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Last Updated: May 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 44 103 8,396 35,716 15,835
2 Columbia University School of Law 42 77 6,081 24,872 10,481
3 New York University 33 74 4,846 20,177 10,677
4 University of Chicago 29 81 4,052 26,933 8,289
5 Yale University 29 87 3,722 26,362 10,234
6 University of Pennsylvania 34 61 4,754 13,132 10,381
7 University of California, Los Angeles 24 58 2,965 14,055 6,566
8 Georgetown University 28 55 3,214 11,245 6,947
9 University of California, Berkeley 25 57 2,739 12,087 6,057
10 University of Michigan 26 43 2,592 7,493 5,323
11 Vanderbilt University 24 44 2,443 8,125 3,944
12 Stanford University 26 52 1,955 10,037 4,183
13 University of Virginia 22 42 2,308 7,288 4,073
14 George Washington University 18 47 1,855 8,675 4,048
15 Duke University 22 42 1,902 5,993 5,273
16 Northwestern University 18 41 1,546 7,842 3,794
17 Boston University 20 32 1,672 4,290 3,239
18 University of Texas at Austin 19 40 1,402 5,455 2,153
19 University of Minnesota 16 36 1,304 4,122 3,584
20 University of Florida 17 35 1,161 4,354 3,603
21 Fordham University 17 32 1,206 2,925 2,971
22 Rutgers University 15 29 947 2,574 2,512
23 George Mason University 11 34 676 4,695 1,744
24 University of Southern California 16 28 866 2,738 2,196
25 University of Colorado Boulder 15 27 769 2,819 2,448
26 University of California, Irvine 15 27 828 2,316 2,253
27 Cornell University 13 26 747 2,714 2,151
28 University of California, Davis 15 25 813 2,058 2,148
29 Washington University 16 26 842 2,403 1,668
30 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 14 27 752 2,352 1,987
31 Yeshiva University 14 29 655 2,338 2,396
32 American University 14 29 641 2,544 1,822
33 Temple University 11 23 696 1,972 1,983
34 Southern Methodist University 14 25 674 2,289 1,627
35 Florida State University 11 28 578 2,735 1,539
36 University of Notre Dame 13 26 639 1,963 1,702
37 University of San Diego 10 29 498 3,003 1,321
38 Texas A&M University 12 19 632 1,432 1,833
39 University of California, San Francisco 12 22 607 1,692 1,695
40 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 12 24 610 1,695 1,630
41 Brooklyn Law School 12 25 555 1,935 1,612
42 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 10 27 351 2,345 2,261
43 University of Wisconsin-Madison 9 28 402 2,939 1,311
44 Boston College 12 24 519 1,925 1,508
45 University of Houston 11 25 480 1,998 1,533
46 Wake Forest University 11 25 395 2,262 1,567
47 Case Western Reserve University 13 21 495 1,686 1,417
48 Brigham Young University Law School 10 21 502 1,707 1,290
49 University of Iowa 12 17 471 1,371 1,655
50 Indiana University Bloomington 10 19 419 1,496 1,531
51 Pennsylvania State University 7 21 359 1,766 1,507
52 University of Arizona 11 18 478 1,463 1,129
53 Emory University 9 18 417 1,479 1,258
54 Ohio State University 11 21 413 1,255 1,370
55 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 11 19 388 1,765 976
56 William & Mary Law School 10 26 391 1,886 836
57 Arizona State University 11 21 348 1,387 1,448
58 University of Miami 10 20 347 1,530 1,299
59 University of Richmond 11 17 412 1,041 1,326
60 University of Utah 11 16 338 746 1,865
61 University of St. Thomas 10 27 316 2,010 834
62 Loyola University Chicago 8 23 334 1,865 782
63 University of Kansas 10 21 312 1,634 1,058
64 St. John's University 9 18 323 1,216 1,271
65 University of Pittsburgh 8 22 263 1,512 1,215
66 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 8 21 337 1,340 804
67 University of Georgia 9 16 372 969 867
68 Loyola Marymount University 10 18 341 846 1,061
69 University of Connecticut 10 14 314 491 1,414
70 Wayne State University 8 22 184 1,782 863
71 Widener University Delaware Law School 7 18 274 1,184 842
72 University of Washington 5 17 179 990 1,477
73 University of Maryland 9 18 304 1,017 809
74 Seton Hall University 8 20 281 1,013 835
75 Seattle University 7 16 255 1,228 580
76 University of Alabama 9 17 243 1,105 730
77 University of Denver 9 19 274 788 804
78 University of Oregon 9 14 259 589 1,028
79 Pepperdine University 8 17 236 970 780
80 University of Missouri 6 15 235 800 705
81 Hofstra University 8 18 226 1,102 459
82 Michigan State University 9 14 264 618 675
83 University of Kentucky 7 22 207 1,195 414
84 University of South Carolina 9 13 244 536 793
85 Indiana University Indianapolis 6 15 155 746 1,019
86 Florida International University 6 16 116 810 1,132
87 Santa Clara University 8 15 218 731 627
88 Villanova University 5 18 137 1,059 736
89 Drexel University 7 17 158 693 930
90 Georgia State University 8 17 190 701 545
91 Chapman University 6 19 128 943 637
92 California Western School of Law 8 10 208 477 625
93 DePaul University 6 15 125 921 569
94 Suffolk University 5 17 113 1,020 500
95 University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 7 13 180 548 516
96 Washington and Lee University 9 8 211 272 486
97 Willamette University College of Law 7 14 145 478 626
98 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 6 10 152 675 375
99 Lewis & Clark Law School 6 14 114 734 507
100 Stetson University 7 14 133 562 548