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Last Updated: February 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 43 103 7,878 35,816 16,257
2 Columbia University School of Law 40 77 5,769 24,867 10,753
3 University of Chicago 28 81 3,843 26,914 8,612
4 New York University 31 74 4,584 20,214 10,476
5 Yale University 28 87 3,529 26,355 10,102
6 University of Pennsylvania 33 61 4,453 13,136 10,982
7 Georgetown University 28 58 3,378 13,603 7,723
8 University of California, Los Angeles 23 58 2,789 14,075 6,828
9 University of California, Berkeley 25 57 2,575 12,089 6,512
10 University of Michigan 25 43 2,436 7,483 5,324
11 University of Virginia 23 42 2,480 7,491 4,979
12 Vanderbilt University 24 43 2,274 8,118 4,222
13 Stanford University 24 52 1,804 9,893 4,185
14 George Washington University 18 48 1,808 9,044 4,513
15 Duke University 21 44 1,822 6,149 5,476
16 Northwestern University 17 41 1,460 7,835 3,945
17 Boston University 19 32 1,589 4,322 3,497
18 University of Texas at Austin 19 40 1,363 5,575 2,355
19 University of Minnesota 15 36 1,228 4,118 3,723
20 University of Florida 16 35 1,097 4,418 3,803
21 Fordham University 17 35 1,240 3,264 3,381
22 Rutgers University 15 29 955 2,666 2,659
23 George Mason University 10 34 623 4,694 2,058
24 University of Southern California 15 28 816 2,738 2,369
25 University of Colorado Boulder 13 27 706 2,819 2,446
26 Cornell University 13 26 696 2,732 2,268
27 University of California, Irvine 14 26 776 2,314 2,217
28 University of California, Davis 15 25 770 2,055 2,336
29 Washington University 16 26 829 2,414 1,586
30 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 14 27 711 2,351 1,879
31 American University 14 28 625 2,535 2,047
32 Yeshiva University 13 29 596 2,337 2,245
33 Temple University 11 23 659 1,971 2,127
34 Southern Methodist University 14 25 632 2,287 1,778
35 Florida State University 11 28 526 2,732 1,644
36 University of Notre Dame 13 26 607 1,965 1,742
37 University of San Diego 10 29 463 3,002 1,411
38 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 12 24 578 1,692 1,828
39 University of California, San Francisco 12 22 587 1,703 1,625
40 Texas A&M University 12 19 586 1,444 1,766
41 Boston College 12 24 498 2,013 1,631
42 University of Wisconsin-Madison 8 28 364 2,957 1,295
43 Case Western Reserve University 12 22 482 1,763 1,687
44 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 9 26 302 2,306 2,054
45 University of Houston 11 25 440 2,018 1,490
46 Brigham Young University Law School 10 21 469 1,719 1,359
47 University of Iowa 12 17 441 1,369 1,652
48 Wake Forest University 10 25 349 2,252 1,351
49 University of Arizona 11 18 456 1,461 1,440
50 Indiana University Bloomington 10 20 409 1,535 1,602
51 Brooklyn Law School 8 25 398 1,859 1,326
52 Pennsylvania State University 7 21 351 1,760 1,564
53 Emory University 9 19 412 1,541 1,334
54 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 11 19 370 1,764 1,021
55 William & Mary Law School 9 26 368 1,885 871
56 Ohio State University 10 20 355 1,233 1,475
57 Arizona State University 10 22 335 1,404 1,353
58 St. John's University 9 18 310 1,277 1,568
59 University of Miami 9 20 331 1,526 1,237
60 University of St. Thomas 9 27 298 1,999 891
61 University of Utah 10 16 313 744 1,883
62 University of Richmond 11 17 376 1,036 1,261
63 Loyola University Chicago 8 23 310 1,851 793
64 University of Kansas 10 21 291 1,633 984
65 University of Pittsburgh 8 22 244 1,509 1,262
66 University of Connecticut 9 14 290 464 1,744
67 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 8 20 310 1,305 810
68 Loyola Marymount University 9 19 328 925 1,022
69 University of Georgia 9 16 353 941 871
70 Wayne State University 7 22 176 1,780 925
71 Widener University Delaware Law School 7 18 264 1,183 880
72 University of Maryland 9 18 286 1,016 885
73 University of Washington 5 17 172 1,002 1,456
74 Seton Hall University 8 20 267 1,016 927
75 Seattle University 7 16 241 1,228 624
76 University of Denver 8 19 252 788 870
77 Washington and Lee University 11 8 328 341 860
78 University of Alabama 8 17 225 1,104 700
79 Pepperdine University 8 17 223 956 813
80 University of Oregon 8 14 237 589 998
81 Michigan State University 9 14 247 634 736
82 Hofstra University 8 18 210 1,101 474
83 Indiana University Indianapolis 6 15 144 746 1,118
84 University of Missouri 6 15 214 790 707
85 University of South Carolina 8 13 222 544 830
86 University of Kentucky 7 22 190 1,179 438
87 Santa Clara University 7 15 208 736 723
88 Drexel University 7 17 146 694 949
89 Villanova University 5 18 134 1,056 698
90 Florida International University 5 16 97 807 971
91 DePaul University 6 15 122 926 652
92 California Western School of Law 8 10 193 474 652
93 Georgia State University 8 17 168 711 548
94 Chapman University 5 18 110 885 641
95 Suffolk University 4 17 109 1,016 534
96 University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 7 13 165 548 576
97 Pace University 7 11 138 441 711
98 Catholic University of America 7 14 156 639 398
99 Northeastern University 7 13 115 630 602
100 Stetson University 7 14 124 561 595