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Last Updated: July 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Yale University 28 46 2,716 9,666 6,129
2 Harvard University 20 43 1,621 8,228 5,665
3 Georgetown University 18 42 1,707 6,945 5,110
4 New York University 22 38 1,890 6,246 4,466
5 University of Pennsylvania 18 35 1,303 4,958 4,288
6 University of Virginia 17 31 1,254 4,452 3,887
7 Columbia University School of Law 19 33 1,304 4,354 2,572
8 University of California, Berkeley 17 29 1,114 3,803 3,766
9 George Washington University 15 27 1,100 2,944 3,855
10 University of Michigan 18 26 1,102 3,248 3,332
11 Boston University 15 25 1,011 2,733 2,870
12 University of California, Davis 16 22 980 1,676 3,491
13 University of Texas at Austin 14 26 862 2,413 2,313
14 University of California, Los Angeles 16 26 856 2,375 2,327
15 Duke University 14 30 775 2,877 2,180
16 Stanford University 14 27 841 2,530 1,896
17 University of Florida 12 26 675 2,436 2,347
18 Vanderbilt University 13 27 641 2,985 1,757
19 Northwestern University 12 27 754 2,514 1,636
20 University of Chicago 13 24 726 1,936 1,943
21 University of California, San Francisco 12 25 599 2,334 2,141
22 Emory University 14 22 586 1,791 2,219
23 Rutgers University 12 23 605 1,709 1,823
24 Arizona State University 10 25 513 2,217 1,756
25 University of Minnesota 14 23 592 1,795 1,711
26 Fordham University 13 25 518 1,939 1,705
27 Wake Forest University 12 24 426 2,427 1,600
28 Washington University 12 25 541 1,602 1,759
29 Texas A&M University 10 22 507 1,935 1,499
30 University of Pittsburgh 11 16 638 911 1,580
31 Cornell University 9 20 430 2,308 1,310
32 University of San Diego 14 18 649 1,320 1,070
33 Indiana University Bloomington 13 18 521 1,331 1,571
34 Georgia State University 11 16 420 981 2,314
35 Drexel University 8 15 511 886 1,562
36 American University 10 19 384 1,284 1,793
37 Northeastern University 11 19 452 1,344 1,297
38 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 9 22 352 1,729 1,312
39 University of Maryland 11 19 416 1,243 1,376
40 Loyola University Chicago 10 19 385 1,314 1,237
41 Case Western Reserve University 9 23 366 1,567 1,046
42 Ohio State University 11 19 408 1,105 1,254
43 Florida State University 11 15 394 831 1,409
44 Southern Methodist University 10 15 420 773 1,151
45 Seattle University 8 17 310 1,604 790
46 University of Iowa 11 14 346 582 1,480
47 University of Southern California 7 20 270 1,497 789
48 University of Utah 10 14 336 670 1,205
49 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 8 23 248 1,491 822
50 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 9 13 360 616 1,036
51 Pace University 9 14 284 593 1,380
52 Brooklyn Law School 7 22 276 1,491 597
53 Pennsylvania State University 9 13 317 586 1,207
54 Seton Hall University 8 20 278 1,152 877
55 University of St. Thomas 9 15 335 757 938
56 University of Wisconsin-Madison 7 18 283 1,138 694
57 William & Mary Law School 10 15 342 711 786
58 Temple University 8 18 230 929 1,072
59 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 7 20 253 1,019 828
60 University of Houston 8 16 241 790 1,065
61 University of Washington 9 14 268 697 925
62 University of Oklahoma 9 13 300 569 871
63 University of Baltimore 10 11 295 326 1,095
64 University of Georgia 8 14 280 577 938
65 Yeshiva University 9 16 252 984 698
66 Indiana University Indianapolis 8 17 223 1,018 800
67 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 7 17 213 1,175 660
68 University of Denver 10 13 281 661 755
69 University of California, Irvine 10 14 295 522 804
70 University of Colorado Boulder 8 11 269 579 832
71 Loyola Marymount University 9 14 240 636 754
72 Pepperdine University 6 17 202 939 660
73 University of Missouri 10 12 273 594 605
74 Suffolk University 6 18 171 1,168 569
75 University of Miami 10 12 289 425 655
76 University of Missouri-Kansas City 8 15 182 663 953
77 University of Alabama 8 12 222 421 864
78 Saint Louis University 7 14 176 655 831
79 Wayne State University 7 13 193 515 851
80 Santa Clara University 8 15 157 812 717
81 University of Louisville 5 20 132 1,062 584
82 George Mason University 7 15 169 730 652
83 Boston College 9 12 177 710 578
84 University at Buffalo 7 11 139 964 527
85 Stetson University 7 10 188 311 870
86 University of Richmond 7 10 202 339 638
87 University of South Carolina 6 8 141 381 887
88 Hofstra University 5 17 124 835 536
89 Mitchell Hamline School of Law 5 14 144 590 626
90 Willamette University College of Law 7 7 168 196 837
91 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 6 13 121 627 630
92 Louisiana State University 5 15 109 830 473
93 Southwestern Law School 7 10 120 326 844
94 Syracuse University 6 12 119 583 592
95 University of Notre Dame 6 13 124 522 557
96 South Texas College of Law Houston 6 12 139 351 614
97 DePaul University 5 13 114 726 392
98 University of Connecticut 7 6 199 188 341
99 Albany Law School 7 11 125 377 519
100 City University of New York (CUNY) 6 11 120 427 415