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Last Updated: February 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 33 90 5,699 32,149 13,567
2 Columbia University School of Law 38 87 5,776 29,997 10,906
3 Yale University 29 91 3,839 30,971 9,347
4 New York University 31 75 4,654 24,505 10,453
5 University of Chicago 31 79 4,337 25,316 8,731
6 Georgetown University 28 63 3,895 14,712 8,798
7 University of Pennsylvania 29 59 3,827 12,288 8,585
8 University of Virginia 23 50 2,908 9,932 6,581
9 University of California, Berkeley 23 50 2,589 10,807 6,399
10 University of California, Los Angeles 20 58 2,180 12,532 6,841
11 Duke University 21 49 2,157 9,073 6,754
12 Vanderbilt University 21 42 2,015 6,842 5,115
13 University of Michigan 19 41 1,830 6,864 6,042
14 Stanford University 21 49 1,896 8,820 3,843
15 Boston University 20 37 2,032 5,321 5,308
16 George Washington University 15 42 1,329 6,785 4,304
17 University of Florida 17 37 1,344 5,839 4,335
18 Northwestern University 16 36 1,319 5,594 4,216
19 Fordham University 17 35 1,421 4,745 3,834
20 Cornell University 16 39 1,251 5,232 3,503
21 University of Texas at Austin 16 40 1,198 6,122 2,337
22 University of Southern California 16 38 1,089 4,990 2,905
23 Washington University 16 35 1,214 4,031 2,826
24 University of Minnesota 14 33 1,102 4,265 2,605
25 University of California, Irvine 18 26 1,106 2,173 3,830
26 Yeshiva University 13 33 841 3,968 3,201
27 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 15 29 1,016 3,412 2,734
28 Rutgers University 14 31 836 4,087 2,594
29 Texas A&M University 14 25 1,000 2,224 2,825
30 University of Colorado Boulder 13 23 779 2,569 2,316
31 University of California, Davis 14 22 862 1,585 2,516
32 Temple University 12 26 735 2,030 2,669
33 Indiana University Bloomington 14 27 744 2,807 1,775
34 University of San Diego 13 30 632 3,511 1,701
35 Southern Methodist University 12 29 622 3,084 1,999
36 Boston College 12 28 668 2,751 1,745
37 University of Wisconsin-Madison 11 27 538 3,023 1,856
38 American University 12 21 602 1,797 2,462
39 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 13 26 595 2,623 1,647
40 University of Notre Dame 13 23 617 1,852 1,823
41 Brooklyn Law School 12 22 670 1,803 1,589
42 George Mason University 8 28 441 3,191 1,537
43 University of California, San Francisco 11 23 579 1,857 1,700
44 University of Georgia 13 25 663 1,722 1,336
45 Brigham Young University Law School 12 22 569 1,589 1,714
46 Florida State University 10 24 480 2,299 1,512
47 Loyola University Chicago 10 22 524 1,817 1,701
48 Ohio State University 10 23 406 2,229 1,718
49 Loyola Marymount University 11 22 483 1,702 1,506
50 Case Western Reserve University 10 19 457 1,511 1,639
51 University of Arizona 9 23 408 1,745 1,631
52 University of Richmond 10 20 424 1,316 1,587
53 University of Miami 10 22 394 1,945 1,181
54 Arizona State University 11 20 423 1,291 1,446
55 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 8 24 382 1,678 1,303
56 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 8 25 337 1,761 1,358
57 University of Washington 8 20 357 1,406 1,505
58 University of Utah 11 21 403 1,389 1,193
59 University of Pittsburgh 7 26 260 1,967 1,291
60 University of Kansas 9 23 328 1,513 1,255
61 University of Houston 9 22 303 1,724 1,168
62 Suffolk University 7 22 296 1,849 1,059
63 William & Mary Law School 9 22 321 1,483 1,061
64 Emory University 8 19 305 949 1,576
65 Pace University 10 14 330 620 1,633
66 University of Iowa 8 20 269 1,675 994
67 Villanova University 7 23 276 1,516 1,094
68 University of Missouri 11 19 360 1,102 965
69 Seton Hall University 10 18 325 1,117 1,090
70 Washington and Lee University 11 14 391 705 1,080
71 Pepperdine University 9 22 233 1,825 854
72 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 7 19 287 1,264 984
73 Wayne State University 8 18 236 1,472 1,059
74 Georgia State University 6 20 214 1,479 1,104
75 University of Denver 8 20 275 1,142 997
76 University of Maryland 8 18 286 1,121 930
77 University of Oregon 8 16 296 886 984
78 Pennsylvania State University 7 17 251 1,136 974
79 University of St. Thomas 8 17 227 1,366 882
80 Florida International University 6 24 174 1,375 1,043
81 University of Baltimore 7 15 207 797 1,261
82 University of Alabama 8 16 215 1,044 991
83 Wake Forest University 7 18 217 1,152 884
84 St. John's University 7 17 186 1,108 988
85 University of Connecticut 8 17 242 1,001 784
86 University of Kentucky 7 21 214 1,236 556
87 New York Law School 6 16 161 1,108 844
88 Tulane University 7 15 188 791 951
89 Albany Law School 7 16 225 850 681
90 Indiana University Indianapolis 6 17 164 894 912
91 Drexel University 7 16 172 735 914
92 Santa Clara University 7 18 194 1,069 470
93 Widener University Commonwealth Law School 7 14 200 755 710
94 University of South Carolina 9 11 229 370 851
95 University of the Pacific (McGeorge) 4 16 131 855 899
96 University at Buffalo 7 12 165 628 889
97 Seattle University 7 15 148 964 633
98 Hofstra University 6 16 178 813 557
99 University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 8 13 201 576 624
100 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 8 13 220 547 518