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Last Updated: December 2025

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 38 89 6,632 30,752 14,556
2 Columbia University School of Law 41 85 6,954 28,677 11,850
3 Yale University 32 90 4,576 29,501 10,244
4 New York University 34 74 5,513 22,404 11,725
5 University of Chicago 35 77 5,161 24,097 9,696
6 Georgetown University 30 62 4,636 13,877 9,596
7 University of Pennsylvania 31 57 4,578 11,412 9,379
8 University of California, Los Angeles 23 56 2,715 12,003 7,567
9 University of Virginia 24 49 3,337 9,378 7,100
10 University of California, Berkeley 26 50 3,141 9,998 7,041
11 Duke University 23 47 2,577 8,541 7,292
12 Vanderbilt University 25 42 2,466 6,356 5,707
13 University of Michigan 23 40 2,222 6,443 6,416
14 Stanford University 24 48 2,255 8,295 4,260
15 Boston University 23 36 2,356 5,020 5,832
16 George Washington University 16 42 1,577 6,500 4,825
17 University of Florida 19 36 1,550 5,532 4,780
18 Northwestern University 18 35 1,556 5,338 4,600
19 Cornell University 18 38 1,541 4,917 3,910
20 Fordham University 18 33 1,606 4,368 4,062
21 University of Texas at Austin 18 39 1,365 5,824 2,456
22 University of Southern California 19 38 1,245 4,787 3,001
23 Washington University 17 34 1,265 3,636 3,197
24 University of California, Irvine 20 25 1,325 1,919 4,318
25 University of Minnesota 17 33 1,150 4,030 2,689
26 Yeshiva University 14 33 969 3,953 3,616
27 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 16 29 1,192 3,197 3,005
28 Rutgers University 16 31 1,006 3,895 2,863
29 Texas A&M University 16 24 1,154 2,040 3,191
30 University of Colorado Boulder 14 22 875 2,451 2,533
31 University of California, Davis 15 20 995 1,434 2,838
32 Indiana University Bloomington 14 26 909 2,626 1,971
33 Temple University 15 25 856 1,862 2,870
34 University of San Diego 15 30 761 3,359 1,854
35 Southern Methodist University 14 29 748 2,954 2,224
36 Boston College 13 27 803 2,575 1,917
37 American University 14 20 717 1,729 2,651
38 University of Wisconsin-Madison 12 27 616 2,911 1,996
39 George Mason University 11 27 586 3,147 1,749
40 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 14 26 692 2,510 1,775
41 Brooklyn Law School 12 22 780 1,675 1,782
42 University of Notre Dame 14 23 681 1,783 2,003
43 University of California, San Francisco 13 22 703 1,699 1,860
44 Brigham Young University 13 21 703 1,529 2,010
45 University of Georgia 14 24 786 1,576 1,504
46 Florida State University 10 24 580 2,198 1,721
47 Loyola University Chicago 12 22 594 1,718 1,905
48 Ohio State University 11 22 498 2,123 1,808
49 Loyola Marymount University 12 22 571 1,596 1,734
50 University of Arizona 10 22 517 1,577 1,837
51 Case Western Reserve University 11 19 525 1,426 1,766
52 University of Richmond 11 19 488 1,244 1,718
53 University of Miami 10 22 460 1,867 1,250
54 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 9 23 462 1,604 1,465
55 University of Washington 9 20 439 1,309 1,753
56 Arizona State University 12 18 478 1,099 1,659
57 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 9 24 388 1,685 1,429
58 University of Utah 12 21 479 1,305 1,305
59 University of Pittsburgh 8 25 312 1,909 1,472
60 University of Houston 10 21 378 1,643 1,282
61 University of Kansas 10 21 389 1,456 1,403
62 William & Mary Law School 10 22 394 1,393 1,135
63 Suffolk University 8 21 334 1,748 1,011
64 Emory University 9 17 352 872 1,715
65 Villanova University 8 22 326 1,437 1,218
66 University of Iowa 9 20 306 1,631 1,114
67 Pace University 11 13 372 577 1,789
68 Seton Hall University 11 18 382 1,050 1,209
69 University of Missouri 11 18 415 1,040 1,052
70 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 8 18 367 1,214 1,049
71 Washington and Lee University 11 14 448 643 1,184
72 Wayne State University 8 17 271 1,430 1,171
73 Pepperdine University 9 21 272 1,625 917
74 University of Maryland 10 18 360 1,043 1,018
75 Georgia State University 7 20 251 1,425 1,174
76 Pennsylvania State University 7 16 326 1,051 1,131
77 University of St. Thomas 8 17 281 1,304 1,033
78 University of Denver 9 20 315 1,080 1,056
79 University of Oregon 9 15 364 817 1,066
80 Florida International University 6 23 206 1,338 1,150
81 Wake Forest University 8 18 276 1,165 975
82 University of Alabama 9 16 259 1,009 1,090
83 St. John's University 7 16 234 1,055 1,062
84 University of Connecticut 9 16 300 936 849
85 University of Baltimore 7 15 223 773 1,341
86 University of Kentucky 9 21 264 1,189 642
87 Tulane University 7 15 230 748 1,034
88 Indiana University Indianapolis 6 17 205 883 998
89 Albany Law School 7 16 264 803 780
90 New York Law School 7 15 181 1,042 887
91 University of South Carolina 9 10 272 325 987
92 Widener University Commonwealth Law School 7 14 230 724 783
93 Santa Clara University 7 18 224 1,030 516
94 Drexel University 7 16 183 714 1,015
95 University of the Pacific (McGeorge) 5 15 160 838 955
96 University at Buffalo 8 12 190 596 970
97 Seattle University 7 15 175 934 675
98 University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 8 12 238 554 686
99 Hofstra University 6 16 207 776 587
100 Creighton University 7 20 138 1,344 365