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Last Updated: January 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Yale University 20 44 1,931 6,421 5,616
2 New York University 23 33 1,714 4,972 5,150
3 University of California, Los Angeles 27 26 2,174 2,257 4,548
4 Georgetown University 19 27 1,866 2,407 3,991
5 Columbia University School of Law 19 33 1,116 3,504 4,664
6 University of California, Berkeley 16 24 912 2,532 5,310
7 University of Pennsylvania 16 28 1,214 2,786 3,134
8 George Washington University 18 23 1,166 2,319 3,148
9 Harvard University 15 26 920 3,620 2,553
10 University of Virginia 18 25 1,115 2,098 2,743
11 University of Chicago 17 23 1,080 2,327 2,495
12 Stanford University 18 24 964 2,215 2,162
13 Vanderbilt University 16 21 762 1,683 2,716
14 University of Minnesota 14 19 773 1,489 2,824
15 Duke University 18 20 845 1,736 2,048
16 Brooklyn Law School 17 14 1,075 594 1,569
17 Northwestern University 13 20 623 1,611 2,114
18 University of California, Davis 13 22 613 1,654 2,009
19 University of Michigan 15 15 798 1,294 1,406
20 University of San Francisco 11 21 400 1,942 2,516
21 Washington University 14 13 539 690 2,694
22 Fordham University 13 17 654 975 1,618
23 University of Texas at Austin 9 15 785 657 1,013
24 Loyola University Chicago 14 13 581 530 2,044
25 University of California, Irvine 14 15 565 856 1,795
26 University of Florida 11 19 516 1,370 1,271
27 University of Maryland 12 15 449 886 1,689
28 Rutgers University 11 17 468 843 1,351
29 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 12 15 492 830 1,148
30 Boston University 11 8 427 359 1,821
31 Yeshiva University 13 10 513 286 1,306
32 Ohio State University 11 13 376 700 1,484
33 University of Pittsburgh 9 18 299 1,406 1,044
34 University of Miami 7 12 139 337 2,768
35 Cornell University 9 12 360 774 1,189
36 Florida State University 9 14 250 571 1,823
37 University of South Carolina 9 8 355 226 1,228
38 University of Denver 10 13 299 528 1,175
39 Southern Methodist University 10 12 283 311 1,426
40 University of Washington 8 15 275 646 1,130
41 William & Mary Law School 9 11 275 486 1,131
42 American University 10 13 297 567 905
43 University of California, San Francisco 11 9 350 361 849
44 Loyola Marymount University 10 12 277 460 1,063
45 Texas A&M University 10 7 329 287 953
46 Emory University 9 12 263 795 708
47 Arizona State University 7 14 215 802 898
48 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 9 11 251 474 1,025
49 Pennsylvania State University 9 15 270 591 704
50 University of Wisconsin-Madison 8 17 198 688 760
51 Drexel University 8 11 210 375 901
52 Case Western Reserve University 8 11 209 474 776
53 University at Buffalo 9 8 237 153 901
54 Northeastern University 9 11 180 828 520
55 University of Arizona 7 9 258 266 608
56 University of Utah 9 12 177 937 329
57 University of Houston 8 13 191 422 643
58 George Mason University 6 10 130 426 802
59 University of Oklahoma 7 7 162 221 841
60 University of Colorado Boulder 6 8 170 315 675
61 Indiana University Bloomington 8 9 176 193 748
62 Hofstra University 6 10 192 358 516
63 University of St. Thomas 9 6 220 128 578
64 City University of New York (CUNY) 6 7 159 144 828
65 Seattle University 7 11 132 493 582
66 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 6 6 103 371 830
67 Wayne State University 8 9 144 284 687
68 Washington and Lee University 7 5 196 130 558
69 Georgia State University 7 9 155 256 558
70 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 5 10 106 342 698
71 Temple University 6 9 170 255 467
72 University of Iowa 7 8 132 316 577
73 Brigham Young University Law School 6 7 161 207 502
74 University of Baltimore 7 11 125 389 454
75 Catholic University of America 5 10 152 339 351
76 St. John's University 8 6 136 222 502
77 University of Southern California 5 9 133 212 481
78 University of Connecticut 8 6 153 113 431
79 California Western School of Law 7 6 139 146 457
80 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 5 9 115 155 547
81 University of Notre Dame 6 11 94 464 346
82 University of Kansas 5 8 104 239 491
83 University of Georgia 5 6 101 152 565
84 University of Alabama 7 7 137 167 326
85 Pepperdine University 7 10 117 251 295
86 Tulane University 6 5 109 185 394
87 Boston College 7 9 141 133 282
88 Widener University Commonwealth Law School 5 5 66 93 657
89 University of Mississippi 7 9 128 211 227
90 DePaul University 5 10 66 312 419
91 Howard University 7 6 112 161 337
92 Seton Hall University 6 9 97 212 356
93 University of Cincinnati 4 9 61 256 415
94 Stetson University 5 7 81 218 312
95 Michigan State University 4 5 68 141 443
96 Saint Louis University 7 7 104 163 230
97 University of San Diego 5 10 69 305 252
98 University of the Pacific (McGeorge) 3 6 54 206 414
99 Florida International University 5 9 63 219 327
100 Chapman University 4 8 63 350 195