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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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Past 12 Months
Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 University of California, Los Angeles 20 35 1,476 4,872 3,237
2 Yale University 19 39 1,298 5,221 3,494
3 University of California, Davis 17 42 1,112 4,948 4,073
4 Georgetown University 13 22 975 2,496 2,504
5 University of Virginia 14 23 1,122 1,763 1,900
6 Stanford University 16 17 852 1,192 3,663
7 New York University 17 24 857 2,119 2,326
8 Harvard University 14 27 660 3,356 1,809
9 University of California, Berkeley 12 18 445 1,499 2,992
10 Duke University 14 16 619 1,185 1,522
11 Temple University 11 15 530 1,393 1,668
12 Columbia University School of Law 13 18 611 1,525 742
13 Rutgers University 12 15 480 719 2,036
14 Lewis & Clark Law School 9 15 416 1,084 1,990
15 University of Michigan 11 16 434 1,048 1,861
16 Fordham University 10 14 601 919 1,165
17 Texas A&M University 10 14 433 816 1,299
18 University of California, San Francisco 11 17 414 884 1,089
19 University of California, Irvine 12 13 454 713 1,005
20 University of San Francisco 8 17 260 1,109 1,501
21 Boston College 11 17 368 882 939
22 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 11 15 348 818 1,095
23 Boston University 10 9 412 378 1,028
24 Pennsylvania State University 10 18 365 784 834
25 Yeshiva University 11 12 370 655 834
26 University of Colorado Boulder 12 13 390 451 836
27 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 8 10 357 499 856
28 Ohio State University 7 11 311 431 985
29 Vanderbilt University 9 12 351 553 397
30 Arizona State University 9 14 233 680 807
31 George Washington University 8 12 279 460 779
32 University of Chicago 8 9 225 633 695
33 University of Minnesota 6 8 184 207 1,203
34 Brooklyn Law School 9 10 267 280 568
35 University of Pennsylvania 8 11 206 560 549
36 Seattle University 6 12 160 542 783
37 University of Miami 7 10 185 317 832
38 Northwestern University 6 10 215 425 562
39 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 7 7 155 232 903
40 Cornell University 8 10 176 386 579
41 Pepperdine University 10 7 235 237 401
42 University of Texas at Austin 5 12 161 565 434
43 American University 7 10 159 269 721
44 Emory University 6 9 120 611 543
45 University of Washington 5 10 166 248 618
46 University of Iowa 7 9 145 304 629
47 Loyola Marymount University 7 11 126 329 681
48 University of Georgia 9 10 192 302 337
49 Washington University 9 6 201 119 430
50 Georgia State University 7 8 121 421 478
51 City University of New York (CUNY) 6 8 132 340 429
52 Michigan State University 7 11 124 548 258
53 Loyola University Chicago 6 4 112 201 634
54 University of Arizona 7 8 126 240 526
55 Southern Methodist University 8 10 115 451 349
56 Widener University Commonwealth Law School 8 9 155 218 324
57 University at Buffalo 6 6 131 176 478
58 University of Florida 6 12 116 385 328
59 Roger Williams University 7 9 119 276 382
60 Seton Hall University 6 10 88 324 477
61 Florida State University 5 10 66 366 499
62 South Texas College of Law Houston 7 8 136 207 312
63 University of Denver 3 3 118 106 501
64 DePaul University 6 7 99 229 440
65 Hofstra University 6 7 113 392 191
66 University of Alabama 7 5 134 68 386
67 Tulane University 6 4 96 43 565
68 University of Houston 5 12 77 377 313
69 Wake Forest University 6 9 72 515 181
70 Drexel University 6 5 111 177 306
71 Washburn University 6 7 124 173 246
72 Northeastern University 5 8 93 183 270
73 Howard University 6 7 102 167 231
74 Brigham Young University 5 6 90 140 293
75 George Mason University 5 8 69 244 291
76 Willamette University College of Law 5 7 53 286 318
77 New York Law School 5 10 56 350 228
78 Indiana University Indianapolis 4 11 54 417 172
79 California Western School of Law 6 5 95 80 287
80 Florida International University 4 6 49 156 433
81 University of Oklahoma 5 7 80 124 301
82 University of Maryland 4 4 100 77 227
83 Loyola University New Orleans 4 8 64 251 208
84 Southwestern Law School 4 7 48 237 287
85 Albany Law School 5 4 63 42 402
86 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 5 7 52 244 243
87 Indiana University Bloomington 4 7 72 120 247
88 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 6 3 64 101 302
89 University of Wisconsin-Madison 4 7 63 187 223
90 St. John's University 5 4 59 152 248
91 Case Western Reserve University 5 3 82 24 254
92 University of South Carolina 4 7 63 132 221
93 University of Southern California 3 3 62 109 243
94 University of Idaho 7 6 68 124 193
95 University of Cincinnati 3 5 67 177 151
96 University of New Mexico 4 6 59 116 233
97 University of San Diego 3 4 36 130 326
98 Wayne State University 5 6 50 100 277
99 Western State College of Law at Westcliff University 4 8 41 201 214
100 University of Connecticut 5 5 70 113 133