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ABA-Approved Law Schools

Most-Cited Institutions by Subject

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Last Updated: January 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 New York University 17 45 1,489 8,616 6,972
2 Yale University 20 43 1,473 8,721 6,538
3 Harvard University 16 41 1,200 8,219 5,577
4 Columbia University School of Law 11 25 1,020 2,780 4,956
5 Georgetown University 14 32 908 3,411 3,584
6 University of Chicago 16 26 805 3,410 3,441
7 University of Virginia 15 22 894 2,436 2,217
8 University of Michigan 12 25 583 2,435 3,594
9 University of California, Berkeley 13 22 600 1,761 3,373
10 George Washington University 11 21 586 1,986 2,799
11 University of California, Los Angeles 12 25 482 2,458 1,745
12 University at Buffalo 8 19 288 1,154 3,817
13 Rutgers University 12 24 539 1,861 1,890
14 American University 9 21 364 1,929 2,606
15 Duke University 13 20 418 1,649 1,797
16 University of Texas at Austin 10 21 394 1,706 1,667
17 Stanford University 11 16 463 864 1,988
18 University of Pennsylvania 12 20 380 1,181 1,829
19 University of Colorado Boulder 7 14 296 729 2,360
20 Emory University 6 21 205 1,632 1,721
21 Temple University 9 17 293 1,036 1,594
22 Fordham University 10 19 287 1,086 1,440
23 Loyola University Chicago 8 12 269 453 2,066
24 University of California, San Francisco 8 20 235 1,130 1,284
25 Northeastern University 7 10 227 821 1,531
26 Arizona State University 8 14 271 988 1,130
27 University of Wisconsin-Madison 8 14 192 688 1,492
28 University of Notre Dame 7 15 252 756 1,133
29 Loyola Marymount University 4 11 192 1,013 1,162
30 Texas A&M University 8 14 255 742 1,100
31 University of Connecticut 8 8 189 328 1,804
32 Cornell University 8 16 221 936 1,071
33 University of Maryland 8 13 250 1,197 652
34 University of Arizona 8 12 209 773 1,202
35 University of Florida 6 19 208 1,041 937
36 Northwestern University 8 17 258 947 764
37 Indiana University Bloomington 8 14 222 597 1,234
38 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 8 15 198 604 1,335
39 University of Houston 4 24 98 1,729 711
40 Seattle University 7 16 139 705 1,448
41 Ohio State University 7 11 277 560 894
42 University of Minnesota 8 15 212 620 1,138
43 Boston University 9 12 307 416 878
44 University of Miami 8 18 177 817 923
45 Washington University 9 11 259 455 851
46 University of Utah 9 11 160 433 1,325
47 University of California, Irvine 9 11 234 538 814
48 Pennsylvania State University 5 11 164 481 1,034
49 William & Mary Law School 8 12 232 497 693
50 University of Pittsburgh 8 13 227 540 669
51 New York Law School 5 11 100 619 1,113
52 Vanderbilt University 6 12 163 570 696
53 University of California, Davis 7 13 156 529 707
54 George Mason University 6 14 96 752 761
55 Santa Clara University 7 12 202 548 441
56 University of Iowa 5 17 119 780 568
57 Georgia State University 6 12 146 379 821
58 University of Southern California 6 11 156 555 574
59 Florida State University 8 14 160 518 555
60 Brigham Young University Law School 9 12 154 479 581
61 Hofstra University 5 14 109 773 497
62 Case Western Reserve University 4 12 75 484 882
63 University of San Francisco 5 13 115 614 559
64 Washington and Lee University 7 11 144 448 553
65 Albany Law School 6 8 115 328 802
66 University of Washington 6 11 106 383 768
67 Wake Forest University 6 7 105 216 884
68 Brooklyn Law School 7 11 152 362 511
69 Boston College 7 12 134 407 551
70 University of Baltimore 7 7 137 202 711
71 Pace University 5 10 110 292 743
72 DePaul University 4 14 58 663 633
73 Syracuse University 6 8 121 255 692
74 University of Richmond 8 7 148 361 415
75 New England Law Boston 4 11 132 370 485
76 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 6 11 105 389 583
77 University of San Diego 5 9 124 375 488
78 Yeshiva University 5 16 87 649 390
79 Wayne State University 6 12 104 527 406
80 City University of New York (CUNY) 6 8 135 210 511
81 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 5 12 74 501 511
82 University of Illinois Chicago 4 10 93 288 614
83 University of Oklahoma 7 7 163 187 361
84 Indiana University Indianapolis 4 10 62 356 615
85 Chapman University 4 9 68 367 563
86 Nova Southeastern University 4 9 63 303 629
87 University of St. Thomas 5 6 131 261 344
88 Villanova University 4 10 60 312 561
89 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 5 9 90 309 421
90 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 5 11 71 292 517
91 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 4 11 61 465 354
92 St. John's University 5 9 86 232 452
93 Drexel University 6 7 115 208 336
94 University of South Carolina 5 9 93 151 474
95 Michigan State University 5 4 122 75 383
96 Pepperdine University 6 9 93 244 335
97 California Western School of Law 4 10 71 321 367
98 Seton Hall University 6 8 93 175 345
99 Southern Methodist University 6 8 81 293 258
100 Lewis & Clark Law School 4 9 53 198 435