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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 32 65 3,571 15,202 8,227
2 Columbia University School of Law 20 35 2,529 7,053 17,736
3 New York University 21 48 2,194 8,551 8,739
4 University of Virginia 22 41 2,541 5,998 7,534
5 Harvard University 20 50 1,496 11,413 5,139
6 Georgetown University 22 39 1,996 5,980 6,952
7 University of Pennsylvania 20 35 1,686 4,898 5,505
8 University of California, Berkeley 19 35 1,446 5,119 6,148
9 University of Michigan 18 34 1,156 5,133 7,130
10 University of California, Los Angeles 18 37 1,196 4,933 3,236
11 Emory University 16 34 899 3,918 4,896
12 Duke University 16 29 942 4,006 3,972
13 Rutgers University 13 28 973 3,527 4,236
14 George Washington University 16 28 1,168 2,635 3,787
15 University of Chicago 17 32 1,024 3,771 3,382
16 Northwestern University 15 29 984 3,221 3,616
17 University of California, Davis 16 25 1,063 2,057 4,181
18 University of Minnesota 13 26 949 2,573 3,752
19 Cornell University 16 24 915 2,955 3,301
20 Ohio State University 15 32 877 3,758 2,258
21 University of California, Irvine 15 24 758 3,084 2,647
22 Washington University 14 22 740 1,798 3,143
23 University of Texas at Austin 13 22 929 1,589 2,360
24 Boston University 14 22 683 2,099 2,985
25 University of Southern California 15 22 816 2,092 2,254
26 University of California, San Francisco 12 30 542 3,533 2,178
27 Fordham University 12 25 675 1,898 2,731
28 Brooklyn Law School 15 23 635 2,712 2,039
29 University of Florida 12 24 601 2,081 2,784
30 American University 11 26 484 2,116 2,969
31 Loyola Marymount University 15 20 746 1,340 2,272
32 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 11 19 663 1,292 2,067
33 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 12 24 517 1,865 2,190
34 Seattle University 12 23 462 2,653 1,531
35 Indiana University Bloomington 13 21 530 1,878 1,924
36 University of Miami 10 22 445 2,752 1,461
37 Vanderbilt University 9 22 416 2,770 1,388
38 University of Baltimore 10 14 332 558 3,801
39 Texas A&M University 11 13 584 607 2,228
40 Temple University 11 19 477 1,036 2,145
41 Georgia State University 10 19 452 1,109 2,123
42 University of Denver 12 17 370 1,254 2,331
43 Southwestern Law School 13 16 536 911 1,744
44 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 8 14 426 857 2,267
45 William & Mary Law School 8 15 269 655 3,139
46 University of Colorado Boulder 13 17 481 880 1,886
47 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 11 18 339 1,327 2,035
48 Arizona State University 11 22 397 1,676 1,419
49 Pace University 11 12 336 514 2,762
50 University of Iowa 11 23 384 1,426 1,644
51 Stanford University 11 18 407 1,362 1,588
52 University of Pittsburgh 10 18 388 1,082 1,935
53 Northeastern University 9 20 286 1,590 1,879
54 University of Maryland 11 18 408 1,115 1,510
55 Santa Clara University 9 24 299 2,005 1,024
56 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 8 16 222 1,480 1,827
57 University at Buffalo 9 19 221 1,611 1,453
58 Southern Methodist University 11 16 434 859 1,029
59 University of San Diego 9 18 405 984 902
60 St. John's University 10 14 374 681 1,255
61 Florida State University 9 19 347 890 1,144
62 Wake Forest University 11 12 359 494 1,463
63 Yeshiva University 7 18 274 1,190 1,205
64 University of San Francisco 8 15 208 819 1,719
65 Brigham Young University 7 23 186 1,660 945
66 Loyola University Chicago 9 15 309 618 1,300
67 University of Arizona 8 14 301 759 1,174
68 University of Utah 9 16 260 801 1,294
69 University of Missouri-Kansas City 9 15 240 627 1,491
70 Drexel University 8 12 298 475 1,347
71 University of Wisconsin-Madison 7 18 226 1,035 1,060
72 University of Notre Dame 8 19 178 1,094 1,110
73 Hofstra University 8 19 209 1,223 817
74 New York Law School 4 15 119 1,271 1,105
75 City University of New York (CUNY) 8 13 202 742 1,112
76 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 7 14 260 549 908
77 Willamette University College of Law 5 6 98 142 2,020
78 University of Richmond 7 12 201 455 1,171
79 Catholic University of America 9 12 281 536 681
80 Capital University 5 19 118 1,168 771
81 California Western School of Law 9 13 228 510 831
82 Washington and Lee University 7 10 267 363 723
83 University of South Carolina 8 11 215 340 978
84 University of New Mexico 7 17 176 862 651
85 Wayne State University 7 14 167 832 707
86 University of Kansas 9 13 234 485 668
87 Florida International University 7 12 164 584 908
88 Case Western Reserve University 7 13 181 575 747
89 University of Cincinnati 6 12 128 552 989
90 University of Washington 7 12 157 427 892
91 Pepperdine University 6 12 154 394 914
92 Pennsylvania State University 6 15 150 593 739
93 Widener University Delaware Law School 6 14 119 657 813
94 University of Oregon 8 8 194 278 781
95 Western New England University 7 9 173 251 902
96 George Mason University 6 14 145 825 440
97 Cleveland State University 7 13 128 482 784
98 University of Louisville 6 13 95 684 746
99 Suffolk University 4 12 118 581 734
100 University of St. Thomas 8 12 164 460 619