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Last Updated: November 2025

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 944 1,906 41,557 200,056 95,222
2 Yale University 852 1,797 37,735 202,343 89,174
3 New York University 849 1,759 29,887 131,023 79,436
4 Columbia University School of Law 715 1,278 27,046 94,945 68,839
5 University of Chicago 532 999 24,643 103,018 52,496
6 Georgetown University 880 1,656 23,443 80,532 64,236
7 University of Virginia 698 1,224 23,245 65,922 53,672
8 University of California, Berkeley 652 1,222 19,071 75,808 57,742
9 University of California, Los Angeles 644 1,175 19,008 67,581 47,105
10 University of Pennsylvania 561 1,019 19,302 53,242 47,563
11 Stanford University 450 828 16,586 66,352 34,828
12 University of Michigan 569 973 15,489 43,252 41,381
13 George Washington University 485 982 12,008 45,115 37,976
14 Duke University 436 821 12,224 43,359 35,535
15 Northwestern University 422 867 11,559 45,561 32,744
16 Vanderbilt University 372 694 11,870 39,550 30,256
17 University of Texas at Austin 358 704 9,437 37,854 21,732
18 Cornell University 334 658 10,059 34,469 30,758
19 Fordham University 391 716 9,474 27,546 26,044
20 University of Minnesota 347 661 8,831 26,760 29,610
21 Boston University 404 750 9,262 25,785 26,205
22 Rutgers University 424 825 7,572 27,574 25,946
23 University of Florida 331 639 7,413 24,710 25,518
24 University of California, Davis 275 480 7,799 19,262 24,092
25 Washington University 309 566 7,326 20,679 22,765
26 University of California, Irvine 269 451 6,357 17,969 20,537
27 University of California, San Francisco 315 608 5,661 21,179 18,855
28 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 302 543 6,223 17,173 18,397
29 Emory University 257 501 5,732 19,140 23,708
30 Texas A&M University 317 515 6,523 14,915 21,717
31 University of Wisconsin-Madison 265 564 4,984 23,197 18,168
32 University of San Diego 193 404 4,820 20,938 13,084
33 University of Colorado Boulder 279 520 5,549 15,798 19,437
34 William & Mary Law School 245 409 5,792 12,908 15,883
35 Ohio State University 237 453 4,993 16,325 15,267
36 Brooklyn Law School 236 423 5,271 14,282 12,434
37 Indiana University Bloomington 257 506 4,545 17,631 16,365
38 American University 277 536 4,979 15,757 20,202
39 Arizona State University 267 569 4,341 18,427 18,129
40 Yeshiva University 245 468 4,573 15,895 15,500
41 Seattle University 175 356 3,729 19,823 12,495
42 George Mason University 213 422 4,164 16,918 12,351
43 University of Southern California 208 395 4,504 14,589 14,470
44 Temple University 257 459 4,896 12,158 16,857
45 Florida State University 208 394 4,535 12,065 16,174
46 University of Notre Dame 228 425 4,176 12,789 13,957
47 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 219 419 3,886 13,379 11,450
48 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 188 410 3,276 16,243 14,515
49 Loyola Marymount University 206 391 3,743 10,465 12,309
50 University of Arizona 190 359 3,403 12,270 13,322
51 Brigham Young University 185 310 3,994 8,558 11,028
52 Boston College 210 396 3,302 12,066 9,794
53 University of Denver 218 378 3,682 9,220 12,505
54 University of Miami 184 391 2,829 13,531 13,375
55 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 156 341 3,021 12,085 11,440
56 University of Maryland 191 347 3,306 10,703 10,379
57 University of Pittsburgh 178 369 2,925 12,315 11,726
58 Southern Methodist University 194 343 3,565 8,789 11,702
59 Wake Forest University 165 315 3,034 11,136 11,262
60 University of Utah 170 290 3,281 8,463 11,996
61 Loyola University Chicago 184 353 3,254 9,015 13,419
62 University of Houston 194 435 2,374 13,482 10,125
63 University of Richmond 166 292 2,993 9,316 8,847
64 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 147 264 2,708 10,746 10,596
65 Case Western Reserve University 151 310 2,552 11,017 9,955
66 University of St. Thomas 120 231 2,691 9,902 8,605
67 University of Iowa 168 320 2,898 9,244 10,814
68 University of Georgia 163 287 3,217 7,351 8,361
69 Pennsylvania State University 187 363 3,064 8,239 11,718
70 Pepperdine University 155 329 2,462 9,263 8,247
71 Northeastern University 155 286 2,267 10,296 10,304
72 Lewis & Clark Law School 134 273 2,410 8,529 8,516
73 University of Washington 160 328 2,784 7,207 10,967
74 University of Kansas 106 235 2,190 8,855 7,327
75 University of South Carolina 162 291 2,665 6,781 8,955
76 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 150 269 2,532 6,703 7,494
77 Wayne State University 140 310 1,887 10,065 6,671
78 Santa Clara University 127 277 2,061 8,873 7,463
79 Hofstra University 133 271 2,048 8,765 6,175
80 Georgia State University 178 351 2,383 7,589 9,700
81 University at Buffalo 155 289 2,247 8,059 11,587
82 Seton Hall University 145 258 2,210 6,524 6,971
83 DePaul University 98 222 1,530 9,151 8,333
84 University of Missouri 132 264 2,042 6,613 5,806
85 Michigan State University 137 242 2,199 5,647 6,883
86 Suffolk University 146 306 1,844 7,422 7,867
87 University of Alabama 139 227 2,131 5,230 7,185
88 University of Connecticut 137 237 2,172 5,166 8,654
89 St. John's University 125 218 2,140 5,058 7,712
90 Washington and Lee University 129 216 2,207 4,573 6,668
91 University of Baltimore 157 290 1,949 5,946 9,719
92 Villanova University 129 256 1,679 7,055 7,244
93 Indiana University Indianapolis 103 250 1,617 6,993 6,330
94 Pace University 127 271 1,728 6,455 8,658
95 Syracuse University 119 241 1,678 6,437 7,274
96 University of San Francisco 99 196 1,508 6,713 8,081
97 New York Law School 124 259 1,491 7,039 7,941
98 University of Cincinnati 104 212 1,377 6,682 5,039
99 Albany Law School 108 220 1,654 5,226 7,644
100 Southwestern Law School 128 238 1,734 4,960 7,188