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Last Updated: July 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 54 124 12,191 59,729 23,351
2 Yale University 50 116 9,579 42,572 17,576
3 University of Chicago 38 76 5,968 21,617 10,119
4 Georgetown University 33 70 5,050 19,037 11,998
5 Columbia University School of Law 35 70 4,640 18,013 14,280
6 New York University 29 71 4,075 20,918 10,357
7 University of Virginia 29 63 3,670 13,402 7,818
8 University of California, Berkeley 24 59 2,804 13,925 7,416
9 Cornell University 22 51 2,826 10,103 7,468
10 University of Pennsylvania 26 54 2,794 10,250 6,637
11 Stanford University 27 53 2,466 10,348 4,307
12 University of California, Los Angeles 27 51 2,257 9,163 4,688
13 George Washington University 21 47 2,047 8,245 3,812
14 Duke University 22 39 1,959 7,201 4,118
15 Northwestern University 21 52 1,919 7,319 4,146
16 Vanderbilt University 20 46 1,759 8,622 3,539
17 University of Michigan 20 38 1,765 6,488 4,348
18 Fordham University 17 44 1,579 6,482 3,602
19 University of Texas at Austin 18 41 1,669 5,857 3,540
20 Seattle University 11 43 1,119 9,199 2,693
21 University of San Diego 16 45 1,277 6,527 3,012
22 Boston University 16 36 1,258 5,634 2,777
23 Rutgers University 14 38 1,052 5,622 3,444
24 University of Minnesota 12 29 1,362 3,637 3,168
25 Washington University 18 34 1,101 3,502 4,113
26 University of Florida 16 36 1,070 4,248 2,876
27 University of California, Irvine 15 38 1,038 4,244 2,495
28 Emory University 14 30 805 3,846 3,405
29 University of Notre Dame 16 25 991 2,176 3,337
30 University of California, Davis 15 24 946 2,264 3,137
31 George Mason University 13 33 933 3,352 2,086
32 Yeshiva University 13 35 579 4,524 2,436
33 University of Colorado Boulder 15 32 687 3,851 1,846
34 University of California, San Francisco 14 32 717 3,320 2,174
35 University of Wisconsin-Madison 14 32 645 4,133 1,733
36 Texas A&M University 12 24 795 2,351 2,363
37 Ohio State University 13 34 639 3,214 2,057
38 Brooklyn Law School 14 21 854 2,234 1,542
39 University of Southern California 15 27 681 2,695 1,770
40 Florida State University 14 25 757 1,985 1,825
41 William & Mary Law School 14 27 754 2,301 1,457
42 Indiana University Bloomington 12 29 561 2,738 1,982
43 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 13 25 602 2,828 1,684
44 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 10 31 487 3,137 1,870
45 Northeastern University 12 21 453 2,472 2,402
46 Loyola Marymount University 11 23 595 2,009 2,092
47 University at Buffalo 10 22 401 1,626 3,343
48 University of Pittsburgh 11 21 710 1,635 1,793
49 Temple University 12 27 622 1,993 1,730
50 Arizona State University 12 23 540 1,867 2,073
51 American University 13 22 552 2,080 1,659
52 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 10 29 447 2,547 1,694
53 University of Maryland 10 25 540 2,534 1,218
54 University of St. Thomas 12 26 504 2,447 1,400
55 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 10 24 481 2,198 1,148
56 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 9 15 438 2,408 1,150
57 University of Arizona 11 20 433 1,847 1,611
58 University of Miami 8 27 360 2,404 1,405
59 University of Denver 11 24 426 2,110 1,239
60 University of Iowa 11 20 419 1,721 1,505
61 Boston College 11 25 437 2,175 1,000
62 University of Utah 11 14 430 724 1,858
63 University of Washington 8 16 467 829 1,468
64 Case Western Reserve University 10 22 382 1,667 957
65 Drexel University 8 15 462 665 1,331
66 Georgia State University 9 17 288 1,185 1,622
67 Southern Methodist University 10 20 414 1,151 1,031
68 University of Georgia 10 18 414 1,183 843
69 University of Kansas 9 20 314 1,650 678
70 Catholic University of America 8 16 434 755 903
71 New York Law School 8 23 224 1,779 930
72 Pepperdine University 10 20 325 1,349 745
73 Santa Clara University 8 17 252 1,522 938
74 Pennsylvania State University 9 19 279 1,241 1,029
75 University of Houston 6 21 217 1,581 869
76 Tulane University 8 19 226 1,211 1,150
77 Suffolk University 9 20 235 1,157 1,118
78 University of Connecticut 9 18 283 968 1,039
79 Hofstra University 7 23 249 1,591 639
80 Loyola University Chicago 7 20 273 1,215 846
81 Michigan State University 8 14 321 757 947
82 University of Alabama 8 15 289 847 971
83 University of Richmond 10 15 341 855 695
84 Florida International University 7 19 218 1,453 692
85 Wake Forest University 6 19 224 1,123 955
86 Indiana University Indianapolis 9 18 279 998 777
87 Lewis & Clark Law School 9 18 302 1,011 605
88 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 9 19 281 1,039 640
89 South Texas College of Law Houston 7 14 247 659 1,096
90 Louisiana State University 8 16 241 972 766
91 University of South Carolina 7 19 221 1,242 589
92 University of Missouri-Kansas City 8 16 219 974 831
93 Wayne State University 7 20 165 1,616 478
94 University of Baltimore 9 17 223 998 704
95 Pace University 6 18 172 920 954
96 Stetson University 9 18 264 796 620
97 Washington and Lee University 8 13 249 727 707
98 Touro University 7 19 154 1,121 634
99 Seton Hall University 6 17 176 761 848
100 Southwestern Law School 8 13 256 654 553