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ABA-Approved Law Schools

Most-Cited Institutions by Author Affiliation

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Last Updated: January 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 955 1,911 42,450 200,134 91,717
2 Yale University 861 1,799 38,517 202,293 86,005
3 New York University 859 1,763 30,540 131,135 75,559
4 Columbia University School of Law 719 1,281 27,625 94,952 66,962
5 University of Chicago 541 1,002 25,165 103,043 50,541
6 Georgetown University 887 1,663 23,951 80,542 61,791
7 University of Virginia 707 1,235 23,835 66,005 51,857
8 University of California, Berkeley 656 1,226 19,440 75,842 55,645
9 University of California, Los Angeles 660 1,188 19,736 67,617 46,927
10 University of Pennsylvania 567 1,021 19,704 53,262 45,692
11 Stanford University 452 832 16,896 66,374 33,615
12 University of Michigan 573 978 15,832 43,259 39,456
13 George Washington University 547 1,067 13,749 47,318 39,521
14 Duke University 445 829 12,540 43,381 34,030
15 Vanderbilt University 390 715 12,709 39,942 29,784
16 Northwestern University 417 857 11,471 45,583 29,999
17 University of Texas at Austin 374 719 10,250 38,046 21,415
18 Cornell University 333 651 10,126 34,215 29,285
19 Fordham University 406 723 9,831 27,600 25,106
20 University of Minnesota 349 664 9,049 26,767 28,625
21 Boston University 401 730 9,392 24,734 24,764
22 Rutgers University 429 830 7,740 27,576 25,008
23 University of Florida 331 642 7,579 24,706 23,706
24 Washington University 314 571 7,684 21,029 21,972
25 University of California, Davis 278 483 7,953 19,263 23,305
26 University of California, Irvine 271 451 6,489 17,974 19,851
27 University of California, San Francisco 319 609 5,767 21,177 18,171
28 Texas A&M University 317 518 6,624 14,911 20,711
29 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 296 532 6,216 16,798 16,853
30 University of Wisconsin-Madison 268 567 5,076 23,208 17,726
31 Emory University 253 491 5,666 18,935 22,053
32 University of San Diego 195 404 4,910 20,942 12,536
33 University of Colorado Boulder 283 524 5,671 15,814 18,436
34 George Mason University 237 495 4,511 19,320 12,820
35 Ohio State University 239 457 5,132 16,368 14,554
36 Brooklyn Law School 237 425 5,372 14,284 11,929
37 Indiana University Bloomington 260 509 4,592 17,637 15,568
38 Arizona State University 274 567 4,442 18,438 17,306
39 William & Mary Law School 232 392 5,298 12,532 14,594
40 Yeshiva University 249 473 4,685 15,896 14,481
41 Seattle University 176 357 3,773 19,827 11,810
42 University of Southern California 210 397 4,604 14,592 13,910
43 Temple University 256 463 4,938 12,112 16,114
44 American University 266 518 4,391 15,201 17,682
45 Florida State University 210 395 4,621 12,073 15,584
46 University of Notre Dame 231 427 4,283 12,801 13,214
47 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 224 420 3,971 13,376 10,830
48 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 190 411 3,338 16,254 13,858
49 Loyola Marymount University 210 392 3,849 10,467 11,441
50 University of Arizona 190 359 3,471 12,269 12,876
51 Boston College 210 397 3,369 12,068 9,225
52 University of Denver 219 382 3,767 9,231 12,072
53 University of Miami 187 393 2,896 13,537 12,790
54 University of Maryland 188 343 3,332 10,703 9,588
55 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 155 336 3,034 12,068 10,534
56 University of Pittsburgh 179 371 2,994 12,321 11,092
57 Southern Methodist University 197 343 3,611 8,791 11,117
58 Wake Forest University 169 317 3,097 11,140 10,755
59 University of Utah 173 295 3,343 8,469 11,629
60 Loyola University Chicago 187 355 3,320 9,016 12,663
61 University of Houston 194 435 2,420 13,488 9,767
62 Brigham Young University Law School 165 288 3,247 8,227 9,552
63 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 146 264 2,764 10,748 10,039
64 University of St. Thomas 120 232 2,756 9,910 8,152
65 Case Western Reserve University 151 310 2,586 10,949 9,491
66 University of Iowa 169 323 2,959 9,243 10,500
67 University of Georgia 164 286 3,259 7,342 8,094
68 Pennsylvania State University 186 363 3,093 8,221 11,084
69 University of Richmond 158 276 2,810 8,432 8,189
70 Pepperdine University 156 329 2,498 9,248 7,879
71 Northeastern University 155 286 2,286 10,293 9,896
72 Lewis & Clark Law School 137 273 2,460 8,530 8,090
73 University of Washington 162 329 2,836 7,209 10,554
74 University of Kansas 110 239 2,272 8,868 7,349
75 University of South Carolina 165 294 2,727 6,784 8,682
76 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 152 270 2,598 6,699 6,990
77 Wayne State University 142 312 1,918 10,061 6,382
78 Santa Clara University 129 278 2,099 8,877 7,084
79 Hofstra University 133 274 2,110 8,766 5,983
80 Georgia State University 182 352 2,431 7,582 9,085
81 University at Buffalo 157 290 2,281 8,057 11,076
82 Seton Hall University 145 260 2,254 6,526 6,738
83 University of Missouri 137 267 2,100 6,619 5,602
84 DePaul University 98 224 1,561 9,153 7,943
85 Michigan State University 139 245 2,243 5,652 6,566
86 Suffolk University 159 322 1,971 7,521 7,878
87 University of Alabama 139 226 2,160 5,229 6,853
88 University of Connecticut 140 240 2,237 5,169 8,386
89 Washington and Lee University 130 217 2,259 4,584 6,263
90 St. John's University 125 220 2,165 5,060 7,195
91 University of Baltimore 161 291 2,005 5,948 9,667
92 Villanova University 130 260 1,716 7,051 6,834
93 Indiana University Indianapolis 108 256 1,661 7,006 6,044
94 Pace University 127 271 1,758 6,457 8,138
95 Syracuse University 121 242 1,707 6,441 7,202
96 University of San Francisco 99 197 1,532 6,714 7,934
97 New York Law School 125 260 1,544 7,041 7,727
98 University of Cincinnati 105 212 1,393 6,680 4,841
99 Albany Law School 109 220 1,694 5,223 7,055
100 Southwestern Law School 129 239 1,761 4,971 6,857