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Last Updated: August 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 37 87 6,170 30,875 13,038
2 Columbia University School of Law 42 87 6,640 30,161 11,424
3 New York University 36 76 5,425 24,668 10,811
4 Yale University 31 81 4,163 25,575 9,198
5 University of Chicago 32 71 4,477 20,021 7,765
6 Georgetown University 31 63 4,150 13,848 7,738
7 University of Pennsylvania 30 59 4,323 12,234 8,004
8 University of Virginia 24 50 3,207 9,872 6,371
9 University of California, Berkeley 25 49 3,069 10,503 6,126
10 University of California, Los Angeles 21 55 2,269 10,560 6,378
11 Duke University 23 48 2,415 8,685 6,323
12 Stanford University 23 49 2,140 8,802 3,881
13 Vanderbilt University 23 42 2,296 6,766 4,947
14 University of Michigan 20 41 2,037 6,749 5,901
15 Boston University 23 37 2,299 5,279 5,068
16 George Washington University 16 42 1,449 6,672 3,997
17 University of Florida 18 37 1,486 5,675 3,963
18 Northwestern University 17 36 1,393 5,415 4,140
19 Cornell University 17 39 1,425 5,269 3,597
20 University of Texas at Austin 17 41 1,381 6,273 2,368
21 Fordham University 18 33 1,421 4,049 3,273
22 Washington University 17 35 1,473 4,055 2,893
23 University of Minnesota 17 33 1,319 4,364 2,589
24 University of Southern California 17 38 1,139 4,979 2,523
25 University of California, Irvine 20 26 1,289 2,172 4,058
26 Yeshiva University 15 34 1,039 4,096 3,296
27 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 17 29 1,134 3,392 2,567
28 Rutgers University 15 31 971 4,110 2,605
29 Texas A&M University 16 25 1,133 2,215 2,675
30 University of Colorado Boulder 14 23 905 2,555 2,183
31 University of California, Davis 15 22 1,013 1,696 2,252
32 Temple University 13 26 847 2,008 2,473
33 University of San Diego 15 30 719 3,501 1,659
34 Southern Methodist University 13 28 739 3,051 1,932
35 Indiana University Bloomington 15 27 816 2,756 1,673
36 Brooklyn Law School 14 23 883 1,947 1,795
37 Boston College 14 26 758 2,468 1,778
38 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 13 27 717 2,719 1,506
39 American University 13 21 692 1,779 2,243
40 University of Wisconsin-Madison 12 27 605 2,908 1,610
41 University of California, San Francisco 12 21 669 1,844 1,643
42 George Mason University 9 28 484 3,173 1,317
43 Loyola University Chicago 12 22 618 1,805 1,637
44 Florida State University 10 24 535 2,233 1,295
45 University of Notre Dame 13 21 605 1,533 1,498
46 Ohio State University 11 23 434 2,230 1,625
47 Loyola Marymount University 12 22 549 1,686 1,451
48 University of Richmond 10 20 489 1,311 1,713
49 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 9 24 417 1,730 1,668
50 University of Miami 10 22 448 1,919 1,251
51 University of Georgia 11 25 535 1,636 1,059
52 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 9 24 465 1,690 1,192
53 University of Washington 8 20 410 1,427 1,586
54 Case Western Reserve University 10 18 496 1,354 1,196
55 University of Utah 12 21 461 1,380 1,144
56 Arizona State University 11 19 450 1,184 1,280
57 University of Pittsburgh 8 26 292 1,977 1,211
58 University of Kansas 9 23 379 1,554 1,137
59 William & Mary Law School 10 22 374 1,483 1,147
60 Suffolk University 8 22 327 1,842 966
61 Emory University 9 19 359 940 1,520
62 University of Iowa 9 19 287 1,650 1,127
63 University of Houston 9 20 349 1,342 1,081
64 University of Arizona 8 20 348 1,402 1,002
65 Seton Hall University 10 18 388 1,117 1,043
66 University of Missouri 11 19 424 1,087 900
67 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 7 19 342 1,309 917
68 Pepperdine University 9 22 272 1,818 765
69 Wake Forest University 8 18 323 1,250 1,024
70 Villanova University 8 23 281 1,496 953
71 Florida International University 7 24 234 1,470 1,152
72 Pennsylvania State University 7 17 322 1,130 936
73 University of Maryland 9 18 318 1,114 897
74 University of Oregon 9 16 342 915 952
75 Pace University 10 14 346 594 1,197
76 Georgia State University 7 20 214 1,454 979
77 University of St. Thomas 8 17 254 1,364 864
78 Wayne State University 8 17 263 1,229 910
79 University of Denver 8 19 286 991 861
80 University of Alabama 9 16 270 1,001 923
81 University of Baltimore 8 15 234 796 1,249
82 Tulane University 7 15 233 813 1,071
83 University of Connecticut 9 16 288 900 695
84 St. John's University 8 17 205 1,093 851
85 University of Kentucky 8 21 240 1,215 468
86 New York Law School 6 16 171 1,073 833
87 Drexel University 8 16 217 737 912
88 Albany Law School 8 16 243 856 640
89 Seattle University 7 18 196 1,090 626
90 DePaul University 8 17 183 1,250 539
91 Indiana University Indianapolis 6 17 182 876 830
92 University of South Carolina 10 11 264 356 882
93 Santa Clara University 8 18 218 1,056 415
94 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 8 13 265 587 548
95 University at Buffalo 8 12 188 599 843
96 Catholic University of America 7 15 199 764 631
97 Hofstra University 6 16 192 813 583
98 University of the Pacific (McGeorge) 4 16 146 855 755
99 Washington and Lee University 9 8 266 265 719
100 Creighton University 6 20 125 1,374 303