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Last Updated: September 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Yale University 21 52 2,165 11,092 8,030
2 Harvard University 23 57 1,852 11,841 6,189
3 New York University 17 50 1,510 8,591 6,771
4 University of Chicago 19 42 1,298 6,347 3,285
5 University of Michigan 15 31 1,081 3,574 5,295
6 Georgetown University 17 34 1,245 4,350 3,842
7 University of California, Berkeley 14 35 1,252 4,220 3,896
8 George Washington University 15 43 942 5,093 3,369
9 Columbia University School of Law 18 32 1,139 3,800 2,976
10 University of Virginia 17 36 1,119 4,128 2,720
11 University of California, Los Angeles 16 34 858 4,492 2,346
12 Duke University 13 31 972 3,629 2,576
13 Stanford University 15 23 789 2,297 3,426
14 University of Pennsylvania 14 28 685 2,449 2,203
15 American University 10 24 444 2,620 2,925
16 Cornell University 14 21 898 1,601 1,684
17 Temple University 11 26 504 2,147 1,747
18 Northwestern University 11 24 443 2,214 1,841
19 Arizona State University 9 22 412 1,939 2,178
20 Fordham University 11 22 566 1,912 1,305
21 Boston University 9 22 487 1,387 1,654
22 Vanderbilt University 10 21 500 1,381 1,410
23 University of Texas at Austin 9 28 374 2,341 1,035
24 University of Notre Dame 10 24 401 1,910 1,289
25 Texas A&M University 10 21 434 1,615 1,268
26 Washington University 9 17 313 1,181 1,679
27 University of California, Irvine 9 19 367 1,219 1,306
28 University of California, San Francisco 9 21 286 1,689 1,187
29 Emory University 8 15 267 757 2,078
30 Rutgers University 8 17 273 1,561 1,199
31 University of Southern California 9 18 302 1,348 964
32 Loyola University Chicago 11 15 336 753 1,237
33 University of Minnesota 9 15 278 728 1,401
34 University of Miami 7 19 207 1,350 1,106
35 Indiana University Bloomington 9 18 239 993 1,229
36 University of California, Davis 9 15 267 699 1,155
37 University of Wisconsin-Madison 7 14 180 1,166 1,071
38 University of Richmond 11 12 293 470 1,059
39 George Mason University 6 19 147 1,483 723
40 University of Utah 7 13 178 684 1,274
41 University of San Diego 6 15 199 1,174 727
42 Pennsylvania State University 5 14 165 738 1,215
43 Willamette University College of Law 7 21 197 1,330 493
44 Southern Methodist University 8 13 221 730 907
45 University of Pittsburgh 6 17 164 1,180 758
46 Case Western Reserve University 6 19 143 1,075 944
47 University of Florida 7 16 209 982 705
48 Florida State University 9 18 208 897 744
49 Ohio State University 8 11 237 477 908
50 Yeshiva University 7 14 209 549 936
51 William & Mary Law School 9 15 235 715 643
52 University of Maryland 6 16 185 962 597
53 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 5 18 137 1,182 610
54 University of Colorado Boulder 5 15 179 563 932
55 Boston College 8 14 212 696 653
56 New York Law School 4 9 64 483 1,426
57 University at Buffalo 6 13 126 607 904
58 Cleveland State University 5 10 85 286 1,331
59 University of Baltimore 8 10 189 397 749
60 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 8 13 164 707 583
61 University of Kansas 6 15 164 719 571
62 Brooklyn Law School 7 13 191 501 620
63 Tulane University 5 15 115 695 636
64 Hofstra University 5 14 115 872 461
65 University of Arizona 6 14 147 641 490
66 Seattle University 6 12 124 494 719
67 Washington and Lee University 5 12 136 503 608
68 Pace University 5 14 98 522 761
69 University of Connecticut 6 12 83 390 940
70 Wayne State University 6 11 117 572 579
71 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 6 6 124 189 794
72 Northeastern University 8 11 132 455 474
73 University of Iowa 5 13 88 599 534
74 Marquette University 6 7 139 320 409
75 Texas Tech University 4 13 71 690 367
76 St. John's University 5 12 101 328 551
77 Creighton University 4 12 56 372 691
78 Lewis & Clark Law School 5 10 93 393 503
79 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 5 14 102 521 328
80 Chapman University 3 13 70 615 385
81 Loyola Marymount University 4 12 77 513 440
82 Pepperdine University 4 9 65 285 679
83 University of Cincinnati 5 13 67 517 455
84 California Western School of Law 3 12 54 485 535
85 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 6 9 118 317 348
86 DePaul University 5 11 67 497 419
87 Georgia State University 5 11 91 488 316
88 University of Alabama 5 10 105 347 341
89 Syracuse University 4 11 80 298 488
90 Albany Law School 6 9 115 218 387
91 University of Illinois Chicago 5 11 72 346 460
92 Villanova University 4 11 53 398 498
93 University of the Pacific (McGeorge) 5 14 53 492 364
94 University of St. Thomas 6 9 115 275 247
95 Seton Hall University 5 9 77 207 454
96 Santa Clara University 4 10 73 422 273
97 Nova Southeastern University 4 8 59 291 422
98 St. Thomas University 5 9 70 378 278
99 University of Georgia 5 11 67 323 312
100 University of Washington 4 8 69 196 408