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Last Updated: September 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Yale University 20 44 1,905 6,262 5,379
2 New York University 24 34 1,887 5,301 4,809
3 Georgetown University 20 27 1,976 2,648 3,903
4 University of California, Los Angeles 25 26 2,148 2,059 3,510
5 Columbia University School of Law 18 33 1,065 3,640 4,143
6 University of California, Berkeley 16 25 879 2,910 4,984
7 George Washington University 19 25 1,270 2,528 3,130
8 University of Pennsylvania 15 30 1,158 2,977 2,699
9 Harvard University 17 28 994 3,900 2,199
10 University of Chicago 17 24 1,086 2,523 2,021
11 Stanford University 20 27 1,038 2,536 1,974
12 University of Virginia 18 24 949 2,103 2,102
13 Vanderbilt University 16 21 747 1,823 2,519
14 University of Minnesota 13 21 797 1,629 2,437
15 Duke University 17 20 784 1,846 1,917
16 Northwestern University 13 21 679 1,724 2,159
17 Brooklyn Law School 16 17 1,057 711 1,321
18 University of San Francisco 11 23 388 2,116 2,545
19 University of California, Davis 14 22 602 1,750 1,869
20 University of Michigan 15 16 767 1,413 1,355
21 Washington University 13 14 528 760 2,522
22 University of Texas at Austin 10 16 796 737 886
23 Fordham University 13 18 615 1,093 1,383
24 University of California, Irvine 14 17 563 993 1,591
25 Loyola University Chicago 12 13 520 633 1,417
26 University of Maryland 13 15 457 832 1,501
27 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 13 16 515 898 916
28 Rutgers University 10 18 449 930 1,171
29 University of Florida 10 17 457 1,319 769
30 Boston University 11 9 435 407 1,619
31 Yeshiva University 13 11 523 341 1,156
32 Cornell University 9 12 359 812 1,186
33 Ohio State University 10 13 345 670 1,324
34 University of Pittsburgh 8 18 271 1,456 866
35 University of California, San Francisco 12 10 386 401 795
36 University of Washington 8 15 271 674 974
37 University of South Carolina 9 7 323 246 1,078
38 William & Mary Law School 9 12 266 531 1,071
39 Southern Methodist University 9 12 258 364 1,227
40 Loyola Marymount University 10 14 261 485 1,013
41 University of Miami 7 9 96 230 1,971
42 Northeastern University 9 13 208 956 783
43 Texas A&M University 11 8 336 333 735
44 University of Denver 9 14 226 529 1,025
45 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 8 12 228 530 857
46 Pennsylvania State University 8 15 262 604 586
47 Arizona State University 7 13 198 701 758
48 Drexel University 7 11 220 409 867
49 Florida State University 6 9 119 334 1,346
50 University of Wisconsin-Madison 7 17 180 771 657
51 Emory University 8 12 210 746 518
52 American University 8 12 224 533 601
53 Wake Forest University 9 13 231 490 545
54 University of Utah 8 12 173 966 367
55 Case Western Reserve University 8 13 182 648 596
56 Indiana University Bloomington 8 10 214 293 705
57 City University of New York (CUNY) 7 9 219 228 687
58 University at Buffalo 9 8 243 151 639
59 University of Colorado Boulder 6 8 180 342 700
60 University of Arizona 7 9 236 289 430
61 University of Houston 8 13 180 399 562
62 University of Oklahoma 7 8 170 239 739
63 University of St. Thomas 8 7 219 159 520
64 University of Baltimore 7 12 144 474 550
65 Temple University 7 9 167 282 568
66 George Mason University 7 10 128 371 665
67 Hofstra University 7 10 171 385 423
68 Washington and Lee University 8 5 216 141 431
69 Wayne State University 7 9 133 308 594
70 University of Georgia 6 6 132 177 685
71 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 5 6 87 395 689
72 Georgia State University 6 9 145 286 507
73 St. John's University 7 7 138 248 514
74 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 5 11 100 361 561
75 University of Southern California 5 9 111 245 546
76 Catholic University of America 5 10 135 375 317
77 Seattle University 5 11 99 424 411
78 California Western School of Law 7 7 142 159 415
79 University of San Diego 6 12 99 481 293
80 Seton Hall University 6 9 114 220 443
81 University of Kansas 5 8 95 251 479
82 University of Notre Dame 6 10 91 456 282
83 Pepperdine University 7 10 122 271 271
84 Boston College 7 10 141 184 260
85 University of Iowa 5 7 83 210 492
86 University of Connecticut 7 6 142 119 286
87 Tulane University 7 6 119 199 318
88 University of Alabama 7 8 128 184 253
89 Widener University Commonwealth Law School 5 6 79 99 525
90 University of Mississippi 7 9 116 231 182
91 DePaul University 5 10 66 317 323
92 Florida International University 5 10 67 256 364
93 Stetson University 5 7 82 229 314
94 University of the Pacific (McGeorge) 4 6 65 241 373
95 Howard University 6 8 90 190 295
96 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 5 6 82 168 313
97 University of Missouri 4 8 55 332 274
98 University of Cincinnati 4 9 59 267 312
99 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 5 8 104 164 198
100 Pace University 4 10 70 305 220