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Last Updated: March 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Yale University 35 108 6,631 46,391 20,784
2 Harvard University 37 96 6,645 36,398 17,300
3 New York University 31 86 5,881 30,053 19,805
4 Columbia University School of Law 34 76 5,113 24,188 23,601
5 Georgetown University 32 75 6,066 22,066 17,203
6 University of Pennsylvania 32 69 5,320 17,580 14,267
7 University of Virginia 35 60 5,654 14,705 15,069
8 University of Chicago 29 72 4,400 20,070 10,665
9 University of California, Los Angeles 33 59 4,470 11,671 11,515
10 University of California, Berkeley 25 56 2,993 13,308 13,751
11 Duke University 25 55 3,460 11,144 11,778
12 Stanford University 28 62 3,278 13,496 8,115
13 University of Michigan 26 52 3,090 11,067 10,756
14 George Washington University 24 53 3,060 10,620 10,346
15 Northwestern University 20 57 2,471 12,128 9,937
16 University of Minnesota 18 49 2,477 9,409 11,437
17 Vanderbilt University 23 50 2,655 9,747 8,786
18 Cornell University 21 49 2,247 9,536 8,285
19 Fordham University 21 43 2,514 7,713 7,950
20 University of California, Davis 18 42 1,974 7,082 7,209
21 Rutgers University 18 40 1,786 6,907 7,287
22 University of Texas at Austin 20 42 2,134 6,285 5,735
23 University of Florida 18 40 1,804 5,943 7,012
24 Brooklyn Law School 23 34 2,294 4,726 4,925
25 University of California, San Francisco 18 43 1,651 6,996 6,005
26 Washington University 19 32 1,597 3,945 6,771
27 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 19 39 1,753 4,897 4,812
28 Boston University 19 31 1,687 3,518 5,867
29 University of California, Irvine 20 31 1,650 3,613 5,611
30 Ohio State University 15 43 1,300 6,006 4,531
31 University of Wisconsin-Madison 16 38 1,235 4,884 5,643
32 American University 15 31 1,068 4,918 6,202
33 Texas A&M University 16 25 1,503 2,583 5,554
34 Arizona State University 14 39 986 6,039 4,587
35 University of Miami 14 36 844 5,830 5,313
36 University of Maryland 16 34 1,276 4,481 3,964
37 Emory University 16 34 1,081 4,042 4,859
38 Southern Methodist University 16 28 1,228 2,605 4,785
39 Florida State University 13 31 974 3,345 5,336
40 Yeshiva University 18 29 1,211 3,215 3,620
41 Indiana University Bloomington 14 34 962 3,679 4,241
42 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 12 32 936 3,440 4,501
43 Loyola Marymount University 16 29 1,024 2,996 4,301
44 University of Denver 15 27 1,037 3,030 4,123
45 University of Southern California 16 29 997 3,299 3,905
46 University of Iowa 14 32 978 3,457 3,672
47 University of Arizona 14 35 843 4,017 3,866
48 George Mason University 12 36 848 3,918 3,826
49 University of Houston 11 38 620 5,263 3,384
50 Wake Forest University 17 32 1,041 3,399 2,808
51 Seattle University 14 31 808 4,523 2,967
52 William & Mary Law School 14 29 1,065 2,769 3,144
53 University of Colorado Boulder 15 29 872 2,905 3,865
54 Loyola University Chicago 15 25 940 1,981 4,316
55 Case Western Reserve University 11 32 632 4,570 3,589
56 University of San Diego 12 37 750 4,142 2,835
57 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 14 19 846 3,191 2,869
58 University of Utah 15 29 808 2,983 3,185
59 University at Buffalo 15 18 737 1,604 4,666
60 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 15 25 854 2,362 3,249
61 University of San Francisco 12 34 580 3,461 3,637
62 Temple University 14 24 806 1,800 3,746
63 University of Pittsburgh 11 32 667 3,575 2,761
64 Pennsylvania State University 12 24 841 2,352 2,944
65 DePaul University 10 34 461 3,989 3,425
66 Georgia State University 14 26 729 2,459 2,849
67 Brigham Young University Law School 17 23 765 1,710 2,756
68 Hofstra University 14 30 679 3,139 1,851
69 University of Notre Dame 11 30 576 3,025 2,475
70 University of Washington 12 23 683 1,924 2,879
71 Lewis & Clark Law School 12 26 561 2,477 2,976
72 University of Baltimore 11 23 659 1,970 2,866
73 Pepperdine University 13 23 689 2,036 2,242
74 University of South Carolina 13 23 679 1,460 2,668
75 City University of New York (CUNY) 12 22 670 1,502 2,645
76 University of Connecticut 15 17 664 1,013 2,929
77 Boston College 13 26 620 2,127 2,022
78 University of Georgia 13 20 649 1,515 2,336
79 University of Richmond 12 22 651 1,658 2,077
80 University of St. Thomas 12 22 571 1,898 2,219
81 Pace University 11 26 434 2,554 2,124
82 Seton Hall University 11 23 572 1,693 1,973
83 Northeastern University 10 25 444 2,304 2,050
84 Wayne State University 11 25 479 2,130 1,987
85 University of Oklahoma 12 18 634 1,317 1,827
86 University of Alabama 13 18 627 1,143 1,942
87 Drexel University 10 21 461 1,399 2,561
88 Washington and Lee University 13 18 536 1,396 2,161
89 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 8 23 338 1,991 2,515
90 New York Law School 10 21 409 1,728 2,272
91 St. John's University 10 21 539 1,459 1,820
92 Villanova University 9 21 418 1,901 2,051
93 Catholic University of America 10 24 424 2,007 1,901
94 Stetson University 10 22 439 1,705 1,927
95 Michigan State University 11 18 505 1,246 1,783
96 Santa Clara University 9 24 396 2,097 1,584
97 Drake University 9 23 389 1,799 1,745
98 Southwestern Law School 10 18 396 1,196 2,137
99 University of Missouri 7 27 344 2,136 1,249
100 University of Cincinnati 9 23 317 1,801 1,656