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Last Updated: August 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Yale University 21 53 2,130 11,171 8,455
2 Harvard University 23 57 1,807 11,846 6,337
3 New York University 17 50 1,485 8,573 6,976
4 University of Chicago 19 42 1,273 6,458 3,440
5 University of California, Berkeley 14 35 1,234 4,372 4,042
6 Georgetown University 17 34 1,218 4,350 3,959
7 University of Michigan 15 31 1,061 3,577 5,338
8 George Washington University 14 43 906 5,040 3,352
9 Columbia University School of Law 18 32 1,109 3,800 3,027
10 University of Virginia 17 36 1,074 4,120 2,786
11 University of California, Los Angeles 15 34 844 4,492 2,431
12 Duke University 12 31 955 3,629 2,652
13 Stanford University 15 23 780 2,386 3,543
14 University of Pennsylvania 14 28 674 2,450 2,284
15 American University 10 24 437 2,620 3,095
16 Cornell University 14 21 879 1,577 1,740
17 Temple University 11 26 490 2,147 1,813
18 Northwestern University 11 24 444 2,218 1,861
19 Arizona State University 8 22 402 1,939 2,239
20 Fordham University 11 22 556 1,906 1,350
21 Boston University 9 22 475 1,381 1,722
22 Vanderbilt University 10 21 487 1,381 1,472
23 University of Texas at Austin 9 28 370 2,341 1,110
24 University of Notre Dame 10 24 388 1,909 1,316
25 Texas A&M University 10 21 423 1,615 1,290
26 Washington University 9 17 307 1,181 1,687
27 University of California, Irvine 9 19 354 1,229 1,348
28 Emory University 7 15 259 749 2,164
29 University of California, San Francisco 8 20 264 1,627 1,283
30 Rutgers University 8 17 268 1,563 1,208
31 University of Southern California 9 18 298 1,350 1,013
32 Loyola University Chicago 11 15 331 743 1,233
33 University of Miami 7 19 203 1,350 1,167
34 University of Minnesota 9 15 274 728 1,386
35 Indiana University Bloomington 9 18 240 991 1,290
36 University of California, Davis 9 15 256 692 1,232
37 University of Wisconsin-Madison 7 14 175 1,166 1,122
38 University of Richmond 11 12 280 463 1,044
39 George Mason University 6 19 144 1,485 750
40 University of Utah 7 13 175 684 1,313
41 University of San Diego 6 15 194 1,174 750
42 Pennsylvania State University 5 14 160 738 1,246
43 Willamette University College of Law 7 21 196 1,330 530
44 Southern Methodist University 8 13 218 736 952
45 Case Western Reserve University 6 19 142 1,075 1,000
46 William & Mary Law School 10 16 251 736 783
47 University of Pittsburgh 6 17 160 1,182 791
48 University of Florida 7 16 202 982 726
49 Florida State University 9 18 203 897 760
50 Ohio State University 8 11 234 477 927
51 Yeshiva University 7 14 204 557 966
52 University of Maryland 6 16 182 964 642
53 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 5 18 133 1,182 664
54 Boston College 8 14 206 696 675
55 University of Colorado Boulder 5 15 176 562 938
56 New York Law School 4 9 62 483 1,450
57 University at Buffalo 6 13 124 607 924
58 University of Baltimore 8 10 185 403 810
59 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 8 13 161 707 611
60 Cleveland State University 5 10 84 286 1,351
61 Brooklyn Law School 7 13 188 501 638
62 University of Kansas 6 15 153 660 625
63 Seattle University 6 13 122 514 775
64 Hofstra University 5 14 114 872 461
65 University of Arizona 6 14 144 641 523
66 Tulane University 5 15 106 695 650
67 Washington and Lee University 5 12 135 503 634
68 Pace University 5 14 97 522 763
69 Wayne State University 6 11 113 572 582
70 University of Iowa 5 13 84 599 573
71 Northeastern University 8 11 127 455 494
72 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 6 6 118 190 761
73 University of Connecticut 6 12 83 390 711
74 Creighton University 4 12 52 371 862
75 Loyola Marymount University 4 13 86 567 478
76 Texas Tech University 4 13 69 690 392
77 Marquette University 6 7 136 320 403
78 St. John's University 5 12 101 328 549
79 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 5 14 102 522 343
80 Chapman University 3 13 68 615 408
81 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 7 10 124 333 384
82 Pepperdine University 4 9 60 285 725
83 University of Cincinnati 5 13 66 516 484
84 California Western School of Law 3 12 54 486 541
85 Lewis & Clark Law School 5 10 79 353 526
86 DePaul University 5 11 67 497 425
87 Georgia State University 5 11 89 488 321
88 Syracuse University 4 11 79 298 505
89 University of Illinois Chicago 5 11 70 345 494
90 University of Alabama 5 10 100 345 353
91 Albany Law School 5 9 113 218 404
92 Villanova University 4 11 51 398 514
93 University of St. Thomas 6 9 113 275 293
94 University of the Pacific (McGeorge) 5 14 54 492 371
95 Seton Hall University 5 9 75 206 464
96 Santa Clara University 4 10 71 413 284
97 Nova Southeastern University 4 8 57 291 435
98 St. Thomas University 5 9 69 378 299
99 University of Washington 4 8 68 196 437
100 University of Georgia 5 11 67 323 320