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Last Updated: September 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Yale University 28 45 2,869 9,580 5,843
2 Harvard University 21 43 1,710 8,223 5,540
3 Georgetown University 18 42 1,770 6,871 5,245
4 New York University 23 38 1,947 6,166 4,297
5 University of Pennsylvania 19 35 1,366 4,955 4,259
6 University of Virginia 17 31 1,311 4,448 3,768
7 Columbia University School of Law 20 33 1,373 4,339 2,649
8 University of California, Berkeley 17 28 1,161 3,776 3,618
9 George Washington University 15 27 1,158 2,923 3,717
10 University of Michigan 18 26 1,126 3,198 3,123
11 Boston University 16 25 1,069 2,733 2,776
12 University of California, Davis 16 21 1,016 1,647 3,345
13 University of California, Los Angeles 17 27 952 2,547 2,266
14 University of Texas at Austin 14 26 915 2,357 2,301
15 Duke University 14 30 801 2,862 2,047
16 Stanford University 15 27 873 2,519 1,915
17 University of Florida 12 26 692 2,429 2,218
18 Vanderbilt University 13 27 673 2,998 1,775
19 Northwestern University 12 27 756 2,497 1,547
20 University of Chicago 14 24 780 1,936 1,872
21 University of California, San Francisco 13 24 628 2,306 2,102
22 Emory University 14 22 623 1,793 2,148
23 University of Minnesota 14 23 626 1,794 1,706
24 Arizona State University 10 26 530 2,239 1,747
25 Rutgers University 12 23 640 1,707 1,701
26 Fordham University 14 25 549 1,933 1,692
27 Wake Forest University 12 24 460 2,427 1,586
28 Washington University 12 25 569 1,603 1,753
29 Texas A&M University 10 22 533 1,935 1,461
30 University of Pittsburgh 11 16 674 904 1,583
31 University of San Diego 14 18 693 1,320 1,067
32 Cornell University 9 20 447 2,305 1,266
33 Indiana University Bloomington 13 18 558 1,331 1,594
34 Georgia State University 12 16 444 981 2,229
35 Drexel University 9 15 551 875 1,573
36 Northeastern University 11 19 484 1,348 1,412
37 American University 11 19 408 1,288 1,747
38 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 9 22 376 1,720 1,276
39 Loyola University Chicago 11 19 422 1,314 1,302
40 University of Maryland 12 19 435 1,235 1,306
41 Ohio State University 11 19 430 1,104 1,263
42 Case Western Reserve University 10 23 393 1,567 1,014
43 Southern Methodist University 11 15 449 773 1,136
44 Seattle University 8 17 322 1,641 790
45 University of Iowa 11 14 371 582 1,422
46 Pennsylvania State University 10 14 369 625 1,235
47 University of Southern California 7 20 285 1,498 774
48 University of Utah 10 14 349 672 1,166
49 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 8 23 259 1,490 815
50 Florida State University 9 15 318 823 1,119
51 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 9 13 371 616 971
52 Brooklyn Law School 7 22 288 1,491 554
53 Seton Hall University 8 20 287 1,144 850
54 Pace University 9 14 290 594 1,315
55 University of St. Thomas 9 15 351 741 883
56 William & Mary Law School 10 15 356 709 816
57 University of Wisconsin-Madison 7 18 286 1,126 687
58 Temple University 8 18 253 936 993
59 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 7 20 264 1,020 827
60 University of Houston 8 16 260 791 1,026
61 University of Washington 9 14 283 696 939
62 Yeshiva University 9 16 273 995 700
63 University of Oklahoma 9 13 316 569 848
64 Indiana University Indianapolis 8 17 234 1,018 777
65 University of Georgia 9 14 291 577 898
66 University of Baltimore 10 11 306 326 1,041
67 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 7 17 227 1,174 620
68 University of California, Irvine 10 14 309 522 795
69 University of Denver 10 13 291 661 723
70 University of Colorado Boulder 9 11 277 579 767
71 University of Missouri-Kansas City 9 15 202 666 955
72 University of Miami 10 12 302 425 672
73 Loyola Marymount University 9 14 249 637 723
74 Pepperdine University 6 17 205 942 647
75 University of Missouri 10 12 285 583 592
76 Suffolk University 6 18 174 1,168 558
77 University of Alabama 8 12 235 421 829
78 Wayne State University 8 13 204 515 873
79 Saint Louis University 7 14 186 655 760
80 University of Louisville 5 20 138 1,062 572
81 Santa Clara University 8 15 161 812 681
82 Stetson University 7 10 199 311 898
83 George Mason University 7 15 174 730 636
84 Boston College 9 12 190 710 560
85 University at Buffalo 7 11 140 964 549
86 University of Richmond 7 10 215 339 614
87 University of South Carolina 6 8 147 379 879
88 Hofstra University 5 17 129 835 542
89 Mitchell Hamline School of Law 6 14 159 590 612
90 Louisiana State University 5 15 117 831 486
91 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 7 13 125 626 617
92 Syracuse University 6 12 125 583 633
93 Southwestern Law School 7 10 129 326 801
94 University of Notre Dame 6 13 134 553 573
95 Willamette University College of Law 7 7 173 196 667
96 South Texas College of Law Houston 6 12 144 351 580
97 Michigan State University 8 9 174 201 575
98 University of Connecticut 7 6 209 188 349
99 DePaul University 5 12 110 671 362
100 Albany Law School 7 11 134 377 507