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Last Updated: April 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 39 73 4,384 17,068 5,041
2 Columbia University School of Law 30 47 2,779 8,630 3,643
3 New York University 25 43 2,139 6,979 4,065
4 University of Michigan 29 30 3,065 2,712 3,049
5 Yale University 24 44 1,997 8,093 2,992
6 Vanderbilt University 22 44 1,782 6,400 2,749
7 Georgetown University 19 38 1,570 5,167 2,695
8 University of Virginia 19 31 1,546 4,335 2,699
9 George Washington University 18 33 1,296 4,572 2,548
10 University of Texas at Austin 20 31 1,489 4,071 1,739
11 University of California, Berkeley 19 31 1,263 3,402 2,633
12 University of Pennsylvania 19 29 1,255 3,314 2,167
13 University of Chicago 19 29 1,200 3,392 1,889
14 Stanford University 16 24 1,151 2,067 2,014
15 University of Minnesota 17 24 1,075 2,284 1,536
16 Northwestern University 13 29 744 3,431 1,794
17 University of California, Los Angeles 15 26 808 2,596 1,725
18 Duke University 18 30 727 2,667 1,389
19 University of Florida 14 25 758 2,313 1,238
20 Washington University 14 22 730 1,863 1,194
21 Boston University 14 16 838 977 1,297
22 University of Colorado Boulder 11 18 509 1,576 2,317
23 Fordham University 12 20 742 1,106 1,120
24 Texas A&M University 14 14 670 631 1,695
25 Ohio State University 13 18 698 994 919
26 Florida State University 10 20 324 1,922 580
27 Cornell University 12 13 443 818 815
28 Wake Forest University 10 22 330 1,697 519
29 University of California, San Francisco 11 16 355 1,010 872
30 William & Mary Law School 10 17 333 1,101 649
31 Emory University 8 12 291 640 1,156
32 Yeshiva University 11 14 341 744 777
33 University of Kansas 10 15 279 919 853
34 University of Notre Dame 11 10 408 260 582
35 Indiana University Bloomington 8 22 203 1,387 498
36 Rutgers University 10 15 278 658 710
37 University of Wisconsin-Madison 9 15 279 782 457
38 Boston College 12 8 305 424 561
39 Temple University 8 12 279 772 387
40 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 7 20 150 1,197 482
41 George Mason University 7 12 208 798 482
42 Northeastern University 6 6 144 901 714
43 Lewis & Clark Law School 6 18 152 981 497
44 Michigan State University 7 12 253 463 355
45 University of Baltimore 8 13 170 423 734
46 Pepperdine University 8 9 214 455 410
47 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 8 12 227 404 370
48 Arizona State University 6 14 179 622 398
49 University of Utah 7 14 199 497 402
50 American University 7 14 150 711 412
51 Catholic University of America 8 9 197 341 404
52 University of California, Davis 7 15 156 484 449
53 University of Washington 6 9 195 308 410
54 University of California, Irvine 6 6 159 344 490
55 Loyola Marymount University 8 13 169 447 313
56 Pennsylvania State University 6 11 179 281 343
57 University of Houston 6 11 144 371 419
58 University of Iowa 6 9 130 403 364
59 Syracuse University 6 9 88 342 610
60 University of Alabama 7 8 117 393 414
61 Seattle University 4 5 94 654 283
62 Texas Tech University 7 12 134 412 259
63 University of Maryland 6 13 102 547 289
64 University of Arizona 7 8 103 371 399
65 University of Southern California 6 6 103 257 464
66 University of San Diego 6 11 137 456 111
67 University at Buffalo 6 8 108 520 187
68 Brooklyn Law School 5 10 123 324 230
69 University of Cincinnati 7 11 102 470 201
70 University of Pittsburgh 6 11 112 443 167
71 Wayne State University 5 11 106 413 211
72 Villanova University 5 8 88 246 407
73 University of Richmond 6 9 122 190 280
74 Indiana University Indianapolis 4 12 65 425 341
75 University of Connecticut 5 4 102 36 493
76 Washburn University 6 8 110 214 221
77 Southern Methodist University 6 7 88 197 335
78 Brigham Young University Law School 5 6 109 177 238
79 Case Western Reserve University 5 9 86 300 229
80 Loyola University Chicago 5 6 83 165 347
81 University of Kentucky 4 12 73 478 111
82 University of Miami 4 11 52 518 168
83 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 5 5 88 240 193
84 Widener University Commonwealth Law School 7 8 95 224 153
85 University of Georgia 5 8 80 259 140
86 Georgia State University 5 9 65 137 280
87 Mercer University 5 10 50 319 149
88 University of Louisville 4 14 44 433 55
89 University of South Carolina 6 6 79 90 172
90 Suffolk University 4 7 55 249 152
91 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 5 7 85 122 110
92 Mitchell Hamline School of Law 4 7 79 180 89
93 Chapman University 3 5 45 248 189
94 University of San Francisco 4 6 70 125 168
95 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 5 5 76 125 129
96 Stetson University 4 7 51 217 165
97 Hofstra University 4 9 48 320 52
98 University of Idaho 5 6 66 160 88
99 Pace University 5 5 53 102 179
100 Seton Hall University 4 5 53 144 143