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Last Updated: January 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 44 72 5,017 16,257 5,321
2 Columbia University School of Law 32 45 3,117 8,075 4,003
3 University of Michigan 31 27 3,475 2,675 3,661
4 New York University 28 43 2,394 6,618 4,206
5 Yale University 25 45 2,223 7,780 3,191
6 Vanderbilt University 26 43 2,030 6,032 2,761
7 Georgetown University 21 38 1,944 5,471 2,995
8 University of Virginia 21 30 1,726 4,073 2,754
9 George Washington University 20 32 1,461 4,306 2,820
10 University of Texas at Austin 22 30 1,712 3,900 1,912
11 University of Chicago 22 27 1,506 3,275 2,201
12 University of California, Berkeley 20 31 1,384 3,155 2,674
13 University of Pennsylvania 19 27 1,392 2,607 2,355
14 Stanford University 18 22 1,230 1,815 2,154
15 University of Minnesota 17 22 1,164 2,127 1,508
16 University of California, Los Angeles 16 26 914 2,442 1,914
17 Northwestern University 13 29 797 2,996 1,828
18 Duke University 19 30 816 2,484 1,505
19 University of Florida 15 24 845 2,192 1,370
20 Boston University 13 14 911 853 1,418
21 University of Colorado Boulder 12 17 552 1,499 2,349
22 Texas A&M University 15 14 726 548 1,944
23 Fordham University 12 16 829 932 1,044
24 Washington University 13 19 619 1,545 1,267
25 Ohio State University 15 18 769 888 1,051
26 Florida State University 10 20 333 1,818 570
27 Cornell University 13 13 481 752 815
28 University of California, San Francisco 11 15 397 938 974
29 Wake Forest University 11 22 362 1,475 552
30 William & Mary Law School 12 16 390 1,028 740
31 Emory University 9 12 331 598 1,308
32 Yeshiva University 11 13 395 657 799
33 University of Kansas 10 14 301 721 933
34 University of Notre Dame 12 9 445 210 672
35 Indiana University Bloomington 9 22 249 1,335 518
36 Rutgers University 10 14 316 616 697
37 University of Wisconsin-Madison 10 14 320 748 476
38 Boston College 11 8 334 384 641
39 Temple University 8 11 307 642 382
40 George Mason University 8 12 243 765 531
41 Lewis & Clark Law School 7 18 190 997 545
42 Northeastern University 6 6 151 881 846
43 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 7 19 152 1,063 445
44 Michigan State University 7 11 273 432 387
45 University of Baltimore 8 12 176 380 801
46 Arizona State University 7 14 211 587 421
47 University of Utah 6 13 232 457 423
48 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 9 12 243 372 382
49 American University 8 13 182 629 407
50 Pepperdine University 7 9 212 439 444
51 University of California, Davis 8 14 199 451 483
52 University of Washington 7 9 209 286 465
53 Catholic University of America 8 9 201 322 422
54 University of California, Irvine 6 7 176 334 529
55 Loyola Marymount University 7 12 190 419 331
56 Pennsylvania State University 7 10 196 249 392
57 University of Arizona 8 8 162 368 429
58 University of Houston 7 10 171 338 388
59 Syracuse University 6 9 102 328 696
60 University of Maryland 7 12 129 534 331
61 Seattle University 4 4 120 626 275
62 University of Iowa 6 9 143 378 393
63 University of Alabama 8 8 130 375 434
64 Texas Tech University 7 11 150 387 289
65 Brooklyn Law School 6 11 160 317 244
66 University of San Diego 6 11 148 440 148
67 University of Pittsburgh 6 11 133 415 187
68 Indiana University Indianapolis 4 12 88 406 408
69 University of Cincinnati 7 11 114 450 218
70 University at Buffalo 6 8 115 497 158
71 University of Southern California 6 6 107 242 438
72 Villanova University 5 8 98 233 483
73 Wayne State University 5 9 109 352 218
74 University of Richmond 5 9 122 180 278
75 Washburn University 7 8 126 191 232
76 University of Miami 5 11 74 495 181
77 Case Western Reserve University 6 10 97 306 248
78 University of Kentucky 4 12 84 463 139
79 University of Connecticut 5 4 89 34 523
80 Southern Methodist University 6 6 85 177 358
81 Loyola University Chicago 6 6 89 153 342
82 Widener University Commonwealth Law School 7 7 112 204 141
83 Pace University 5 9 83 205 262
84 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 6 5 85 231 192
85 University of Georgia 5 7 82 245 152
86 Brigham Young University Law School 5 5 92 158 188
87 Mercer University 6 8 65 291 166
88 Georgia State University 5 8 73 122 271
89 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 6 6 96 122 141
90 Mitchell Hamline School of Law 5 7 92 167 110
91 Stetson University 4 7 59 209 219
92 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 7 6 101 99 117
93 University of Louisville 4 13 47 412 71
94 University of South Carolina 6 5 84 79 197
95 University of San Francisco 4 5 76 117 184
96 Hofstra University 4 9 61 306 58
97 Suffolk University 3 7 56 231 151
98 University of St. Thomas 2 5 38 75 313
99 Seton Hall University 4 5 55 137 165
100 City University of New York (CUNY) 4 8 38 167 213