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Last Updated: May 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Yale University 37 108 6,911 46,440 20,226
2 Harvard University 37 97 7,079 36,814 16,465
3 New York University 33 86 6,294 30,376 19,200
4 Columbia University School of Law 34 76 5,282 24,105 23,461
5 Georgetown University 32 73 5,870 19,486 15,104
6 University of Pennsylvania 33 70 5,515 17,571 13,611
7 University of Virginia 36 60 5,676 14,512 14,352
8 University of Chicago 30 72 4,577 20,083 9,852
9 University of California, Los Angeles 33 59 4,670 11,637 10,934
10 University of California, Berkeley 26 56 3,117 13,385 13,121
11 Stanford University 29 63 3,542 13,588 7,808
12 Duke University 26 53 3,512 10,323 10,822
13 University of Michigan 28 52 3,195 11,040 10,409
14 George Washington University 25 53 3,170 10,557 9,914
15 Northwestern University 22 57 2,556 12,196 9,577
16 University of Minnesota 18 49 2,696 9,414 10,661
17 Vanderbilt University 23 51 2,750 9,816 8,279
18 Cornell University 22 49 2,322 9,532 8,095
19 Fordham University 21 42 2,546 7,356 7,262
20 University of California, Davis 19 42 2,061 7,077 6,930
21 Rutgers University 18 40 1,842 6,892 6,848
22 University of Texas at Austin 20 42 2,196 6,274 5,584
23 Brooklyn Law School 24 35 2,483 4,972 4,850
24 University of Florida 18 40 1,870 5,940 6,421
25 University of California, San Francisco 19 42 1,750 6,908 5,743
26 Washington University 19 32 1,665 3,915 6,751
27 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 20 39 1,814 4,879 4,900
28 Boston University 20 31 1,738 3,437 5,488
29 University of California, Irvine 20 31 1,695 3,616 5,194
30 University of Wisconsin-Madison 16 38 1,290 4,890 5,677
31 Ohio State University 15 43 1,271 5,984 4,206
32 Texas A&M University 18 25 1,561 2,575 5,222
33 American University 15 31 1,060 4,668 5,736
34 Arizona State University 15 39 1,028 6,066 4,368
35 University of Maryland 16 34 1,317 4,485 3,897
36 University of Miami 14 36 861 5,836 4,838
37 Wake Forest University 18 37 1,327 4,497 3,416
38 Southern Methodist University 16 28 1,293 2,612 4,469
39 Yeshiva University 18 29 1,268 3,215 3,539
40 Emory University 15 30 985 3,492 4,365
41 Indiana University Bloomington 14 34 1,005 3,684 4,001
42 University of Denver 15 27 1,074 3,033 4,003
43 Loyola Marymount University 16 29 1,050 3,003 4,129
44 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 12 32 970 3,443 4,083
45 University of Iowa 15 32 1,014 3,444 3,624
46 George Mason University 12 36 900 4,293 3,431
47 University of Southern California 16 29 1,018 3,278 3,611
48 University of Arizona 14 35 866 4,000 3,573
49 University of Houston 11 38 654 5,323 3,167
50 Loyola University Chicago 16 25 991 1,975 4,337
51 Seattle University 14 31 841 4,524 2,814
52 William & Mary Law School 15 29 1,092 2,772 3,075
53 University of Colorado Boulder 15 29 907 2,910 3,687
54 University of San Diego 12 37 780 4,146 2,752
55 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 15 19 885 3,252 2,777
56 Florida State University 13 24 745 2,177 4,338
57 University of Utah 15 29 837 2,981 3,131
58 University of San Francisco 13 34 616 3,460 3,599
59 Case Western Reserve University 11 32 615 4,236 2,916
60 University at Buffalo 15 18 765 1,612 4,435
61 Temple University 15 24 851 1,846 3,556
62 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 15 25 877 2,362 2,946
63 University of Pittsburgh 11 33 701 3,699 2,508
64 Pennsylvania State University 12 24 872 2,333 2,761
65 Georgia State University 14 26 764 2,478 2,671
66 Lewis & Clark Law School 12 26 582 2,478 3,140
67 Brigham Young University Law School 17 23 802 1,710 2,621
68 University of Notre Dame 12 30 606 3,027 2,340
69 University of Washington 12 23 702 1,926 2,758
70 University of Baltimore 11 23 677 1,970 2,818
71 Hofstra University 14 30 691 3,137 1,678
72 University of Connecticut 15 17 694 1,006 2,682
73 University of Georgia 13 20 663 1,503 2,396
74 Boston College 13 24 668 1,919 1,982
75 University of South Carolina 13 21 657 1,299 2,465
76 Pepperdine University 13 23 629 2,050 1,932
77 University of St. Thomas 12 22 593 1,921 2,130
78 University of Richmond 12 22 660 1,661 2,011
79 Pace University 11 26 456 2,553 2,087
80 City University of New York (CUNY) 12 20 650 1,250 2,253
81 Seton Hall University 11 23 601 1,693 1,936
82 Northeastern University 11 25 466 2,306 2,017
83 Wayne State University 11 24 487 2,104 1,933
84 University of Alabama 14 18 664 1,154 1,857
85 University of Oklahoma 12 18 657 1,317 1,716
86 Washington and Lee University 13 18 553 1,398 2,051
87 Drexel University 10 21 483 1,398 2,395
88 DePaul University 10 23 413 2,241 1,960
89 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 8 23 363 1,990 2,294
90 New York Law School 10 21 428 1,729 2,159
91 Villanova University 9 21 431 1,921 1,955
92 St. John's University 11 21 564 1,459 1,680
93 Stetson University 10 22 455 1,708 1,805
94 Catholic University of America 9 23 414 1,858 1,806
95 Michigan State University 11 18 527 1,249 1,695
96 Santa Clara University 9 24 397 2,102 1,462
97 California Western School of Law 10 20 491 1,437 1,525
98 Drake University 10 23 399 1,799 1,631
99 Southwestern Law School 10 18 406 1,199 1,954
100 Tulane University 11 18 456 1,103 1,618