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Last Updated: September 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 68 175 26,040 120,057 42,854
2 Yale University 65 164 23,173 106,404 39,397
3 New York University 53 123 17,474 73,852 33,732
4 Columbia University School of Law 54 112 14,738 48,889 31,850
5 University of Virginia 49 95 13,747 37,606 25,465
6 Georgetown University 46 92 13,331 39,042 25,774
7 University of Chicago 47 101 13,264 41,137 21,988
8 University of California, Berkeley 37 93 9,855 39,335 21,684
9 University of California, Los Angeles 46 89 10,652 32,708 18,594
10 Stanford University 43 93 9,418 33,260 15,816
11 George Washington University 38 85 8,358 29,815 20,230
12 University of Michigan 40 73 9,856 23,770 16,899
13 University of Pennsylvania 39 78 9,415 25,369 16,888
14 Northwestern University 35 82 7,689 30,122 14,997
15 University of Texas at Austin 34 77 7,584 27,501 13,551
16 Vanderbilt University 34 75 7,044 22,631 12,943
17 Duke University 34 71 6,375 20,340 12,106
18 Cornell University 29 63 4,959 16,199 11,370
19 University of Minnesota 29 54 4,646 12,750 11,625
20 Washington University 32 52 4,777 11,749 11,504
21 Fordham University 29 54 4,801 13,725 9,593
22 University of Florida 27 52 4,459 12,846 9,125
23 Rutgers University 27 57 3,873 14,471 9,718
24 Boston University 29 42 4,609 9,532 10,490
25 University of California, Davis 28 50 4,222 9,804 9,250
26 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 25 49 3,536 9,964 6,957
27 University of Colorado Boulder 24 49 3,147 9,374 9,106
28 Emory University 20 47 2,900 9,730 9,127
29 William & Mary Law School 24 46 3,501 8,715 7,130
30 University of San Diego 23 59 2,724 12,112 5,472
31 Texas A&M University 24 38 3,314 6,221 7,993
32 University of Wisconsin-Madison 22 51 2,860 9,900 6,689
33 Florida State University 22 40 2,860 7,143 7,595
34 Ohio State University 23 45 2,828 8,346 6,061
35 University of Notre Dame 22 43 2,897 7,671 6,163
36 Indiana University Bloomington 18 52 2,328 9,987 6,081
37 Yeshiva University 23 45 2,642 7,548 6,521
38 George Mason University 18 50 2,251 10,534 5,544
39 University of California, Irvine 24 40 2,676 5,469 7,813
40 Brooklyn Law School 25 38 3,046 6,151 4,933
41 University of California, San Francisco 21 42 2,534 7,626 5,873
42 Arizona State University 19 41 2,130 7,746 6,613
43 Temple University 20 41 2,136 6,353 5,177
44 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 15 46 1,602 8,291 5,017
45 American University 16 34 1,540 6,583 6,259
46 University of Maryland 18 42 1,860 6,563 4,687
47 Seattle University 16 39 1,429 9,016 4,068
48 University of Southern California 20 40 1,923 5,884 4,450
49 University of Utah 20 36 1,802 4,664 5,735
50 Wake Forest University 18 45 1,647 6,925 4,217
51 Southern Methodist University 18 33 1,946 3,920 4,910
52 University of Pittsburgh 16 41 1,506 6,490 4,012
53 Boston College 20 35 1,949 4,527 3,720
54 University of Arizona 19 39 1,497 5,346 4,739
55 University of Georgia 18 34 1,744 4,683 4,109
56 Pennsylvania State University 17 31 1,667 4,548 4,332
57 University of St. Thomas 19 41 1,483 6,350 3,520
58 Loyola Marymount University 18 37 1,635 4,861 4,041
59 University of Miami 16 33 1,190 5,400 4,831
60 Loyola University Chicago 18 30 1,540 3,642 4,730
61 Pepperdine University 18 36 1,554 5,141 3,273
62 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 17 36 1,487 5,380 3,333
63 University of Richmond 16 35 1,500 4,789 3,779
64 University of Washington 18 29 1,457 3,391 4,652
65 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 14 37 1,205 5,500 3,331
66 University of Denver 18 31 1,513 3,921 3,269
67 Northeastern University 15 28 1,094 4,438 4,352
68 University of Baltimore 14 29 1,226 3,858 4,054
69 University of Iowa 16 28 1,311 3,033 4,385
70 University of Houston 14 32 1,182 4,309 3,594
71 Michigan State University 16 32 1,385 3,306 3,258
72 Lewis & Clark Law School 15 32 1,194 4,419 2,997
73 University of Kansas 15 32 1,121 4,233 2,963
74 University of Alabama 14 34 1,189 3,805 2,825
75 Case Western Reserve University 14 34 1,001 4,199 3,195
76 Wayne State University 14 34 970 4,650 2,750
77 University of South Carolina 16 24 1,308 2,066 3,292
78 University at Buffalo 16 26 1,102 3,367 2,830
79 Seton Hall University 14 32 1,147 3,439 2,514
80 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 14 28 969 3,964 2,739
81 University of Missouri 17 29 1,138 3,171 2,377
82 Catholic University of America 16 25 1,222 2,555 2,252
83 Albany Law School 11 26 955 3,020 3,021
84 University of Cincinnati 12 36 844 4,442 2,138
85 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 15 30 1,021 3,167 2,424
86 University of Oklahoma 16 19 1,199 1,657 2,898
87 Georgia State University 14 26 932 2,684 3,055
88 Indiana University Indianapolis 12 27 940 3,241 2,516
89 Hofstra University 12 34 888 4,044 1,921
90 New York Law School 14 29 698 3,373 3,125
91 St. John's University 11 23 1,105 1,980 2,503
92 Santa Clara University 14 33 842 3,748 1,931
93 Tulane University 13 27 831 2,883 2,587
94 South Texas College of Law Houston 14 22 964 1,916 2,785
95 University of Connecticut 17 24 946 2,365 2,442
96 Pace University 13 23 790 2,245 3,253
97 Willamette University College of Law 15 32 931 2,841 2,061
98 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 14 25 899 2,445 2,531
99 Suffolk University 9 28 688 2,686 2,629
100 University of San Francisco 13 31 637 2,881 2,613