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Last Updated: July 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 48 116 10,664 50,203 17,302
2 Yale University 50 119 10,595 48,197 16,913
3 New York University 38 83 6,391 28,632 12,064
4 University of Virginia 37 70 6,069 18,179 10,354
5 University of Chicago 35 62 6,164 14,530 10,543
6 Georgetown University 33 67 5,591 17,149 9,905
7 Columbia University School of Law 40 68 5,373 15,933 7,065
8 Stanford University 34 65 4,663 17,278 6,780
9 University of California, Berkeley 27 64 3,255 17,518 6,803
10 University of California, Los Angeles 33 59 4,301 11,665 6,698
11 Northwestern University 27 59 3,420 13,560 5,957
12 University of Michigan 29 43 4,100 8,272 5,560
13 George Washington University 25 61 2,940 12,153 6,272
14 University of Texas at Austin 25 49 2,899 11,582 5,314
15 University of Pennsylvania 24 50 2,932 8,193 5,485
16 Duke University 28 41 2,720 7,075 5,219
17 Vanderbilt University 22 47 2,194 8,098 3,838
18 Rutgers University 18 43 1,712 7,467 3,519
19 Cornell University 19 38 1,585 6,192 3,654
20 University of Florida 19 35 1,784 5,172 3,256
21 Fordham University 17 35 1,633 5,092 3,354
22 University of San Diego 17 47 1,455 6,673 2,782
23 Boston University 19 28 1,666 3,097 4,049
24 University of California, Davis 22 35 1,646 4,147 2,909
25 University of Minnesota 19 33 1,401 3,501 3,917
26 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 17 35 1,356 4,790 2,418
27 Washington University 20 27 1,393 2,898 3,610
28 Florida State University 17 23 1,314 2,362 3,767
29 University of Notre Dame 17 33 1,283 3,391 2,891
30 William & Mary Law School 17 32 1,270 3,326 2,956
31 Emory University 15 33 998 4,159 3,458
32 George Mason University 13 36 957 4,826 2,366
33 Ohio State University 17 33 1,046 4,138 2,048
34 University of Maryland 13 33 915 3,596 1,917
35 Texas A&M University 17 23 1,109 1,897 2,408
36 University of Colorado Boulder 15 28 852 3,176 1,722
37 Brooklyn Law School 17 24 958 2,305 1,693
38 University of Wisconsin-Madison 15 22 880 1,781 2,290
39 Indiana University Bloomington 13 29 679 3,186 1,859
40 Pepperdine University 15 30 749 2,826 1,674
41 University of Georgia 13 26 720 2,513 1,867
42 Yeshiva University 14 27 785 2,253 1,682
43 University of California, San Francisco 14 20 848 1,713 1,860
44 Southern Methodist University 16 21 819 1,341 2,009
45 University of St. Thomas 13 28 575 3,030 1,596
46 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 10 26 565 2,263 1,897
47 University of California, Irvine 15 19 744 1,250 1,732
48 Pennsylvania State University 11 23 600 1,728 1,737
49 Temple University 12 25 594 2,023 1,390
50 University of Utah 13 23 616 1,456 1,760
51 Seattle University 8 24 367 3,369 1,229
52 University of Arizona 15 25 596 1,759 1,504
53 University of Pittsburgh 10 29 508 2,522 1,185
54 Boston College 13 22 603 1,536 1,488
55 University of Richmond 13 24 605 1,830 1,117
56 University of Denver 11 22 549 1,720 1,298
57 Catholic University of America 14 19 684 1,038 1,173
58 University of Baltimore 10 18 523 1,256 1,736
59 Lewis & Clark Law School 11 22 568 1,508 1,259
60 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 11 22 462 1,892 1,199
61 University of Iowa 12 20 461 1,120 1,695
62 University of Houston 9 24 386 2,055 1,203
63 Arizona State University 11 24 425 1,812 1,227
64 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 11 22 458 1,799 1,079
65 Loyola Marymount University 10 19 518 1,301 1,189
66 University of South Carolina 11 17 516 824 1,421
67 University of Southern California 13 17 494 1,198 1,039
68 University of Oklahoma 11 14 539 947 1,023
69 University of Alabama 10 23 424 1,628 894
70 Northeastern University 9 18 389 1,294 1,333
71 American University 9 22 314 1,499 1,376
72 Georgia State University 12 16 445 980 1,191
73 South Texas College of Law Houston 12 15 489 677 1,178
74 Seton Hall University 10 21 395 1,452 926
75 Wake Forest University 9 28 336 1,905 754
76 University at Buffalo 10 16 407 1,312 917
77 University of Cincinnati 9 24 336 1,821 763
78 Indiana University Indianapolis 9 19 422 1,035 1,038
79 Santa Clara University 9 25 316 1,854 776
80 Michigan State University 9 17 390 1,123 1,010
81 Loyola University Chicago 10 16 389 1,032 1,077
82 Hofstra University 8 24 354 1,577 721
83 University of Washington 7 15 381 735 1,334
84 University of Miami 9 18 259 1,722 993
85 New York Law School 9 20 281 1,560 1,006
86 Tulane University 9 21 324 1,408 910
87 Wayne State University 7 20 247 2,002 668
88 Samford University 8 23 294 1,648 633
89 University of Kansas 10 22 322 1,262 774
90 University of Connecticut 12 14 421 634 848
91 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 9 22 291 1,416 646
92 University of San Francisco 8 18 308 990 917
93 Syracuse University 9 11 270 595 1,430
94 Albany Law School 9 19 283 1,116 877
95 Willamette University College of Law 12 19 381 943 556
96 Chapman University 9 21 297 1,037 848
97 Case Western Reserve University 8 21 283 1,316 609
98 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 9 17 318 904 782
99 University of Kentucky 9 18 342 815 614
100 Florida International University 8 17 261 1,103 712