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Last Updated: August 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 48 116 11,060 50,176 17,443
2 Yale University 50 119 10,910 48,199 16,912
3 New York University 38 83 6,549 28,756 12,168
4 University of Virginia 37 70 6,301 18,346 10,581
5 University of Chicago 36 62 6,429 14,520 10,558
6 Georgetown University 34 67 5,784 17,135 9,919
7 Columbia University School of Law 41 68 5,481 15,887 7,049
8 Stanford University 34 64 4,821 17,227 6,753
9 University of California, Berkeley 27 64 3,331 17,586 6,884
10 University of California, Los Angeles 33 59 4,405 11,669 6,729
11 Northwestern University 27 60 3,512 13,593 5,936
12 University of Michigan 30 43 4,200 8,261 5,517
13 George Washington University 27 61 3,015 12,153 6,367
14 University of Texas at Austin 25 49 2,960 11,595 5,404
15 University of Pennsylvania 26 50 3,031 8,195 5,507
16 Duke University 28 41 2,791 7,078 5,215
17 Vanderbilt University 22 47 2,237 8,083 3,843
18 Rutgers University 18 43 1,760 7,467 3,503
19 Cornell University 20 38 1,645 6,187 3,732
20 University of Florida 20 35 1,840 5,172 3,249
21 University of San Diego 18 47 1,533 6,686 2,772
22 Fordham University 17 35 1,636 5,179 3,392
23 Boston University 19 28 1,716 3,097 4,103
24 University of California, Davis 22 35 1,702 4,146 2,883
25 University of Minnesota 19 33 1,446 3,483 3,911
26 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 17 35 1,376 4,790 2,412
27 Washington University 20 27 1,417 2,883 3,595
28 Florida State University 17 23 1,349 2,353 3,757
29 University of Notre Dame 18 33 1,321 3,388 2,891
30 William & Mary Law School 17 32 1,300 3,327 2,912
31 Emory University 16 33 1,019 4,148 3,440
32 George Mason University 13 36 986 4,812 2,335
33 Ohio State University 17 33 1,076 4,161 2,091
34 University of Maryland 13 33 929 3,590 1,916
35 Texas A&M University 17 23 1,140 1,897 2,398
36 University of Colorado Boulder 15 28 873 3,171 1,785
37 Brooklyn Law School 17 24 973 2,305 1,679
38 University of Wisconsin-Madison 15 22 906 1,781 2,302
39 Indiana University Bloomington 13 29 703 3,188 1,830
40 Pepperdine University 15 30 771 2,826 1,695
41 University of Georgia 13 27 748 2,550 1,865
42 University of California, San Francisco 14 20 877 1,711 1,853
43 Yeshiva University 14 27 806 2,256 1,666
44 University of St. Thomas 13 28 603 3,030 1,590
45 Southern Methodist University 16 21 840 1,321 1,993
46 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 10 26 570 2,258 1,900
47 University of California, Irvine 16 19 757 1,250 1,732
48 Pennsylvania State University 11 23 616 1,728 1,727
49 Temple University 13 25 611 2,024 1,367
50 Seattle University 8 24 377 3,401 1,233
51 University of Utah 13 23 633 1,453 1,737
52 University of Arizona 15 25 614 1,759 1,515
53 University of Pittsburgh 10 29 527 2,523 1,238
54 Boston College 13 22 616 1,537 1,496
55 University of Richmond 13 24 622 1,830 1,108
56 Catholic University of America 14 19 724 1,038 1,202
57 University of Denver 11 22 557 1,720 1,313
58 University of Baltimore 10 18 532 1,264 1,747
59 Lewis & Clark Law School 11 22 578 1,508 1,276
60 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 11 23 477 1,924 1,131
61 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 12 22 469 1,878 1,184
62 University of Iowa 12 20 476 1,120 1,723
63 Arizona State University 11 24 435 1,855 1,248
64 University of Houston 9 24 401 2,056 1,205
65 University of South Carolina 11 17 527 824 1,432
66 University of Southern California 13 17 499 1,198 1,158
67 University of Oklahoma 11 14 557 947 989
68 Loyola Marymount University 10 18 475 1,281 1,072
69 Northeastern University 9 19 408 1,312 1,344
70 University of Alabama 10 23 433 1,628 902
71 South Texas College of Law Houston 12 15 525 696 1,175
72 American University 9 22 326 1,500 1,376
73 Georgia State University 12 16 445 977 1,206
74 Seton Hall University 10 21 408 1,452 908
75 Wake Forest University 9 28 343 1,905 772
76 University at Buffalo 10 16 421 1,312 934
77 Indiana University Indianapolis 9 19 437 1,035 1,064
78 University of Cincinnati 10 24 348 1,821 759
79 Michigan State University 9 17 396 1,123 1,108
80 Santa Clara University 9 25 320 1,854 783
81 Loyola University Chicago 10 16 398 1,032 1,086
82 University of Washington 8 15 395 735 1,335
83 University of Miami 10 18 278 1,722 969
84 Hofstra University 8 24 358 1,582 711
85 New York Law School 9 20 288 1,560 1,002
86 Tulane University 9 21 333 1,408 898
87 Wayne State University 7 20 252 2,002 643
88 Samford University 8 23 299 1,648 708
89 University of Kansas 10 22 331 1,257 803
90 University of Connecticut 12 14 429 634 835
91 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 9 22 301 1,416 619
92 Albany Law School 9 19 294 1,116 881
93 Syracuse University 9 11 278 595 1,423
94 University of San Francisco 8 18 310 990 892
95 Willamette University College of Law 12 19 388 943 564
96 Chapman University 9 21 306 1,037 864
97 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 10 16 342 880 805
98 Case Western Reserve University 9 21 295 1,318 603
99 Florida International University 8 18 279 1,197 707
100 University of Kentucky 9 18 346 815 614