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ABA-Approved Law Schools

Most-Cited Institutions by Subject

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Last Updated: December 2025

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Yale University 21 43 1,555 8,859 6,689
2 New York University 17 45 1,486 8,600 7,121
3 Harvard University 16 41 1,185 8,205 5,711
4 Columbia University School of Law 11 25 1,013 2,774 4,819
5 Georgetown University 14 31 837 3,314 3,483
6 University of Chicago 16 26 756 3,375 3,441
7 University of Virginia 15 21 873 2,399 2,165
8 University of Michigan 12 25 570 2,273 3,565
9 George Washington University 11 22 644 2,179 2,864
10 University of California, Berkeley 13 22 597 1,741 3,400
11 University of California, Los Angeles 12 25 479 2,464 1,709
12 University at Buffalo 8 19 288 1,154 3,872
13 American University 9 22 364 1,987 2,639
14 Rutgers University 12 24 545 1,861 1,875
15 Duke University 13 20 415 1,630 1,819
16 Stanford University 11 16 457 862 1,972
17 University of Texas at Austin 10 21 363 1,681 1,622
18 University of Pennsylvania 12 20 377 1,181 1,796
19 University of Colorado Boulder 7 14 293 729 2,384
20 Emory University 6 21 203 1,631 1,784
21 Temple University 9 17 289 1,041 1,628
22 Loyola University Chicago 7 12 261 452 2,117
23 Fordham University 10 18 282 1,005 1,431
24 University of California, San Francisco 8 20 248 1,156 1,311
25 Northeastern University 7 10 227 821 1,511
26 University of Wisconsin-Madison 9 14 243 688 1,554
27 Arizona State University 8 14 260 968 1,095
28 Boston University 9 14 315 508 1,071
29 University of Connecticut 8 8 186 327 1,862
30 University of Notre Dame 7 15 249 756 1,140
31 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 9 15 208 654 1,424
32 Loyola Marymount University 4 11 187 1,013 1,184
33 Cornell University 8 16 219 936 1,080
34 Texas A&M University 8 14 250 728 1,121
35 University of Maryland 8 13 247 1,197 653
36 University of Arizona 8 13 210 790 1,215
37 University of Florida 6 19 208 1,042 971
38 Northwestern University 8 17 259 928 796
39 Seattle University 7 16 138 705 1,550
40 Indiana University Bloomington 8 14 224 591 1,245
41 University of Houston 4 24 98 1,729 709
42 Ohio State University 7 11 274 522 890
43 University of Minnesota 8 15 208 619 1,104
44 University of Miami 8 18 178 824 928
45 Vanderbilt University 7 12 224 570 933
46 Washington University 9 11 257 455 857
47 University of Utah 9 11 160 433 1,283
48 University of California, Irvine 9 11 234 538 812
49 University of Pittsburgh 8 13 228 540 707
50 Pennsylvania State University 5 11 162 474 1,085
51 New York Law School 5 12 100 643 1,082
52 William & Mary Law School 7 11 211 436 665
53 Santa Clara University 7 12 200 548 477
54 University of California, Davis 7 13 155 529 708
55 George Mason University 6 14 95 752 750
56 University of Iowa 5 17 117 775 572
57 University of Southern California 6 11 156 555 578
58 Georgia State University 6 12 144 378 804
59 Florida State University 8 14 159 508 561
60 Brigham Young University 9 12 153 479 593
61 Hofstra University 5 14 108 773 517
62 DePaul University 4 15 58 777 716
63 Case Western Reserve University 4 12 75 489 908
64 University of Washington 6 11 117 383 795
65 University of San Francisco 5 13 114 614 558
66 Washington and Lee University 7 11 143 445 571
67 Albany Law School 6 8 114 328 815
68 Wake Forest University 6 7 104 216 930
69 Boston College 7 12 132 405 567
70 Brooklyn Law School 7 11 151 362 511
71 University of Baltimore 6 7 133 202 725
72 Pace University 5 10 109 292 743
73 University of Richmond 8 7 147 361 445
74 Syracuse University 6 8 120 250 675
75 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 6 11 105 389 583
76 Yeshiva University 5 16 87 649 413
77 New England Law Boston 4 11 132 370 465
78 University of San Diego 5 10 124 385 470
79 Wayne State University 6 12 104 527 425
80 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 5 12 73 507 517
81 University of Oklahoma 7 6 161 180 370
82 University of Illinois Chicago 4 10 93 265 608
83 City University of New York (CUNY) 6 8 129 157 495
84 Indiana University Indianapolis 4 10 60 356 632
85 Nova Southeastern University 4 9 63 303 646
86 Chapman University 4 9 66 367 561
87 University of St. Thomas 5 5 127 231 344
88 Drexel University 6 7 121 232 344
89 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 5 11 71 291 509
90 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 4 11 62 466 355
91 Southern Methodist University 7 8 105 302 303
92 St. John's University 5 9 87 232 453
93 University of South Carolina 5 9 93 151 499
94 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 5 8 86 230 425
95 Michigan State University 5 4 120 77 387
96 Villanova University 4 8 46 262 546
97 Pepperdine University 6 9 93 244 333
98 California Western School of Law 4 10 71 321 349
99 Seton Hall University 6 8 93 175 337
100 University of Alabama 4 9 55 280 360