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ABA-Approved Law Schools

Most-Cited Institutions by Subject

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Last Updated: November 2025

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 New York University 17 45 1,464 8,603 7,395
2 Yale University 21 42 1,459 8,635 6,573
3 Harvard University 16 41 1,170 8,190 5,931
4 Columbia University School of Law 10 25 978 2,774 5,065
5 Georgetown University 15 32 914 3,414 3,674
6 University of Chicago 16 26 783 3,432 3,556
7 University of Michigan 12 25 571 2,434 3,859
8 University of Virginia 15 21 857 2,391 2,305
9 University of California, Berkeley 12 22 593 1,743 3,492
10 George Washington University 11 22 555 1,985 2,819
11 University at Buffalo 8 19 284 1,154 3,936
12 American University 9 22 366 1,987 2,708
13 Rutgers University 12 23 512 1,806 1,948
14 University of California, Los Angeles 11 25 443 2,454 1,572
15 Duke University 12 20 410 1,629 1,869
16 University of Texas at Austin 10 21 359 1,681 1,753
17 Stanford University 11 16 450 864 2,014
18 University of Pennsylvania 12 20 367 1,181 1,863
19 Emory University 6 21 199 1,629 2,003
20 University of Colorado Boulder 7 14 290 728 2,429
21 Temple University 9 17 293 1,039 1,692
22 Loyola University Chicago 8 12 265 452 2,247
23 Fordham University 10 19 280 1,073 1,551
24 University of California, San Francisco 8 20 242 1,139 1,386
25 Northeastern University 7 10 221 819 1,551
26 Arizona State University 8 14 259 963 1,113
27 Northwestern University 8 17 275 930 1,032
28 Boston University 9 14 311 529 1,166
29 University of Connecticut 8 8 183 327 1,997
30 University of Wisconsin-Madison 8 14 189 691 1,592
31 Texas A&M University 8 14 254 746 1,213
32 Loyola Marymount University 4 11 186 1,013 1,250
33 Indiana University Bloomington 9 14 245 615 1,283
34 University of Notre Dame 7 15 246 756 1,140
35 Cornell University 8 16 215 936 1,108
36 University of Florida 6 19 205 1,042 1,032
37 University of Arizona 8 12 206 772 1,284
38 University of Maryland 8 13 244 1,197 665
39 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 8 15 196 604 1,443
40 Seattle University 7 16 136 705 1,607
41 University of Houston 4 24 95 1,729 714
42 Ohio State University 7 11 269 560 896
43 University of Minnesota 8 15 205 617 1,134
44 University of Utah 9 11 183 447 1,319
45 Vanderbilt University 7 12 213 704 902
46 Washington University 9 11 255 455 918
47 University of Miami 8 18 173 817 955
48 University of California, Irvine 9 11 233 538 865
49 Pennsylvania State University 5 11 160 468 1,030
50 William & Mary Law School 8 11 219 428 726
51 University of Pittsburgh 8 13 200 540 688
52 New York Law School 5 12 98 647 1,042
53 University of California, Davis 7 13 151 529 761
54 Santa Clara University 7 12 191 548 510
55 University of Iowa 5 17 116 775 616
56 Georgia State University 6 12 143 378 844
57 University of Southern California 6 11 156 555 592
58 Florida State University 8 14 157 518 608
59 Hofstra University 5 14 108 773 566
60 Brigham Young University 9 12 150 479 616
61 DePaul University 4 15 58 783 771
62 University of San Francisco 5 13 113 614 626
63 Washington and Lee University 7 11 140 448 607
64 Case Western Reserve University 4 12 74 487 893
65 George Mason University 6 11 83 659 668
66 Albany Law School 6 8 112 328 846
67 University of Washington 6 11 105 383 817
68 Wake Forest University 6 7 103 216 982
69 Brooklyn Law School 7 11 146 365 559
70 Boston College 7 12 130 405 598
71 University of Baltimore 6 7 129 202 779
72 Pace University 5 10 106 292 792
73 Syracuse University 6 8 122 251 696
74 University of Richmond 8 7 150 362 427
75 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 6 11 103 389 613
76 Yeshiva University 5 16 87 649 434
77 New England Law Boston 4 11 129 370 489
78 Wayne State University 6 12 104 527 455
79 University of San Diego 5 9 119 375 510
80 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 5 12 74 501 545
81 University of Illinois Chicago 4 10 93 275 668
82 Indiana University Indianapolis 4 10 62 356 732
83 University of Oklahoma 7 7 156 187 396
84 City University of New York (CUNY) 6 8 126 157 547
85 Chapman University 4 9 66 367 622
86 Nova Southeastern University 4 9 63 303 679
87 University of South Carolina 6 9 113 151 537
88 University of St. Thomas 5 5 125 231 383
89 Drexel University 6 7 125 232 371
90 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 5 11 74 312 516
91 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 4 11 60 464 360
92 Southern Methodist University 7 8 99 297 321
93 St. John's University 5 9 86 231 451
94 Villanova University 4 8 56 249 576
95 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 5 8 85 230 436
96 Michigan State University 5 4 119 78 417
97 Pepperdine University 6 9 93 257 351
98 California Western School of Law 4 10 71 321 362
99 Seton Hall University 5 8 90 175 342
100 University of Alabama 4 9 55 280 387