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Last Updated: July 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 38 97 7,350 36,762 16,390
2 Yale University 37 95 6,624 34,924 17,722
3 New York University 34 87 6,733 30,385 18,919
4 Columbia University School of Law 35 75 5,541 23,992 24,291
5 Georgetown University 33 73 6,113 19,595 15,048
6 University of Pennsylvania 34 69 5,751 17,528 13,604
7 University of Virginia 35 60 5,556 14,270 13,894
8 University of Chicago 31 68 4,476 18,153 9,408
9 University of California, Los Angeles 35 56 4,901 11,268 10,570
10 University of California, Berkeley 26 55 3,255 12,671 13,216
11 Stanford University 29 63 3,842 13,884 8,304
12 Duke University 27 53 3,686 10,359 10,718
13 University of Michigan 28 53 3,332 11,331 10,512
14 George Washington University 25 53 3,359 10,664 9,691
15 Northwestern University 23 57 2,856 12,034 10,280
16 University of Minnesota 20 49 2,851 9,340 10,585
17 Vanderbilt University 24 51 2,872 9,860 8,328
18 Cornell University 22 49 2,440 9,531 8,056
19 Fordham University 22 43 2,682 7,380 7,196
20 University of California, Davis 20 42 2,201 7,107 6,810
21 University of Texas at Austin 21 43 2,314 6,479 6,093
22 Rutgers University 18 40 1,936 6,756 6,794
23 Brooklyn Law School 25 35 2,572 4,973 4,846
24 University of California, San Francisco 19 44 1,812 7,010 5,571
25 University of Florida 19 39 1,908 5,730 6,035
26 Washington University 20 32 1,750 3,931 6,820
27 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 20 39 1,843 4,860 4,382
28 University of California, Irvine 21 31 1,800 3,746 5,384
29 Boston University 20 31 1,818 3,462 5,441
30 University of Wisconsin-Madison 17 38 1,334 4,685 5,709
31 Ohio State University 15 41 1,306 5,687 4,069
32 American University 15 31 1,107 4,666 5,814
33 Texas A&M University 18 26 1,635 2,623 5,117
34 Arizona State University 15 39 1,074 6,060 4,352
35 University of Maryland 16 33 1,352 4,397 3,786
36 Wake Forest University 18 37 1,386 4,501 3,450
37 Southern Methodist University 17 28 1,374 2,612 4,416
38 Yeshiva University 19 29 1,313 3,216 3,418
39 Emory University 15 30 1,048 3,491 4,398
40 Indiana University Bloomington 15 34 1,074 3,733 3,986
41 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 13 32 1,032 3,547 3,886
42 University of Miami 12 32 735 4,394 4,509
43 University of Southern California 17 29 1,096 3,287 3,699
44 Loyola Marymount University 16 29 1,059 2,932 4,166
45 Seattle University 15 31 895 4,913 2,978
46 George Mason University 12 36 929 4,298 3,333
47 University of Colorado Boulder 16 29 1,035 2,899 3,884
48 William & Mary Law School 15 29 1,127 2,771 3,103
49 University of Denver 14 27 982 2,900 3,666
50 Loyola University Chicago 16 25 1,020 1,982 4,186
51 University of San Diego 12 37 836 4,292 2,770
52 Florida State University 13 24 785 2,207 4,404
53 University of Utah 15 29 866 2,964 3,210
54 University of San Francisco 13 34 670 3,494 3,648
55 University of Arizona 14 31 817 3,262 3,124
56 Case Western Reserve University 11 32 632 4,257 2,873
57 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 15 24 925 2,316 2,998
58 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 15 19 894 3,195 2,353
59 Pennsylvania State University 12 24 932 2,357 2,789
60 University of Pittsburgh 11 33 724 3,712 2,488
61 Temple University 15 24 880 1,787 3,313
62 University at Buffalo 14 17 715 1,341 4,136
63 Georgia State University 14 26 793 2,460 2,723
64 University of Iowa 14 24 794 2,097 3,024
65 University of Baltimore 12 23 776 2,065 3,085
66 University of Houston 11 30 648 3,349 2,485
67 Lewis & Clark Law School 12 26 632 2,432 3,220
68 University of Washington 12 23 738 1,929 2,738
69 Hofstra University 14 30 715 3,132 1,661
70 University of Notre Dame 12 30 591 2,984 2,118
71 City University of New York (CUNY) 13 22 724 1,563 2,508
72 Northeastern University 11 26 520 2,459 2,519
73 University of Connecticut 15 17 724 997 2,700
74 Boston College 13 24 712 1,919 1,916
75 University of Georgia 13 20 686 1,517 2,339
76 University of South Carolina 13 21 689 1,299 2,516
77 Pepperdine University 13 23 668 2,036 1,945
78 University of Richmond 12 22 706 1,661 2,030
79 University of St. Thomas 12 22 619 1,921 2,121
80 University of Oklahoma 13 17 735 1,293 2,031
81 Pace University 11 26 474 2,466 2,066
82 Seton Hall University 11 23 625 1,674 1,927
83 Wayne State University 11 22 535 1,846 2,029
84 University of Alabama 14 18 704 1,123 1,804
85 Drexel University 11 21 510 1,399 2,402
86 DePaul University 10 23 434 2,241 1,939
87 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 8 23 385 1,991 2,282
88 St. John's University 11 21 596 1,459 1,682
89 Villanova University 10 21 453 1,899 1,938
90 Washington and Lee University 13 17 553 1,232 1,913
91 Stetson University 10 22 475 1,708 1,784
92 Catholic University of America 10 23 431 1,859 1,746
93 Michigan State University 11 18 548 1,253 1,605
94 New York Law School 8 21 359 1,691 2,047
95 Santa Clara University 9 24 399 2,105 1,457
96 California Western School of Law 11 20 520 1,437 1,438
97 Southwestern Law School 11 17 436 1,146 1,966
98 Drake University 9 23 399 1,784 1,537
99 University of Missouri 7 27 374 2,140 1,246
100 Tulane University 12 18 480 1,105 1,601