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Last Updated: April 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 35 87 5,850 31,212 13,426
2 Columbia University School of Law 39 87 6,009 29,915 10,919
3 New York University 32 75 4,966 24,633 10,888
4 Yale University 29 91 4,005 30,889 9,575
5 University of Chicago 32 76 4,350 23,756 8,711
6 University of Pennsylvania 29 59 4,021 12,272 8,372
7 Georgetown University 28 62 3,826 13,998 7,821
8 University of Virginia 23 50 2,990 9,896 6,640
9 University of California, Berkeley 24 51 2,686 10,859 6,192
10 University of California, Los Angeles 20 57 2,298 12,191 6,952
11 Duke University 22 49 2,237 9,006 6,751
12 University of Michigan 20 41 1,948 6,930 6,195
13 Stanford University 22 49 1,985 9,234 3,872
14 Vanderbilt University 21 42 2,119 6,818 4,978
15 Boston University 22 37 2,122 5,297 5,235
16 George Washington University 15 42 1,364 6,758 4,230
17 Northwestern University 16 37 1,383 5,637 4,314
18 University of Florida 17 37 1,369 5,762 4,205
19 Cornell University 17 39 1,327 5,209 3,643
20 Fordham University 17 35 1,392 4,644 3,606
21 University of Texas at Austin 16 40 1,253 6,118 2,287
22 University of Southern California 17 38 1,122 4,991 2,830
23 Washington University 16 35 1,280 4,055 2,753
24 University of California, Irvine 19 26 1,168 2,171 4,155
25 Yeshiva University 14 34 906 4,083 3,333
26 University of Minnesota 15 33 1,021 4,238 2,539
27 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 15 29 1,059 3,411 2,719
28 Rutgers University 14 31 865 4,094 2,564
29 Texas A&M University 15 25 1,037 2,220 2,847
30 University of Colorado Boulder 14 23 826 2,597 2,276
31 University of San Diego 13 31 695 3,978 1,710
32 University of California, Davis 14 22 894 1,573 2,426
33 Temple University 12 26 765 2,029 2,597
34 Indiana University Bloomington 14 27 769 2,803 1,785
35 Southern Methodist University 12 29 670 3,084 1,925
36 Boston College 12 27 673 2,674 1,694
37 University of Wisconsin-Madison 11 27 566 3,007 1,876
38 American University 12 21 644 1,816 2,364
39 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 13 26 624 2,623 1,624
40 Brooklyn Law School 12 22 695 1,795 1,622
41 University of Notre Dame 14 24 638 1,886 1,823
42 George Mason University 9 28 451 3,173 1,489
43 University of California, San Francisco 11 22 598 1,831 1,684
44 University of Georgia 13 25 691 1,720 1,303
45 Loyola University Chicago 10 21 558 1,777 1,624
46 Brigham Young University Law School 12 22 565 1,589 1,671
47 Florida State University 10 24 491 2,293 1,407
48 Ohio State University 10 23 417 2,253 1,628
49 Loyola Marymount University 12 22 508 1,704 1,584
50 University of Richmond 10 20 447 1,315 1,651
51 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 9 24 380 1,717 1,631
52 University of Arizona 10 23 413 1,727 1,435
53 Case Western Reserve University 9 19 445 1,499 1,467
54 University of Miami 10 22 408 1,946 1,233
55 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 8 24 404 1,695 1,264
56 University of Washington 8 20 368 1,431 1,634
57 University of Utah 11 21 417 1,389 1,212
58 University of Pittsburgh 8 26 274 1,978 1,303
59 University of Kansas 9 23 355 1,571 1,250
60 Arizona State University 11 19 413 1,183 1,283
61 University of Houston 9 22 322 1,771 1,153
62 Suffolk University 7 22 302 1,875 1,020
63 William & Mary Law School 10 21 349 1,491 1,117
64 University of Iowa 9 20 292 1,704 1,134
65 Emory University 9 18 327 948 1,599
66 Villanova University 7 23 278 1,497 1,077
67 University of Missouri 11 18 379 1,056 947
68 Seton Hall University 10 18 338 1,116 1,064
69 Washington and Lee University 11 14 397 705 1,091
70 Pepperdine University 9 22 240 1,825 810
71 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 7 19 302 1,263 962
72 Wayne State University 8 18 243 1,472 991
73 Georgia State University 6 20 211 1,475 1,084
74 University of Denver 8 20 291 1,141 965
75 University of Maryland 8 18 295 1,120 928
76 Pace University 10 13 310 612 1,205
77 Pennsylvania State University 7 17 262 1,121 993
78 University of Oregon 9 16 305 882 961
79 Wake Forest University 8 18 252 1,169 958
80 University of St. Thomas 8 17 236 1,366 853
81 University of Alabama 8 16 235 1,043 1,041
82 Florida International University 6 24 192 1,375 936
83 University of Baltimore 8 15 216 796 1,276
84 University of Connecticut 8 17 243 990 762
85 St. John's University 7 17 193 1,108 901
86 University of Kentucky 7 21 219 1,237 514
87 Tulane University 7 15 192 791 957
88 New York Law School 6 16 159 1,072 832
89 Albany Law School 7 16 230 848 660
90 Indiana University Indianapolis 6 17 171 895 899
91 Drexel University 8 16 184 736 935
92 Widener University Commonwealth Law School 7 14 206 753 732
93 University of South Carolina 9 11 245 382 826
94 Santa Clara University 7 18 201 1,063 440
95 University at Buffalo 7 12 177 627 893
96 University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 8 13 225 596 643
97 University of the Pacific (McGeorge) 4 16 134 857 834
98 Seattle University 7 15 158 962 598
99 Hofstra University 6 16 181 812 576
100 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 8 13 231 544 476