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Last Updated: April 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 43 103 8,128 35,684 16,100
2 Columbia University School of Law 41 77 6,084 24,850 11,068
3 New York University 32 74 4,757 20,166 10,727
4 University of Chicago 29 81 3,951 26,849 8,428
5 Yale University 29 87 3,652 26,374 10,343
6 University of Pennsylvania 33 61 4,616 13,140 10,584
7 University of California, Los Angeles 24 58 2,903 14,061 6,762
8 Georgetown University 27 55 2,914 11,322 6,570
9 University of California, Berkeley 25 57 2,702 12,034 6,186
10 University of Michigan 26 43 2,545 7,474 5,387
11 University of Virginia 23 42 2,531 7,130 4,838
12 Vanderbilt University 24 44 2,340 8,088 4,049
13 Stanford University 25 52 1,903 10,025 4,204
14 George Washington University 18 47 1,832 8,679 4,224
15 Duke University 22 42 1,874 6,082 5,413
16 Northwestern University 17 41 1,514 7,852 3,898
17 Boston University 19 32 1,647 4,325 3,427
18 University of Texas at Austin 19 39 1,364 5,450 2,218
19 University of Minnesota 14 36 1,233 4,097 3,653
20 University of Florida 17 34 1,115 4,309 3,713
21 Fordham University 17 35 1,308 3,259 3,392
22 Rutgers University 15 29 942 2,557 2,623
23 George Mason University 11 35 660 4,718 1,718
24 University of Southern California 15 28 853 2,735 2,270
25 University of Colorado Boulder 14 27 757 2,820 2,511
26 Cornell University 13 26 734 2,747 2,242
27 University of California, Irvine 14 26 780 2,257 2,296
28 University of California, Davis 15 25 794 2,045 2,287
29 Washington University 16 26 824 2,400 1,578
30 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 14 27 744 2,352 1,881
31 Yeshiva University 13 29 638 2,303 2,416
32 American University 14 28 625 2,542 1,876
33 Temple University 11 23 678 1,952 2,071
34 Southern Methodist University 14 25 661 2,286 1,674
35 Florida State University 11 28 544 2,740 1,547
36 University of Notre Dame 13 26 626 1,967 1,777
37 University of San Diego 10 29 482 3,003 1,353
38 University of California, San Francisco 12 22 597 1,755 1,696
39 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 12 24 605 1,692 1,700
40 Texas A&M University 12 19 611 1,370 1,804
41 University of Wisconsin-Madison 9 28 401 2,970 1,364
42 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 9 27 333 2,334 2,257
43 Boston College 12 24 514 1,926 1,499
44 University of Houston 12 25 478 2,007 1,589
45 Case Western Reserve University 12 22 489 1,754 1,571
46 Wake Forest University 10 25 372 2,253 1,493
47 Brigham Young University Law School 10 21 486 1,706 1,366
48 University of Iowa 12 17 464 1,371 1,664
49 Indiana University Bloomington 10 20 420 1,535 1,631
50 Brooklyn Law School 9 25 417 1,854 1,349
51 University of Arizona 11 18 469 1,463 1,248
52 Emory University 10 18 427 1,540 1,306
53 Pennsylvania State University 7 21 338 1,760 1,349
54 Ohio State University 10 21 389 1,256 1,429
55 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 11 19 378 1,760 1,019
56 William & Mary Law School 10 26 382 1,885 857
57 University of Miami 9 20 340 1,527 1,319
58 Arizona State University 11 21 342 1,387 1,423
59 University of St. Thomas 10 27 311 2,010 859
60 St. John's University 9 18 328 1,294 1,381
61 University of Utah 11 16 324 744 1,861
62 University of Richmond 10 17 377 1,039 1,313
63 University of Kansas 10 21 304 1,630 1,017
64 Loyola University Chicago 8 22 303 1,831 780
65 University of Pittsburgh 8 22 257 1,512 1,267
66 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 8 21 329 1,338 834
67 University of Georgia 9 16 376 947 869
68 Loyola Marymount University 10 18 341 885 1,089
69 Wayne State University 8 22 181 1,781 859
70 University of Connecticut 10 14 291 459 1,460
71 University of Maryland 9 18 298 1,017 888
72 Widener University Delaware Law School 7 18 272 1,188 839
73 University of Washington 5 17 175 987 1,492
74 Seton Hall University 8 20 277 1,013 869
75 Seattle University 7 16 252 1,226 611
76 University of Alabama 8 17 241 1,103 732
77 University of Denver 9 19 271 787 820
78 Pepperdine University 8 17 233 954 817
79 University of Oregon 9 14 252 589 1,031
80 Washington and Lee University 11 8 337 341 817
81 Hofstra University 8 18 223 1,110 471
82 Michigan State University 9 14 261 616 699
83 University of Missouri 6 15 226 799 711
84 University of Kentucky 7 22 200 1,180 431
85 Indiana University Indianapolis 6 15 152 753 1,047
86 University of South Carolina 9 13 238 538 789
87 Santa Clara University 8 15 211 730 655
88 Villanova University 5 18 135 1,055 706
89 Drexel University 7 17 151 693 872
90 Georgia State University 8 17 189 702 568
91 Florida International University 5 16 104 802 871
92 California Western School of Law 8 10 202 474 659
93 DePaul University 6 15 125 928 612
94 Chapman University 6 18 120 885 639
95 Suffolk University 4 17 110 1,020 503
96 University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 7 13 179 548 549
97 Willamette University College of Law 7 14 144 515 642
98 Catholic University of America 7 14 163 638 422
99 Northeastern University 7 13 116 628 580
100 Lewis & Clark Law School 6 14 109 741 511