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Last Updated: July 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 16 27 1,334 2,696 2,925
2 Yale University 15 31 683 3,850 2,005
3 University of Chicago 11 14 365 2,419 500
4 Fordham University 8 14 440 503 669
5 University of Florida 9 14 325 823 763
6 Northwestern University 10 11 389 588 467
7 Boston University 6 13 257 989 564
8 Columbia University School of Law 9 12 315 814 387
9 University of San Diego 8 18 195 983 583
10 Yeshiva University 8 14 176 838 795
11 University of California, Davis 10 13 245 505 654
12 Rutgers University 8 8 217 243 758
13 Vanderbilt University 6 8 208 619 406
14 University of California, Berkeley 8 8 163 568 471
15 Georgetown University 8 9 195 359 392
16 University of Minnesota 7 14 145 679 340
17 University of Oregon 6 11 137 475 490
18 University of California, Los Angeles 5 9 78 364 775
19 University of Virginia 6 12 129 475 356
20 New York University 7 11 124 443 348
21 University of South Carolina 7 11 150 382 254
22 University of Colorado Boulder 4 7 143 302 352
23 University of California, San Francisco 4 7 95 526 342
24 Loyola University Chicago 4 7 29 118 900
25 Duke University 5 10 90 443 313
26 University of Notre Dame 6 8 122 317 253
27 University of Pennsylvania 6 8 103 249 338
28 Pace University 5 5 64 85 607
29 Cornell University 4 11 65 437 277
30 Southern Methodist University 4 7 94 237 306
31 George Mason University 6 9 67 496 181
32 Boston College 5 8 107 217 215
33 George Washington University 4 5 70 94 454
34 Wake Forest University 4 3 78 113 399
35 Pepperdine University 5 10 71 416 143
36 Florida State University 5 11 77 396 111
37 Texas Tech University 3 12 39 416 243
38 Seattle University 3 9 47 378 179
39 University of Iowa 3 8 53 170 328
40 New York Law School 3 4 41 309 254
41 Albany Law School 5 10 64 299 148
42 Arizona State University 6 7 83 132 182
43 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 5 5 96 97 150
44 University of Wisconsin-Madison 3 5 34 429 138
45 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 4 4 65 229 159
46 Drake University 4 4 53 73 350
47 Indiana University Bloomington 5 7 56 167 216
48 Santa Clara University 4 7 51 268 122
49 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 5 7 65 145 136
50 Tulane University 4 7 53 172 169
51 University of Southern California 4 5 56 273 60
52 Stanford University 4 5 75 108 103
53 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 4 7 45 138 217
54 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 3 8 34 291 130
55 Washington University 3 5 60 167 92
56 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 3 8 21 339 115
57 University of Michigan 5 5 66 115 96
58 University of Texas at Austin 3 8 32 323 69
59 University of St. Thomas 4 7 43 188 132
60 University of Missouri 3 6 50 152 131
61 University of Richmond 4 4 55 55 178
62 University of Missouri-Kansas City 2 3 11 27 405
63 Temple University 4 6 27 240 127
64 University of Georgia 2 3 43 19 250
65 Drexel University 4 6 67 65 90
66 American University 3 7 38 156 136
67 Mercer University 4 7 41 115 145
68 University of Kentucky 3 7 36 112 170
69 Georgia State University 2 7 28 202 121
70 Case Western Reserve University 4 5 42 124 113
71 Hofstra University 4 8 43 162 67
72 University of Denver 4 4 48 82 113
73 University of Memphis 2 6 22 266 74
74 University of Washington 4 7 34 170 98
75 Loyola Marymount University 3 5 47 91 104
76 University of Pittsburgh 3 7 19 170 158
77 University of Alabama 5 4 37 64 159
78 University of California, Irvine 4 3 46 72 110
79 City University of New York (CUNY) 3 4 31 131 122
80 Emory University 3 6 29 138 124
81 University of Utah 3 9 17 230 70
82 Samford University 2 4 32 87 125
83 University of Houston 3 7 22 221 41
84 University of Oklahoma 3 5 34 56 128
85 Ohio State University 4 2 36 22 148
86 William & Mary Law School 3 5 34 89 91
87 Seton Hall University 2 4 30 128 76
88 University of South Dakota 3 6 28 87 87
89 University of Baltimore 2 7 30 130 35
90 Marquette University 3 5 25 150 39
91 Louisiana State University 3 5 16 67 139
92 St. John's University 2 5 26 52 106
93 Quinnipiac University 3 5 26 104 58
94 University of Idaho 2 6 26 57 86
95 Lewis & Clark Law School 2 5 26 64 71
96 Mitchell Hamline School of Law 4 5 21 53 98
97 Nova Southeastern University 2 5 10 120 83
98 Northeastern University 2 2 23 67 61
99 Brooklyn Law School 3 4 14 54 109
100 University of Maryland 3 5 18 106 33