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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 23 56 2,523 11,395 5,632
2 Yale University 25 48 2,308 9,573 3,580
3 University of California, Los Angeles 23 44 2,094 7,605 5,998
4 Harvard University 21 55 1,752 10,690 4,103
5 University of California, Berkeley 19 37 1,608 5,142 3,734
6 Columbia University School of Law 22 35 1,560 5,144 3,287
7 Georgetown University 21 38 1,538 3,914 3,650
8 University of Minnesota 19 30 1,595 3,573 3,679
9 University of Pennsylvania 16 26 1,394 2,948 3,075
10 University of Chicago 19 31 1,437 3,393 2,409
11 University of Michigan 23 26 1,481 2,696 2,540
12 Washington University 17 32 1,183 3,110 2,831
13 University of Virginia 15 35 894 4,347 2,425
14 Stanford University 14 33 863 4,850 1,842
15 Duke University 13 27 1,105 2,871 2,171
16 Rutgers University 16 30 852 3,568 2,461
17 Cornell University 14 29 1,070 2,772 1,758
18 Emory University 14 23 794 2,051 3,030
19 Fordham University 14 28 780 2,597 2,188
20 University of Texas at Austin 13 24 841 1,978 1,322
21 Northwestern University 13 20 764 1,796 1,631
22 Boston University 14 23 681 2,006 1,773
23 University of California, Irvine 15 21 753 1,700 1,631
24 Vanderbilt University 13 22 631 1,941 1,815
25 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 13 32 572 3,127 1,008
26 George Washington University 12 26 552 2,300 1,779
27 University of San Diego 13 23 644 1,992 1,314
28 Ohio State University 11 25 491 2,391 1,312
29 University of California, Davis 12 19 641 1,203 1,465
30 Arizona State University 8 30 310 2,937 1,171
31 Texas A&M University 11 20 503 1,399 1,288
32 Loyola Marymount University 14 20 550 1,355 1,084
33 University of Wisconsin-Madison 9 25 312 2,492 1,167
34 Northeastern University 10 18 348 2,203 1,247
35 University of Southern California 11 22 481 1,578 1,020
36 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 8 22 267 1,578 1,521
37 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 7 23 337 1,558 1,191
38 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 6 13 263 2,331 823
39 Temple University 11 18 379 932 1,508
40 Brooklyn Law School 10 16 512 928 809
41 University of Florida 11 20 384 1,539 851
42 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 11 19 442 1,076 832
43 William & Mary Law School 11 17 446 727 1,125
44 Indiana University Bloomington 11 20 366 1,265 1,011
45 Loyola University Chicago 10 17 451 966 884
46 University of Denver 11 16 395 1,085 1,019
47 University of California, San Francisco 10 20 345 1,215 1,022
48 Boston College 11 19 367 1,355 793
49 University of San Francisco 8 15 172 814 2,140
50 University of Washington 7 19 273 1,200 1,215
51 University of Missouri 10 18 417 1,020 684
52 University of Iowa 8 18 266 1,198 940
53 University of Georgia 9 15 346 672 973
54 Southern Methodist University 11 16 340 846 841
55 University of South Carolina 9 16 322 770 890
56 American University 7 14 258 743 1,107
57 University of Colorado Boulder 11 17 283 867 744
58 Yeshiva University 9 15 321 826 510
59 University of Connecticut 9 15 253 1,088 485
60 University of Pittsburgh 8 14 261 838 640
61 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 6 19 181 1,141 723
62 University of Miami 8 17 223 1,020 534
63 Suffolk University 8 15 214 848 670
64 St. John's University 8 14 221 576 865
65 Wake Forest University 8 17 178 1,162 527
66 Wayne State University 9 14 196 777 732
67 Syracuse University 6 15 180 718 851
68 George Mason University 7 16 168 916 666
69 University of St. Thomas 9 13 249 529 603
70 Case Western Reserve University 9 14 257 532 469
71 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 9 16 236 639 469
72 Florida State University 7 13 240 490 582
73 Seattle University 7 15 195 729 543
74 University of Oregon 8 10 226 333 708
75 University at Buffalo 8 9 191 797 434
76 Seton Hall University 7 13 203 702 440
77 University of Louisville 6 19 132 949 486
78 South Texas College of Law Houston 8 14 221 418 524
79 Lewis & Clark Law School 8 14 178 524 585
80 DePaul University 7 14 141 820 447
81 University of Baltimore 6 12 185 447 572
82 Drexel University 7 16 174 636 445
83 Chapman University 6 14 119 705 618
84 University of Houston 7 14 141 622 565
85 Michigan State University 5 13 154 540 575
86 Georgia State University 7 15 150 676 444
87 University of Maryland 7 13 179 482 419
88 Santa Clara University 5 14 130 704 451
89 University of Cincinnati 5 14 109 648 555
90 University of Utah 8 11 158 549 402
91 California Western School of Law 7 11 157 422 500
92 Pepperdine University 7 13 128 452 455
93 Louisiana State University 6 12 116 538 418
94 City University of New York (CUNY) 6 11 118 422 435
95 University of Richmond 6 12 135 352 414
96 University of Illinois Chicago 6 12 109 435 460
97 University of Alabama 8 10 139 296 433
98 Indiana University Indianapolis 5 15 96 673 294
99 Saint Louis University 6 10 138 297 433
100 Florida International University 6 10 88 425 536