnati 95 212 1,173 6,912 4,534