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Last Updated: July 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Yale University 24 54 2,072 10,724 4,974
2 Harvard University 22 48 1,658 11,077 4,656
3 New York University 17 40 1,325 6,662 3,780
4 University of California, Los Angeles 18 35 1,348 4,668 3,995
5 University of California, Berkeley 16 38 1,131 5,595 3,718
6 University of Virginia 16 41 1,003 5,911 3,059
7 Georgetown University 17 36 1,161 4,265 3,349
8 Stanford University 15 34 1,062 5,488 1,823
9 Seattle University 10 34 797 5,416 2,044
10 Columbia University School of Law 13 33 892 3,972 2,743
11 University of Chicago 15 28 902 3,809 1,990
12 University of California, Irvine 12 30 630 3,329 2,055
13 University of Pennsylvania 15 22 770 2,058 2,054
14 Rutgers University 11 25 645 2,351 1,949
15 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 9 19 562 3,096 1,619
16 University of South Carolina 12 21 640 1,394 2,214
17 Vanderbilt University 11 20 573 2,717 1,185
18 University of St. Thomas 12 21 651 1,325 1,905
19 University of Michigan 11 24 480 2,111 2,008
20 Washington University 10 29 515 2,199 1,713
21 Northwestern University 12 24 566 1,816 1,745
22 Boston University 12 20 570 1,273 2,044
23 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 14 16 609 1,336 1,787
24 George Washington University 10 23 416 2,007 1,995
25 Arizona State University 10 23 449 2,310 1,558
26 Fordham University 10 25 492 1,700 1,626
27 Temple University 10 22 481 1,436 1,724
28 University of Florida 11 23 397 1,981 1,613
29 University of California, Davis 9 22 460 1,604 1,593
30 Texas A&M University 11 20 462 1,290 1,703
31 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 10 24 454 1,801 1,235
32 University of Denver 12 13 547 704 1,602
33 University of Minnesota 9 16 472 878 1,737
34 Northeastern University 8 19 271 1,756 1,845
35 American University 8 19 412 1,333 1,532
36 Cornell University 9 21 302 1,544 1,845
37 University of Baltimore 8 14 221 734 2,883
38 University of California, San Francisco 9 21 329 1,623 1,550
39 University of Wisconsin-Madison 8 26 284 2,383 1,013
40 Wake Forest University 8 16 319 1,087 2,002
41 Suffolk University 11 16 446 1,059 1,334
42 William & Mary Law School 7 16 169 612 2,970
43 Southwestern Law School 12 13 461 563 1,459
44 Emory University 7 18 301 1,386 1,390
45 University of Pittsburgh 10 19 309 1,382 1,267
46 New York Law School 9 19 246 1,559 1,195
47 Ohio State University 8 19 305 1,388 971
48 Southern Methodist University 9 15 311 678 1,526
49 Brooklyn Law School 10 17 381 751 1,016
50 Florida State University 10 15 288 1,035 1,155
51 University of Colorado Boulder 11 18 339 1,086 747
52 University of Texas at Austin 7 23 237 1,684 681
53 University of San Diego 7 20 208 1,457 977
54 Duke University 10 17 347 637 1,004
55 Georgia State University 11 17 336 885 784
56 Indiana University Bloomington 8 19 253 1,106 941
57 University of Miami 7 17 261 988 983
58 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 9 16 329 763 856
59 Pepperdine University 7 15 241 799 1,233
60 Mitchell Hamline School of Law 8 19 281 1,081 689
61 Drexel University 9 18 278 815 906
62 University of New Mexico 8 15 263 830 905
63 George Mason University 8 16 231 1,071 747
64 Loyola University Chicago 8 15 277 667 885
65 University of Missouri-Kansas City 8 18 200 1,128 826
66 Michigan State University 8 16 211 998 772
67 St. John's University 8 13 226 702 751
68 University of Notre Dame 7 15 198 716 806
69 Pennsylvania State University 7 13 217 553 845
70 University of Southern California 8 12 213 659 739
71 University of Washington 7 13 204 648 744
72 University of Arizona 7 10 161 628 962
73 University of Illinois Chicago 7 12 225 447 801
74 Marquette University 6 14 159 745 824
75 University of Maryland 8 14 235 666 524
76 Nova Southeastern University 6 15 188 704 690
77 Boston College 8 12 190 772 614
78 Syracuse University 7 11 225 427 750
79 Loyola Marymount University 8 13 215 609 617
80 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 6 16 157 795 688
81 Yeshiva University 6 14 154 924 528
82 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 7 12 214 646 478
83 Wayne State University 8 11 172 625 626
84 University of Louisville 6 12 158 527 755
85 Villanova University 6 10 182 598 564
86 University of Iowa 7 11 173 418 712
87 Stetson University 8 14 188 576 493
88 Indiana University Indianapolis 6 14 150 675 578
89 Mercer University 7 15 182 644 451
90 DePaul University 6 14 125 679 680
91 University of Oregon 8 10 164 317 806
92 University at Buffalo 7 12 163 584 565
93 Howard University 7 15 157 574 586
94 Hofstra University 5 15 150 714 497
95 University of Connecticut 8 12 175 433 621
96 Florida International University 6 11 142 355 799
97 University of Houston 6 15 129 690 547
98 Loyola University New Orleans 6 11 119 458 744
99 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 5 10 153 361 647
100 City University of New York (CUNY) 7 10 163 284 665