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Last Updated: July 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 24 54 2,321 12,506 4,902
2 Yale University 26 46 2,297 10,371 4,441
3 New York University 20 43 1,641 7,800 3,826
4 Vanderbilt University 21 40 1,723 5,580 3,420
5 University of California, Berkeley 15 39 1,224 5,358 3,309
6 University of California, Los Angeles 16 38 1,113 4,667 2,777
7 Columbia University School of Law 16 31 1,099 3,802 2,133
8 Georgetown University 14 30 931 3,481 2,310
9 George Washington University 16 30 914 3,885 1,898
10 University of Texas at Austin 14 35 723 4,195 1,569
11 University of Virginia 13 28 801 2,943 2,106
12 University of Pennsylvania 17 21 872 1,580 2,955
13 University of Chicago 15 27 951 2,424 1,625
14 Lewis & Clark Law School 10 28 625 2,875 2,091
15 Duke University 13 29 646 3,348 1,415
16 University of Florida 12 26 526 2,133 2,805
17 Northwestern University 10 28 535 2,767 1,872
18 University of Michigan 16 24 813 1,742 1,431
19 University of Minnesota 13 21 647 2,536 885
20 University of Kansas 12 21 638 1,790 1,555
21 University of Utah 12 20 549 1,324 2,377
22 Arizona State University 11 21 524 1,639 2,200
23 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 9 30 354 3,281 1,284
24 Indiana University Bloomington 10 24 536 2,189 1,338
25 University of Colorado Boulder 13 17 531 1,321 1,909
26 University of Arizona 11 26 380 2,475 1,207
27 Stanford University 9 20 535 2,050 838
28 University of California, Davis 12 17 624 882 1,378
29 George Mason University 10 23 392 2,329 930
30 University of California, San Francisco 12 20 461 1,342 1,305
31 Texas A&M University 10 17 454 973 1,365
32 Florida State University 11 19 446 1,012 1,266
33 Washington University 9 24 380 1,713 915
34 Pace University 8 18 379 1,108 1,185
35 Cornell University 11 19 388 1,236 918
36 Loyola University Chicago 10 14 333 519 1,780
37 Rutgers University 10 20 293 1,484 1,107
38 University of Denver 10 15 351 786 1,442
39 William & Mary Law School 8 21 350 1,305 896
40 Boston University 11 13 485 475 886
41 Wake Forest University 8 17 205 1,106 1,415
42 Albany Law School 8 12 382 463 1,099
43 University of Miami 8 14 294 691 1,110
44 Suffolk University 6 19 290 1,027 794
45 University of Oregon 8 14 308 749 868
46 Emory University 9 14 277 624 893
47 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 9 10 259 374 1,185
48 University of New Mexico 8 17 231 1,041 715
49 Pennsylvania State University 8 16 222 861 779
50 University of Notre Dame 6 16 206 919 657
51 University of Maryland 6 17 159 1,243 582
52 University of San Diego 8 14 224 796 606
53 Tulane University 6 15 174 759 831
54 University of Richmond 7 16 194 687 664
55 Syracuse University 5 13 146 667 875
56 American University 7 15 152 754 723
57 University of California, Irvine 6 14 199 592 639
58 Touro University 6 18 147 922 554
59 Villanova University 6 14 152 803 628
60 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 8 12 192 609 597
61 Loyola Marymount University 8 13 207 727 416
62 Temple University 8 15 183 701 524
63 Fordham University 7 11 201 435 677
64 University of Southern California 6 13 148 573 770
65 Yeshiva University 8 14 204 639 427
66 University of Wyoming 8 7 213 175 795
67 University of Wisconsin-Madison 5 10 117 451 1,005
68 Ohio State University 8 14 176 572 607
69 University of Pittsburgh 6 14 159 659 583
70 Louisiana State University 7 11 174 431 705
71 University of Alabama 7 13 149 596 626
72 Widener University Commonwealth Law School 8 16 172 610 487
73 University of Houston 5 14 115 774 581
74 Boston College 6 14 147 581 585
75 Seattle University 5 9 131 748 479
76 University of Louisville 6 15 140 692 429
77 Hofstra University 5 11 67 430 1,011
78 Georgia State University 5 14 117 710 522
79 Vermont Law School 5 17 125 758 416
80 University of the Pacific (McGeorge) 6 13 131 655 449
81 Pepperdine University 7 13 140 689 342
82 Washburn University 7 9 165 306 555
83 University of San Francisco 6 13 138 509 498
84 University of Cincinnati 5 19 93 894 348
85 University of Iowa 6 11 153 281 596
86 Indiana University Indianapolis 6 11 106 386 663
87 Northeastern University 7 8 149 340 477
88 West Virginia University 6 8 180 167 468
89 University of Washington 6 9 125 298 604
90 Wayne State University 6 10 110 566 433
91 Brooklyn Law School 6 11 152 522 237
92 University of Oklahoma 9 7 183 108 446
93 University at Buffalo 6 12 106 588 377
94 Stetson University 6 11 102 400 510
95 University of Montana 6 14 132 451 298
96 Chapman University 7 12 136 389 333
97 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 6 12 144 385 289
98 University of Kentucky 5 15 92 652 263
99 Case Western Reserve University 5 13 115 431 338
100 Marquette University 7 8 140 240 385