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Last Updated: September 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 41 72 4,879 16,671 4,881
2 Columbia University School of Law 32 47 3,149 8,621 3,420
3 New York University 28 45 2,623 7,392 4,289
4 University of Michigan 31 30 3,616 3,018 2,911
5 Yale University 26 43 2,239 8,002 2,788
6 Vanderbilt University 24 44 1,962 6,411 2,657
7 Georgetown University 21 37 1,733 4,951 2,536
8 University of Virginia 19 30 1,592 4,220 2,554
9 University of Texas at Austin 22 32 1,723 4,114 1,875
10 George Washington University 18 33 1,406 4,572 2,291
11 University of California, Berkeley 20 34 1,441 3,683 2,576
12 University of Pennsylvania 21 29 1,410 3,319 2,237
13 University of Chicago 21 28 1,372 3,134 1,587
14 Stanford University 18 24 1,310 2,070 1,931
15 University of Minnesota 18 24 1,246 2,289 1,442
16 Northwestern University 13 29 827 3,181 1,733
17 University of California, Los Angeles 16 26 895 2,450 1,594
18 Boston University 16 16 1,061 985 1,644
19 University of Florida 14 24 834 2,297 1,174
20 Washington University 16 22 875 1,866 1,324
21 Duke University 19 30 755 2,550 1,204
22 University of Colorado Boulder 11 18 585 1,566 2,131
23 Texas A&M University 15 14 756 629 1,416
24 Fordham University 12 16 659 959 868
25 Ohio State University 13 15 682 604 677
26 William & Mary Law School 13 18 478 1,152 852
27 Florida State University 11 20 348 1,916 559
28 Wake Forest University 10 22 349 1,664 460
29 University of California, San Francisco 12 16 386 1,030 842
30 Cornell University 12 12 440 747 720
31 Emory University 8 12 358 640 1,119
32 Indiana University Bloomington 10 22 301 1,442 613
33 Yeshiva University 11 14 379 732 774
34 University of Kansas 11 15 299 915 806
35 Rutgers University 10 15 308 658 725
36 University of Notre Dame 11 9 427 243 518
37 Boston College 13 8 338 412 484
38 University of Wisconsin-Madison 9 14 286 753 405
39 Temple University 7 11 296 751 350
40 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 8 20 159 1,197 413
41 George Mason University 7 12 227 798 446
42 Northeastern University 7 6 164 905 623
43 Lewis & Clark Law School 6 18 162 988 471
44 American University 8 14 186 685 618
45 Pepperdine University 8 9 276 454 376
46 Michigan State University 7 12 273 464 369
47 Arizona State University 6 14 201 633 444
48 University of Baltimore 8 13 188 423 650
49 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 8 12 252 405 341
50 University of Utah 7 14 209 497 369
51 University of Washington 7 9 226 308 355
52 University of California, Davis 7 15 177 485 409
53 University of California, Irvine 7 6 184 344 506
54 Pennsylvania State University 6 11 200 279 402
55 University of Houston 6 10 165 302 486
56 University of Alabama 8 8 134 393 425
57 University of Maryland 6 13 128 538 284
58 Seattle University 4 6 104 664 285
59 University of Arizona 7 8 115 376 423
60 Syracuse University 6 9 93 339 553
61 Catholic University of America 8 5 192 78 313
62 University of San Diego 7 12 148 478 107
63 Texas Tech University 7 11 126 396 246
64 Loyola Marymount University 7 12 128 428 203
65 Wayne State University 6 11 125 407 231
66 Brooklyn Law School 5 10 141 324 223
67 University of Richmond 6 9 142 196 270
68 University of Pittsburgh 6 11 118 443 153
69 Villanova University 6 8 100 246 389
70 Southern Methodist University 6 7 117 199 318
71 Loyola University Chicago 6 6 104 167 370
72 Washburn University 7 8 123 214 192
73 Widener University Commonwealth Law School 8 8 120 222 176
74 Case Western Reserve University 5 10 93 310 210
75 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 6 5 106 240 200
76 University of Cincinnati 5 11 65 455 167
77 Georgia State University 5 9 96 135 309
78 University of Miami 4 11 56 520 148
79 University of Kentucky 4 12 71 463 80
80 University at Buffalo 6 7 110 175 134
81 University of Southern California 6 6 84 257 176
82 University of Iowa 5 7 77 121 324
83 Indiana University Indianapolis 4 9 65 237 263
84 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 5 9 103 167 136
85 University of Georgia 5 8 83 259 137
86 University of Louisville 4 14 49 434 64
87 Mercer University 5 10 56 319 119
88 Suffolk University 4 7 60 249 157
89 Tulane University 5 9 66 220 139
90 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 5 6 84 141 125
91 University of San Francisco 4 5 81 105 165
92 Mitchell Hamline School of Law 4 7 84 178 83
93 University of South Carolina 6 5 84 76 166
94 Chapman University 3 5 49 248 172
95 Stetson University 4 7 60 218 144
96 Pace University 5 5 66 102 197
97 University of Mississippi 5 8 59 195 136
98 Seton Hall University 4 5 61 144 166
99 Hofstra University 4 9 52 320 46
100 Washington and Lee University 5 4 69 116 142