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Last Updated: August 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Yale University 25 54 2,114 10,816 5,032
2 Harvard University 22 48 1,702 11,080 4,799
3 New York University 17 40 1,371 6,663 3,775
4 University of California, Los Angeles 19 35 1,380 4,652 4,033
5 University of California, Berkeley 16 38 1,171 5,653 3,706
6 University of Virginia 16 41 1,035 5,912 2,997
7 Georgetown University 17 36 1,187 4,265 3,348
8 Stanford University 16 34 1,089 5,488 1,870
9 Seattle University 11 34 812 5,406 2,099
10 Columbia University School of Law 13 33 908 3,972 2,775
11 University of Chicago 16 28 920 3,809 1,958
12 University of California, Irvine 12 29 663 3,295 2,044
13 University of Pennsylvania 15 22 790 2,058 2,087
14 Rutgers University 12 25 687 2,351 1,929
15 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 9 19 576 3,093 1,644
16 University of South Carolina 13 21 659 1,394 2,210
17 Vanderbilt University 12 20 599 2,716 1,235
18 University of St. Thomas 12 21 668 1,327 1,927
19 University of Michigan 11 24 489 2,104 1,996
20 Washington University 10 29 530 2,199 1,712
21 Boston University 12 20 586 1,273 2,107
22 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 14 16 627 1,336 1,803
23 Northwestern University 12 24 577 1,789 1,543
24 George Washington University 10 23 433 2,007 1,948
25 Arizona State University 10 23 454 2,307 1,557
26 Fordham University 11 25 513 1,743 1,628
27 Temple University 10 22 496 1,436 1,703
28 University of California, Davis 9 22 480 1,627 1,605
29 University of Florida 11 23 397 1,965 1,591
30 Texas A&M University 11 20 477 1,290 1,675
31 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 10 24 470 1,801 1,213
32 University of Minnesota 9 16 503 878 1,738
33 University of Denver 12 13 561 704 1,583
34 American University 8 19 426 1,333 1,540
35 Northeastern University 8 19 275 1,755 1,831
36 Cornell University 9 21 314 1,544 1,824
37 University of California, San Francisco 10 21 335 1,619 1,558
38 Wake Forest University 8 16 326 1,087 2,050
39 Suffolk University 11 16 451 1,058 1,334
40 University of Wisconsin-Madison 8 26 280 2,343 953
41 William & Mary Law School 7 16 174 612 2,953
42 University of Baltimore 7 13 209 525 2,867
43 Southwestern Law School 12 13 476 563 1,469
44 Emory University 7 18 302 1,384 1,383
45 University of Pittsburgh 10 19 316 1,380 1,285
46 New York Law School 9 19 249 1,552 1,159
47 Ohio State University 8 19 313 1,388 989
48 Brooklyn Law School 10 17 401 781 1,046
49 Southern Methodist University 10 15 314 662 1,524
50 Florida State University 10 15 293 1,035 1,159
51 University of Texas at Austin 7 23 242 1,684 691
52 Duke University 10 17 353 637 1,052
53 University of Miami 8 17 274 988 996
54 University of Colorado Boulder 10 18 307 1,060 733
55 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 9 15 328 742 912
56 Georgia State University 11 17 332 882 759
57 Pepperdine University 7 15 241 799 1,221
58 Indiana University Bloomington 8 19 251 1,103 869
59 Mitchell Hamline School of Law 8 19 291 1,084 675
60 University of San Diego 7 19 202 1,424 773
61 Drexel University 9 18 282 815 918
62 University of New Mexico 8 15 269 830 887
63 George Mason University 8 16 240 1,071 744
64 University of Missouri-Kansas City 8 18 208 1,128 813
65 Loyola University Chicago 8 15 279 667 888
66 Michigan State University 8 16 216 1,017 814
67 St. John's University 8 13 253 702 749
68 Loyola Marymount University 8 16 254 764 643
69 University of Southern California 8 12 216 656 829
70 Pennsylvania State University 7 13 222 553 856
71 University of Notre Dame 7 15 202 712 790
72 University of Washington 7 13 215 648 748
73 University of Arizona 8 10 166 628 971
74 Marquette University 6 14 165 745 834
75 University of Illinois Chicago 7 12 231 447 787
76 University of Maryland 8 14 240 666 531
77 Nova Southeastern University 6 15 197 705 687
78 Boston College 8 12 196 772 617
79 Syracuse University 7 11 227 427 768
80 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 6 16 162 795 688
81 Yeshiva University 7 14 160 924 535
82 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 7 12 218 646 485
83 University of Louisville 6 12 164 527 751
84 Wayne State University 8 11 172 625 620
85 Villanova University 6 10 186 599 575
86 Stetson University 8 14 198 579 525
87 University at Buffalo 7 12 170 584 635
88 University of Iowa 7 11 175 418 720
89 Mercer University 7 15 187 644 448
90 Indiana University Indianapolis 6 14 152 675 583
91 DePaul University 6 14 130 679 682
92 University of Oregon 8 10 167 317 817
93 University of Connecticut 8 12 183 433 626
94 University of Houston 6 15 132 690 631
95 Hofstra University 6 15 158 714 487
96 Florida International University 6 11 149 356 806
97 Howard University 7 15 158 574 563
98 Loyola University New Orleans 6 11 128 458 743
99 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 5 10 161 349 663
100 City University of New York (CUNY) 7 10 168 284 664