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Last Updated: September 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 46 103 9,006 35,480 15,268
2 Columbia University School of Law 45 78 6,895 24,915 10,986
3 New York University 35 74 5,227 19,955 10,103
4 Yale University 30 78 3,884 23,186 9,779
5 University of Pennsylvania 36 61 5,119 13,123 9,826
6 University of Chicago 29 71 3,713 20,523 7,134
7 Georgetown University 30 55 3,571 11,384 7,055
8 University of California, Berkeley 26 56 2,925 11,456 5,681
9 University of California, Los Angeles 25 53 2,881 10,948 5,836
10 University of Michigan 26 43 2,698 7,473 4,848
11 Vanderbilt University 25 44 2,695 8,235 4,176
12 Stanford University 26 52 2,158 10,222 4,035
13 University of Virginia 21 42 2,378 7,007 3,872
14 George Washington University 19 47 1,998 8,698 3,825
15 Duke University 23 42 2,055 5,939 4,944
16 Northwestern University 18 42 1,686 7,994 3,910
17 Boston University 20 32 1,788 4,304 3,109
18 University of Texas at Austin 20 41 1,574 5,592 2,247
19 University of Minnesota 17 36 1,486 4,137 3,271
20 University of Florida 17 33 1,186 4,019 3,349
21 Fordham University 19 31 1,308 2,879 2,855
22 Rutgers University 17 29 1,066 2,599 2,589
23 George Mason University 12 35 741 4,737 1,683
24 University of Southern California 16 28 886 2,736 1,970
25 Washington University 18 26 982 2,404 1,768
26 University of Colorado Boulder 16 26 832 2,594 2,279
27 University of California, Irvine 15 27 888 2,318 2,129
28 Cornell University 14 27 801 2,790 2,072
29 University of California, Davis 16 26 896 2,197 1,915
30 Yeshiva University 14 29 723 2,325 2,239
31 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 15 27 791 2,327 1,688
32 American University 15 29 684 2,544 1,787
33 Southern Methodist University 15 25 743 2,242 1,561
34 Temple University 12 23 732 1,945 1,814
35 University of California, San Francisco 13 23 710 1,878 1,731
36 University of Notre Dame 13 25 692 1,909 1,622
37 Florida State University 11 28 587 2,735 1,329
38 University of San Diego 11 29 532 2,988 1,279
39 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 10 27 384 2,344 2,236
40 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 12 24 661 1,705 1,525
41 Texas A&M University 12 19 677 1,368 1,742
42 Brooklyn Law School 12 25 592 1,923 1,498
43 University of Wisconsin-Madison 10 27 430 2,810 1,241
44 Boston College 12 24 561 1,925 1,383
45 University of Houston 12 24 535 1,870 1,462
46 Wake Forest University 11 25 432 2,220 1,572
47 Case Western Reserve University 13 21 535 1,686 1,221
48 Pennsylvania State University 7 21 391 1,758 1,424
49 Indiana University Bloomington 10 18 453 1,406 1,432
50 Emory University 10 18 457 1,479 1,282
51 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 11 19 434 1,800 990
52 University of Iowa 12 16 432 1,290 1,393
53 William & Mary Law School 10 26 422 1,907 876
54 Arizona State University 11 21 372 1,340 1,378
55 University of Utah 11 16 370 746 1,914
56 University of Miami 11 20 383 1,503 1,177
57 University of Richmond 10 17 441 1,036 1,254
58 Loyola University Chicago 9 23 373 1,864 809
59 University of St. Thomas 10 27 342 2,010 789
60 University of Kansas 11 21 354 1,689 999
61 Ohio State University 10 18 411 1,052 1,200
62 St. John's University 9 18 354 1,216 1,151
63 University of Pittsburgh 8 22 276 1,511 1,133
64 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 8 21 361 1,338 726
65 University of Arizona 9 17 365 1,269 723
66 Loyola Marymount University 10 18 362 845 940
67 University of Maryland 10 18 341 1,060 843
68 University of Connecticut 10 14 325 446 1,456
69 University of Georgia 9 16 362 965 787
70 Widener University Delaware Law School 8 18 295 1,183 845
71 Wayne State University 8 22 195 1,683 805
72 University of Washington 5 17 194 990 1,423
73 Seton Hall University 9 20 307 1,014 776
74 University of Alabama 10 16 271 1,033 698
75 Pepperdine University 9 17 264 956 780
76 University of Oregon 9 14 267 569 1,055
77 Seattle University 7 16 242 1,189 527
78 Michigan State University 9 14 297 617 733
79 University of South Carolina 9 13 276 540 812
80 University of Denver 9 16 264 643 773
81 Hofstra University 9 18 236 1,092 405
82 University of Kentucky 7 22 224 1,179 371
83 University of Missouri 7 16 255 820 532
84 Indiana University Indianapolis 6 15 174 723 929
85 Florida International University 6 16 128 804 1,039
86 Drexel University 8 17 182 693 871
87 Villanova University 6 18 150 1,057 692
88 DePaul University 7 16 163 1,151 531
89 Santa Clara University 8 15 212 696 541
90 Georgia State University 9 17 202 681 534
91 California Western School of Law 8 10 222 477 612
92 Chapman University 6 18 129 886 595
93 Northeastern University 8 13 159 633 635
94 Suffolk University 5 17 124 1,020 441
95 University of Oklahoma 8 10 210 271 677
96 Catholic University of America 7 13 207 528 461
97 Lewis & Clark Law School 6 14 124 734 518
98 University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 7 13 181 495 447
99 Stetson University 7 14 140 588 548
100 Washington and Lee University 9 8 225 258 454