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Last Updated: July 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 42 72 4,720 16,920 4,882
2 Columbia University School of Law 32 47 3,001 8,633 3,494
3 New York University 28 46 2,543 7,653 4,470
4 University of Michigan 31 31 3,474 3,050 2,935
5 Yale University 26 44 2,139 8,045 2,916
6 Vanderbilt University 24 44 1,899 6,401 2,700
7 Georgetown University 20 38 1,680 5,153 2,625
8 University of Virginia 19 30 1,559 4,225 2,487
9 University of Texas at Austin 21 32 1,662 4,108 1,879
10 George Washington University 18 33 1,360 4,556 2,445
11 University of California, Berkeley 20 34 1,392 3,669 2,613
12 University of Pennsylvania 21 29 1,351 3,315 2,217
13 University of Chicago 20 29 1,317 3,169 1,654
14 Stanford University 17 24 1,253 2,070 1,965
15 University of Minnesota 18 24 1,160 2,289 1,506
16 Northwestern University 13 29 781 3,128 1,735
17 University of California, Los Angeles 16 26 866 2,446 1,647
18 University of Florida 14 25 805 2,313 1,238
19 Duke University 19 30 731 2,620 1,242
20 Washington University 16 22 839 1,865 1,389
21 Boston University 14 16 893 978 1,269
22 University of Colorado Boulder 11 18 552 1,566 2,223
23 Texas A&M University 15 14 724 629 1,494
24 Fordham University 12 16 630 959 867
25 Ohio State University 13 15 645 604 727
26 Florida State University 11 20 337 1,916 565
27 Cornell University 12 13 464 819 783
28 Wake Forest University 10 23 350 1,741 495
29 University of California, San Francisco 12 16 375 1,032 879
30 William & Mary Law School 11 17 391 1,101 641
31 Emory University 8 12 337 640 1,127
32 Yeshiva University 11 14 363 744 747
33 University of Kansas 10 15 291 919 860
34 Indiana University Bloomington 8 22 238 1,418 535
35 University of Notre Dame 11 9 414 243 542
36 Rutgers University 10 15 290 659 718
37 Boston College 12 8 329 412 535
38 University of Wisconsin-Madison 9 14 282 753 423
39 Temple University 7 11 286 751 353
40 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 8 20 154 1,197 436
41 Northeastern University 7 6 152 905 659
42 George Mason University 7 12 215 798 415
43 Lewis & Clark Law School 6 18 159 989 487
44 American University 8 13 180 653 675
45 Michigan State University 7 12 264 463 328
46 Pepperdine University 8 9 252 455 374
47 University of Baltimore 8 13 183 433 674
48 Arizona State University 6 14 196 632 433
49 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 8 12 243 405 355
50 University of Utah 7 14 205 497 400
51 University of Washington 7 9 211 308 398
52 University of California, Davis 7 15 164 485 402
53 University of California, Irvine 6 6 175 344 461
54 Pennsylvania State University 6 11 197 282 409
55 Loyola Marymount University 8 13 174 447 304
56 University of Arizona 7 8 140 387 409
57 University of Houston 6 10 154 302 397
58 University of Alabama 7 8 123 393 411
59 Seattle University 4 6 98 664 293
60 Texas Tech University 7 12 144 412 266
61 Syracuse University 6 9 91 339 577
62 University of Maryland 6 12 117 523 278
63 Catholic University of America 8 5 182 78 323
64 Wayne State University 6 11 124 413 279
65 University of San Diego 7 12 144 478 104
66 Brooklyn Law School 5 10 133 324 225
67 University of Cincinnati 7 11 106 477 205
68 University of Pittsburgh 6 11 114 443 140
69 University of Richmond 6 9 131 195 278
70 Villanova University 6 8 95 246 403
71 University of Connecticut 5 4 118 35 461
72 Southern Methodist University 6 7 102 198 334
73 Washburn University 7 8 120 214 201
74 Loyola University Chicago 6 6 99 167 336
75 Case Western Reserve University 5 10 92 310 219
76 Widener University Commonwealth Law School 8 8 117 223 167
77 University of Miami 4 11 54 518 155
78 Georgia State University 5 9 87 135 320
79 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 6 5 95 240 178
80 University of Kentucky 4 12 70 463 90
81 University at Buffalo 6 7 110 181 143
82 University of Iowa 5 7 76 121 345
83 Indiana University Indianapolis 4 9 62 237 303
84 University of Southern California 6 6 82 257 188
85 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 5 9 96 167 139
86 University of Georgia 4 8 68 254 134
87 University of Louisville 4 14 48 433 58
88 Tulane University 5 9 65 220 161
89 Mercer University 5 10 53 319 126
90 University of San Francisco 4 5 80 105 169
91 Suffolk University 4 7 58 249 142
92 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 5 6 82 141 121
93 University of South Carolina 6 5 82 76 174
94 Mitchell Hamline School of Law 4 7 82 178 84
95 Chapman University 3 5 46 248 184
96 Stetson University 4 7 53 218 151
97 University of Mississippi 5 8 57 195 147
98 Hofstra University 4 9 51 320 56
99 Pace University 5 5 62 102 186
100 Seton Hall University 4 5 58 144 160