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Last Updated: July 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 23 53 1,855 11,285 3,710
2 Yale University 18 46 1,189 8,067 2,578
3 Northwestern University 13 41 1,025 5,952 3,998
4 New York University 15 46 1,121 6,351 2,585
5 Georgetown University 18 37 1,096 4,800 2,653
6 Stanford University 17 34 1,015 4,404 1,882
7 Columbia University School of Law 17 29 877 4,980 1,897
8 Vanderbilt University 17 28 979 3,399 2,504
9 University of Michigan 11 32 646 4,670 2,472
10 University of Chicago 14 32 860 3,953 1,741
11 Duke University 16 27 828 2,678 2,527
12 University of Pennsylvania 16 30 952 2,600 1,974
13 University of Virginia 12 28 799 3,146 2,132
14 George Washington University 16 27 877 3,025 1,791
15 Cornell University 13 30 687 3,378 1,905
16 University of California, Davis 12 29 675 3,209 1,694
17 University of California, San Francisco 13 31 617 3,429 1,222
18 University of California, Los Angeles 12 32 580 2,915 1,319
19 University of California, Berkeley 13 23 613 2,236 1,768
20 University of Wisconsin-Madison 9 24 381 2,163 2,794
21 Fordham University 13 21 623 1,649 1,553
22 Arizona State University 8 26 292 2,907 1,142
23 University of San Francisco 10 19 296 1,839 1,907
24 Case Western Reserve University 7 23 253 2,476 1,214
25 Boston University 11 16 444 1,109 1,306
26 University of Texas at Austin 11 22 342 1,461 1,190
27 University of Florida 10 17 298 1,332 1,161
28 Texas A&M University 10 13 371 666 1,339
29 Emory University 10 14 327 653 1,156
30 Rutgers University 9 18 283 1,162 909
31 University of California, Irvine 10 17 286 683 1,218
32 University of Houston 8 19 258 1,179 898
33 University of Minnesota 8 16 246 1,113 927
34 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 7 21 204 1,552 727
35 George Mason University 9 22 239 1,407 618
36 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 8 12 273 1,207 635
37 University of St. Thomas 9 15 265 1,090 702
38 University of Oklahoma 10 14 351 626 693
39 Indiana University Bloomington 8 17 223 1,102 760
40 University of San Diego 7 19 232 1,099 694
41 Brooklyn Law School 9 15 269 776 678
42 University of Utah 8 16 173 1,182 637
43 Florida State University 10 12 231 611 756
44 Washington University 7 13 166 948 714
45 University of Southern California 5 15 162 911 679
46 American University 7 11 137 574 968
47 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 8 14 162 698 713
48 Wake Forest University 7 13 177 680 638
49 Yeshiva University 8 14 162 759 630
50 Seattle University 5 16 115 1,362 261
51 University of Colorado Boulder 7 16 154 772 578
52 William & Mary Law School 8 13 213 520 497
53 University of Alabama 8 12 247 423 400
54 Georgia State University 7 13 159 661 593
55 University of Connecticut 8 10 183 341 757
56 University of Georgia 7 9 173 327 803
57 DePaul University 7 12 150 597 642
58 Loyola Marymount University 6 16 156 724 463
59 Hofstra University 7 15 167 839 305
60 Southern Methodist University 7 9 177 350 663
61 University of Miami 5 9 95 969 494
62 Villanova University 5 12 110 823 505
63 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 8 13 157 621 394
64 Pace University 6 12 129 594 546
65 University of Pittsburgh 6 14 117 792 425
66 University of Arizona 5 10 142 375 673
67 Northeastern University 7 11 146 638 397
68 Boston College 8 14 154 581 395
69 Temple University 6 9 137 381 640
70 University of Maryland 6 12 150 484 462
71 University of Washington 6 12 119 484 565
72 Pennsylvania State University 6 13 143 561 353
73 Ohio State University 7 13 129 684 300
74 Pepperdine University 5 11 104 760 264
75 University of South Carolina 6 12 133 420 401
76 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 6 10 78 640 369
77 University of Denver 5 9 78 285 629
78 Drexel University 6 11 96 415 361
79 Seton Hall University 6 10 110 293 400
80 Florida International University 5 12 78 416 405
81 University of Oregon 5 10 79 509 288
82 Catholic University of America 4 9 45 286 625
83 Quinnipiac University 5 9 83 396 323
84 Loyola University Chicago 5 8 108 184 361
85 Santa Clara University 5 8 74 283 422
86 Michigan State University 5 9 85 281 346
87 University of Kansas 5 9 62 334 387
88 Suffolk University 4 12 39 625 167
89 University at Buffalo 4 7 78 188 365
90 University of Notre Dame 5 12 81 430 130
91 Duquesne University 4 12 67 277 304
92 University of the Pacific (McGeorge) 4 11 65 351 240
93 California Western School of Law 6 8 87 170 285
94 Tulane University 4 10 48 494 183
95 University of Louisville 4 11 46 369 296
96 University of Richmond 5 7 78 325 181
97 Drake University 3 9 66 404 164
98 South Texas College of Law Houston 4 9 58 206 371
99 University of Mississippi 4 8 99 143 203
100 University of Iowa 4 9 50 355 216