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Last Updated: May 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 36 88 5,937 31,502 13,310
2 Columbia University School of Law 39 87 6,020 29,935 10,488
3 New York University 33 77 5,164 25,427 10,651
4 Yale University 30 91 4,105 30,901 9,398
5 University of Chicago 32 78 4,517 25,193 8,718
6 Georgetown University 29 63 4,024 13,922 7,964
7 University of Pennsylvania 29 59 4,104 12,286 8,121
8 University of California, Los Angeles 21 58 2,380 12,540 6,823
9 University of Virginia 22 50 2,956 9,867 6,211
10 University of California, Berkeley 24 51 2,736 10,884 6,007
11 Duke University 22 48 2,267 8,702 6,579
12 University of Michigan 20 41 1,999 6,927 6,200
13 Stanford University 22 49 2,009 8,712 3,824
14 Vanderbilt University 21 42 2,144 6,837 4,760
15 Boston University 22 37 2,154 5,262 4,997
16 George Washington University 15 42 1,350 6,619 4,012
17 University of Florida 17 37 1,405 5,762 4,096
18 Northwestern University 17 36 1,397 5,580 4,254
19 Cornell University 16 39 1,333 5,241 3,557
20 University of Texas at Austin 16 40 1,281 6,105 2,231
21 Fordham University 18 33 1,342 4,064 3,291
22 Washington University 16 35 1,308 4,058 2,779
23 University of Southern California 17 38 1,133 4,990 2,631
24 University of California, Irvine 19 26 1,221 2,174 4,131
25 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 16 29 1,091 3,411 2,899
26 Yeshiva University 14 33 915 3,957 3,253
27 University of Minnesota 15 33 1,029 4,241 2,368
28 Texas A&M University 15 25 1,057 2,217 2,694
29 Rutgers University 14 31 778 4,065 2,093
30 University of Colorado Boulder 14 23 848 2,569 2,242
31 Temple University 12 26 799 2,030 2,579
32 University of California, Davis 14 22 921 1,586 2,333
33 Indiana University Bloomington 14 27 787 2,808 1,678
34 University of San Diego 14 30 668 3,500 1,625
35 Southern Methodist University 12 29 673 3,096 1,891
36 Brooklyn Law School 13 23 838 1,956 1,837
37 Boston College 12 26 703 2,459 1,801
38 University of Wisconsin-Madison 11 27 582 2,999 1,797
39 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 13 26 659 2,622 1,586
40 American University 12 21 633 1,760 2,188
41 University of Notre Dame 14 24 648 1,875 1,754
42 Florida State University 12 24 587 2,265 1,597
43 George Mason University 9 28 463 3,177 1,385
44 University of Georgia 13 25 714 1,724 1,274
45 University of California, San Francisco 11 22 600 1,812 1,644
46 Loyola University Chicago 11 22 576 1,817 1,581
47 Brigham Young University Law School 12 22 601 1,589 1,635
48 Ohio State University 10 23 444 2,254 1,626
49 Loyola Marymount University 12 22 517 1,693 1,504
50 University of Richmond 10 20 457 1,316 1,713
51 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 9 24 387 1,733 1,633
52 University of Miami 10 22 416 1,954 1,253
53 University of Arizona 10 23 428 1,746 1,368
54 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 9 24 419 1,687 1,239
55 University of Washington 8 20 366 1,410 1,617
56 Case Western Reserve University 10 18 445 1,333 1,245
57 University of Utah 11 21 430 1,389 1,178
58 Arizona State University 11 19 429 1,174 1,317
59 University of Pittsburgh 8 26 277 1,979 1,269
60 University of Kansas 9 23 357 1,516 1,200
61 University of Houston 9 22 323 1,718 1,108
62 University of Iowa 9 20 300 1,704 1,154
63 Suffolk University 7 22 312 1,845 961
64 William & Mary Law School 10 22 344 1,484 1,054
65 Emory University 9 19 327 937 1,506
66 University of Missouri 11 19 381 1,090 947
67 Villanova University 7 23 281 1,501 1,074
68 Seton Hall University 10 18 356 1,117 982
69 Pepperdine University 9 22 250 1,839 801
70 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 7 19 308 1,269 901
71 Wayne State University 8 18 246 1,472 965
72 Florida International University 7 24 210 1,377 1,184
73 University of Denver 8 20 293 1,142 957
74 Georgia State University 7 20 220 1,466 1,029
75 University of Maryland 8 18 300 1,121 921
76 Wake Forest University 7 18 256 1,254 987
77 Pace University 10 14 318 614 1,214
78 University of Oregon 9 16 318 887 966
79 University of St. Thomas 8 17 241 1,364 869
80 Pennsylvania State University 7 17 270 1,136 910
81 University of Alabama 9 16 238 1,046 988
82 University of Baltimore 8 15 220 796 1,287
83 Tulane University 7 15 224 814 1,044
84 University of Connecticut 8 17 251 992 722
85 St. John's University 7 17 198 1,100 875
86 Washington and Lee University 9 14 294 626 794
87 University of Kentucky 7 21 222 1,252 496
88 New York Law School 6 16 160 1,073 829
89 Albany Law School 7 16 232 856 661
90 Drexel University 8 16 192 736 954
91 DePaul University 7 18 172 1,270 552
92 Indiana University Indianapolis 6 17 175 895 861
93 Widener University Commonwealth Law School 7 14 209 754 728
94 University of South Carolina 9 11 250 356 854
95 Santa Clara University 7 18 207 1,065 404
96 University at Buffalo 7 12 180 628 879
97 Seattle University 7 15 165 964 601
98 University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 8 13 221 580 629
99 Hofstra University 6 16 184 812 579
100 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 8 13 241 546 494