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ABA-Approved Law Schools

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Last Updated: May 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Yale University 29 66 3,249 15,766 7,003
2 Columbia University School of Law 19 37 2,259 7,458 18,709
3 New York University 21 50 2,082 9,627 7,594
4 University of Virginia 20 40 2,191 6,035 6,579
5 Harvard University 18 53 1,374 12,024 4,876
6 Georgetown University 21 39 1,785 5,761 6,191
7 University of Pennsylvania 20 36 1,611 5,143 5,125
8 University of Michigan 16 35 1,011 5,569 6,577
9 University of California, Berkeley 18 36 1,304 5,301 5,038
10 University of California, Los Angeles 18 38 1,113 5,167 2,913
11 Emory University 14 33 743 3,977 4,506
12 Rutgers University 14 28 904 3,686 3,636
13 Duke University 15 29 851 4,052 3,369
14 George Washington University 16 28 1,048 2,840 3,185
15 University of Chicago 17 32 922 3,947 2,817
16 University of California, Davis 15 27 1,016 2,211 3,702
17 Northwestern University 15 31 868 3,404 3,107
18 University of Minnesota 12 27 847 2,694 3,260
19 Cornell University 15 24 804 3,096 2,923
20 Ohio State University 13 33 717 3,890 1,956
21 Washington University 13 26 819 2,155 2,730
22 University of California, Irvine 15 25 681 3,207 2,267
23 University of Texas at Austin 12 23 893 1,728 2,429
24 Brooklyn Law School 14 24 637 2,828 2,052
25 University of Southern California 14 23 725 2,219 1,917
26 Boston University 13 22 616 2,096 2,556
27 University of California, San Francisco 11 31 450 3,650 1,759
28 Fordham University 13 25 615 1,956 2,301
29 American University 9 27 385 2,091 2,835
30 University of Florida 11 24 525 2,223 1,996
31 University of Miami 10 22 400 3,235 1,431
32 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 11 24 482 1,944 2,154
33 Loyola Marymount University 13 21 630 1,476 1,786
34 University of Iowa 12 25 481 1,975 1,994
35 Indiana University Bloomington 13 21 491 1,945 1,683
36 Seattle University 11 23 408 2,721 1,293
37 University of Baltimore 10 15 311 586 3,586
38 Vanderbilt University 9 22 377 2,891 1,220
39 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 11 19 520 1,438 1,756
40 Texas A&M University 9 14 538 685 1,969
41 Southwestern Law School 12 17 500 1,021 1,765
42 Temple University 11 20 470 1,087 1,852
43 University of Denver 11 18 338 1,412 2,186
44 Georgia State University 10 19 398 1,192 1,972
45 University of Colorado Boulder 14 17 471 938 1,743
46 William & Mary Law School 8 15 243 695 3,055
47 Arizona State University 10 23 350 1,750 1,341
48 Stanford University 10 19 408 1,432 1,230
49 University of Pittsburgh 8 18 367 1,147 1,682
50 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 9 16 366 943 1,792
51 Pace University 10 13 324 559 2,249
52 University of Maryland 10 18 374 1,182 1,395
53 Northeastern University 8 20 245 1,597 1,554
54 Wake Forest University 11 17 377 919 1,418
55 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 7 16 216 1,496 1,668
56 Santa Clara University 7 25 262 2,056 883
57 Southern Methodist University 10 18 372 949 862
58 University at Buffalo 8 19 189 1,653 1,143
59 Yeshiva University 7 19 258 1,237 1,129
60 University of San Diego 9 18 338 1,066 765
61 St. John's University 10 15 316 758 1,076
62 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 9 13 220 858 1,292
63 University of Utah 9 16 236 837 1,229
64 Brigham Young University Law School 6 23 166 1,667 816
65 Drexel University 7 13 282 523 1,252
66 University of Arizona 8 15 268 823 1,038
67 Loyola University Chicago 8 15 290 625 1,020
68 University of Wisconsin-Madison 6 18 211 1,035 1,046
69 University of Missouri-Kansas City 9 15 218 656 1,314
70 University of San Francisco 9 15 198 842 1,136
71 Florida State University 9 13 272 576 849
72 Hofstra University 7 19 164 1,284 740
73 New York Law School 4 16 110 1,293 990
74 University of Notre Dame 7 19 151 1,144 901
75 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 8 14 233 598 804
76 City University of New York (CUNY) 8 13 180 735 932
77 Catholic University of America 8 12 264 515 708
78 University of Richmond 7 13 176 492 1,076
79 University of New Mexico 6 17 157 901 625
80 University of Kansas 8 14 202 531 693
81 Florida International University 7 12 159 603 822
82 Capital University 4 19 89 1,163 629
83 Wayne State University 6 14 141 870 628
84 Washington and Lee University 6 10 231 390 599
85 University of South Carolina 7 12 183 339 870
86 Case Western Reserve University 7 14 177 628 624
87 Pennsylvania State University 7 15 161 605 707
88 University of Cincinnati 7 12 124 542 835
89 Pepperdine University 5 12 151 408 797
90 California Western School of Law 7 14 153 501 680
91 Widener University Delaware Law School 5 15 104 681 720
92 University of Washington 7 12 128 444 797
93 University of St. Thomas 8 12 159 482 594
94 Western New England University 7 9 159 262 753
95 Cleveland State University 6 13 111 508 744
96 University of Missouri 7 10 157 362 634
97 George Mason University 6 14 118 857 378
98 Willamette University College of Law 5 7 94 153 1,112
99 University of Oregon 7 9 158 330 619
100 University of Louisville 6 14 96 698 583