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Last Updated: August 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Yale University 28 46 2,779 9,582 6,065
2 Harvard University 21 43 1,635 8,177 5,667
3 Georgetown University 18 42 1,727 6,856 5,303
4 New York University 23 38 1,942 6,210 4,454
5 University of Pennsylvania 18 35 1,339 4,958 4,322
6 University of Virginia 17 31 1,297 4,452 3,889
7 Columbia University School of Law 20 33 1,338 4,353 2,694
8 University of California, Berkeley 17 29 1,142 3,802 3,729
9 George Washington University 15 27 1,133 2,905 3,786
10 University of Michigan 18 26 1,132 3,248 3,313
11 Boston University 16 25 1,037 2,708 2,886
12 University of California, Davis 16 22 1,013 1,673 3,510
13 University of Texas at Austin 14 26 877 2,345 2,352
14 University of California, Los Angeles 16 26 872 2,375 2,334
15 Duke University 14 30 788 2,852 2,172
16 Stanford University 14 27 849 2,480 1,933
17 University of Florida 12 26 680 2,432 2,279
18 Vanderbilt University 13 27 657 2,965 1,793
19 Northwestern University 12 26 761 2,398 1,627
20 University of Chicago 14 23 762 1,907 1,922
21 University of California, San Francisco 13 25 621 2,337 2,135
22 Emory University 14 22 607 1,796 2,224
23 Rutgers University 12 23 628 1,709 1,806
24 Arizona State University 10 26 525 2,240 1,762
25 University of Minnesota 14 23 606 1,781 1,742
26 Fordham University 13 25 528 1,933 1,726
27 Wake Forest University 12 24 453 2,425 1,610
28 Washington University 12 25 553 1,602 1,783
29 Texas A&M University 10 21 515 1,885 1,508
30 University of Pittsburgh 11 16 658 911 1,623
31 University of San Diego 14 18 691 1,323 1,071
32 Cornell University 9 20 435 2,295 1,328
33 Indiana University Bloomington 13 18 533 1,317 1,589
34 Georgia State University 11 16 434 981 2,297
35 Drexel University 8 15 533 880 1,608
36 American University 11 19 394 1,284 1,794
37 Northeastern University 11 19 467 1,344 1,316
38 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 9 22 362 1,729 1,313
39 University of Maryland 11 19 427 1,246 1,345
40 Loyola University Chicago 10 19 399 1,317 1,227
41 Case Western Reserve University 10 23 379 1,567 1,053
42 Ohio State University 11 19 417 1,103 1,272
43 Florida State University 11 15 400 828 1,422
44 Southern Methodist University 10 15 434 769 1,159
45 University of Iowa 11 14 357 585 1,505
46 Seattle University 8 17 316 1,604 784
47 University of Utah 10 14 341 673 1,215
48 University of Southern California 7 20 274 1,491 786
49 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 8 23 255 1,492 825
50 Pennsylvania State University 9 13 330 586 1,255
51 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 9 13 367 616 1,033
52 Pace University 9 14 289 593 1,370
53 University of St. Thomas 9 15 347 757 942
54 Brooklyn Law School 7 22 281 1,491 582
55 Seton Hall University 8 20 284 1,152 865
56 William & Mary Law School 10 15 350 710 818
57 University of Wisconsin-Madison 7 18 290 1,138 702
58 Temple University 8 18 247 929 1,040
59 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 7 20 259 1,019 858
60 University of Houston 8 16 251 791 1,046
61 Yeshiva University 9 16 266 984 715
62 University of Washington 9 14 275 696 931
63 University of Oklahoma 9 13 312 569 870
64 University of Georgia 8 14 288 577 937
65 Indiana University Indianapolis 8 17 227 1,018 801
66 University of Baltimore 10 11 299 326 1,084
67 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 7 17 221 1,174 645
68 University of Denver 10 13 290 661 756
69 University of California, Irvine 10 14 298 522 822
70 University of Colorado Boulder 8 11 276 579 831
71 University of Missouri-Kansas City 9 15 197 665 959
72 Loyola Marymount University 9 14 246 637 750
73 University of Missouri 10 12 281 594 613
74 Pepperdine University 6 17 204 939 650
75 University of Miami 10 12 294 425 652
76 University of Alabama 8 12 228 418 856
77 Saint Louis University 7 14 183 655 827
78 Suffolk University 6 17 166 1,014 571
79 Wayne State University 7 13 200 515 844
80 Santa Clara University 8 15 160 812 716
81 University of Louisville 5 20 136 1,062 578
82 Stetson University 7 10 195 311 922
83 George Mason University 7 15 172 730 650
84 University at Buffalo 7 11 141 964 539
85 Boston College 9 12 179 701 572
86 University of South Carolina 6 8 144 381 914
87 University of Richmond 7 10 210 339 623
88 Hofstra University 5 17 128 835 547
89 Mitchell Hamline School of Law 6 14 153 590 632
90 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 7 13 122 626 636
91 Syracuse University 6 12 122 583 658
92 Louisiana State University 5 15 115 830 469
93 Southwestern Law School 7 10 125 326 841
94 Willamette University College of Law 7 7 170 196 689
95 University of Notre Dame 6 13 130 546 560
96 South Texas College of Law Houston 6 12 140 351 590
97 University of Connecticut 7 6 204 188 354
98 DePaul University 5 12 106 671 375
99 Albany Law School 7 11 131 377 509
100 City University of New York (CUNY) 6 11 122 427 419