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Last Updated: August 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 46 103 8,795 35,540 15,744
2 Columbia University School of Law 44 78 6,698 25,006 11,288
3 New York University 35 74 5,109 20,036 10,506
4 Yale University 29 79 3,772 23,173 10,022
5 University of Pennsylvania 35 61 4,921 13,098 10,100
6 University of Chicago 29 71 3,633 20,621 7,332
7 Georgetown University 28 55 3,189 11,352 6,476
8 University of California, Berkeley 25 57 2,877 11,666 5,861
9 University of California, Los Angeles 25 53 2,818 10,916 6,001
10 University of Michigan 26 43 2,645 7,463 4,940
11 Vanderbilt University 25 43 2,578 8,119 4,099
12 University of Virginia 23 42 2,610 7,112 4,633
13 Stanford University 26 52 2,097 10,145 4,139
14 George Washington University 19 47 1,949 8,634 3,931
15 Duke University 23 44 2,007 6,042 5,119
16 Northwestern University 18 42 1,605 7,878 4,003
17 Boston University 20 32 1,731 4,256 3,209
18 University of Texas at Austin 20 41 1,549 5,585 2,293
19 University of Minnesota 17 36 1,455 4,130 3,466
20 University of Florida 17 33 1,163 4,033 3,466
21 Fordham University 19 32 1,291 2,916 2,937
22 Rutgers University 17 29 1,050 2,602 2,611
23 George Mason University 12 34 693 4,682 1,642
24 University of Southern California 16 28 870 2,736 2,070
25 University of Colorado Boulder 16 26 814 2,592 2,358
26 Washington University 17 26 934 2,410 1,825
27 University of California, Irvine 15 27 873 2,318 2,184
28 Cornell University 14 26 758 2,695 2,130
29 University of California, Davis 16 26 874 2,194 2,033
30 Yeshiva University 14 29 713 2,337 2,323
31 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 14 27 786 2,326 1,775
32 American University 15 29 684 2,550 1,810
33 Southern Methodist University 15 25 714 2,251 1,601
34 Temple University 12 23 702 1,926 1,864
35 University of California, San Francisco 13 23 702 1,884 1,757
36 University of Notre Dame 13 26 671 1,964 1,664
37 Florida State University 11 28 577 2,735 1,360
38 University of San Diego 11 29 527 3,003 1,327
39 Texas A&M University 12 19 677 1,425 1,795
40 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 10 27 375 2,344 2,293
41 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 12 24 634 1,676 1,571
42 Brooklyn Law School 12 25 586 1,936 1,550
43 University of Wisconsin-Madison 10 27 426 2,846 1,306
44 Boston College 12 24 553 1,925 1,437
45 University of Houston 12 24 527 1,870 1,496
46 Wake Forest University 11 25 415 2,236 1,564
47 Case Western Reserve University 13 21 526 1,685 1,332
48 Indiana University Bloomington 10 18 439 1,406 1,455
49 Emory University 10 18 450 1,479 1,321
50 Pennsylvania State University 7 20 377 1,733 1,367
51 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 11 19 435 1,812 1,007
52 University of Iowa 12 16 426 1,290 1,432
53 William & Mary Law School 10 26 429 1,885 880
54 Arizona State University 11 21 366 1,362 1,422
55 University of Miami 11 20 373 1,503 1,220
56 University of Utah 11 16 362 748 1,868
57 University of St. Thomas 10 27 333 2,010 823
58 Loyola University Chicago 9 23 364 1,848 807
59 University of Richmond 10 17 422 1,031 1,242
60 University of Kansas 11 21 337 1,633 1,044
61 Ohio State University 10 18 399 1,052 1,243
62 St. John's University 10 18 354 1,291 1,206
63 University of Pittsburgh 8 22 273 1,512 1,163
64 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 8 21 353 1,337 756
65 University of Arizona 9 17 357 1,269 782
66 University of Connecticut 10 14 336 453 1,497
67 Loyola Marymount University 10 18 356 846 979
68 University of Georgia 9 16 356 965 822
69 Widener University Delaware Law School 8 18 292 1,183 860
70 Wayne State University 8 22 191 1,683 857
71 University of Maryland 9 18 329 1,044 774
72 University of Washington 5 17 191 990 1,447
73 Seton Hall University 8 20 301 1,013 798
74 University of Alabama 9 16 262 1,032 701
75 University of Oregon 9 14 263 569 1,065
76 Pepperdine University 8 16 246 882 786
77 Seattle University 7 16 238 1,152 539
78 Michigan State University 9 14 283 617 683
79 University of South Carolina 9 13 269 537 801
80 University of Missouri 6 15 253 800 638
81 Hofstra University 9 18 230 1,101 418
82 University of Denver 9 15 255 617 727
83 University of Kentucky 7 22 217 1,179 371
84 Florida International University 6 16 123 804 1,113
85 Drexel University 7 17 179 693 924
86 Indiana University Indianapolis 6 15 162 730 958
87 Villanova University 6 18 147 1,057 698
88 Santa Clara University 8 15 206 696 577
89 Georgia State University 9 17 200 681 533
90 California Western School of Law 8 10 219 477 620
91 Chapman University 6 18 127 886 616
92 DePaul University 6 15 135 921 522
93 Suffolk University 5 17 118 1,020 470
94 Northeastern University 8 13 157 633 626
95 University of Oklahoma 8 10 204 271 687
96 Catholic University of America 7 13 196 528 452
97 Stetson University 7 14 140 582 598
98 University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 7 13 181 495 471
99 Washington and Lee University 9 8 218 258 493
100 Lewis & Clark Law School 6 14 119 734 511