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Last Updated: November 2025

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 47 101 9,280 34,174 17,836
2 Columbia University School of Law 43 78 6,861 23,732 12,352
3 New York University 35 73 5,480 19,196 11,974
4 University of Chicago 32 79 4,507 25,988 9,611
5 Yale University 31 85 4,207 25,357 11,257
6 University of Pennsylvania 35 60 5,072 12,306 12,049
7 Georgetown University 30 56 4,000 12,770 8,673
8 University of California, Los Angeles 27 56 3,282 13,458 7,702
9 University of California, Berkeley 28 56 3,072 11,454 7,475
10 University of Michigan 28 41 2,921 6,821 6,149
11 University of Virginia 24 41 2,829 7,160 6,180
12 Vanderbilt University 27 42 2,648 7,565 4,611
13 Stanford University 26 50 2,136 9,632 4,586
14 Duke University 25 43 2,197 5,660 6,016
15 George Washington University 19 47 1,909 8,367 4,290
16 Northwestern University 19 41 1,752 7,499 4,476
17 Boston University 20 32 1,767 3,967 3,862
18 University of Texas at Austin 19 40 1,501 5,235 2,463
19 University of Minnesota 17 35 1,453 3,816 4,072
20 University of Florida 18 33 1,253 4,067 4,399
21 Fordham University 18 32 1,358 2,735 3,709
22 Rutgers University 17 27 1,102 2,418 2,971
23 George Mason University 13 31 778 4,193 2,287
24 University of Southern California 17 27 984 2,525 2,708
25 University of Colorado Boulder 14 27 802 2,680 2,784
26 University of California, Davis 16 24 888 1,948 2,621
27 Cornell University 14 25 780 2,532 2,546
28 University of California, Irvine 14 25 872 2,101 2,502
29 American University 16 27 776 2,358 2,452
30 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 14 27 841 2,205 2,256
31 Temple University 12 23 824 1,863 2,588
32 Yeshiva University 13 29 640 2,225 2,634
33 Southern Methodist University 15 24 731 2,150 1,995
34 Washington University 15 25 728 2,116 1,768
35 Florida State University 12 28 604 2,616 1,832
36 University of Notre Dame 13 25 712 1,824 1,982
37 University of San Diego 11 28 567 2,879 1,617
38 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 12 23 692 1,549 2,121
39 University of California, San Francisco 14 19 687 1,553 1,796
40 Boston College 13 24 581 1,928 1,770
41 University of Wisconsin-Madison 10 28 439 2,883 1,533
42 University of Houston 11 24 532 1,931 1,904
43 Texas A&M University 13 18 650 1,294 1,920
44 Emory University 12 17 572 1,531 1,957
45 Case Western Reserve University 13 21 567 1,629 1,864
46 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 9 26 360 2,221 2,301
47 Brigham Young University 12 20 606 1,615 1,629
48 University of Arizona 13 17 570 1,334 1,705
49 Indiana University Bloomington 11 19 471 1,541 1,942
50 Brooklyn Law School 10 24 491 1,769 1,579
51 Wake Forest University 11 25 425 2,161 1,426
52 University of Iowa 13 16 505 1,309 1,786
53 Pennsylvania State University 7 21 393 1,696 1,562
54 William & Mary Law School 11 25 484 1,778 1,013
55 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 11 18 458 1,574 1,127
56 St. John's University 10 18 373 1,225 1,838
57 Ohio State University 11 20 415 1,181 1,657
58 University of St. Thomas 11 27 382 1,921 1,053
59 University of Richmond 12 18 450 1,035 1,490
60 University of Miami 10 19 394 1,448 1,340
61 Arizona State University 11 21 384 1,309 1,487
62 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 9 21 406 1,292 1,208
63 University of Utah 11 15 368 704 1,961
64 Loyola University Chicago 9 23 357 1,783 912
65 University of Kansas 11 20 347 1,547 1,029
66 University of Pittsburgh 8 22 279 1,446 1,422
67 University of Connecticut 9 14 318 454 2,071
68 University of Georgia 11 16 433 867 1,086
69 Wayne State University 8 22 221 1,743 1,086
70 Loyola Marymount University 9 18 356 840 1,249
71 University of Washington 6 17 220 942 1,726
72 Widener University Delaware Law School 9 18 308 1,124 945
73 University of Maryland 11 18 341 908 974
74 Seton Hall University 9 20 315 943 1,019
75 University of Alabama 9 17 266 1,054 800
76 Pepperdine University 9 17 262 912 928
77 Washington and Lee University 12 8 370 283 970
78 University of Denver 9 18 270 729 960
79 University of Oregon 9 14 283 530 1,087
80 Seattle University 8 14 264 1,040 629
81 University of Missouri 7 15 258 773 790
82 Hofstra University 9 18 249 1,066 543
83 Indiana University Indianapolis 6 15 169 720 1,227
84 University of South Carolina 10 13 255 507 997
85 Michigan State University 9 13 277 575 820
86 University of Kentucky 7 22 223 1,146 508
87 Santa Clara University 7 14 237 688 789
88 Villanova University 6 18 159 1,024 806
89 Florida International University 6 16 117 778 1,081
90 Drexel University 7 17 146 678 966
91 DePaul University 6 15 148 896 684
92 California Western School of Law 9 10 234 427 709
93 Georgia State University 8 16 198 645 631
94 Chapman University 6 18 133 858 697
95 University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 8 11 210 476 583
96 Suffolk University 5 17 122 984 473
97 University of the Pacific (McGeorge) 6 15 141 673 668
98 Lewis & Clark Law School 6 14 142 736 518
99 Northeastern University 7 13 128 610 704
100 Catholic University of America 7 14 175 632 422