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Last Updated: August 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 42 72 4,802 16,813 4,936
2 Columbia University School of Law 32 47 3,094 8,630 3,495
3 New York University 29 47 2,618 7,707 4,514
4 University of Michigan 31 31 3,552 3,047 2,928
5 Yale University 26 44 2,199 8,066 2,911
6 Vanderbilt University 24 44 1,923 6,402 2,705
7 Georgetown University 21 38 1,725 5,150 2,663
8 University of Virginia 19 30 1,605 4,225 2,624
9 University of Texas at Austin 21 32 1,690 4,108 1,897
10 George Washington University 18 33 1,387 4,576 2,414
11 University of California, Berkeley 20 34 1,411 3,670 2,602
12 University of Pennsylvania 21 29 1,384 3,315 2,313
13 University of Chicago 20 29 1,352 3,169 1,634
14 Stanford University 17 24 1,286 2,070 1,966
15 University of Minnesota 18 24 1,210 2,289 1,493
16 Northwestern University 13 29 827 3,433 1,799
17 University of California, Los Angeles 16 26 882 2,446 1,660
18 University of Florida 14 25 824 2,313 1,214
19 Duke University 19 30 747 2,620 1,256
20 Washington University 16 22 852 1,859 1,371
21 Boston University 14 16 921 977 1,288
22 University of Colorado Boulder 11 18 569 1,566 2,222
23 Texas A&M University 15 14 746 629 1,562
24 Fordham University 12 16 651 959 860
25 Ohio State University 13 15 657 601 729
26 Florida State University 11 20 341 1,916 564
27 Wake Forest University 10 23 364 1,741 491
28 Cornell University 12 13 464 812 750
29 University of California, San Francisco 12 16 381 1,032 882
30 William & Mary Law School 11 17 399 1,101 676
31 Emory University 8 12 347 640 1,166
32 Yeshiva University 11 14 374 744 766
33 University of Kansas 10 15 302 918 859
34 Indiana University Bloomington 8 22 251 1,420 581
35 Rutgers University 10 15 305 671 715
36 University of Notre Dame 11 9 422 243 539
37 Boston College 12 8 335 412 515
38 University of Wisconsin-Madison 9 14 285 753 401
39 Temple University 7 11 290 751 354
40 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 8 20 157 1,197 437
41 George Mason University 7 12 222 798 470
42 Northeastern University 7 6 160 905 660
43 American University 8 14 182 686 672
44 Lewis & Clark Law School 6 18 161 989 484
45 Pepperdine University 8 9 265 454 374
46 Michigan State University 7 12 266 463 357
47 Arizona State University 6 14 198 622 443
48 University of Baltimore 8 13 183 423 665
49 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 8 12 247 405 347
50 University of Utah 7 14 208 497 392
51 University of Washington 7 9 223 308 393
52 University of California, Davis 7 15 170 485 412
53 University of California, Irvine 7 6 178 341 479
54 Pennsylvania State University 6 11 199 282 401
55 University of Houston 6 10 161 302 449
56 University of Arizona 7 8 143 387 415
57 University of Alabama 8 8 132 393 401
58 Seattle University 4 6 101 664 284
59 Syracuse University 6 9 92 339 578
60 Texas Tech University 7 12 145 412 262
61 University of Maryland 6 12 119 523 276
62 Catholic University of America 8 5 185 78 318
63 University of San Diego 7 12 147 478 101
64 Loyola Marymount University 7 12 126 427 212
65 Wayne State University 6 11 121 407 242
66 Brooklyn Law School 5 10 137 324 221
67 University of Cincinnati 7 11 108 477 204
68 University of Richmond 6 9 135 195 276
69 University of Pittsburgh 6 11 116 443 138
70 Villanova University 6 8 98 246 397
71 University of Connecticut 5 4 125 35 461
72 Southern Methodist University 6 7 108 198 331
73 Washburn University 7 8 122 214 197
74 Loyola University Chicago 6 6 99 167 342
75 Widener University Commonwealth Law School 8 8 120 223 171
76 Case Western Reserve University 5 10 92 310 214
77 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 6 5 106 240 188
78 Georgia State University 5 9 92 135 327
79 University of Miami 4 11 55 520 148
80 University of Kentucky 4 12 71 463 86
81 University of Iowa 5 7 77 121 352
82 University of Southern California 6 6 84 257 182
83 Indiana University Indianapolis 4 9 62 237 297
84 University at Buffalo 6 7 107 175 126
85 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 5 9 100 167 136
86 University of Georgia 5 8 74 258 140
87 University of Louisville 4 14 48 433 63
88 Mercer University 5 10 54 319 122
89 Suffolk University 4 7 59 249 157
90 Tulane University 5 9 66 220 146
91 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 5 6 84 141 121
92 University of San Francisco 4 5 81 105 164
93 University of South Carolina 6 5 82 76 177
94 Mitchell Hamline School of Law 4 7 83 178 80
95 Chapman University 3 5 47 248 180
96 Stetson University 4 7 53 218 145
97 University of Mississippi 5 8 58 195 135
98 Pace University 5 5 63 102 192
99 Hofstra University 4 9 51 320 52
100 Seton Hall University 4 5 61 144 154