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Last Updated: September 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 35 62 4,383 17,312 9,220
2 Yale University 35 66 4,604 15,920 8,916
3 Stanford University 27 38 2,799 6,738 4,892
4 University of Chicago 28 39 2,824 5,670 5,273
5 Georgetown University 25 38 2,631 5,483 5,555
6 University of Virginia 23 44 2,353 7,283 4,460
7 New York University 27 40 2,362 6,781 4,071
8 Columbia University School of Law 25 37 2,488 5,532 3,384
9 University of California, Los Angeles 23 36 1,782 4,395 3,246
10 University of Pennsylvania 22 31 1,989 3,364 2,632
11 University of California, Berkeley 21 37 1,552 4,445 3,538
12 Northwestern University 19 34 1,599 4,622 2,636
13 University of Texas at Austin 17 35 1,344 4,560 2,568
14 University of Michigan 19 30 1,266 3,487 2,096
15 Fordham University 14 31 1,102 3,771 1,982
16 Rutgers University 18 27 1,110 2,419 2,141
17 University of Minnesota 16 22 1,138 1,681 1,999
18 George Washington University 18 26 1,099 2,408 1,518
19 Vanderbilt University 17 21 967 1,891 2,130
20 Duke University 14 22 898 2,601 1,638
21 University of California, Davis 15 20 953 1,435 2,356
22 Boston University 16 19 857 1,100 1,655
23 Emory University 12 18 609 1,810 1,960
24 George Mason University 12 26 593 2,165 1,559
25 Washington University 15 16 789 1,104 1,546
26 Cornell University 14 21 586 1,608 1,852
27 University of Florida 12 21 592 1,353 1,240
28 University of Notre Dame 15 15 613 834 1,271
29 University of Wisconsin-Madison 12 15 587 835 1,341
30 Seattle University 9 22 447 1,658 1,072
31 Texas A&M University 13 17 548 1,029 1,057
32 Albany Law School 10 21 394 1,311 1,355
33 University of St. Thomas 9 18 394 1,787 892
34 University of San Diego 10 18 415 1,581 885
35 Temple University 12 14 545 688 1,003
36 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 9 17 403 1,096 1,036
37 Ohio State University 12 16 464 953 824
38 William & Mary Law School 11 16 414 837 1,128
39 Loyola University Chicago 11 13 406 522 1,414
40 University of Richmond 12 16 423 1,115 759
41 University of Colorado Boulder 11 15 428 678 831
42 Boston College 13 13 427 654 837
43 University of California, San Francisco 9 21 301 1,342 781
44 Indiana University Bloomington 10 14 331 966 945
45 American University 11 17 331 1,233 628
46 Florida State University 11 12 352 472 1,029
47 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 9 12 297 798 982
48 Yeshiva University 7 16 289 968 845
49 University of Maryland 8 12 323 789 725
50 Arizona State University 8 13 216 806 1,067
51 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 9 12 301 717 580
52 University of South Carolina 11 10 358 260 715
53 University of Iowa 9 13 267 661 721
54 Brooklyn Law School 10 11 315 505 623
55 University of Baltimore 8 13 223 774 779
56 Tulane University 7 13 210 713 887
57 University of Arizona 9 11 227 773 735
58 University of Utah 8 9 259 479 843
59 University of Southern California 10 13 326 418 539
60 University of Pittsburgh 8 14 220 822 641
61 University of California, Irvine 9 13 257 536 721
62 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 8 11 239 605 608
63 New York Law School 7 14 191 776 646
64 Wayne State University 8 10 235 790 426
65 Wake Forest University 7 16 186 855 570
66 University of Georgia 7 8 285 361 496
67 Southern Methodist University 6 10 268 419 515
68 Catholic University of America 7 11 284 369 430
69 University of Missouri 7 12 228 465 516
70 Loyola Marymount University 7 12 192 529 567
71 Michigan State University 7 8 211 346 558
72 University of Kansas 7 14 162 614 504
73 Syracuse University 6 9 137 280 860
74 Pace University 6 9 101 192 1,094
75 Pepperdine University 6 14 156 670 398
76 University of Missouri-Kansas City 6 12 138 414 651
77 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 6 13 143 596 434
78 University of Washington 5 11 142 526 451
79 Pennsylvania State University 7 9 199 288 399
80 University of New Mexico 6 12 160 476 384
81 South Texas College of Law Houston 8 10 186 283 423
82 University of Houston 6 12 132 482 489
83 Willamette University College of Law 7 9 128 187 742
84 Lewis & Clark Law School 7 12 162 407 388
85 Georgia State University 6 11 151 483 367
86 Stetson University 6 10 171 335 399
87 University of Miami 7 9 110 400 616
88 Northeastern University 6 10 126 421 503
89 Washington and Lee University 6 8 181 166 438
90 Case Western Reserve University 6 10 130 561 293
91 University at Buffalo 5 11 127 440 389
92 Santa Clara University 5 10 104 552 356
93 Indiana University Indianapolis 6 9 138 200 509
94 Florida International University 4 13 91 473 437
95 University of Toledo 6 10 155 236 346
96 University of Alabama 5 13 122 469 284
97 University of Denver 7 11 127 284 420
98 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 6 10 117 407 290
99 Southwestern Law School 6 8 129 259 331
100 Roger Williams University 6 9 110 374 304