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Last Updated: March 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 34 90 5,763 32,131 14,108
2 Columbia University School of Law 38 87 5,873 30,039 11,374
3 Yale University 29 91 3,910 31,021 9,883
4 New York University 32 75 4,745 24,494 11,129
5 University of Chicago 32 79 4,395 25,319 9,085
6 Georgetown University 28 63 3,935 14,695 9,195
7 University of Pennsylvania 29 59 3,879 12,313 8,792
8 University of Virginia 23 50 2,965 9,974 6,758
9 University of California, Los Angeles 21 58 2,272 12,559 7,199
10 University of California, Berkeley 23 49 2,616 10,716 6,559
11 Duke University 22 49 2,181 9,053 6,924
12 Stanford University 22 50 1,962 9,329 4,017
13 University of Michigan 19 41 1,865 6,867 6,337
14 Vanderbilt University 21 42 2,040 6,767 5,222
15 Boston University 21 37 2,062 5,312 5,406
16 George Washington University 15 42 1,334 6,768 4,328
17 University of Florida 17 37 1,346 5,775 4,484
18 Northwestern University 16 36 1,338 5,575 4,383
19 Fordham University 16 35 1,361 4,663 3,823
20 Cornell University 16 39 1,273 5,224 3,684
21 University of Texas at Austin 16 40 1,220 6,131 2,350
22 University of Southern California 16 38 1,097 4,989 2,977
23 Washington University 16 35 1,238 4,056 2,875
24 University of Minnesota 15 33 1,117 4,210 2,608
25 University of California, Irvine 19 26 1,150 2,171 4,271
26 Yeshiva University 13 33 849 3,967 3,420
27 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 15 29 1,040 3,412 2,810
28 Rutgers University 14 31 848 4,088 2,670
29 Texas A&M University 14 25 1,011 2,223 2,914
30 University of San Diego 13 31 687 3,993 1,782
31 University of Colorado Boulder 13 23 795 2,571 2,404
32 University of California, Davis 14 22 871 1,573 2,573
33 Temple University 12 26 740 2,028 2,762
34 Indiana University Bloomington 14 27 755 2,806 1,857
35 Southern Methodist University 12 29 627 3,085 2,030
36 Boston College 12 28 676 2,751 1,776
37 University of Wisconsin-Madison 11 27 559 3,020 1,993
38 American University 12 21 625 1,811 2,505
39 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 13 26 606 2,627 1,680
40 University of Notre Dame 14 24 629 1,876 1,940
41 Brooklyn Law School 12 22 676 1,792 1,662
42 George Mason University 9 28 447 3,179 1,564
43 University of California, San Francisco 11 23 587 1,848 1,770
44 University of Georgia 13 25 673 1,719 1,373
45 Loyola University Chicago 10 22 538 1,812 1,724
46 Florida State University 10 24 489 2,300 1,534
47 Brigham Young University Law School 12 22 567 1,589 1,746
48 Ohio State University 10 23 414 2,229 1,712
49 Loyola Marymount University 11 22 493 1,704 1,678
50 Case Western Reserve University 10 19 457 1,511 1,607
51 University of Arizona 10 23 416 1,745 1,586
52 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 9 24 357 1,720 1,720
53 University of Richmond 10 20 428 1,315 1,708
54 University of Miami 10 22 399 1,947 1,238
55 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 8 24 390 1,678 1,336
56 University of Washington 8 20 365 1,426 1,632
57 Arizona State University 11 19 408 1,271 1,349
58 University of Utah 11 21 406 1,389 1,225
59 University of Pittsburgh 7 26 261 1,978 1,378
60 University of Kansas 9 23 340 1,518 1,291
61 University of Houston 9 22 307 1,724 1,169
62 Suffolk University 7 22 298 1,844 1,067
63 William & Mary Law School 9 22 329 1,482 1,114
64 University of Iowa 8 20 284 1,717 1,120
65 Emory University 8 18 309 948 1,620
66 Villanova University 7 23 278 1,500 1,166
67 University of Missouri 11 19 367 1,104 955
68 Washington and Lee University 11 15 392 722 1,127
69 Seton Hall University 10 18 330 1,116 1,095
70 Pepperdine University 9 22 235 1,825 866
71 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 7 19 288 1,272 1,023
72 Wayne State University 8 18 238 1,472 1,090
73 Georgia State University 7 20 217 1,473 1,147
74 University of Denver 8 20 279 1,141 1,011
75 University of Maryland 8 18 290 1,120 950
76 Pace University 10 13 304 614 1,315
77 University of Oregon 9 16 298 886 995
78 Pennsylvania State University 7 17 245 1,136 1,029
79 University of St. Thomas 8 17 228 1,366 908
80 University of Baltimore 8 15 226 796 1,337
81 Florida International University 6 24 174 1,375 1,008
82 Wake Forest University 7 18 222 1,153 935
83 University of Alabama 8 16 222 1,044 1,030
84 University of Connecticut 8 17 245 1,001 794
85 St. John's University 7 17 188 1,108 957
86 University of Kentucky 7 21 216 1,226 569
87 Tulane University 7 15 190 791 988
88 New York Law School 6 16 155 1,072 864
89 Albany Law School 7 16 226 848 689
90 Indiana University Indianapolis 6 17 168 895 936
91 Drexel University 7 16 176 737 944
92 Widener University Commonwealth Law School 7 14 204 754 748
93 Santa Clara University 7 18 194 1,062 468
94 University of South Carolina 9 11 237 370 851
95 University of the Pacific (McGeorge) 4 16 132 856 927
96 University at Buffalo 7 12 171 628 921
97 Seattle University 7 15 153 962 650
98 Hofstra University 6 16 179 813 590
99 University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 8 13 203 580 639
100 Creighton University 5 20 108 1,378 361