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Last Updated: September 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 38 97 7,717 36,766 16,158
2 Yale University 39 95 6,942 34,802 17,313
3 New York University 35 87 6,969 30,168 18,391
4 Columbia University School of Law 37 76 5,812 24,056 25,134
5 Georgetown University 33 73 6,425 19,562 15,009
6 University of Pennsylvania 35 69 6,003 17,511 13,163
7 University of Virginia 34 60 5,545 14,179 13,010
8 University of Chicago 32 68 4,708 18,067 9,082
9 University of California, Los Angeles 35 56 5,086 10,834 10,135
10 University of California, Berkeley 27 55 3,418 12,670 12,749
11 Stanford University 31 63 4,034 13,820 8,268
12 Duke University 28 53 3,806 10,306 10,442
13 George Washington University 27 53 3,737 10,681 9,771
14 University of Michigan 28 53 3,474 11,272 10,377
15 Northwestern University 24 57 3,011 12,030 10,065
16 University of Minnesota 20 49 2,975 9,362 10,262
17 Vanderbilt University 25 51 3,012 9,816 7,956
18 Cornell University 23 49 2,544 9,473 7,947
19 Fordham University 23 42 2,772 7,374 6,895
20 University of California, Davis 21 42 2,333 7,106 6,624
21 University of Texas at Austin 22 43 2,409 6,469 6,039
22 Rutgers University 19 40 2,036 6,914 6,463
23 Brooklyn Law School 25 35 2,664 4,957 4,646
24 University of Florida 20 39 2,019 5,723 5,951
25 University of California, San Francisco 20 42 1,890 6,789 5,298
26 Washington University 20 32 1,867 3,937 6,758
27 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 22 39 2,006 4,860 4,319
28 Boston University 21 31 1,976 3,476 5,438
29 University of California, Irvine 21 31 1,863 3,744 5,335
30 University of Wisconsin-Madison 17 38 1,402 4,685 5,685
31 Ohio State University 15 41 1,380 5,685 4,001
32 Texas A&M University 19 27 1,742 2,679 4,774
33 American University 16 31 1,161 4,665 5,622
34 Arizona State University 16 39 1,142 6,055 4,284
35 Wake Forest University 19 37 1,444 4,473 3,469
36 University of Maryland 17 33 1,380 3,851 3,725
37 Southern Methodist University 17 28 1,462 2,637 4,244
38 Indiana University Bloomington 16 34 1,140 3,706 3,910
39 Yeshiva University 19 29 1,368 3,216 3,277
40 Emory University 16 30 1,095 3,493 4,248
41 University of Miami 12 33 758 4,397 4,537
42 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 13 32 1,064 3,549 3,806
43 Loyola Marymount University 16 29 1,111 2,932 4,106
44 University of Southern California 17 29 1,131 3,284 3,570
45 University of Colorado Boulder 17 29 1,090 2,899 3,844
46 George Mason University 13 36 958 4,221 3,141
47 William & Mary Law School 16 29 1,193 2,768 3,045
48 University of Denver 14 27 1,011 2,898 3,721
49 Seattle University 14 29 905 4,439 2,820
50 University of San Diego 12 37 882 4,284 2,743
51 Loyola University Chicago 15 25 1,036 1,985 3,876
52 University of Utah 15 29 905 2,961 3,176
53 University of San Francisco 13 34 694 3,515 3,572
54 University of Arizona 14 31 863 3,245 3,010
55 Florida State University 13 24 805 2,207 4,060
56 Case Western Reserve University 12 32 659 4,252 2,741
57 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 16 24 977 2,330 2,890
58 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 16 19 940 3,192 2,281
59 Pennsylvania State University 13 24 972 2,357 2,763
60 University of Pittsburgh 11 33 754 3,663 2,401
61 Temple University 15 24 922 1,786 3,156
62 University at Buffalo 15 17 724 1,333 4,236
63 Georgia State University 14 26 829 2,460 2,619
64 University of Baltimore 13 23 815 2,065 3,028
65 University of Iowa 14 24 840 2,097 2,878
66 University of Houston 12 30 674 3,367 2,394
67 Lewis & Clark Law School 12 26 671 2,480 3,163
68 University of Washington 13 23 791 1,928 2,678
69 Hofstra University 14 30 738 3,139 1,538
70 University of Notre Dame 13 30 644 2,974 2,108
71 City University of New York (CUNY) 13 22 762 1,563 2,472
72 Northeastern University 12 26 548 2,473 2,601
73 Pepperdine University 13 23 696 2,040 2,006
74 Boston College 13 24 746 1,916 1,880
75 University of Georgia 13 20 725 1,519 2,249
76 University of St. Thomas 12 22 658 2,127 1,961
77 University of South Carolina 13 21 713 1,299 2,443
78 University of Richmond 14 22 768 1,654 1,875
79 University of Oklahoma 13 17 770 1,293 1,934
80 Pace University 12 26 494 2,462 2,050
81 University of Connecticut 14 17 715 977 2,349
82 Seton Hall University 11 23 654 1,693 1,831
83 DePaul University 10 23 465 2,472 1,922
84 Wayne State University 11 22 565 1,846 1,996
85 Drexel University 11 21 524 1,399 2,390
86 University of Alabama 14 18 736 1,114 1,659
87 St. John's University 12 21 636 1,459 1,668
88 Michigan State University 11 18 617 1,252 1,896
89 Villanova University 11 21 493 1,899 1,869
90 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 8 23 399 1,990 2,217
91 Washington and Lee University 13 18 594 1,252 1,831
92 Stetson University 10 22 501 1,708 1,744
93 Catholic University of America 9 23 461 1,858 1,682
94 New York Law School 8 21 373 1,691 2,020
95 California Western School of Law 11 20 548 1,423 1,437
96 Santa Clara University 9 23 405 2,035 1,440
97 Drake University 10 23 425 1,794 1,518
98 Southwestern Law School 11 17 460 1,146 1,830
99 University of Missouri 8 27 390 2,140 1,225
100 Tulane University 12 18 516 1,106 1,533