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Last Updated: August 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 New York University 17 46 1,419 8,889 6,782
2 Yale University 19 40 1,362 8,078 5,840
3 Harvard University 16 42 1,100 8,391 4,996
4 Columbia University School of Law 12 25 985 2,905 4,752
5 Georgetown University 14 28 817 3,083 2,834
6 University of Chicago 13 26 717 3,242 2,890
7 University of Michigan 11 25 545 2,312 3,467
8 University of Virginia 14 20 810 2,428 1,870
9 University of California, Berkeley 13 22 585 1,831 2,938
10 George Washington University 11 21 601 2,105 2,535
11 Rutgers University 12 24 524 1,980 1,750
12 University at Buffalo 8 18 271 1,146 3,617
13 Stanford University 12 18 561 979 2,189
14 American University 9 20 311 1,841 2,450
15 University of California, Los Angeles 11 25 476 1,809 1,397
16 University of Texas at Austin 10 23 405 1,877 1,658
17 Duke University 11 20 389 1,666 1,529
18 University of Pennsylvania 11 21 367 1,237 1,832
19 University of Colorado Boulder 6 14 284 767 2,064
20 Emory University 5 20 165 1,610 1,280
21 Loyola University Chicago 8 14 266 508 1,772
22 Temple University 8 16 265 929 1,224
23 Fordham University 8 18 238 1,041 1,212
24 University of California, San Francisco 8 20 214 1,196 1,067
25 Northeastern University 8 11 222 849 1,344
26 Arizona State University 7 15 224 1,056 1,041
27 Texas A&M University 9 15 259 776 1,039
28 University of Maryland 8 13 250 1,240 639
29 Loyola Marymount University 4 11 171 1,051 1,177
30 University of Connecticut 8 8 220 336 1,491
31 University of Florida 6 19 198 1,076 917
32 University of Notre Dame 7 17 228 814 993
33 Cornell University 8 16 196 979 978
34 Boston University 9 13 313 469 873
35 Northwestern University 8 17 271 961 612
36 Indiana University Bloomington 8 14 230 622 1,095
37 University of Wisconsin-Madison 7 14 165 705 1,237
38 Ohio State University 8 11 292 542 786
39 Seattle University 6 16 135 728 1,326
40 University of Arizona 8 13 177 827 960
41 Washington University 9 12 262 488 825
42 University of Miami 7 19 170 840 878
43 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 8 15 180 593 1,003
44 University of Utah 8 11 137 462 1,315
45 University of Minnesota 7 16 173 658 936
46 Vanderbilt University 6 13 194 695 722
47 University of California, Irvine 8 12 222 587 676
48 William & Mary Law School 7 12 217 539 656
49 University of Pittsburgh 8 13 222 571 581
50 New York Law School 4 12 85 663 1,031
51 University of Baltimore 8 8 212 288 758
52 University of California, Davis 7 13 179 543 605
53 Pennsylvania State University 4 11 131 506 806
54 University of San Francisco 7 13 149 635 539
55 Florida State University 8 14 150 524 622
56 Santa Clara University 7 12 188 576 376
57 University of Iowa 4 17 101 845 529
58 George Mason University 5 14 97 766 609
59 University of Southern California 6 12 141 592 524
60 Brooklyn Law School 7 11 162 402 569
61 Georgia State University 6 12 148 396 631
62 Hofstra University 4 14 89 797 418
63 University of Washington 5 11 103 402 699
64 Pace University 6 11 113 306 723
65 Boston College 7 13 135 463 475
66 Wake Forest University 6 7 98 242 843
67 Washington and Lee University 6 10 141 456 445
68 University of Richmond 8 7 154 386 423
69 Albany Law School 6 9 107 343 657
70 Case Western Reserve University 4 12 70 497 680
71 Syracuse University 6 9 106 281 703
72 Yeshiva University 5 17 77 667 358
73 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 6 11 93 408 508
74 University of San Diego 5 9 114 404 391
75 New England Law Boston 4 11 115 399 376
76 University of Oklahoma 7 7 149 197 344
77 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 4 11 60 487 484
78 University of St. Thomas 5 5 152 240 247
79 University of Illinois Chicago 4 11 87 303 474
80 Chapman University 4 10 68 376 446
81 Wayne State University 5 10 84 407 337
82 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 4 11 77 299 465
83 Nova Southeastern University 4 10 58 311 528
84 City University of New York (CUNY) 6 8 113 161 375
85 St. John's University 5 9 83 251 399
86 Michigan State University 5 5 135 88 303
87 Drexel University 6 7 115 221 275
88 Seton Hall University 5 8 105 206 319
89 University of South Carolina 6 7 106 125 361
90 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 4 8 66 254 434
91 California Western School of Law 4 10 71 331 326
92 Southern Methodist University 6 9 94 327 220
93 Tulane University 4 9 59 283 425
94 Pepperdine University 6 9 91 263 288
95 Indiana University Indianapolis 3 10 38 318 484
96 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 3 11 56 478 222
97 Villanova University 4 10 40 292 442
98 Loyola University New Orleans 5 8 62 182 369
99 Florida International University 4 7 59 195 359
100 University of Houston 3 8 49 263 339