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Last Updated: March 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 39 73 4,284 17,096 5,235
2 Columbia University School of Law 30 47 2,727 8,629 3,794
3 University of Michigan 29 30 3,001 2,701 3,143
4 New York University 25 43 2,073 6,901 4,146
5 Yale University 24 45 1,954 8,303 3,283
6 Vanderbilt University 22 44 1,750 6,395 2,834
7 Georgetown University 20 39 1,686 5,826 2,984
8 University of Virginia 19 31 1,492 4,153 2,747
9 George Washington University 18 32 1,261 4,513 2,596
10 University of Texas at Austin 20 31 1,449 4,011 1,756
11 University of California, Berkeley 18 31 1,216 3,394 2,685
12 University of Chicago 20 30 1,282 3,534 1,966
13 University of Pennsylvania 19 29 1,225 3,318 2,247
14 Stanford University 16 24 1,113 2,069 2,075
15 University of Minnesota 17 24 1,045 2,285 1,503
16 Northwestern University 13 29 726 3,431 1,847
17 University of California, Los Angeles 15 26 787 2,602 1,807
18 Duke University 17 30 670 2,638 1,400
19 University of Florida 14 25 730 2,313 1,221
20 Washington University 14 22 713 1,863 1,257
21 Boston University 13 15 816 960 1,317
22 University of Colorado Boulder 11 18 495 1,574 2,377
23 Fordham University 12 20 729 1,096 1,155
24 Texas A&M University 14 14 669 650 1,862
25 Ohio State University 13 18 684 992 976
26 Florida State University 10 21 320 1,981 602
27 University of California, San Francisco 11 16 354 1,022 918
28 Cornell University 11 13 411 802 814
29 Wake Forest University 9 23 301 1,716 533
30 Emory University 8 12 286 640 1,240
31 Yeshiva University 10 14 332 744 785
32 University of Kansas 10 15 273 916 884
33 William & Mary Law School 10 16 300 1,087 562
34 University of Notre Dame 11 9 389 250 622
35 Indiana University Bloomington 8 22 197 1,385 485
36 Rutgers University 10 15 275 659 709
37 University of Wisconsin-Madison 9 15 276 782 469
38 Boston College 12 8 312 423 593
39 Temple University 8 12 277 776 389
40 Northeastern University 6 6 143 904 762
41 George Mason University 7 12 206 799 517
42 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 7 20 146 1,197 468
43 Lewis & Clark Law School 6 18 151 987 524
44 Michigan State University 7 12 246 462 392
45 University of Baltimore 7 13 160 423 756
46 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 8 13 227 416 384
47 University of Utah 7 14 196 497 414
48 Arizona State University 6 14 178 622 379
49 University of Washington 6 9 194 308 445
50 American University 7 14 135 702 392
51 Catholic University of America 8 9 191 341 410
52 University of California, Davis 7 15 154 484 437
53 University of California, Irvine 6 6 155 344 505
54 Pennsylvania State University 5 11 169 278 356
55 University of Houston 6 11 141 371 402
56 University of Arizona 7 8 130 391 429
57 University of Iowa 6 9 125 403 385
58 Syracuse University 6 9 85 339 640
59 University of Alabama 7 8 115 393 426
60 Seattle University 4 5 94 654 288
61 University of Maryland 6 13 101 547 301
62 Pepperdine University 7 9 116 454 268
63 University of San Diego 6 11 135 456 152
64 University at Buffalo 6 8 106 520 198
65 Texas Tech University 6 11 111 396 248
66 Loyola Marymount University 7 12 114 427 199
67 Brooklyn Law School 5 10 123 324 237
68 University of Southern California 6 6 96 257 430
69 University of Pittsburgh 6 11 111 443 179
70 Wayne State University 5 11 104 413 230
71 University of Cincinnati 7 11 97 470 210
72 Villanova University 5 8 86 246 432
73 Indiana University Indianapolis 4 12 63 432 384
74 University of Richmond 5 9 116 190 280
75 University of Connecticut 5 4 97 36 506
76 Washburn University 6 8 110 214 231
77 Southern Methodist University 6 7 84 198 362
78 Loyola University Chicago 5 6 85 167 360
79 Case Western Reserve University 5 9 84 300 241
80 University of Kentucky 4 12 72 478 132
81 Brigham Young University Law School 5 6 104 177 227
82 University of Miami 4 11 51 518 172
83 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 5 5 82 240 205
84 Widener University Commonwealth Law School 7 8 94 224 138
85 University of Georgia 5 8 81 263 164
86 Mercer University 5 10 49 319 158
87 University of South Carolina 6 6 77 90 200
88 Mitchell Hamline School of Law 4 7 79 180 98
89 Georgia State University 4 8 54 127 272
90 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 5 7 85 123 109
91 University of San Francisco 4 6 69 125 178
92 Suffolk University 4 7 48 239 179
93 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 5 5 75 125 132
94 Stetson University 4 7 51 217 172
95 Chapman University 3 5 43 248 186
96 University of Louisville 3 13 39 405 59
97 Hofstra University 4 9 48 320 53
98 Seton Hall University 4 5 51 144 149
99 Pace University 4 5 51 102 179
100 University of Idaho 5 6 58 160 83