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Last Updated: July 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 46 103 8,665 35,577 15,877
2 Columbia University School of Law 43 78 6,564 25,005 11,281
3 New York University 34 75 5,065 20,234 10,461
4 Yale University 29 79 3,730 23,291 9,968
5 University of Pennsylvania 35 61 4,881 13,151 10,210
6 University of Chicago 28 71 3,572 20,625 7,343
7 Georgetown University 28 55 3,113 11,348 6,434
8 University of California, Berkeley 25 57 2,818 11,528 5,958
9 University of California, Los Angeles 24 53 2,762 10,945 6,073
10 University of Michigan 26 43 2,611 7,500 5,008
11 Vanderbilt University 25 44 2,563 8,232 4,124
12 University of Virginia 23 42 2,582 7,130 4,608
13 Stanford University 26 52 2,051 10,219 4,117
14 George Washington University 19 47 1,913 8,676 3,946
15 Duke University 23 44 1,983 6,056 5,171
16 Northwestern University 18 42 1,614 7,979 3,987
17 Boston University 20 32 1,706 4,302 3,256
18 University of Texas at Austin 19 40 1,521 5,610 2,283
19 University of Minnesota 17 36 1,415 4,132 3,513
20 University of Florida 17 33 1,131 4,019 3,490
21 Fordham University 18 31 1,244 2,796 2,928
22 Rutgers University 16 29 1,020 2,601 2,613
23 George Mason University 11 34 683 4,689 1,652
24 University of Southern California 16 28 859 2,736 2,040
25 Washington University 17 26 942 2,410 1,875
26 University of Colorado Boulder 16 26 783 2,592 2,337
27 Cornell University 14 27 771 2,792 2,134
28 University of California, Irvine 15 27 834 2,264 2,196
29 University of California, Davis 15 25 849 2,169 2,083
30 Yeshiva University 14 29 682 2,338 2,309
31 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 14 27 764 2,327 1,777
32 American University 15 29 673 2,560 1,828
33 Southern Methodist University 15 25 693 2,272 1,588
34 Temple University 12 23 682 1,926 1,861
35 University of California, San Francisco 13 23 670 1,882 1,791
36 University of Notre Dame 13 26 660 1,964 1,690
37 Florida State University 11 28 566 2,743 1,375
38 University of San Diego 11 29 516 3,003 1,320
39 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 10 27 374 2,348 2,282
40 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 12 24 632 1,708 1,589
41 Texas A&M University 12 19 641 1,368 1,790
42 Brooklyn Law School 12 24 562 1,905 1,567
43 University of Wisconsin-Madison 10 27 420 2,810 1,302
44 Boston College 12 24 540 1,922 1,483
45 University of Houston 12 24 516 1,870 1,482
46 Wake Forest University 11 25 411 2,236 1,588
47 Case Western Reserve University 13 21 520 1,686 1,342
48 Indiana University Bloomington 10 18 432 1,407 1,492
49 Emory University 10 18 438 1,479 1,280
50 Pennsylvania State University 7 21 367 1,764 1,336
51 University of Iowa 12 16 416 1,290 1,433
52 William & Mary Law School 10 26 420 1,885 868
53 Arizona State University 11 21 365 1,388 1,431
54 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 11 18 398 1,660 975
55 University of Miami 10 20 354 1,497 1,244
56 University of Utah 11 16 353 748 1,902
57 University of St. Thomas 10 27 327 2,010 834
58 University of Richmond 10 17 406 1,036 1,271
59 Loyola University Chicago 9 23 338 1,865 793
60 Ohio State University 10 18 394 1,052 1,237
61 University of Kansas 10 21 323 1,634 1,051
62 St. John's University 10 18 348 1,295 1,229
63 University of Pittsburgh 8 22 265 1,512 1,126
64 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 8 21 344 1,341 750
65 University of Arizona 9 17 347 1,270 793
66 University of Connecticut 10 14 324 447 1,490
67 University of Georgia 9 16 350 965 854
68 Widener University Delaware Law School 7 18 283 1,184 865
69 University of Maryland 9 18 321 1,045 793
70 Wayne State University 8 22 188 1,683 856
71 University of Washington 5 17 185 990 1,459
72 Loyola Marymount University 10 15 320 690 1,010
73 Seton Hall University 8 20 294 1,013 808
74 Pepperdine University 9 17 254 956 785
75 University of Alabama 9 16 254 1,032 711
76 University of Oregon 9 14 258 569 1,055
77 Seattle University 7 16 233 1,152 531
78 University of South Carolina 9 13 267 537 797
79 University of Denver 9 16 257 643 739
80 University of Missouri 6 16 246 818 633
81 Michigan State University 9 14 278 618 647
82 Hofstra University 8 18 227 1,102 425
83 Indiana University Indianapolis 6 15 162 730 986
84 Florida International University 6 16 119 803 1,097
85 Drexel University 7 17 165 693 936
86 Villanova University 6 18 141 1,057 708
87 University of Kentucky 7 22 186 1,167 357
88 Georgia State University 9 17 198 701 543
89 Santa Clara University 8 14 197 666 579
90 California Western School of Law 8 10 214 477 626
91 DePaul University 6 15 134 921 532
92 Chapman University 6 18 125 886 594
93 Suffolk University 5 17 115 1,020 488
94 Northeastern University 8 13 150 633 604
95 University of Oklahoma 8 10 197 271 681
96 Catholic University of America 7 13 189 528 439
97 Washington and Lee University 9 8 217 258 496
98 University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 7 13 177 495 475
99 University of the Pacific (McGeorge) 6 16 118 734 523
100 Willamette University College of Law 7 14 143 493 604