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Last Updated: August 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 George Washington University 29 47 3,420 6,902 11,672
2 New York University 29 54 3,456 11,334 7,093
3 University of California, Berkeley 26 57 2,857 10,416 7,298
4 Harvard University 26 50 2,743 10,778 6,726
5 Stanford University 28 53 2,718 10,655 5,738
6 Georgetown University 24 44 2,830 6,220 8,465
7 Yale University 25 46 2,671 7,484 5,825
8 University of Virginia 27 34 3,005 4,254 6,762
9 Columbia University School of Law 26 40 2,673 5,683 5,692
10 University of California, Los Angeles 21 36 2,191 4,739 6,468
11 University of Pennsylvania 25 33 2,217 3,639 4,853
12 University of Michigan 20 37 1,537 4,726 3,897
13 University of Colorado Boulder 22 25 1,624 1,986 5,633
14 Boston University 21 27 1,683 3,473 3,986
15 Vanderbilt University 19 33 1,491 3,341 3,793
16 Cornell University 19 27 1,321 3,512 4,268
17 Duke University 18 34 1,069 4,337 3,708
18 University of Chicago 20 27 1,385 3,941 2,541
19 University of California, Davis 19 29 1,261 2,525 3,623
20 Texas A&M University 17 21 1,207 1,741 3,762
21 University of Texas at Austin 15 30 966 2,608 3,548
22 University of Florida 15 26 904 2,494 3,695
23 Northwestern University 13 29 769 2,851 3,633
24 Washington University 17 22 1,000 1,683 3,335
25 Emory University 16 18 882 1,177 4,229
26 University of California, San Francisco 14 26 919 2,338 2,206
27 University of California, Irvine 18 20 1,077 1,616 2,065
28 University of Minnesota 15 21 862 1,180 3,396
29 William & Mary Law School 12 19 610 1,080 4,227
30 Rutgers University 14 19 827 1,406 2,802
31 University of Washington 12 23 784 1,670 2,588
32 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 10 27 529 2,433 2,789
33 Southern Methodist University 17 19 845 963 2,191
34 Indiana University Bloomington 10 24 542 1,898 2,688
35 Arizona State University 11 25 554 2,298 2,243
36 University of San Diego 13 19 574 1,324 1,827
37 University of Utah 15 12 673 954 1,611
38 University of Wisconsin-Madison 9 16 510 1,124 1,967
39 St. John's University 8 13 708 488 1,525
40 Pennsylvania State University 11 17 522 821 1,887
41 Santa Clara University 12 19 445 1,111 1,860
42 Case Western Reserve University 9 27 310 2,726 955
43 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 12 17 477 995 1,435
44 Ohio State University 11 15 524 798 1,372
45 Fordham University 11 15 479 799 1,553
46 American University 10 15 398 689 1,964
47 Temple University 11 16 440 857 1,558
48 University of Maryland 11 14 501 831 1,192
49 University of Baltimore 8 10 221 255 2,976
50 Northeastern University 10 13 404 629 1,772
51 University of Iowa 11 11 453 465 1,647
52 Brooklyn Law School 10 17 413 1,149 1,194
53 Suffolk University 9 19 354 993 1,535
54 Yeshiva University 13 16 475 655 1,258
55 Villanova University 9 17 337 1,498 1,055
56 University of Pittsburgh 9 19 336 1,311 1,218
57 Loyola Marymount University 12 17 410 854 1,213
58 Florida State University 12 16 441 767 1,134
59 University of Miami 11 16 330 1,347 937
60 University of Richmond 9 15 386 551 1,243
61 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 10 11 387 391 1,284
62 University of Georgia 10 10 349 363 1,479
63 University of Oklahoma 11 11 373 478 1,233
64 University of Houston 9 17 319 766 1,161
65 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 9 10 354 305 1,407
66 George Mason University 7 21 255 1,571 627
67 Drexel University 8 12 290 423 1,432
68 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 10 17 326 984 756
69 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 11 14 350 516 1,006
70 Boston College 9 19 271 1,190 718
71 Seton Hall University 8 13 289 542 1,172
72 University of Denver 10 15 310 915 701
73 University of Alabama 9 9 278 261 1,425
74 Georgia State University 10 14 272 586 1,131
75 University of Connecticut 11 9 307 238 1,230
76 Loyola University Chicago 10 13 286 586 1,004
77 Hofstra University 7 17 140 838 1,444
78 University of South Carolina 10 13 334 467 716
79 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 4 4 245 761 778
80 University of St. Thomas 8 11 197 538 1,164
81 Indiana University Indianapolis 7 16 205 873 808
82 University of Southern California 10 12 269 487 789
83 Drake University 7 7 228 461 854
84 Wake Forest University 7 13 223 693 618
85 University of Arizona 7 13 207 475 852
86 South Texas College of Law Houston 8 11 192 370 945
87 Washington and Lee University 9 10 259 260 713
88 Seattle University 8 13 167 716 652
89 University of Notre Dame 8 15 193 682 506
90 Michigan State University 7 17 190 676 489
91 University of Missouri-Kansas City 5 10 137 366 1,009
92 University of Kansas 6 9 133 298 1,035
93 University of San Francisco 8 12 177 642 447
94 Lewis & Clark Law School 7 12 185 413 601
95 University of Louisville 5 12 125 422 870
96 University of Missouri 7 12 150 569 616
97 Pepperdine University 6 11 177 395 645
98 Wayne State University 8 13 145 615 563
99 DePaul University 6 12 151 371 722
100 Albany Law School 6 8 181 246 673