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Last Updated: September 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Yale University 25 54 2,160 10,720 4,793
2 Harvard University 22 48 1,752 11,088 4,692
3 New York University 17 40 1,422 6,689 3,608
4 University of California, Los Angeles 19 35 1,402 4,670 3,886
5 University of California, Berkeley 16 38 1,195 5,569 3,641
6 University of Virginia 16 41 1,049 5,886 2,863
7 Georgetown University 17 36 1,185 4,269 3,186
8 Stanford University 16 33 1,122 5,476 1,910
9 Seattle University 11 34 826 5,361 2,091
10 Columbia University School of Law 13 33 926 3,971 2,707
11 University of Chicago 17 28 946 3,809 1,949
12 University of California, Irvine 12 29 662 3,298 1,954
13 University of Pennsylvania 15 22 861 2,058 2,047
14 Rutgers University 12 25 701 2,362 1,931
15 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 9 19 583 3,093 1,592
16 University of South Carolina 13 21 675 1,371 2,151
17 Vanderbilt University 12 20 608 2,715 1,207
18 University of Michigan 11 24 496 2,111 1,998
19 Washington University 10 29 541 2,200 1,677
20 University of St. Thomas 12 21 671 1,305 1,862
21 Boston University 12 20 624 1,273 2,058
22 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 14 16 648 1,334 1,769
23 Northwestern University 13 24 590 1,790 1,515
24 Arizona State University 10 23 467 2,310 1,548
25 George Washington University 10 23 455 2,034 1,816
26 Fordham University 10 25 505 1,691 1,588
27 University of California, Davis 9 22 508 1,635 1,575
28 Temple University 10 22 513 1,435 1,644
29 University of Florida 11 23 408 1,981 1,554
30 Texas A&M University 11 20 494 1,289 1,626
31 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 11 24 483 1,801 1,145
32 University of Denver 13 13 574 703 1,575
33 University of Minnesota 9 16 511 878 1,680
34 American University 8 19 440 1,333 1,476
35 Northeastern University 8 19 280 1,756 1,745
36 Cornell University 9 20 311 1,504 1,777
37 Wake Forest University 8 16 329 1,083 2,005
38 University of California, San Francisco 10 20 339 1,586 1,472
39 Suffolk University 11 16 465 1,059 1,278
40 University of Baltimore 7 14 219 548 2,856
41 University of Wisconsin-Madison 8 26 283 2,335 906
42 William & Mary Law School 7 15 179 585 2,926
43 Southwestern Law School 12 13 494 563 1,381
44 University of Pittsburgh 10 19 327 1,383 1,308
45 Emory University 7 18 317 1,384 1,338
46 New York Law School 9 19 261 1,559 1,103
47 Ohio State University 8 19 324 1,385 945
48 Brooklyn Law School 10 17 418 780 992
49 Southern Methodist University 10 15 330 679 1,460
50 Florida State University 10 15 300 1,035 1,183
51 University of Colorado Boulder 11 18 352 1,085 759
52 University of Texas at Austin 7 23 246 1,684 689
53 Duke University 11 17 359 636 992
54 Indiana University Bloomington 9 19 279 1,096 922
55 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 9 16 338 763 908
56 University of Miami 8 17 278 990 930
57 Pepperdine University 7 15 248 805 1,233
58 Georgia State University 11 17 339 882 718
59 University of San Diego 7 19 208 1,430 764
60 Mitchell Hamline School of Law 8 19 295 1,081 639
61 Drexel University 9 18 285 815 875
62 University of New Mexico 8 15 280 827 861
63 George Mason University 8 16 245 1,070 724
64 Loyola University Chicago 8 15 288 667 882
65 Michigan State University 8 15 222 959 753
66 St. John's University 8 13 267 702 720
67 Loyola Marymount University 9 16 256 763 639
68 University of Missouri-Kansas City 7 18 181 938 775
69 University of Southern California 8 12 219 659 837
70 University of Notre Dame 7 15 222 716 726
71 Pennsylvania State University 7 13 228 553 817
72 University of Washington 7 13 223 648 710
73 University of Arizona 8 10 173 628 919
74 Marquette University 6 14 168 745 830
75 University of Maryland 8 14 245 666 533
76 University of Illinois Chicago 7 12 239 449 711
77 Nova Southeastern University 6 15 196 696 673
78 Boston College 8 12 203 772 568
79 Syracuse University 7 11 228 424 753
80 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 7 13 223 660 488
81 Yeshiva University 7 14 164 916 518
82 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 6 16 166 795 617
83 Wayne State University 8 11 176 625 606
84 Stetson University 8 14 202 579 523
85 Villanova University 6 10 194 599 544
86 University of Louisville 6 12 169 527 716
87 University at Buffalo 7 12 174 584 610
88 University of Iowa 7 11 178 418 699
89 University of Connecticut 8 12 192 433 609
90 University of Oregon 8 10 174 317 794
91 Indiana University Indianapolis 6 14 154 675 565
92 Hofstra University 6 15 164 714 474
93 Mercer University 7 15 187 644 416
94 DePaul University 6 14 132 679 634
95 Florida International University 6 11 151 357 783
96 University of Houston 6 15 134 690 560
97 Loyola University New Orleans 6 11 131 458 734
98 Howard University 7 15 155 567 517
99 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 5 10 162 349 677
100 City University of New York (CUNY) 7 10 172 284 624