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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 Harvard University 25 59 1,950 13,429 4,107
2 Yale University 21 45 1,606 10,921 3,487
3 New York University 18 46 1,422 8,008 3,798
4 University of Chicago 16 37 1,302 6,895 2,197
5 University of Virginia 16 33 1,542 3,579 3,574
6 University of California, Los Angeles 18 30 1,380 3,280 2,762
7 Stanford University 18 34 1,261 3,989 2,399
8 Columbia University School of Law 16 33 804 5,024 1,631
9 Fordham University 18 28 1,108 3,025 1,758
10 University of Pennsylvania 16 29 838 2,917 2,321
11 Georgetown University 15 32 827 3,107 2,110
12 George Washington University 12 27 830 3,058 2,125
13 University of California, Berkeley 13 29 802 2,963 2,115
14 Northwestern University 14 24 794 2,063 1,179
15 Brooklyn Law School 11 34 454 3,410 1,239
16 Cornell University 12 27 509 2,660 1,445
17 University of Michigan 14 21 626 1,693 1,562
18 Washington University 11 24 586 2,036 1,304
19 Duke University 9 27 449 2,203 1,760
20 University of Florida 12 23 457 1,590 1,963
21 Boston University 11 24 514 1,869 1,160
22 University of Texas at Austin 12 24 504 1,881 984
23 Vanderbilt University 9 22 371 1,985 1,500
24 Rutgers University 11 19 510 1,326 1,018
25 Arizona State University 8 23 331 1,661 1,151
26 University of South Carolina 10 23 280 1,777 964
27 Yeshiva University 11 16 474 809 824
28 University of California, Irvine 10 21 340 1,175 1,062
29 University of Georgia 12 18 422 854 920
30 Ohio State University 10 19 340 1,226 625
31 Emory University 9 21 259 1,225 960
32 St. John's University 6 8 507 292 667
33 University of Colorado Boulder 9 8 262 329 1,708
34 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 8 19 237 1,416 743
35 University of San Diego 9 19 258 1,251 752
36 University of Southern California 10 16 286 1,067 683
37 University of Iowa 9 11 277 332 1,408
38 Wake Forest University 11 14 273 597 1,115
39 Florida State University 9 12 325 591 663
40 Texas A&M University 8 14 246 586 765
41 University of Minnesota 8 16 217 879 577
42 Suffolk University 6 18 130 1,174 666
43 Santa Clara University 6 14 226 790 540
44 University of California, San Francisco 9 15 196 833 575
45 University of Maryland 7 13 183 531 876
46 University of Alabama 8 7 203 127 1,113
47 Georgia State University 7 13 177 687 669
48 George Mason University 7 15 175 761 598
49 University of Houston 7 18 147 1,151 348
50 Indiana University Bloomington 8 14 194 525 707
51 Louisiana State University 8 16 210 673 475
52 University of Richmond 7 13 191 652 560
53 University of Kentucky 6 19 144 957 436
54 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 8 11 198 501 600
55 American University 8 11 177 313 651
56 University of California, Davis 8 13 147 493 617
57 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 7 15 138 564 500
58 Case Western Reserve University 7 12 192 416 370
59 Southwestern Law School 7 14 149 624 350
60 Drexel University 6 9 100 205 971
61 University of Oklahoma 10 7 210 215 417
62 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 5 9 122 380 673
63 Brigham Young University 8 9 248 187 229
64 University at Buffalo 6 11 112 548 512
65 University of Wisconsin-Madison 5 14 73 981 246
66 University of Denver 8 8 181 224 449
67 Villanova University 7 11 123 545 385
68 Pepperdine University 6 17 127 640 250
69 University of Utah 7 8 120 229 597
70 Tulane University 5 12 63 529 578
71 William & Mary Law School 7 10 147 266 424
72 Willamette University College of Law 6 15 101 586 328
73 Loyola Marymount University 5 11 93 421 515
74 Wayne State University 5 18 84 778 206
75 University of Washington 6 11 100 476 419
76 St. Mary's University 5 12 103 362 481
77 Quinnipiac University 4 12 104 575 224
78 Boston College 6 11 121 353 346
79 Temple University 5 8 91 262 558
80 DePaul University 5 13 90 511 298
81 University of Notre Dame 7 10 119 311 305
82 University of St. Thomas 5 7 106 300 375
83 University of Pittsburgh 5 11 79 305 492
84 Vermont Law School 5 13 66 642 219
85 Pennsylvania State University 6 11 108 343 297
86 Washington and Lee University 6 10 109 263 306
87 University of Missouri 5 9 120 299 194
88 University of the Pacific (McGeorge) 6 9 82 339 332
89 Seattle University 4 10 80 547 143
90 University of Arizona 6 9 105 293 263
91 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 6 10 103 260 302
92 Roger Williams University 6 12 94 429 165
93 Indiana University Indianapolis 5 11 79 453 213
94 University of Missouri-Kansas City 5 11 83 457 176
95 Northeastern University 6 10 85 310 294
96 Seton Hall University 6 8 81 256 359
97 New York Law School 5 7 62 433 267
98 University of Memphis 5 13 61 557 149
99 Mitchell Hamline School of Law 4 11 90 317 212
100 University of Connecticut 5 6 80 220 353