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Last Updated: March 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 43 103 7,957 35,850 16,856
2 Columbia University School of Law 41 78 5,941 24,970 11,331
3 New York University 32 74 4,662 20,266 11,101
4 University of Chicago 29 81 3,885 26,881 8,840
5 Yale University 29 87 3,581 26,377 10,577
6 University of Pennsylvania 32 61 4,465 13,138 11,213
7 Georgetown University 28 58 3,427 13,604 8,037
8 University of California, Los Angeles 23 58 2,837 14,058 7,031
9 University of California, Berkeley 25 57 2,624 12,020 6,603
10 University of Michigan 25 43 2,476 7,479 5,551
11 University of Virginia 23 42 2,516 7,519 5,020
12 Vanderbilt University 24 43 2,293 8,024 4,332
13 Stanford University 24 52 1,836 9,902 4,344
14 George Washington University 18 47 1,807 8,728 4,392
15 Duke University 21 44 1,846 6,146 5,542
16 Northwestern University 17 41 1,484 7,840 4,020
17 Boston University 19 32 1,610 4,323 3,573
18 University of Texas at Austin 19 40 1,379 5,576 2,379
19 University of Minnesota 15 36 1,248 4,151 3,850
20 University of Florida 16 35 1,100 4,353 3,884
21 Fordham University 17 35 1,267 3,268 3,568
22 Rutgers University 16 29 966 2,665 2,830
23 George Mason University 11 34 636 4,397 2,121
24 University of Southern California 15 28 828 2,737 2,425
25 University of Colorado Boulder 13 27 728 2,814 2,551
26 University of California, Irvine 14 26 789 2,313 2,398
27 Cornell University 13 26 703 2,705 2,319
28 University of California, Davis 15 25 776 2,044 2,387
29 Washington University 16 26 816 2,428 1,649
30 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 14 27 723 2,352 1,890
31 Yeshiva University 13 29 607 2,336 2,494
32 American University 14 29 637 2,577 2,085
33 Temple University 11 23 665 1,972 2,214
34 Southern Methodist University 14 25 636 2,268 1,779
35 Florida State University 11 28 536 2,733 1,651
36 University of Notre Dame 13 26 613 1,961 1,857
37 University of San Diego 10 29 468 3,008 1,423
38 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 12 24 588 1,692 1,826
39 University of California, San Francisco 12 22 588 1,702 1,705
40 Texas A&M University 12 19 601 1,444 1,856
41 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 9 27 323 2,328 2,403
42 Boston College 12 24 506 2,011 1,599
43 University of Wisconsin-Madison 8 28 374 2,951 1,399
44 Case Western Reserve University 12 22 486 1,763 1,671
45 University of Houston 11 24 446 1,990 1,535
46 Brigham Young University Law School 10 21 478 1,706 1,395
47 Wake Forest University 10 25 357 2,252 1,476
48 University of Iowa 12 17 447 1,371 1,714
49 Brooklyn Law School 9 25 406 1,855 1,376
50 University of Arizona 11 18 461 1,461 1,380
51 Indiana University Bloomington 10 19 403 1,492 1,646
52 Pennsylvania State University 7 21 342 1,759 1,603
53 Emory University 9 18 419 1,541 1,349
54 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 11 19 372 1,764 1,054
55 William & Mary Law School 10 26 376 1,885 882
56 University of Miami 9 20 337 1,528 1,331
57 Ohio State University 10 21 365 1,249 1,428
58 Arizona State University 11 21 336 1,389 1,424
59 St. John's University 9 18 320 1,294 1,513
60 University of St. Thomas 9 27 300 2,010 905
61 University of Utah 10 16 318 744 1,946
62 University of Richmond 10 17 367 1,039 1,358
63 University of Kansas 10 21 295 1,629 1,038
64 University of Pittsburgh 8 22 248 1,512 1,323
65 Loyola University Chicago 7 22 290 1,825 809
66 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 8 20 318 1,305 874
67 Loyola Marymount University 9 18 335 891 1,151
68 University of Connecticut 10 14 296 464 1,654
69 University of Georgia 9 16 358 941 874
70 Wayne State University 7 22 179 1,782 937
71 Widener University Delaware Law School 7 18 271 1,191 884
72 University of Maryland 9 18 291 1,016 905
73 University of Washington 5 17 173 989 1,549
74 Seton Hall University 8 20 271 1,016 911
75 University of Denver 8 19 254 788 892
76 University of Alabama 8 17 232 1,104 722
77 Washington and Lee University 11 8 331 341 868
78 Pepperdine University 8 17 225 954 831
79 University of Oregon 9 14 239 589 1,027
80 Seattle University 7 15 223 1,102 603
81 Michigan State University 9 14 254 616 750
82 Hofstra University 8 18 212 1,111 490
83 University of Missouri 6 15 218 790 733
84 Indiana University Indianapolis 6 15 150 758 1,117
85 University of South Carolina 9 13 229 544 840
86 University of Kentucky 7 22 194 1,190 439
87 Santa Clara University 7 15 208 730 696
88 Villanova University 5 18 134 1,055 737
89 Drexel University 7 17 147 693 896
90 Florida International University 5 16 97 802 945
91 Georgia State University 8 17 181 702 567
92 DePaul University 6 15 125 925 627
93 Chapman University 5 18 111 885 661
94 Suffolk University 4 17 110 1,020 528
95 University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 7 13 170 548 563
96 Catholic University of America 7 14 158 639 429
97 Northeastern University 7 13 117 630 613
98 Stetson University 7 14 125 561 624
99 Willamette University College of Law 5 14 130 478 660
100 University of the Pacific (McGeorge) 6 15 108 688 574