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Last Updated: July 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 33 62 4,138 17,238 9,356
2 Yale University 35 66 4,349 15,872 9,013
3 Stanford University 26 38 2,653 6,739 4,997
4 University of Chicago 26 39 2,657 5,700 5,201
5 Georgetown University 24 38 2,463 5,493 5,553
6 University of Virginia 23 45 2,282 7,411 4,588
7 New York University 26 39 2,223 6,421 4,329
8 Columbia University School of Law 24 37 2,392 5,549 3,505
9 University of California, Los Angeles 22 36 1,691 4,394 3,327
10 University of California, Berkeley 20 38 1,482 4,502 3,644
11 University of Pennsylvania 22 31 1,853 3,337 2,687
12 Northwestern University 18 34 1,517 4,622 2,717
13 University of Texas at Austin 17 35 1,318 4,559 2,617
14 University of Michigan 19 31 1,400 3,543 2,331
15 Fordham University 14 31 1,050 3,769 2,027
16 Rutgers University 18 27 1,052 2,423 2,189
17 University of Minnesota 14 22 1,091 1,695 2,118
18 George Washington University 17 26 1,053 2,400 1,544
19 Vanderbilt University 15 21 894 1,909 2,235
20 Duke University 14 22 832 2,625 1,683
21 University of California, Davis 15 20 884 1,438 2,432
22 Boston University 15 19 787 1,113 1,672
23 Emory University 11 18 574 1,811 1,983
24 Washington University 14 16 740 1,108 1,580
25 George Mason University 11 26 549 2,156 1,530
26 Cornell University 14 21 561 1,623 1,895
27 University of Florida 12 22 558 1,369 1,167
28 University of Notre Dame 14 15 578 832 1,304
29 University of Wisconsin-Madison 12 15 555 839 1,300
30 Seattle University 9 22 436 1,657 996
31 University of San Diego 11 20 434 1,761 900
32 Texas A&M University 13 17 508 1,014 1,003
33 Albany Law School 10 21 375 1,319 1,342
34 University of St. Thomas 9 18 375 1,789 924
35 Temple University 11 14 519 688 1,072
36 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 8 17 388 1,097 1,023
37 William & Mary Law School 11 16 391 851 1,171
38 University of Richmond 11 16 400 1,115 830
39 Ohio State University 11 16 434 953 795
40 Loyola University Chicago 11 13 390 518 1,369
41 Boston College 12 13 407 653 914
42 University of Colorado Boulder 11 15 413 678 847
43 University of California, San Francisco 9 22 278 1,366 822
44 Indiana University Bloomington 9 14 298 993 979
45 American University 10 17 320 1,234 649
46 Florida State University 11 12 328 472 1,087
47 Yeshiva University 7 16 278 968 871
48 University of Maryland 8 14 323 839 761
49 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 9 12 281 782 970
50 Arizona State University 8 13 208 806 1,101
51 Brooklyn Law School 10 10 326 493 663
52 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 9 12 282 717 633
53 University of South Carolina 11 10 349 260 707
54 Tulane University 7 13 198 713 966
55 University of Iowa 9 13 252 661 737
56 University of Baltimore 8 13 214 774 784
57 University of Utah 8 9 252 478 868
58 University of Arizona 9 11 220 773 734
59 University of Southern California 10 13 314 418 531
60 University of California, Irvine 8 13 247 536 741
61 University of Pittsburgh 7 14 205 822 684
62 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 8 11 227 605 660
63 New York Law School 7 14 187 785 677
64 Wake Forest University 7 16 184 855 570
65 Wayne State University 8 10 219 790 443
66 University of Georgia 7 8 270 361 504
67 Southern Methodist University 6 10 244 420 516
68 University of Missouri 7 12 215 465 560
69 Catholic University of America 6 11 263 369 418
70 Loyola Marymount University 7 12 177 529 581
71 Michigan State University 7 8 205 345 562
72 University of Kansas 7 14 159 614 537
73 Pace University 6 9 90 192 1,143
74 Pepperdine University 6 14 149 670 398
75 Willamette University College of Law 7 9 123 187 909
76 University of Missouri-Kansas City 6 12 127 414 666
77 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 5 13 135 617 447
78 University of Houston 6 12 124 485 558
79 University of New Mexico 6 12 154 475 409
80 Pennsylvania State University 7 9 192 288 389
81 Georgia State University 6 11 154 484 390
82 University of Washington 5 11 130 526 442
83 Syracuse University 6 9 89 260 862
84 Lewis & Clark Law School 6 12 155 411 412
85 South Texas College of Law Houston 8 10 175 284 421
86 Northeastern University 6 10 123 429 518
87 University of Miami 7 9 100 400 648
88 Washington and Lee University 6 8 169 166 472
89 Stetson University 6 10 156 334 380
90 Case Western Reserve University 6 10 127 561 315
91 University at Buffalo 5 11 125 440 391
92 Santa Clara University 5 10 104 552 343
93 University of Toledo 6 10 153 236 362
94 Florida International University 4 13 86 473 449
95 Indiana University Indianapolis 6 9 122 196 520
96 University of Denver 7 11 126 284 416
97 University of Alabama 5 13 114 461 268
98 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 6 10 115 407 293
99 University of Cincinnati 7 10 120 345 320
100 Roger Williams University 6 9 102 374 316