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Last Updated: August 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 38 97 7,577 36,750 16,378
2 Yale University 38 95 6,795 34,830 17,711
3 New York University 35 87 6,881 30,344 18,900
4 Columbia University School of Law 36 75 5,634 23,953 24,645
5 Georgetown University 33 73 6,266 19,556 15,067
6 University of Pennsylvania 35 69 5,888 17,510 13,607
7 University of Virginia 36 60 5,658 14,243 13,937
8 University of Chicago 32 68 4,591 18,149 9,266
9 University of California, Los Angeles 35 56 5,015 11,165 10,486
10 University of California, Berkeley 26 55 3,329 12,665 13,123
11 Stanford University 31 63 3,907 13,815 8,424
12 Duke University 28 53 3,723 10,174 10,682
13 University of Michigan 28 52 3,393 11,232 10,545
14 George Washington University 25 53 3,411 10,603 9,726
15 Northwestern University 23 57 2,922 11,956 10,282
16 University of Minnesota 20 49 2,921 9,306 10,571
17 Vanderbilt University 24 51 2,949 9,802 8,248
18 Cornell University 22 49 2,432 9,373 8,051
19 Fordham University 22 42 2,706 7,316 7,151
20 University of California, Davis 20 42 2,246 7,108 6,821
21 University of Texas at Austin 21 43 2,360 6,506 6,204
22 Rutgers University 19 40 1,987 6,887 6,701
23 Brooklyn Law School 25 35 2,632 4,973 4,828
24 University of Florida 20 39 1,981 5,739 6,066
25 University of California, San Francisco 19 43 1,833 6,888 5,452
26 Washington University 20 32 1,811 3,934 6,814
27 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 20 39 1,891 4,861 4,410
28 University of California, Irvine 21 31 1,833 3,743 5,386
29 Boston University 20 31 1,842 3,430 5,494
30 University of Wisconsin-Madison 17 38 1,370 4,693 5,743
31 Ohio State University 15 41 1,354 5,693 4,111
32 American University 15 31 1,139 4,667 5,782
33 Texas A&M University 18 26 1,690 2,623 5,031
34 Arizona State University 16 39 1,117 6,054 4,380
35 University of Maryland 16 33 1,390 4,389 3,801
36 Wake Forest University 18 38 1,378 4,466 3,466
37 Southern Methodist University 17 27 1,409 2,536 4,370
38 Emory University 16 30 1,083 3,483 4,403
39 Yeshiva University 19 29 1,326 3,216 3,377
40 Indiana University Bloomington 15 34 1,104 3,718 3,962
41 University of Miami 12 33 744 4,396 4,620
42 Loyola Marymount University 16 29 1,078 2,925 4,158
43 University of Southern California 17 29 1,105 3,271 3,721
44 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 13 32 1,030 3,498 3,869
45 Seattle University 15 31 916 4,924 2,971
46 George Mason University 13 36 948 4,290 3,317
47 University of Colorado Boulder 16 29 1,047 2,895 3,885
48 William & Mary Law School 16 29 1,161 2,772 3,115
49 University of Denver 14 27 991 2,884 3,722
50 Loyola University Chicago 16 25 1,033 1,984 4,169
51 University of San Diego 13 37 869 4,281 2,775
52 Florida State University 13 24 803 2,193 4,341
53 University of Utah 15 29 892 2,964 3,178
54 University of San Francisco 13 34 679 3,494 3,674
55 University of Arizona 14 31 841 3,259 3,124
56 Case Western Reserve University 12 32 649 4,257 2,888
57 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 16 24 944 2,310 3,041
58 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 15 19 913 3,194 2,327
59 Pennsylvania State University 13 24 942 2,346 2,819
60 University of Pittsburgh 11 33 743 3,712 2,493
61 Temple University 15 24 909 1,788 3,283
62 University at Buffalo 15 17 717 1,333 4,214
63 Georgia State University 14 26 811 2,463 2,711
64 University of Iowa 14 24 815 2,097 2,992
65 University of Baltimore 13 23 790 2,042 3,102
66 University of Houston 11 30 657 3,343 2,443
67 Lewis & Clark Law School 12 26 650 2,432 3,209
68 University of Washington 13 23 760 1,928 2,730
69 Hofstra University 14 30 729 3,132 1,635
70 University of Notre Dame 12 30 612 2,960 2,105
71 City University of New York (CUNY) 13 22 746 1,563 2,513
72 Northeastern University 12 26 534 2,474 2,549
73 University of Connecticut 15 17 754 997 2,634
74 University of Georgia 13 20 712 1,519 2,351
75 Boston College 13 24 727 1,919 1,913
76 University of Richmond 13 22 747 1,655 1,986
77 University of South Carolina 13 21 700 1,299 2,518
78 Pepperdine University 13 23 676 2,036 1,969
79 University of St. Thomas 12 22 642 1,888 2,103
80 University of Oklahoma 13 17 754 1,293 2,008
81 Pace University 12 26 484 2,464 2,072
82 Seton Hall University 11 23 634 1,671 1,892
83 Wayne State University 11 22 550 1,845 1,997
84 University of Alabama 14 18 733 1,121 1,775
85 Drexel University 11 21 517 1,397 2,432
86 DePaul University 10 23 441 2,221 1,927
87 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 8 23 391 1,991 2,278
88 St. John's University 11 21 613 1,455 1,682
89 Villanova University 10 21 475 1,899 1,918
90 Washington and Lee University 13 17 570 1,232 1,904
91 Stetson University 10 22 492 1,708 1,808
92 Catholic University of America 9 23 450 1,859 1,820
93 Michigan State University 11 17 544 1,191 1,755
94 California Western School of Law 11 20 538 1,438 1,490
95 New York Law School 8 21 364 1,692 2,053
96 Santa Clara University 9 24 406 2,108 1,464
97 Drake University 10 23 422 1,798 1,603
98 Southwestern Law School 11 17 449 1,148 1,957
99 University of Missouri 8 27 385 2,135 1,267
100 Tulane University 12 17 490 1,087 1,587