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Last Updated: August 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 34 62 4,298 17,310 9,427
2 Yale University 35 66 4,496 15,840 9,068
3 Stanford University 27 38 2,743 6,738 5,008
4 University of Chicago 27 39 2,764 5,696 5,269
5 Georgetown University 25 38 2,563 5,492 5,565
6 University of Virginia 23 44 2,313 7,296 4,575
7 New York University 26 39 2,284 6,423 4,213
8 Columbia University School of Law 25 37 2,448 5,548 3,492
9 University of California, Los Angeles 22 36 1,733 4,394 3,317
10 University of California, Berkeley 21 38 1,532 4,504 3,682
11 University of Pennsylvania 22 31 1,902 3,344 2,668
12 Northwestern University 18 34 1,571 4,622 2,712
13 University of Texas at Austin 17 35 1,316 4,563 2,617
14 University of Michigan 20 31 1,358 3,539 2,269
15 Fordham University 14 31 1,086 3,771 2,038
16 Rutgers University 18 27 1,089 2,419 2,191
17 University of Minnesota 15 22 1,125 1,674 2,093
18 George Washington University 17 26 1,076 2,400 1,537
19 Vanderbilt University 16 22 950 1,917 2,251
20 Duke University 14 22 872 2,622 1,675
21 University of California, Davis 15 20 903 1,438 2,437
22 Boston University 16 19 824 1,113 1,677
23 Emory University 11 18 590 1,811 2,015
24 George Mason University 12 26 564 2,155 1,519
25 Cornell University 14 21 572 1,627 1,912
26 Washington University 15 16 731 1,093 1,531
27 University of Florida 12 22 583 1,369 1,188
28 University of Notre Dame 15 15 596 832 1,292
29 University of Wisconsin-Madison 12 15 572 831 1,291
30 Seattle University 9 22 443 1,657 1,036
31 Texas A&M University 13 17 525 1,014 1,015
32 University of St. Thomas 9 18 391 1,789 924
33 Albany Law School 10 21 384 1,311 1,340
34 University of San Diego 10 18 399 1,563 871
35 Temple University 11 14 528 688 1,046
36 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 9 17 398 1,097 1,034
37 William & Mary Law School 11 16 401 850 1,169
38 Ohio State University 11 16 451 956 828
39 University of Richmond 12 16 413 1,115 823
40 Loyola University Chicago 11 13 392 518 1,361
41 Boston College 12 13 420 654 892
42 University of Colorado Boulder 11 15 424 678 840
43 University of California, San Francisco 9 22 291 1,366 814
44 Indiana University Bloomington 10 14 312 993 976
45 American University 11 17 324 1,234 659
46 Florida State University 11 12 340 472 1,079
47 University of Maryland 8 14 327 839 781
48 Yeshiva University 7 16 280 960 866
49 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 9 12 283 782 983
50 Arizona State University 8 13 210 806 1,063
51 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 9 12 287 724 621
52 University of South Carolina 11 10 353 260 718
53 Brooklyn Law School 10 11 309 505 641
54 Tulane University 7 13 205 713 933
55 University of Iowa 9 13 256 661 730
56 University of Baltimore 8 13 217 774 784
57 University of Arizona 9 11 224 773 742
58 University of Utah 8 9 254 478 822
59 University of Pittsburgh 7 14 214 822 672
60 University of California, Irvine 8 13 251 536 738
61 University of Southern California 10 12 307 373 528
62 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 8 11 233 605 662
63 New York Law School 7 14 188 785 680
64 Wake Forest University 7 16 185 855 580
65 Wayne State University 8 10 227 790 432
66 University of Georgia 7 8 278 361 507
67 Southern Methodist University 6 10 258 419 514
68 Catholic University of America 7 11 274 369 416
69 University of Missouri 7 12 221 465 555
70 Loyola Marymount University 7 12 183 529 589
71 Michigan State University 7 7 207 326 572
72 University of Kansas 7 14 160 614 526
73 Pace University 6 9 101 192 1,143
74 Syracuse University 6 9 134 280 893
75 University of Missouri-Kansas City 6 12 134 414 673
76 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 5 13 139 596 444
77 Pepperdine University 6 14 142 596 410
78 University of Houston 6 12 129 483 559
79 University of Washington 5 11 138 526 459
80 Pennsylvania State University 7 9 195 289 398
81 University of New Mexico 6 12 157 475 402
82 South Texas College of Law Houston 8 10 182 283 421
83 Willamette University College of Law 7 9 127 187 759
84 Stetson University 6 10 169 335 420
85 Georgia State University 6 11 150 483 366
86 University of Miami 7 9 107 400 639
87 Lewis & Clark Law School 6 12 156 411 399
88 Northeastern University 6 10 122 411 502
89 Case Western Reserve University 6 10 128 561 319
90 Washington and Lee University 6 8 171 166 460
91 University at Buffalo 5 11 126 440 385
92 Santa Clara University 5 10 104 552 347
93 Indiana University Indianapolis 6 9 131 200 527
94 University of Toledo 6 10 155 236 362
95 Florida International University 4 13 88 473 454
96 University of Denver 7 11 127 284 407
97 University of Alabama 5 13 118 461 274
98 University of Cincinnati 7 10 126 348 326
99 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 6 10 116 407 287
100 Roger Williams University 6 9 106 374 310