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Last Updated: July 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 George Washington University 29 47 3,362 6,945 11,563
2 New York University 28 54 3,418 11,405 7,149
3 University of California, Berkeley 25 57 2,806 10,404 7,240
4 Harvard University 26 50 2,687 10,810 6,785
5 Stanford University 27 52 2,645 10,557 5,695
6 Georgetown University 24 44 2,765 6,197 8,453
7 Yale University 25 45 2,591 7,431 5,837
8 University of Virginia 26 34 2,947 4,254 6,673
9 Columbia University School of Law 26 40 2,634 5,693 5,690
10 University of California, Los Angeles 21 37 2,123 4,813 6,425
11 University of Pennsylvania 25 33 2,191 3,644 4,802
12 University of Michigan 20 37 1,494 4,725 3,873
13 Boston University 21 27 1,651 3,473 3,971
14 University of Colorado Boulder 22 25 1,555 1,985 5,648
15 Vanderbilt University 18 33 1,455 3,342 3,794
16 Cornell University 19 28 1,289 3,564 4,306
17 University of Chicago 20 27 1,369 3,946 2,613
18 Duke University 17 34 1,050 4,338 3,753
19 University of California, Davis 18 29 1,224 2,528 3,619
20 Texas A&M University 17 22 1,177 1,790 3,767
21 University of Texas at Austin 15 30 935 2,619 3,520
22 University of Florida 15 26 892 2,499 3,722
23 Northwestern University 13 29 757 2,843 3,673
24 Washington University 17 22 964 1,683 3,346
25 Emory University 16 18 865 1,178 4,215
26 University of California, Irvine 17 20 1,054 1,616 2,100
27 University of California, San Francisco 14 26 894 2,339 2,195
28 University of Minnesota 14 21 832 1,182 3,357
29 William & Mary Law School 12 19 600 1,080 4,244
30 Rutgers University 13 19 810 1,410 2,813
31 University of Washington 12 23 775 1,670 2,603
32 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 10 27 507 2,434 2,802
33 Indiana University Bloomington 10 24 531 1,898 2,729
34 Arizona State University 11 25 543 2,322 2,268
35 Southern Methodist University 17 19 825 960 2,130
36 University of San Diego 12 19 560 1,325 1,850
37 University of Utah 15 12 646 951 1,627
38 St. John's University 8 13 698 488 1,544
39 University of Wisconsin-Madison 9 17 500 1,164 1,753
40 Pennsylvania State University 10 17 497 821 1,842
41 Santa Clara University 12 19 438 1,112 1,847
42 Case Western Reserve University 9 27 306 2,726 941
43 American University 10 15 407 744 2,020
44 Ohio State University 11 15 525 804 1,373
45 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 12 17 454 987 1,402
46 Fordham University 11 15 464 799 1,504
47 Temple University 11 16 431 857 1,570
48 University of Baltimore 8 10 214 254 2,970
49 University of Maryland 11 14 487 831 1,145
50 Northeastern University 10 13 398 629 1,743
51 Brooklyn Law School 10 17 406 1,150 1,237
52 University of Iowa 11 11 445 456 1,625
53 Suffolk University 9 19 344 978 1,544
54 Yeshiva University 13 16 460 657 1,270
55 Villanova University 9 17 329 1,498 1,050
56 University of Pittsburgh 9 19 330 1,311 1,208
57 Florida State University 12 16 433 767 1,148
58 Loyola Marymount University 12 17 404 853 1,206
59 University of Miami 11 16 321 1,347 988
60 University of Richmond 9 15 372 551 1,248
61 University of Georgia 10 10 341 363 1,479
62 University of Oklahoma 11 11 371 478 1,223
63 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 10 11 374 391 1,274
64 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 9 10 341 305 1,390
65 University of Houston 9 17 307 766 1,111
66 George Mason University 7 21 251 1,585 644
67 Drexel University 8 13 280 438 1,427
68 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 10 17 315 972 761
69 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 11 14 342 517 1,003
70 Boston College 9 19 266 1,190 728
71 University of Alabama 9 9 285 261 1,459
72 Seton Hall University 8 13 285 542 1,187
73 University of Denver 10 15 304 915 709
74 Georgia State University 9 14 271 587 1,134
75 Loyola University Chicago 10 13 284 586 1,022
76 University of Connecticut 11 9 297 238 1,239
77 Hofstra University 6 17 133 838 1,417
78 University of South Carolina 10 13 329 467 730
79 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 4 4 238 761 780
80 University of St. Thomas 8 11 191 538 1,186
81 Indiana University Indianapolis 7 16 200 873 791
82 University of Southern California 10 12 263 487 791
83 Drake University 7 7 223 461 860
84 Wake Forest University 7 13 212 693 627
85 University of Arizona 7 13 203 475 856
86 Washington and Lee University 9 10 257 260 707
87 South Texas College of Law Houston 8 11 187 370 881
88 Seattle University 8 13 166 716 655
89 University of Notre Dame 8 15 190 682 505
90 University of Missouri-Kansas City 5 10 134 366 1,007
91 University of Missouri 8 12 157 569 679
92 Michigan State University 7 17 186 676 443
93 University of Kansas 6 9 128 298 1,021
94 University of San Francisco 8 12 174 642 443
95 Lewis & Clark Law School 7 12 183 413 605
96 University of Louisville 5 12 122 422 872
97 Wayne State University 8 13 141 615 583
98 Pepperdine University 6 11 173 395 624
99 DePaul University 6 12 144 371 728
100 Albany Law School 6 8 174 246 685