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Last Updated: September 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 17 27 1,365 2,698 2,805
2 Yale University 15 31 716 3,774 2,396
3 University of Chicago 12 14 388 2,419 496
4 Fordham University 8 14 463 503 673
5 University of Florida 10 14 339 823 704
6 Northwestern University 10 11 402 588 446
7 Boston University 6 13 270 987 528
8 Columbia University School of Law 9 12 326 814 384
9 University of San Diego 8 18 207 989 585
10 Yeshiva University 8 14 182 837 769
11 University of California, Davis 11 13 256 505 655
12 Rutgers University 8 8 224 243 723
13 Vanderbilt University 6 8 217 619 360
14 University of California, Berkeley 8 9 169 625 487
15 Georgetown University 9 9 208 359 410
16 University of Minnesota 7 14 155 677 319
17 University of Oregon 7 11 141 474 494
18 University of California, Los Angeles 5 9 77 361 756
19 University of Virginia 6 12 132 475 341
20 New York University 7 10 125 427 404
21 University of Colorado Boulder 4 7 152 302 382
22 University of South Carolina 7 11 152 382 232
23 University of California, San Francisco 4 7 98 526 331
24 Loyola University Chicago 4 7 32 118 884
25 Duke University 6 10 97 443 295
26 University of Pennsylvania 6 8 109 249 404
27 University of Notre Dame 6 8 123 317 243
28 Cornell University 4 11 74 438 289
29 Pace University 5 5 67 85 589
30 George Mason University 6 9 75 496 177
31 Southern Methodist University 5 7 97 237 284
32 Boston College 5 8 113 217 202
33 George Washington University 4 5 77 95 466
34 Wake Forest University 4 3 88 113 395
35 Pepperdine University 5 10 74 416 141
36 Florida State University 5 11 78 396 109
37 Texas Tech University 3 12 42 416 240
38 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 6 5 116 107 145
39 Seattle University 3 9 48 378 204
40 University of Iowa 3 8 55 170 330
41 Albany Law School 5 10 66 299 139
42 New York Law School 3 4 39 309 256
43 Arizona State University 6 7 89 132 170
44 University of Wisconsin-Madison 4 5 38 428 131
45 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 4 3 67 225 159
46 Drake University 4 4 53 73 338
47 Indiana University Bloomington 5 7 59 167 208
48 Santa Clara University 5 7 54 268 117
49 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 6 7 70 145 147
50 University of Richmond 6 4 77 55 191
51 University of Southern California 4 5 61 273 68
52 Washington University 3 5 67 167 135
53 Tulane University 4 7 56 172 166
54 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 3 8 38 291 130
55 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 4 7 48 138 204
56 Stanford University 4 5 76 108 92
57 University of Michigan 5 5 69 115 114
58 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 3 8 22 339 118
59 University of Texas at Austin 3 8 32 323 70
60 University of Missouri 4 5 55 141 124
61 University of Georgia 3 3 48 19 230
62 Drexel University 4 6 68 65 88
63 University of St. Thomas 4 7 42 189 95
64 Temple University 4 6 27 240 109
65 American University 3 6 40 146 132
66 University of Missouri-Kansas City 2 3 11 27 360
67 Georgia State University 2 7 29 202 118
68 Mercer University 4 7 43 115 126
69 University of Washington 4 7 38 170 99
70 University of Denver 4 4 50 82 115
71 Hofstra University 4 8 45 161 59
72 University of Memphis 2 6 22 266 73
73 Loyola Marymount University 3 5 50 92 100
74 University of Kentucky 3 7 38 112 131
75 Case Western Reserve University 4 5 43 124 97
76 Emory University 3 6 30 138 128
77 University of Pittsburgh 3 7 20 166 144
78 City University of New York (CUNY) 4 4 32 131 119
79 University of Alabama 5 4 37 64 150
80 University of California, Irvine 4 3 47 72 99
81 Samford University 2 4 35 87 127
82 University of Utah 3 9 17 230 71
83 University of Houston 3 7 23 221 43
84 Ohio State University 4 2 39 22 141
85 Seton Hall University 2 4 32 128 77
86 William & Mary Law School 3 5 36 89 80
87 University of Oklahoma 3 5 35 56 95
88 Quinnipiac University 3 5 34 104 54
89 University of South Dakota 3 6 29 87 91
90 University of Baltimore 2 7 31 130 40
91 Louisiana State University 3 5 18 67 148
92 St. John's University 2 5 30 52 107
93 Marquette University 3 5 25 150 37
94 Brooklyn Law School 3 4 26 62 106
95 University of Idaho 2 6 32 57 80
96 Lewis & Clark Law School 2 5 26 64 65
97 Mitchell Hamline School of Law 4 5 23 52 82
98 Northeastern University 2 2 24 67 57
99 Nova Southeastern University 2 5 10 120 70
100 University of Maryland 3 5 18 106 36