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Last Updated: September 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 54 124 12,722 59,675 23,230
2 Yale University 51 116 10,115 42,615 17,392
3 University of Chicago 40 76 6,305 21,576 10,142
4 Georgetown University 35 70 5,386 18,937 11,847
5 Columbia University School of Law 35 70 4,858 17,991 14,671
6 New York University 29 72 4,258 20,994 9,962
7 University of Virginia 30 63 3,819 13,352 7,490
8 University of California, Berkeley 24 58 2,942 13,872 7,165
9 Cornell University 24 51 2,944 10,031 7,379
10 University of Pennsylvania 27 54 2,912 10,232 6,538
11 Stanford University 27 53 2,625 10,332 4,355
12 University of California, Los Angeles 27 51 2,348 9,157 4,578
13 George Washington University 21 47 2,149 8,304 3,767
14 Duke University 23 39 2,061 7,306 4,085
15 Northwestern University 21 52 2,033 7,316 4,024
16 Vanderbilt University 21 46 1,842 8,514 3,415
17 University of Michigan 21 38 1,843 6,398 4,304
18 University of Texas at Austin 18 41 1,740 5,807 3,577
19 Fordham University 17 44 1,627 6,322 3,408
20 Seattle University 11 43 1,167 9,147 2,710
21 University of San Diego 17 45 1,361 6,507 2,982
22 Boston University 16 35 1,317 5,594 2,700
23 Rutgers University 14 38 1,101 5,608 3,496
24 University of Minnesota 12 29 1,413 3,560 3,041
25 Washington University 18 33 1,165 3,375 3,943
26 University of Florida 17 36 1,122 4,240 2,823
27 University of California, Irvine 15 38 1,085 4,245 2,416
28 Emory University 14 30 848 3,869 3,326
29 University of Notre Dame 17 25 1,104 2,170 3,635
30 University of California, Davis 16 24 1,029 2,294 3,039
31 George Mason University 14 32 971 3,303 2,035
32 Yeshiva University 13 35 611 4,526 2,409
33 Texas A&M University 13 24 922 2,341 2,385
34 University of Wisconsin-Madison 14 32 682 4,122 1,677
35 University of California, San Francisco 14 32 749 3,319 2,070
36 University of Colorado Boulder 15 31 705 3,771 1,778
37 Ohio State University 13 34 671 3,214 2,035
38 Brooklyn Law School 14 22 903 2,277 1,415
39 University of Southern California 16 27 713 2,695 1,839
40 Florida State University 14 25 804 1,983 1,759
41 Indiana University Bloomington 12 29 604 2,693 2,010
42 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 13 25 636 2,830 1,670
43 William & Mary Law School 14 27 797 2,272 1,375
44 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 11 31 525 3,165 1,807
45 Loyola Marymount University 11 25 648 2,154 2,055
46 University at Buffalo 10 22 417 1,625 3,400
47 Northeastern University 12 21 479 2,474 2,347
48 University of Pittsburgh 12 21 742 1,604 1,829
49 Temple University 12 27 654 1,992 1,639
50 Arizona State University 12 23 587 1,856 2,062
51 University of St. Thomas 12 26 530 2,650 1,365
52 American University 13 22 577 2,079 1,606
53 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 10 29 473 2,548 1,625
54 University of Maryland 10 25 560 2,531 1,210
55 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 9 15 463 2,407 1,205
56 University of Miami 8 27 394 2,407 1,350
57 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 10 24 495 2,072 1,096
58 University of Arizona 11 20 437 1,822 1,541
59 University of Denver 11 24 438 2,107 1,220
60 University of Iowa 12 20 449 1,721 1,438
61 Boston College 12 25 455 2,176 935
62 University of Utah 11 14 450 724 1,798
63 University of Washington 8 16 496 827 1,435
64 Case Western Reserve University 10 22 395 1,638 919
65 Drexel University 8 15 495 662 1,334
66 Southern Methodist University 10 20 448 1,142 1,007
67 Georgia State University 9 17 302 1,185 1,579
68 University of Georgia 10 18 431 1,184 836
69 Catholic University of America 9 16 474 755 802
70 University of Kansas 9 20 325 1,650 659
71 New York Law School 8 23 234 1,778 871
72 Loyola University Chicago 8 20 313 1,210 1,018
73 Santa Clara University 8 17 265 1,553 923
74 Pepperdine University 10 20 336 1,349 771
75 Pennsylvania State University 9 19 293 1,236 962
76 Tulane University 8 19 243 1,211 1,134
77 University of Houston 6 21 232 1,581 824
78 Michigan State University 9 14 346 765 1,029
79 Suffolk University 9 20 244 1,157 1,083
80 Hofstra University 8 23 261 1,590 605
81 University of Connecticut 9 18 296 968 958
82 University of Alabama 9 15 312 847 946
83 University of Richmond 10 15 354 855 691
84 Indiana University Indianapolis 9 18 301 1,002 762
85 Florida International University 7 19 229 1,453 655
86 Wake Forest University 7 18 236 1,086 907
87 Lewis & Clark Law School 10 18 310 1,011 582
88 South Texas College of Law Houston 7 14 258 659 1,102
89 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 9 19 288 1,039 580
90 Louisiana State University 8 16 253 972 748
91 University of South Carolina 7 19 230 1,243 599
92 Wayne State University 7 20 175 1,616 439
93 University of Baltimore 9 17 232 984 679
94 Stetson University 9 18 276 796 631
95 Pace University 6 18 182 920 921
96 Washington and Lee University 8 13 264 727 690
97 University of Missouri-Kansas City 8 16 223 785 725
98 Touro University 7 19 164 1,076 619
99 Southwestern Law School 8 13 266 654 533
100 Seton Hall University 6 17 185 753 790