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Last Updated: August 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 25 54 2,341 12,502 4,915
2 Yale University 26 46 2,341 10,366 4,416
3 New York University 20 43 1,688 7,799 3,838
4 Vanderbilt University 21 40 1,747 5,517 3,406
5 University of California, Berkeley 15 39 1,241 5,342 3,306
6 University of California, Los Angeles 16 38 1,126 4,667 2,780
7 Columbia University School of Law 16 31 1,132 3,832 2,125
8 Georgetown University 15 30 968 3,482 2,335
9 George Washington University 16 30 924 3,872 1,881
10 University of Virginia 14 28 858 2,992 2,196
11 University of Texas at Austin 14 35 733 4,191 1,574
12 University of Pennsylvania 18 21 903 1,666 3,017
13 University of Chicago 15 27 976 2,423 1,601
14 Lewis & Clark Law School 10 28 634 2,875 2,094
15 Duke University 13 29 662 3,348 1,426
16 University of Florida 12 26 529 2,133 2,813
17 University of Michigan 16 24 827 1,737 1,399
18 Northwestern University 10 27 509 2,680 1,646
19 University of Minnesota 13 21 669 2,534 858
20 University of Kansas 12 21 650 1,790 1,562
21 University of Utah 12 20 559 1,324 2,385
22 Arizona State University 11 21 528 1,640 2,204
23 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 9 30 362 3,275 1,309
24 Indiana University Bloomington 11 24 546 2,189 1,329
25 University of Colorado Boulder 13 17 538 1,321 1,930
26 Stanford University 9 20 555 2,045 904
27 University of Arizona 11 26 382 2,475 1,207
28 University of California, Davis 12 17 633 882 1,363
29 George Mason University 11 23 409 2,320 1,017
30 University of California, San Francisco 12 20 474 1,342 1,293
31 Texas A&M University 10 17 459 973 1,439
32 Florida State University 11 19 460 1,012 1,248
33 Washington University 9 24 383 1,713 902
34 Pace University 8 18 387 1,108 1,183
35 Cornell University 11 19 394 1,227 953
36 Loyola University Chicago 10 14 342 518 1,776
37 University of Denver 10 15 363 785 1,438
38 Rutgers University 10 20 300 1,484 1,097
39 William & Mary Law School 9 21 359 1,305 922
40 Boston University 11 13 496 475 894
41 Wake Forest University 8 17 212 1,106 1,416
42 Albany Law School 8 12 388 463 1,105
43 University of Miami 9 14 308 692 1,107
44 Suffolk University 6 19 291 1,027 811
45 University of Oregon 8 14 318 749 929
46 Emory University 9 14 283 624 900
47 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 9 10 264 366 1,217
48 University of New Mexico 8 17 236 1,041 724
49 Pennsylvania State University 9 16 226 861 777
50 University of Notre Dame 7 16 212 919 643
51 University of Maryland 6 17 159 1,244 596
52 Tulane University 6 15 176 759 846
53 University of Richmond 7 16 200 687 669
54 Syracuse University 5 13 148 667 879
55 University of San Diego 8 14 224 769 398
56 American University 7 15 155 741 725
57 University of California, Irvine 6 14 202 592 609
58 Touro University 6 18 147 922 558
59 Villanova University 6 14 155 801 623
60 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 8 12 196 611 595
61 Loyola Marymount University 8 13 209 727 419
62 University of Southern California 6 13 155 573 804
63 Temple University 8 15 184 701 533
64 Fordham University 7 11 208 435 652
65 Louisiana State University 8 11 182 431 742
66 University of Wyoming 8 7 218 175 790
67 Yeshiva University 8 14 206 639 427
68 University of Wisconsin-Madison 5 10 119 443 1,000
69 Ohio State University 8 14 178 572 601
70 University of Pittsburgh 6 14 161 659 581
71 University of Alabama 7 13 156 596 628
72 Widener University Commonwealth Law School 8 16 174 610 475
73 Boston College 6 14 154 581 575
74 University of Houston 5 14 117 774 563
75 Seattle University 6 9 136 748 473
76 Hofstra University 5 11 70 439 1,022
77 University of Louisville 6 15 143 692 435
78 Georgia State University 5 14 119 710 524
79 Vermont Law School 5 17 128 758 406
80 University of the Pacific (McGeorge) 6 13 133 657 455
81 Pepperdine University 7 13 145 689 342
82 Washburn University 7 9 166 306 564
83 University of San Francisco 7 13 139 509 490
84 University of Cincinnati 5 19 94 894 342
85 University of Iowa 6 11 156 281 601
86 Indiana University Indianapolis 6 11 111 386 671
87 University of Washington 6 9 132 298 599
88 West Virginia University 6 8 181 167 477
89 Wayne State University 6 10 111 566 434
90 University of Oklahoma 9 7 187 108 469
91 Northeastern University 7 8 149 322 454
92 Brooklyn Law School 6 11 153 522 231
93 University at Buffalo 6 12 107 588 373
94 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 6 12 152 385 296
95 Stetson University 6 11 103 389 517
96 Chapman University 7 12 139 389 340
97 University of Montana 6 14 134 451 291
98 University of Kentucky 5 15 93 652 276
99 Marquette University 7 8 144 240 378
100 Michigan State University 5 14 98 530 329