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Last Updated: September 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 New York University 24 56 2,614 11,424 5,405
2 Yale University 25 48 2,355 9,587 3,542
3 University of California, Los Angeles 23 44 2,137 7,619 5,722
4 Harvard University 22 55 1,779 10,690 3,911
5 University of California, Berkeley 20 37 1,627 5,224 3,537
6 Columbia University School of Law 22 35 1,609 5,142 3,185
7 Georgetown University 21 38 1,629 4,103 3,617
8 University of Minnesota 20 30 1,639 3,586 3,485
9 University of Pennsylvania 17 26 1,512 2,973 3,060
10 University of Michigan 24 27 1,634 2,724 2,503
11 University of Chicago 19 31 1,452 3,358 2,283
12 Washington University 17 32 1,219 3,111 2,767
13 Stanford University 14 33 892 4,880 1,806
14 University of Virginia 15 35 881 4,319 2,306
15 Duke University 13 27 1,119 2,876 2,104
16 Cornell University 14 30 1,115 3,033 1,719
17 Rutgers University 16 30 868 3,562 2,366
18 Emory University 14 24 808 2,138 3,006
19 Fordham University 15 28 808 2,603 2,074
20 University of Texas at Austin 13 24 864 2,046 1,290
21 Northwestern University 13 21 800 1,908 1,556
22 Boston University 14 23 701 2,031 1,648
23 University of California, Irvine 15 21 765 1,700 1,632
24 George Washington University 12 26 607 2,316 1,783
25 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 13 32 596 3,138 986
26 Vanderbilt University 13 22 636 1,915 1,726
27 University of San Diego 13 23 649 1,970 1,298
28 University of California, Davis 13 18 709 1,210 1,582
29 Ohio State University 11 25 498 2,386 1,261
30 Arizona State University 8 30 318 2,927 1,192
31 Texas A&M University 11 21 521 1,452 1,230
32 Northeastern University 10 18 352 2,203 1,234
33 Loyola Marymount University 14 20 557 1,355 1,040
34 University of Wisconsin-Madison 9 25 317 2,485 1,120
35 University of Southern California 11 22 499 1,588 995
36 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 7 13 267 2,330 822
37 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 8 22 273 1,578 1,439
38 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 7 23 340 1,558 1,147
39 University of Florida 12 20 402 1,555 824
40 Temple University 11 18 390 903 1,445
41 Brooklyn Law School 10 16 523 928 776
42 Indiana University Bloomington 11 20 385 1,241 1,001
43 Loyola University Chicago 10 17 461 969 862
44 William & Mary Law School 11 17 454 729 1,102
45 University of Denver 11 16 395 1,085 1,009
46 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 11 19 444 1,052 785
47 University of San Francisco 8 16 178 860 2,091
48 Boston College 11 19 371 1,355 749
49 University of California, San Francisco 10 20 342 1,203 953
50 University of Washington 7 19 272 1,200 1,198
51 University of Missouri 10 18 429 1,020 642
52 University of Iowa 8 18 273 1,206 855
53 University of Georgia 9 15 353 686 931
54 Southern Methodist University 11 16 341 846 816
55 University of South Carolina 9 16 324 768 851
56 American University 8 14 261 742 1,066
57 University of Colorado Boulder 11 17 308 867 728
58 Yeshiva University 9 15 325 826 504
59 University of Connecticut 9 15 256 1,088 502
60 University of Pittsburgh 8 14 268 838 619
61 University of Miami 8 17 226 1,020 517
62 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 6 18 175 1,107 661
63 Suffolk University 8 15 218 848 639
64 St. John's University 8 14 223 576 836
65 Wake Forest University 8 17 174 1,121 515
66 Wayne State University 9 14 196 777 693
67 George Mason University 7 16 170 915 634
68 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 9 16 240 639 458
69 Florida State University 7 13 247 493 552
70 Case Western Reserve University 9 14 262 532 445
71 University of St. Thomas 9 13 248 529 505
72 Seattle University 8 14 199 714 551
73 Syracuse University 5 15 148 716 775
74 Seton Hall University 7 13 215 705 436
75 University of Oregon 8 10 232 333 687
76 University at Buffalo 8 9 193 797 408
77 University of Louisville 6 19 137 950 456
78 South Texas College of Law Houston 8 14 231 418 495
79 University of Baltimore 6 13 198 470 543
80 DePaul University 7 14 147 822 441
81 Lewis & Clark Law School 8 14 179 524 555
82 Drexel University 8 16 177 636 436
83 Chapman University 6 14 123 717 597
84 University of Houston 7 14 147 641 538
85 Michigan State University 5 13 161 540 560
86 University of Maryland 8 13 194 509 393
87 Georgia State University 7 15 153 671 425
88 Santa Clara University 5 14 132 704 433
89 University of Utah 8 11 159 549 404
90 California Western School of Law 7 11 163 422 486
91 University of Cincinnati 5 14 100 648 507
92 Pepperdine University 7 13 132 452 449
93 Louisiana State University 6 12 118 539 429
94 City University of New York (CUNY) 6 11 121 422 426
95 University of Richmond 7 12 143 352 385
96 University of Alabama 8 10 144 296 428
97 University of Notre Dame 7 14 124 498 329
98 Indiana University Indianapolis 5 15 96 676 285
99 Florida International University 6 10 90 425 515
100 Saint Louis University 5 10 135 297 417