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ABA-Approved Law Schools

Most-Cited Institutions by Subject

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Last Updated: March 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 New York University 16 46 1,280 8,891 6,950
2 Yale University 19 42 1,275 8,879 6,244
3 Harvard University 15 42 957 8,434 5,322
4 Columbia University School of Law 11 25 894 2,922 4,927
5 Georgetown University 14 32 782 3,458 3,456
6 University of Chicago 12 26 637 3,235 3,182
7 University of Virginia 13 22 775 2,545 2,068
8 University of Michigan 11 25 504 2,421 3,522
9 University of California, Berkeley 12 22 549 1,846 3,233
10 George Washington University 11 21 519 2,132 2,673
11 University of California, Los Angeles 11 25 429 2,517 1,654
12 University at Buffalo 8 19 250 1,203 3,706
13 American University 8 22 296 2,058 2,602
14 Rutgers University 11 24 434 1,948 1,774
15 Duke University 11 20 364 1,701 1,698
16 Stanford University 11 16 420 917 1,940
17 University of Texas at Austin 9 21 310 1,748 1,584
18 University of Pennsylvania 10 21 335 1,241 1,803
19 University of Colorado Boulder 6 14 258 774 2,273
20 Emory University 6 21 189 1,651 1,517
21 Temple University 8 17 260 1,083 1,611
22 Fordham University 8 18 239 1,077 1,428
23 Loyola University Chicago 7 13 213 480 1,826
24 Northeastern University 8 11 205 852 1,529
25 University of California, San Francisco 7 20 199 1,196 1,246
26 Arizona State University 7 15 212 1,055 1,105
27 University of Notre Dame 6 17 205 919 1,127
28 University of Maryland 8 13 224 1,237 658
29 Texas A&M University 8 15 226 776 1,058
30 Loyola Marymount University 4 11 155 1,051 1,176
31 Boston University 8 13 284 535 938
32 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 8 15 192 672 1,283
33 University of Connecticut 8 8 187 332 1,601
34 University of Florida 5 19 188 1,065 927
35 Cornell University 7 16 181 979 1,036
36 University of Wisconsin-Madison 7 14 141 721 1,426
37 Seattle University 5 16 109 754 1,524
38 Indiana University Bloomington 7 14 198 622 1,167
39 University of Arizona 8 13 170 832 1,085
40 Northwestern University 7 17 230 961 647
41 University of Houston 3 24 82 1,745 714
42 Ohio State University 7 11 249 561 855
43 Washington University 9 12 233 488 807
44 University of Miami 7 19 153 853 871
45 University of Minnesota 7 16 156 658 1,021
46 University of Utah 8 11 132 466 1,250
47 Vanderbilt University 6 13 160 695 806
48 University of California, Irvine 8 12 189 587 732
49 Pennsylvania State University 4 11 133 514 1,060
50 University of Pittsburgh 8 13 199 571 652
51 William & Mary Law School 7 12 190 465 685
52 New York Law School 4 12 83 639 1,050
53 University of Iowa 5 17 106 842 627
54 University of California, Davis 7 13 143 541 644
55 Santa Clara University 7 12 176 576 397
56 George Mason University 5 14 87 764 697
57 Georgia State University 5 12 135 396 712
58 Florida State University 7 14 139 535 537
59 University of Southern California 5 12 121 592 563
60 Brigham Young University Law School 8 12 137 498 557
61 DePaul University 4 16 52 814 646
62 Washington and Lee University 6 11 132 469 518
63 University of Baltimore 6 8 134 262 683
64 University of San Francisco 5 13 98 632 534
65 Hofstra University 4 14 82 796 469
66 University of Washington 5 11 93 402 765
67 Brooklyn Law School 7 11 143 374 496
68 Albany Law School 6 9 100 343 729
69 Case Western Reserve University 4 13 60 523 760
70 Wake Forest University 6 7 86 236 858
71 University of Richmond 7 7 131 386 461
72 Boston College 6 12 114 439 502
73 Pace University 5 11 94 296 726
74 Syracuse University 6 9 96 275 717
75 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 6 11 89 408 558
76 New England Law Boston 4 11 106 400 470
77 University of San Diego 5 10 100 411 466
78 Yeshiva University 5 17 70 668 367
79 Wayne State University 5 12 79 560 386
80 City University of New York (CUNY) 6 9 121 186 472
81 University of Illinois Chicago 4 11 80 303 562
82 University of Oklahoma 6 8 137 208 341
83 Chapman University 3 10 61 393 543
84 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 4 11 53 487 468
85 Indiana University Indianapolis 4 10 43 382 609
86 University of St. Thomas 5 5 125 240 292
87 Nova Southeastern University 4 10 56 311 582
88 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 4 11 66 297 507
89 Drexel University 6 8 108 245 304
90 St. John's University 4 9 73 250 438
91 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 3 11 53 478 324
92 Michigan State University 5 5 118 86 332
93 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 5 8 72 254 421
94 Seton Hall University 5 8 92 180 345
95 Pepperdine University 6 9 76 263 328
96 University of South Carolina 5 9 87 159 360
97 Villanova University 4 10 39 291 495
98 Southern Methodist University 5 8 75 318 249
99 California Western School of Law 4 10 45 331 347
100 Tulane University 4 7 47 239 368