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Last Updated: March 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Yale University 20 59 2,036 13,882 4,288
2 Columbia University School of Law 27 52 2,199 9,622 4,320
3 Harvard University 20 43 1,718 10,682 3,618
4 University of Chicago 21 42 1,512 7,045 3,457
5 New York University 18 46 1,417 6,660 3,833
6 University of Virginia 16 31 1,414 3,383 3,150
7 University of California, Berkeley 15 37 894 6,186 3,246
8 Stanford University 17 37 941 5,935 2,311
9 University of California, Los Angeles 15 34 1,087 5,183 2,188
10 Georgetown University 14 34 918 4,077 2,005
11 University of Pennsylvania 17 28 992 2,870 2,468
12 Cornell University 11 30 520 3,093 1,467
13 University of Michigan 14 21 699 1,434 1,919
14 George Washington University 9 26 559 2,013 1,559
15 Rutgers University 11 25 420 1,857 1,545
16 University of California, Davis 14 20 512 911 1,318
17 University of Minnesota 11 23 381 1,525 1,452
18 Fordham University 12 18 424 1,311 1,294
19 Duke University 10 24 305 2,126 1,061
20 Boston University 8 23 344 1,661 998
21 University of Florida 11 22 312 1,391 1,406
22 University of San Diego 10 19 334 1,162 861
23 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 11 17 384 766 795
24 University of Colorado Boulder 8 13 346 913 766
25 Northwestern University 8 14 301 1,141 700
26 University of Texas at Austin 11 18 312 1,047 550
27 University of Iowa 7 18 144 1,459 798
28 University of Wisconsin-Madison 6 23 166 1,573 465
29 University of Kansas 9 19 204 1,303 503
30 Vanderbilt University 8 16 221 953 681
31 Texas A&M University 8 12 259 483 888
32 Brigham Young University Law School 9 13 236 689 602
33 George Mason University 8 15 169 1,081 566
34 Washington University 9 14 188 649 847
35 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 7 16 192 1,128 372
36 University of California, San Francisco 8 18 198 1,073 383
37 Florida State University 8 14 192 601 840
38 Suffolk University 8 14 223 618 641
39 Yeshiva University 7 15 132 726 790
40 University of Washington 4 14 198 705 464
41 William & Mary Law School 8 16 175 686 573
42 Temple University 6 13 163 560 737
43 Pepperdine University 6 15 134 794 618
44 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 9 15 185 603 488
45 Arizona State University 8 12 152 604 551
46 Indiana University Bloomington 6 12 124 797 435
47 Widener University Delaware Law School 6 14 163 603 386
48 University of Houston 6 15 125 708 473
49 Loyola Marymount University 8 11 159 478 419
50 Ohio State University 7 12 138 526 477
51 Southern Methodist University 7 11 168 348 469
52 South Texas College of Law Houston 5 13 141 542 432
53 Loyola University Chicago 5 9 169 253 426
54 University of Southern California 8 7 165 222 471
55 University of California, Irvine 7 10 147 403 368
56 University of Notre Dame 6 11 112 498 453
57 Case Western Reserve University 6 13 113 593 347
58 University of Georgia 8 9 158 400 282
59 Emory University 5 13 119 411 436
60 University of Richmond 6 12 128 329 403
61 University of Denver 7 12 130 334 359
62 Louisiana State University 6 12 123 347 373
63 Washington and Lee University 7 9 131 243 412
64 Michigan State University 6 8 113 260 461
65 University of St. Thomas 7 9 99 382 418
66 Seattle University 5 11 62 410 551
67 University of Connecticut 5 10 103 475 273
68 Duquesne University 3 18 35 891 241
69 Tulane University 4 11 70 405 475
70 Willamette University College of Law 5 14 101 365 317
71 St. John's University 5 8 86 302 446
72 Villanova University 5 8 76 449 354
73 Northeastern University 5 10 112 306 282
74 University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 7 9 135 157 289
75 American University 4 12 72 404 348
76 University of South Carolina 6 8 88 297 324
77 University of Alabama 7 5 113 106 364
78 Brooklyn Law School 6 9 100 243 299
79 University of Maryland 4 10 82 447 196
80 Loyola University New Orleans 4 9 85 191 401
81 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 4 11 98 325 191
82 Drexel University 5 13 61 444 276
83 Wake Forest University 4 12 53 521 240
84 University of Pittsburgh 3 14 34 507 335
85 University of Oregon 6 8 88 277 246
86 Widener University Commonwealth Law School 5 10 70 363 239
87 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 4 9 68 234 328
88 Pennsylvania State University 5 9 74 314 218
89 University of Missouri 5 9 51 418 236
90 Georgia State University 4 9 60 245 329
91 Santa Clara University 4 8 49 301 330
92 Boston College 5 9 74 316 181
93 Indiana University Indianapolis 4 8 66 224 273
94 University of Illinois Chicago 4 9 51 255 318
95 Seton Hall University 4 7 62 277 214
96 Southwestern Law School 5 10 65 318 146
97 University of Baltimore 5 7 65 343 123
98 Lewis & Clark Law School 4 9 54 282 208
99 St. Mary's University 5 8 72 220 142
100 Wayne State University 3 9 49 275 215