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ABA-Approved Law Schools

Most-Cited Institutions by Author Affiliation

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Last Updated: March 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 889 1,916 36,246 207,476 88,230
2 Yale University 801 1,811 32,894 209,323 82,940
3 New York University 805 1,773 26,178 136,500 72,692
4 Columbia University School of Law 665 1,281 23,687 99,565 65,410
5 University of Chicago 496 1,006 21,547 107,439 48,287
6 Georgetown University 824 1,671 20,675 84,607 59,399
7 University of Virginia 657 1,235 20,719 69,819 50,280
8 University of California, Berkeley 593 1,230 16,498 79,281 52,987
9 University of California, Los Angeles 622 1,193 16,977 70,966 45,040
10 University of Pennsylvania 531 1,027 17,103 56,481 43,970
11 Stanford University 415 835 14,404 69,340 32,465
12 University of Michigan 531 979 13,865 45,666 37,676
13 George Washington University 498 1,059 11,666 48,407 38,185
14 Duke University 404 829 10,555 45,699 32,583
15 Vanderbilt University 363 720 10,803 42,173 28,356
16 Northwestern University 387 860 9,818 47,530 28,706
17 University of Texas at Austin 349 724 8,840 39,852 20,472
18 Cornell University 314 652 8,707 35,917 28,130
19 Fordham University 387 736 8,520 29,554 24,396
20 University of Minnesota 323 667 7,918 28,313 27,113
21 Boston University 378 733 8,242 26,185 23,700
22 Rutgers University 394 833 6,667 28,972 23,741
23 University of Florida 308 642 6,557 25,886 22,533
24 Washington University 288 573 6,682 22,269 21,172
25 University of California, Davis 261 483 6,798 20,615 22,269
26 University of California, Irvine 256 459 5,595 19,118 19,455
27 Texas A&M University 299 525 5,882 15,972 19,833
28 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 282 533 5,540 17,788 16,163
29 University of California, San Francisco 296 610 4,905 22,209 17,029
30 University of Wisconsin-Madison 256 575 4,571 24,021 17,689
31 Emory University 235 493 4,940 19,868 21,320
32 University of San Diego 181 405 4,118 21,877 11,892
33 University of Colorado Boulder 261 526 4,963 16,695 17,737
34 Ohio State University 227 464 4,361 17,257 13,921
35 Brooklyn Law School 216 415 4,668 14,861 11,223
36 George Mason University 218 483 3,693 19,988 11,871
37 Indiana University Bloomington 239 511 3,939 18,449 14,741
38 Yeshiva University 236 477 4,073 16,665 14,257
39 William & Mary Law School 213 395 4,537 13,444 14,212
40 Arizona State University 247 567 3,761 19,200 16,320
41 Seattle University 162 357 3,285 20,434 11,250
42 University of Southern California 200 397 3,902 15,407 13,190
43 Temple University 237 465 4,341 12,901 15,384
44 American University 248 519 3,706 15,999 17,091
45 Florida State University 192 400 3,987 12,868 15,089
46 University of Notre Dame 219 429 3,721 13,511 12,766
47 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 202 421 3,278 14,168 10,512
48 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 175 411 2,773 16,417 13,410
49 Loyola Marymount University 199 393 3,300 11,122 11,193
50 University of Arizona 176 360 2,929 12,913 12,364
51 Boston College 197 399 2,899 12,638 8,643
52 University of Denver 203 385 3,197 9,842 11,396
53 University of Maryland 174 345 2,863 11,303 9,124
54 University of Miami 167 394 2,440 14,054 11,795
55 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 143 339 2,607 12,609 10,045
56 Southern Methodist University 187 348 3,178 9,353 10,552
57 University of Pittsburgh 166 375 2,591 12,830 10,776
58 Wake Forest University 154 320 2,688 11,655 10,359
59 University of Iowa 164 340 2,775 10,498 10,743
60 Loyola University Chicago 174 360 2,944 9,483 12,177
61 University of Utah 156 295 2,896 9,027 11,361
62 University of Houston 179 439 2,064 13,914 9,457
63 Brigham Young University Law School 157 290 2,831 8,722 9,268
64 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 135 265 2,425 11,191 9,609
65 University of St. Thomas 110 232 2,349 10,400 8,042
66 Case Western Reserve University 140 311 2,158 11,518 8,851
67 University of Georgia 153 286 2,827 7,861 7,802
68 Pennsylvania State University 173 366 2,605 8,808 10,470
69 University of Richmond 150 276 2,402 9,000 7,986
70 Pepperdine University 145 331 2,121 9,701 7,525
71 Northeastern University 148 286 1,978 10,697 9,432
72 University of Washington 151 329 2,419 7,716 10,325
73 University of South Carolina 153 299 2,391 7,210 8,280
74 Lewis & Clark Law School 124 274 2,038 9,011 7,839
75 University of Kansas 102 238 1,905 9,282 7,063
76 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 139 272 2,218 7,157 6,715
77 Santa Clara University 122 279 1,803 9,222 6,663
78 Wayne State University 135 312 1,614 10,448 6,064
79 Georgia State University 168 354 2,128 8,002 8,941
80 University at Buffalo 144 291 2,009 8,394 10,472
81 Hofstra University 126 273 1,729 9,198 6,021
82 Seton Hall University 140 262 1,952 6,895 6,565
83 University of Missouri 124 267 1,787 6,979 5,405
84 Michigan State University 136 248 1,966 6,007 6,207
85 DePaul University 87 225 1,296 9,447 7,482
86 University of Connecticut 130 242 2,015 5,490 7,995
87 University of Alabama 128 229 1,933 5,566 6,499
88 Suffolk University 144 323 1,680 7,823 7,576
89 Washington and Lee University 121 218 2,008 4,898 6,060
90 University of Baltimore 152 291 1,751 6,233 9,432
91 St. John's University 116 221 1,839 5,441 6,815
92 Villanova University 123 260 1,481 7,350 6,481
93 Indiana University Indianapolis 101 257 1,356 7,367 5,774
94 Syracuse University 111 241 1,420 6,754 6,941
95 Pace University 108 259 1,417 6,420 7,097
96 University of San Francisco 90 197 1,272 6,999 8,018
97 New York Law School 117 260 1,358 7,266 7,331
98 Albany Law School 101 220 1,499 5,466 6,477
99 University of Oklahoma 115 196 1,821 3,225 5,326
100 University of Cincinnati 95 212 1,194 6,914 4,658