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Last Updated: September 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 25 54 2,405 12,507 4,781
2 Yale University 26 46 2,410 10,357 4,300
3 New York University 20 43 1,721 7,809 3,692
4 Vanderbilt University 21 40 1,780 5,565 3,323
5 University of California, Berkeley 15 39 1,250 5,352 3,137
6 University of California, Los Angeles 16 38 1,139 4,666 2,686
7 Columbia University School of Law 16 32 1,170 3,953 2,116
8 Georgetown University 15 30 1,039 3,457 2,357
9 George Washington University 17 30 937 3,886 1,824
10 University of Virginia 14 28 885 2,993 2,152
11 University of Pennsylvania 19 21 965 1,671 2,867
12 University of Texas at Austin 14 35 750 4,185 1,506
13 University of Chicago 15 27 988 2,419 1,592
14 Lewis & Clark Law School 10 28 644 2,877 2,051
15 University of Florida 11 26 526 2,119 2,721
16 Duke University 12 28 642 2,970 1,338
17 University of Michigan 16 24 840 1,738 1,369
18 Northwestern University 11 28 551 2,740 1,570
19 University of Utah 12 20 566 1,326 2,308
20 University of Kansas 12 21 654 1,773 1,487
21 Arizona State University 11 21 543 1,640 2,098
22 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 10 30 370 3,258 1,301
23 Indiana University Bloomington 11 24 558 2,189 1,310
24 University of Colorado Boulder 13 17 545 1,321 1,886
25 University of Arizona 11 26 387 2,475 1,181
26 Stanford University 8 20 552 1,889 911
27 University of California, Davis 13 17 646 883 1,261
28 University of Minnesota 12 21 538 1,765 841
29 George Mason University 10 23 401 2,290 976
30 University of California, San Francisco 12 20 485 1,341 1,263
31 Texas A&M University 10 17 465 974 1,374
32 Florida State University 11 19 474 1,014 1,209
33 Washington University 10 24 392 1,708 914
34 William & Mary Law School 10 22 399 1,457 1,025
35 Pace University 8 18 396 1,109 1,167
36 Cornell University 11 19 409 1,236 957
37 University of Denver 10 15 371 785 1,446
38 Loyola University Chicago 10 14 349 523 1,727
39 Rutgers University 10 20 299 1,502 1,074
40 Boston University 12 13 528 475 887
41 Wake Forest University 8 17 217 1,106 1,386
42 Albany Law School 8 12 406 453 1,061
43 University of Miami 10 14 317 694 1,054
44 University of Oregon 8 14 328 750 893
45 Suffolk University 6 19 293 1,028 794
46 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 9 10 297 366 1,208
47 Emory University 9 14 297 624 876
48 University of New Mexico 8 17 238 1,041 712
49 Pennsylvania State University 9 17 231 906 762
50 University of Notre Dame 7 16 214 909 635
51 University of Maryland 6 17 164 1,244 554
52 Tulane University 6 15 182 759 815
53 University of Richmond 8 16 208 688 653
54 Syracuse University 5 13 150 673 858
55 University of San Diego 8 14 228 769 397
56 American University 7 15 155 745 707
57 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 8 12 205 609 584
58 University of California, Irvine 6 14 207 592 591
59 Loyola Marymount University 8 13 214 726 419
60 Touro University 6 18 147 922 549
61 Fordham University 7 11 216 436 666
62 Villanova University 6 14 158 801 594
63 Louisiana State University 8 11 190 431 764
64 Temple University 8 15 187 701 521
65 University of Southern California 6 13 156 573 776
66 Yeshiva University 8 14 211 639 427
67 University of Wyoming 8 7 225 175 765
68 University of Wisconsin-Madison 6 10 125 451 944
69 Ohio State University 8 14 179 572 571
70 University of Alabama 7 13 165 596 605
71 University of Pittsburgh 6 14 162 659 542
72 Widener University Commonwealth Law School 8 16 178 609 463
73 University of Houston 5 14 118 756 579
74 Boston College 6 14 157 581 554
75 Seattle University 6 9 139 748 450
76 Hofstra University 5 11 70 430 1,015
77 University of Louisville 6 15 144 693 429
78 Georgia State University 5 14 115 710 497
79 University of the Pacific (McGeorge) 6 13 139 656 434
80 Pepperdine University 7 13 150 682 356
81 Vermont Law School 5 17 128 758 358
82 Washburn University 7 9 172 307 530
83 University of San Francisco 7 13 139 509 479
84 University of Cincinnati 5 19 95 894 335
85 University of Iowa 6 11 161 281 568
86 Indiana University Indianapolis 6 11 118 396 631
87 University of Washington 6 9 134 298 612
88 Wayne State University 6 10 113 566 436
89 Northeastern University 7 8 155 340 443
90 West Virginia University 6 8 183 167 459
91 University of Oklahoma 9 7 194 108 427
92 Brooklyn Law School 6 11 157 522 225
93 University at Buffalo 6 12 110 588 359
94 Stetson University 6 11 107 383 511
95 Chapman University 7 12 143 389 329
96 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 6 12 152 385 288
97 University of Montana 6 14 134 450 281
98 Michigan State University 5 14 102 533 346
99 University of Kentucky 5 15 95 653 269
100 Marquette University 7 8 148 240 358