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Last Updated: November 2025

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 38 89 6,537 31,022 14,564
2 Columbia University School of Law 41 85 6,863 28,651 12,484
3 New York University 34 74 5,540 23,178 12,345
4 Yale University 32 90 4,499 29,407 10,548
5 University of Chicago 35 77 5,090 24,079 10,056
6 Georgetown University 30 62 4,589 13,983 9,948
7 University of Pennsylvania 31 58 4,514 11,557 9,725
8 University of California, Berkeley 25 50 3,093 10,028 7,418
9 University of Virginia 24 49 3,271 9,296 7,186
10 University of California, Los Angeles 22 56 2,658 11,662 7,747
11 Duke University 23 47 2,606 8,588 7,493
12 Stanford University 24 49 2,317 8,812 4,520
13 Vanderbilt University 25 42 2,454 6,357 6,008
14 University of Michigan 23 40 2,183 6,457 6,765
15 Boston University 23 36 2,323 4,996 5,950
16 University of Florida 19 36 1,522 5,564 4,941
17 Northwestern University 18 36 1,546 5,374 4,754
18 George Washington University 15 42 1,310 6,153 4,073
19 Cornell University 17 38 1,533 4,979 4,076
20 Fordham University 18 33 1,570 4,247 4,279
21 University of Texas at Austin 18 39 1,357 5,831 2,574
22 University of Southern California 18 38 1,225 4,787 3,065
23 Washington University 17 34 1,249 3,613 3,348
24 University of California, Irvine 20 25 1,302 1,886 4,431
25 University of Minnesota 16 33 1,137 4,005 2,820
26 Yeshiva University 14 33 951 3,952 3,767
27 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 16 29 1,189 3,214 3,300
28 Rutgers University 15 31 995 3,919 2,964
29 Texas A&M University 16 24 1,142 2,040 3,338
30 University of San Diego 15 30 808 3,874 2,056
31 University of Colorado Boulder 14 22 861 2,454 2,659
32 University of California, Davis 15 20 987 1,442 2,962
33 Indiana University Bloomington 14 26 904 2,642 2,049
34 Temple University 15 25 837 1,860 2,966
35 Southern Methodist University 14 29 738 2,953 2,299
36 Boston College 12 26 770 2,465 1,979
37 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 14 26 730 2,521 2,020
38 American University 14 20 707 1,729 2,815
39 University of Wisconsin-Madison 12 27 605 2,903 2,154
40 Brooklyn Law School 12 22 767 1,643 1,866
41 George Mason University 10 27 544 2,917 1,724
42 University of Notre Dame 14 23 666 1,786 2,081
43 University of California, San Francisco 12 21 695 1,674 1,967
44 University of Georgia 14 24 785 1,578 1,587
45 Brigham Young University 13 21 689 1,529 2,077
46 Florida State University 10 24 572 2,197 1,804
47 Loyola University Chicago 12 22 586 1,727 1,996
48 Ohio State University 11 22 494 2,114 1,897
49 Loyola Marymount University 12 22 569 1,610 1,840
50 Emory University 10 19 514 1,153 2,391
51 University of Arizona 10 22 513 1,577 1,911
52 Case Western Reserve University 11 20 530 1,454 1,840
53 University of Richmond 12 20 505 1,381 1,824
54 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 9 23 461 1,628 1,575
55 University of Miami 10 22 453 1,868 1,333
56 University of Washington 9 20 439 1,319 1,893
57 Arizona State University 12 18 469 1,111 1,739
58 University of Houston 9 22 392 1,708 1,392
59 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 9 24 372 1,688 1,501
60 University of Utah 12 21 474 1,304 1,344
61 University of Pittsburgh 8 25 307 1,907 1,579
62 University of Kansas 10 22 378 1,506 1,308
63 William & Mary Law School 10 22 407 1,395 1,149
64 Suffolk University 8 22 334 1,794 1,122
65 Villanova University 8 22 321 1,437 1,321
66 Pace University 11 13 372 572 1,900
67 Seton Hall University 11 18 379 1,041 1,258
68 University of Iowa 9 19 300 1,597 1,081
69 Washington and Lee University 11 14 440 643 1,264
70 University of Missouri 10 18 405 1,040 1,041
71 Georgia State University 7 20 270 1,400 1,308
72 Wayne State University 8 17 265 1,430 1,172
73 University of Maryland 10 18 361 1,038 1,075
74 Pepperdine University 9 21 267 1,631 955
75 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 8 18 349 1,071 1,069
76 Pennsylvania State University 7 16 323 1,055 1,208
77 University of St. Thomas 8 17 281 1,304 1,091
78 University of Denver 9 20 315 1,080 1,093
79 University of Oregon 9 15 347 812 1,128
80 Florida International University 6 23 202 1,338 1,207
81 University of Alabama 9 16 266 1,010 1,195
82 Wake Forest University 8 18 271 1,165 994
83 St. John's University 7 16 233 1,055 1,102
84 University of Connecticut 9 16 298 936 888
85 University of Baltimore 7 16 221 793 1,367
86 University of Kentucky 9 21 259 1,178 665
87 Tulane University 7 15 225 748 1,077
88 Indiana University Indianapolis 6 17 202 890 1,044
89 Albany Law School 7 16 262 804 795
90 University of South Carolina 9 10 270 325 1,117
91 New York Law School 7 15 173 1,042 835
92 Santa Clara University 7 18 221 1,039 544
93 Widener University Commonwealth Law School 7 14 223 700 766
94 University of the Pacific (McGeorge) 5 15 158 821 943
95 University at Buffalo 8 12 186 596 1,020
96 University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 8 12 239 561 717
97 Seattle University 7 15 169 913 691
98 Drexel University 7 16 158 700 944
99 Creighton University 7 20 138 1,344 380
100 Hofstra University 6 16 203 776 593