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Last Updated: August 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 24 53 1,891 11,276 3,637
2 Yale University 18 46 1,207 8,048 2,560
3 Northwestern University 14 41 1,029 5,873 3,958
4 New York University 15 46 1,124 6,277 2,624
5 Georgetown University 18 37 1,115 4,714 2,603
6 Columbia University School of Law 17 30 900 5,019 1,910
7 Stanford University 18 34 1,025 4,395 1,839
8 Vanderbilt University 18 28 1,006 3,270 2,494
9 University of Michigan 10 31 639 4,574 2,462
10 University of Chicago 14 32 885 3,973 1,738
11 University of Pennsylvania 16 30 968 2,594 1,985
12 Duke University 16 27 833 2,661 2,538
13 University of Virginia 12 28 811 3,135 2,138
14 George Washington University 16 27 897 3,014 1,764
15 Cornell University 12 29 659 3,315 1,900
16 University of California, Davis 12 29 684 3,210 1,680
17 University of California, San Francisco 14 31 635 3,428 1,206
18 University of California, Berkeley 13 23 606 2,194 1,758
19 University of California, Los Angeles 12 32 587 2,813 1,282
20 University of Wisconsin-Madison 9 24 386 2,163 2,790
21 Fordham University 13 21 638 1,648 1,539
22 Arizona State University 8 26 301 2,905 1,149
23 University of San Francisco 10 19 297 1,839 1,930
24 Case Western Reserve University 7 23 254 2,476 1,211
25 Boston University 11 16 449 1,077 1,322
26 University of Texas at Austin 11 22 344 1,447 1,202
27 University of Florida 10 17 330 1,341 1,193
28 Texas A&M University 10 13 388 666 1,336
29 Rutgers University 10 19 307 1,321 893
30 Emory University 10 14 335 645 1,167
31 University of California, Irvine 10 17 287 680 1,213
32 University of Houston 9 19 262 1,179 883
33 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 7 21 206 1,554 729
34 University of Minnesota 8 16 248 1,108 929
35 George Mason University 9 22 246 1,399 648
36 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 8 12 282 1,206 625
37 University of Oklahoma 10 14 361 626 682
38 University of St. Thomas 9 15 270 1,057 710
39 Indiana University Bloomington 8 17 223 1,102 774
40 University of San Diego 7 18 227 1,029 702
41 Brooklyn Law School 9 15 273 776 696
42 University of Utah 8 16 178 1,182 635
43 Washington University 8 14 183 950 703
44 Florida State University 10 12 232 600 749
45 University of Southern California 6 15 165 899 663
46 American University 7 11 143 573 974
47 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 8 14 169 698 691
48 Wake Forest University 7 13 184 681 622
49 Yeshiva University 9 14 165 759 616
50 Seattle University 5 16 117 1,362 262
51 William & Mary Law School 8 13 221 517 511
52 University of Alabama 8 12 255 422 390
53 University of Georgia 7 9 182 327 786
54 Georgia State University 7 13 161 661 582
55 University of Connecticut 8 10 192 341 707
56 DePaul University 7 12 156 597 632
57 Loyola Marymount University 6 16 158 724 468
58 Hofstra University 7 15 169 839 306
59 University of Colorado Boulder 7 16 136 768 513
60 University of Miami 5 9 97 969 495
61 Villanova University 5 12 114 823 498
62 Southern Methodist University 7 8 176 324 640
63 University of Pittsburgh 6 14 120 792 422
64 University of Arizona 5 10 145 372 682
65 Pace University 6 12 130 594 544
66 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 8 13 156 609 400
67 Northeastern University 7 11 150 637 403
68 Boston College 8 14 157 580 390
69 Temple University 6 9 137 382 639
70 University of Maryland 6 12 155 484 458
71 University of Washington 6 12 119 484 560
72 Ohio State University 7 13 132 684 309
73 Pennsylvania State University 6 13 144 561 358
74 Pepperdine University 5 11 106 760 268
75 University of South Carolina 6 12 133 420 405
76 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 6 10 79 640 366
77 University of Denver 5 9 80 285 634
78 Seton Hall University 6 10 118 293 393
79 Drexel University 6 11 95 415 359
80 Florida International University 5 12 80 416 407
81 University of Oregon 5 10 82 509 284
82 Quinnipiac University 5 10 84 431 323
83 Catholic University of America 4 9 46 286 617
84 Loyola University Chicago 5 8 110 184 366
85 Santa Clara University 5 8 75 283 412
86 University of Kansas 5 9 67 334 402
87 Duquesne University 5 12 77 277 307
88 Suffolk University 4 12 41 625 164
89 University of Notre Dame 5 12 85 430 130
90 University at Buffalo 4 7 80 188 368
91 Michigan State University 4 9 72 217 356
92 University of the Pacific (McGeorge) 4 11 68 351 240
93 Drake University 3 9 67 404 179
94 University of Richmond 5 7 82 320 175
95 California Western School of Law 6 8 87 170 283
96 University of Louisville 4 11 48 369 287
97 Tulane University 4 9 48 476 185
98 University of Mississippi 5 8 104 143 195
99 University of Iowa 4 9 52 355 207
100 University of Cincinnati 4 11 48 438 146