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Last Updated: April 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Yale University 21 58 2,119 13,759 4,242
2 Columbia University School of Law 27 52 2,224 9,521 4,210
3 Harvard University 20 43 1,742 10,632 3,496
4 University of Chicago 22 42 1,587 7,045 3,436
5 New York University 18 45 1,313 6,498 3,534
6 University of California, Berkeley 15 37 905 6,171 3,092
7 University of Virginia 16 31 1,398 3,315 2,943
8 University of California, Los Angeles 15 34 1,102 5,184 2,114
9 Stanford University 17 37 946 5,859 2,262
10 University of Pennsylvania 18 28 1,020 2,859 2,402
11 Georgetown University 14 33 894 3,696 1,927
12 Cornell University 11 29 540 3,010 1,433
13 University of Michigan 14 21 723 1,433 1,876
14 George Washington University 9 26 567 2,011 1,569
15 Rutgers University 11 24 410 1,809 1,421
16 University of California, Davis 14 20 522 925 1,280
17 University of Minnesota 11 23 386 1,527 1,428
18 Fordham University 11 18 427 1,289 1,276
19 Duke University 10 24 314 2,123 1,031
20 University of Florida 11 22 318 1,392 1,382
21 Boston University 9 23 353 1,663 942
22 University of San Diego 10 19 338 1,162 842
23 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 11 17 400 766 793
24 University of Colorado Boulder 8 13 354 913 734
25 Northwestern University 9 14 307 1,138 678
26 University of Texas at Austin 11 18 318 1,045 521
27 University of Wisconsin-Madison 6 23 188 1,573 546
28 University of Iowa 7 18 146 1,472 773
29 Vanderbilt University 8 16 231 965 715
30 University of Kansas 9 19 205 1,303 476
31 Texas A&M University 8 12 265 484 839
32 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 7 17 197 1,167 396
33 Brigham Young University Law School 9 13 240 689 598
34 George Mason University 8 15 170 1,085 576
35 Washington University 9 14 191 649 798
36 William & Mary Law School 8 16 205 688 690
37 University of California, San Francisco 8 18 202 1,073 351
38 Florida State University 8 14 200 601 765
39 Suffolk University 8 14 225 618 570
40 Yeshiva University 7 15 140 722 740
41 University of Washington 4 14 199 704 436
42 Temple University 6 13 170 560 705
43 Pepperdine University 7 16 151 817 566
44 Loyola Marymount University 9 11 214 498 491
45 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 9 15 191 602 467
46 Arizona State University 8 11 153 568 546
47 Indiana University Bloomington 6 12 128 798 414
48 University of Houston 6 15 129 709 447
49 Southern Methodist University 7 11 174 348 441
50 Ohio State University 7 12 140 524 446
51 South Texas College of Law Houston 5 13 145 542 398
52 Widener University Delaware Law School 6 14 134 602 318
53 University of Notre Dame 7 11 121 499 457
54 University of California, Irvine 8 10 152 403 373
55 University of Southern California 8 7 167 222 449
56 Loyola University Chicago 5 9 170 247 401
57 University of Georgia 8 9 159 399 279
58 Case Western Reserve University 6 13 114 593 320
59 Emory University 5 13 118 410 395
60 University of Richmond 6 12 132 318 402
61 University of Denver 7 12 133 334 356
62 Louisiana State University 6 12 125 346 372
63 Washington and Lee University 7 9 134 244 413
64 University of St. Thomas 7 9 102 382 429
65 Tulane University 4 11 72 437 512
66 Michigan State University 6 8 115 260 442
67 Seattle University 5 11 63 410 566
68 Willamette University College of Law 5 14 121 365 292
69 Duquesne University 3 18 36 889 219
70 University of Connecticut 5 10 100 461 273
71 University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 7 9 140 157 303
72 St. John's University 5 8 89 305 423
73 Villanova University 5 8 77 449 345
74 Northeastern University 5 10 112 306 266
75 American University 4 12 73 402 330
76 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 5 11 107 363 179
77 University of Alabama 7 5 116 106 343
78 University of Maryland 4 10 86 447 191
79 University of South Carolina 6 8 91 297 284
80 Drexel University 5 13 64 443 290
81 Brooklyn Law School 6 9 98 242 285
82 Wake Forest University 4 12 55 521 243
83 Loyola University New Orleans 4 9 88 192 344
84 University of Pittsburgh 3 14 34 507 311
85 University of Missouri 5 10 62 424 236
86 University of Oregon 6 8 88 277 234
87 Widener University Commonwealth Law School 5 10 70 362 244
88 Pennsylvania State University 6 9 77 313 213
89 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 5 9 70 234 317
90 Georgia State University 4 9 62 245 316
91 Santa Clara University 4 8 53 301 295
92 Seton Hall University 4 7 67 277 239
93 Boston College 5 9 75 317 154
94 Indiana University Indianapolis 4 8 67 224 271
95 University of Illinois Chicago 4 9 50 255 328
96 California Western School of Law 4 7 64 198 278
97 University of Baltimore 5 7 67 342 131
98 Southwestern Law School 5 10 66 318 153
99 Lewis & Clark Law School 4 9 54 282 197
100 Wayne State University 4 9 50 275 209