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Last Updated: February 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 39 72 4,224 16,999 4,867
2 Columbia University School of Law 29 47 2,683 8,629 3,762
3 University of Michigan 29 30 2,971 2,788 3,052
4 New York University 25 43 2,041 6,898 3,896
5 Yale University 24 45 1,937 8,302 3,142
6 Vanderbilt University 22 44 1,707 6,395 2,629
7 Georgetown University 20 39 1,659 5,826 2,856
8 University of Virginia 19 31 1,463 4,140 2,521
9 George Washington University 18 33 1,246 4,581 2,622
10 University of Texas at Austin 20 31 1,424 4,017 1,671
11 University of California, Berkeley 18 31 1,191 3,394 2,539
12 University of Chicago 19 30 1,252 3,525 1,929
13 University of Pennsylvania 19 29 1,199 3,319 2,249
14 Stanford University 16 24 1,095 2,070 1,997
15 University of Minnesota 17 24 1,034 2,285 1,419
16 Northwestern University 13 29 717 3,483 1,747
17 University of California, Los Angeles 15 26 768 2,603 1,773
18 Duke University 17 30 682 2,639 1,414
19 University of Florida 14 25 720 2,313 1,187
20 Washington University 14 22 698 1,865 1,205
21 Boston University 13 15 795 960 1,285
22 University of Colorado Boulder 11 18 487 1,568 2,234
23 Texas A&M University 14 14 662 650 1,840
24 Fordham University 12 19 706 1,074 1,041
25 Ohio State University 13 18 668 992 981
26 Florida State University 10 21 316 1,981 595
27 University of California, San Francisco 10 16 338 1,022 916
28 Wake Forest University 9 23 290 1,716 512
29 Cornell University 11 13 400 796 737
30 Emory University 8 12 282 640 1,200
31 Yeshiva University 10 14 325 732 737
32 University of Kansas 10 15 270 919 845
33 William & Mary Law School 10 17 296 1,105 541
34 University of Notre Dame 11 9 387 250 595
35 Indiana University Bloomington 8 22 193 1,358 478
36 Rutgers University 10 15 269 659 637
37 Boston College 12 8 308 424 578
38 Temple University 8 12 274 776 383
39 University of Wisconsin-Madison 8 14 255 750 415
40 Northeastern University 6 6 141 896 815
41 George Mason University 7 12 201 799 497
42 Lewis & Clark Law School 6 18 149 987 513
43 Michigan State University 7 12 244 463 365
44 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 7 19 126 1,091 381
45 University of Baltimore 7 13 157 423 790
46 University of California, Irvine 7 6 194 350 653
47 Pepperdine University 7 9 203 454 407
48 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 8 12 217 405 348
49 Arizona State University 6 14 177 622 367
50 University of Utah 6 14 193 497 384
51 American University 7 14 147 675 398
52 University of Washington 6 9 191 307 436
53 Catholic University of America 8 9 187 341 388
54 University of California, Davis 7 15 152 485 420
55 Pennsylvania State University 5 11 168 278 358
56 University of Houston 6 11 138 371 365
57 University of Arizona 7 8 125 391 391
58 Syracuse University 6 9 83 339 652
59 University of Iowa 6 9 122 403 372
60 University of Alabama 7 8 113 393 404
61 Seattle University 4 5 94 654 276
62 University of Maryland 6 13 102 562 295
63 University of San Diego 6 11 135 456 150
64 Brooklyn Law School 6 11 133 346 232
65 Texas Tech University 6 11 108 396 248
66 University of Southern California 6 6 96 256 417
67 Loyola Marymount University 6 12 111 427 187
68 University of Pittsburgh 6 11 109 443 170
69 University of Cincinnati 7 11 96 470 202
70 University at Buffalo 6 8 100 514 142
71 Villanova University 5 8 85 246 444
72 Indiana University Indianapolis 4 12 62 432 380
73 Wayne State University 5 11 98 407 204
74 University of Richmond 5 9 117 195 278
75 University of Connecticut 5 4 93 36 480
76 Washburn University 6 8 108 214 223
77 Southern Methodist University 6 7 83 197 360
78 Case Western Reserve University 5 9 83 300 226
79 University of Kentucky 4 12 72 478 127
80 Loyola University Chicago 5 6 83 167 317
81 Brigham Young University Law School 5 6 104 177 193
82 University of Miami 4 11 51 518 160
83 Widener University Commonwealth Law School 7 8 95 223 123
84 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 5 5 80 240 184
85 University of Georgia 5 8 78 263 154
86 Pace University 5 8 69 208 231
87 University of Louisville 4 14 43 460 65
88 Mercer University 4 10 48 319 156
89 Mitchell Hamline School of Law 4 7 79 180 97
90 Suffolk University 4 7 50 244 165
91 Stetson University 4 7 51 217 183
92 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 5 7 81 123 108
93 Georgia State University 4 8 52 127 253
94 University of San Francisco 4 6 68 125 172
95 University of South Carolina 6 6 72 90 179
96 Chapman University 3 5 43 248 170
97 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 5 5 72 125 123
98 Hofstra University 4 9 47 320 51
99 Seton Hall University 4 5 50 144 142
100 University of Idaho 5 6 57 160 89