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Last Updated: September 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 George Washington University 30 47 3,515 6,946 11,468
2 New York University 29 54 3,532 11,394 6,917
3 University of California, Berkeley 26 57 2,921 10,321 7,013
4 Harvard University 26 50 2,791 10,779 6,373
5 Stanford University 28 52 2,845 10,557 5,666
6 Georgetown University 25 44 2,949 6,183 8,316
7 Yale University 26 45 2,732 7,433 5,585
8 University of Virginia 27 34 3,003 4,252 6,486
9 Columbia University School of Law 27 40 2,751 5,675 5,557
10 University of California, Los Angeles 23 36 2,371 4,531 6,595
11 University of Pennsylvania 26 33 2,305 3,643 4,761
12 University of Michigan 20 37 1,583 4,745 3,824
13 Boston University 22 28 1,750 3,492 3,893
14 University of Colorado Boulder 22 25 1,668 1,986 5,406
15 Vanderbilt University 19 33 1,560 3,341 3,718
16 Cornell University 19 28 1,350 3,564 4,069
17 Duke University 18 34 1,123 4,336 3,698
18 University of Chicago 20 28 1,425 4,037 2,470
19 University of California, Davis 19 29 1,312 2,528 3,513
20 Texas A&M University 17 22 1,230 1,790 3,694
21 University of Texas at Austin 15 30 994 2,607 3,425
22 University of Florida 15 26 925 2,491 3,618
23 Northwestern University 13 29 789 2,842 3,535
24 Washington University 17 22 1,032 1,683 3,277
25 Emory University 17 18 911 1,176 4,116
26 University of California, Irvine 18 20 1,103 1,615 2,028
27 University of Minnesota 15 21 899 1,184 3,303
28 University of California, San Francisco 14 26 916 2,342 2,114
29 William & Mary Law School 13 19 631 1,087 4,251
30 Rutgers University 14 19 853 1,422 2,712
31 University of Washington 12 23 821 1,670 2,498
32 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 10 27 541 2,433 2,711
33 Southern Methodist University 17 19 883 958 2,091
34 Arizona State University 11 25 571 2,294 2,169
35 Indiana University Bloomington 10 24 553 1,899 2,548
36 University of San Diego 13 19 582 1,325 1,764
37 University of Utah 15 12 681 951 1,588
38 University of Wisconsin-Madison 10 16 524 1,108 1,910
39 St. John's University 8 13 718 488 1,464
40 Santa Clara University 12 20 459 1,168 1,949
41 Case Western Reserve University 9 27 318 2,718 925
42 Pennsylvania State University 10 17 521 822 1,671
43 Fordham University 11 15 511 796 1,573
44 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 12 17 491 996 1,431
45 Ohio State University 11 15 536 798 1,334
46 Temple University 12 16 454 856 1,511
47 American University 10 15 415 687 1,840
48 University of Maryland 11 14 516 831 1,165
49 University of Baltimore 8 10 224 255 2,986
50 Brooklyn Law School 10 17 424 1,152 1,181
51 Northeastern University 11 13 410 629 1,708
52 University of Iowa 11 10 465 449 1,590
53 Suffolk University 9 19 363 994 1,482
54 Yeshiva University 13 16 488 655 1,207
55 Villanova University 10 17 352 1,498 1,021
56 University of Pittsburgh 9 19 348 1,311 1,166
57 Loyola Marymount University 12 17 419 869 1,171
58 Florida State University 12 16 433 767 1,049
59 University of Miami 11 16 336 1,352 914
60 University of Richmond 9 15 401 553 1,216
61 University of Georgia 11 10 374 363 1,422
62 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 10 11 403 394 1,203
63 University of Houston 9 17 335 766 1,157
64 University of Oklahoma 11 11 374 478 1,200
65 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 9 10 360 305 1,353
66 George Mason University 8 21 264 1,571 648
67 Drexel University 8 12 294 423 1,405
68 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 10 17 329 972 728
69 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 11 14 358 517 999
70 University of Alabama 10 9 307 261 1,396
71 Boston College 9 19 278 1,190 675
72 University of Denver 10 15 311 915 755
73 Seton Hall University 9 13 294 542 1,139
74 Georgia State University 10 14 278 586 1,107
75 Hofstra University 7 17 143 838 1,469
76 University of Connecticut 11 9 309 238 1,213
77 Loyola University Chicago 10 13 292 586 968
78 University of South Carolina 10 13 342 467 708
79 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 4 4 254 760 747
80 Indiana University Indianapolis 7 16 213 873 792
81 University of St. Thomas 8 11 201 538 1,113
82 University of Southern California 10 12 275 487 766
83 Drake University 7 7 233 461 834
84 Michigan State University 9 17 238 676 582
85 Wake Forest University 8 13 225 693 576
86 South Texas College of Law Houston 8 11 196 370 962
87 University of Arizona 7 13 205 430 806
88 Washington and Lee University 9 10 266 260 679
89 Seattle University 8 13 169 716 641
90 University of Missouri 8 12 186 569 671
91 University of Notre Dame 8 15 194 682 477
92 University of Kansas 6 9 142 302 997
93 University of Missouri-Kansas City 5 10 138 366 917
94 Pepperdine University 6 11 182 391 681
95 University of San Francisco 8 12 181 642 449
96 Lewis & Clark Law School 7 12 188 413 575
97 University of Louisville 5 12 127 413 829
98 Albany Law School 6 8 185 246 690
99 Wayne State University 8 13 147 616 524
100 DePaul University 6 12 145 355 663