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Last Updated: August 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 16 27 1,342 2,695 2,912
2 Yale University 15 31 700 3,850 2,026
3 University of Chicago 12 14 379 2,419 509
4 Fordham University 8 14 449 498 684
5 University of Florida 9 14 328 823 733
6 Northwestern University 10 12 397 601 471
7 Boston University 6 13 264 990 571
8 Columbia University School of Law 9 12 319 814 392
9 University of San Diego 8 18 205 989 579
10 Yeshiva University 8 14 178 837 784
11 University of California, Davis 11 13 251 505 644
12 Rutgers University 8 8 220 243 751
13 Vanderbilt University 6 8 212 619 369
14 University of California, Berkeley 8 9 166 625 469
15 Georgetown University 9 9 202 359 392
16 University of Minnesota 7 14 150 677 333
17 University of Oregon 6 11 139 474 477
18 University of California, Los Angeles 5 9 78 364 789
19 University of Virginia 6 12 131 475 366
20 New York University 7 11 126 444 402
21 University of Colorado Boulder 4 7 147 302 378
22 University of South Carolina 7 11 150 382 248
23 University of California, San Francisco 4 7 97 526 344
24 Loyola University Chicago 4 7 30 118 899
25 University of Notre Dame 6 8 123 317 254
26 University of Pennsylvania 6 8 106 249 387
27 Duke University 5 10 82 443 309
28 Cornell University 4 11 68 438 280
29 Pace University 5 5 66 85 599
30 Southern Methodist University 5 7 97 237 305
31 George Mason University 6 9 69 496 181
32 Wake Forest University 4 3 86 113 406
33 Boston College 5 8 108 217 205
34 George Washington University 4 5 73 95 458
35 Pepperdine University 5 10 71 416 140
36 Florida State University 5 11 77 396 107
37 Texas Tech University 3 12 40 412 240
38 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 6 5 113 107 159
39 Seattle University 3 9 47 378 187
40 University of Iowa 3 8 54 170 338
41 New York Law School 3 4 42 309 260
42 Albany Law School 5 10 64 299 142
43 Arizona State University 6 7 83 132 178
44 University of Wisconsin-Madison 3 5 36 428 126
45 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 4 3 65 226 166
46 Drake University 4 4 53 73 347
47 Indiana University Bloomington 5 7 58 167 224
48 Santa Clara University 4 8 51 289 117
49 Washington University 3 5 64 167 135
50 Tulane University 4 7 54 172 170
51 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 3 8 38 291 133
52 University of Southern California 4 5 56 273 65
53 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 4 7 47 138 216
54 Stanford University 4 5 75 108 99
55 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 5 7 61 132 139
56 University of Michigan 5 5 68 114 101
57 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 3 8 21 339 116
58 University of St. Thomas 4 7 45 189 132
59 University of Texas at Austin 3 8 32 323 71
60 University of Missouri 3 6 51 152 131
61 University of Richmond 4 4 57 55 177
62 University of Georgia 3 3 47 19 255
63 American University 3 6 42 146 144
64 Drexel University 4 6 67 65 94
65 Temple University 4 6 27 240 122
66 University of Missouri-Kansas City 2 3 11 27 377
67 Mercer University 4 7 41 115 142
68 Georgia State University 2 7 28 202 124
69 University of Kentucky 3 7 36 112 165
70 Case Western Reserve University 4 5 43 124 105
71 University of Memphis 2 6 22 266 74
72 Hofstra University 4 8 43 162 64
73 University of Washington 4 7 34 170 98
74 Loyola Marymount University 3 5 47 91 103
75 University of Pittsburgh 3 7 20 170 152
76 University of California, Irvine 4 3 46 72 113
77 University of Alabama 5 4 37 64 157
78 Emory University 3 6 29 138 129
79 City University of New York (CUNY) 3 4 31 131 120
80 University of Denver 3 4 43 56 113
81 University of Utah 3 9 17 230 73
82 Samford University 2 4 32 87 121
83 University of Houston 3 7 22 221 44
84 Ohio State University 4 2 38 22 147
85 University of Oklahoma 3 5 34 56 132
86 Seton Hall University 2 4 32 128 76
87 William & Mary Law School 3 5 34 89 92
88 University of South Dakota 3 6 29 87 93
89 University of Baltimore 2 7 30 130 40
90 St. John's University 2 5 30 52 107
91 Marquette University 3 5 25 150 37
92 Brooklyn Law School 3 4 26 62 107
93 Louisiana State University 3 5 16 67 141
94 University of Idaho 2 6 29 57 84
95 Quinnipiac University 3 5 26 104 55
96 Mitchell Hamline School of Law 4 5 23 53 95
97 Lewis & Clark Law School 2 5 26 64 72
98 Nova Southeastern University 2 5 10 120 80
99 Northeastern University 2 2 23 67 63
100 University of Maryland 3 5 18 106 34