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Last Updated: January 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 39 90 6,775 31,337 14,546
2 Columbia University School of Law 41 85 6,999 28,635 11,795
3 New York University 35 74 5,653 23,268 11,406
4 Yale University 32 89 4,584 29,313 10,008
5 University of Chicago 35 77 5,220 24,043 9,526
6 Georgetown University 30 63 4,680 14,071 9,616
7 University of Pennsylvania 31 58 4,591 11,559 9,195
8 University of Virginia 25 48 3,378 9,264 7,018
9 University of California, Berkeley 26 50 3,154 9,953 6,922
10 University of California, Los Angeles 22 55 2,653 11,600 7,229
11 Duke University 23 47 2,601 8,526 7,162
12 Stanford University 25 49 2,339 8,661 4,273
13 Vanderbilt University 25 42 2,484 6,355 5,667
14 University of Michigan 23 40 2,234 6,477 6,507
15 Boston University 23 36 2,383 4,905 5,756
16 George Washington University 17 42 1,599 6,517 4,738
17 University of Florida 19 36 1,575 5,550 4,748
18 Northwestern University 19 36 1,583 5,369 4,588
19 Cornell University 18 38 1,549 4,940 3,777
20 Fordham University 18 33 1,614 4,247 3,979
21 University of Texas at Austin 19 39 1,417 5,876 2,574
22 University of Southern California 19 38 1,247 4,778 3,047
23 Washington University 17 34 1,280 3,618 3,117
24 University of Minnesota 17 33 1,195 4,067 2,764
25 University of California, Irvine 20 25 1,307 1,908 4,209
26 Yeshiva University 14 33 979 3,951 3,588
27 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 17 29 1,211 3,195 2,960
28 Rutgers University 16 31 1,010 3,895 2,859
29 Texas A&M University 17 24 1,149 2,037 3,113
30 University of San Diego 15 30 805 3,876 1,930
31 University of Colorado Boulder 14 22 884 2,474 2,549
32 Southern Methodist University 14 29 784 3,015 2,276
33 University of California, Davis 15 20 1,001 1,434 2,736
34 Indiana University Bloomington 15 26 925 2,621 1,941
35 Temple University 15 25 861 1,874 2,824
36 Boston College 13 26 787 2,479 1,823
37 University of Wisconsin-Madison 12 27 621 2,908 2,007
38 George Mason University 11 27 614 3,207 1,747
39 American University 14 20 724 1,730 2,623
40 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 14 26 707 2,510 1,781
41 University of Notre Dame 14 23 695 1,786 1,986
42 University of California, San Francisco 13 21 726 1,679 1,883
43 University of Georgia 14 24 798 1,579 1,456
44 Brooklyn Law School 12 22 716 1,675 1,690
45 Florida State University 11 24 591 2,208 1,680
46 Loyola University Chicago 12 22 601 1,727 1,862
47 Brigham Young University Law School 11 20 637 1,454 1,838
48 Ohio State University 11 22 497 2,112 1,852
49 Loyola Marymount University 12 22 578 1,596 1,654
50 University of Arizona 10 22 519 1,577 1,732
51 Case Western Reserve University 11 20 536 1,451 1,757
52 University of Miami 10 22 468 1,921 1,273
53 University of Richmond 11 19 489 1,244 1,726
54 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 9 23 466 1,620 1,418
55 Arizona State University 12 18 483 1,119 1,612
56 University of Washington 9 20 438 1,317 1,639
57 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 9 24 400 1,668 1,456
58 University of Pittsburgh 8 25 319 1,897 1,473
59 University of Utah 12 21 479 1,272 1,259
60 University of Kansas 10 22 398 1,509 1,378
61 University of Houston 10 21 385 1,657 1,291
62 Emory University 9 18 409 974 1,759
63 Suffolk University 7 22 344 1,803 1,148
64 William & Mary Law School 10 22 418 1,395 1,155
65 Villanova University 8 22 328 1,435 1,180
66 Seton Hall University 11 18 393 1,065 1,200
67 University of Iowa 9 19 303 1,603 1,099
68 University of Missouri 11 18 415 1,005 1,035
69 Washington and Lee University 11 14 455 637 1,185
70 Pace University 11 13 349 565 1,737
71 Georgia State University 7 20 275 1,393 1,239
72 Pepperdine University 9 21 272 1,633 1,014
73 Wayne State University 8 17 273 1,430 1,134
74 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 8 18 358 1,073 1,033
75 Pennsylvania State University 9 16 343 1,048 1,117
76 University of Maryland 10 18 359 1,038 1,008
77 University of Denver 9 20 322 1,085 1,067
78 University of Oregon 9 15 358 812 1,037
79 Wake Forest University 8 18 280 1,165 983
80 University of St. Thomas 8 17 259 1,256 942
81 Florida International University 6 23 201 1,330 1,083
82 University of Connecticut 9 16 303 938 864
83 St. John's University 7 16 236 1,055 1,058
84 University of Baltimore 8 15 224 768 1,333
85 University of Alabama 8 16 243 957 1,055
86 University of Kentucky 9 21 263 1,189 595
87 Tulane University 7 15 234 748 1,027
88 Albany Law School 7 16 262 801 772
89 New York Law School 7 15 179 1,049 857
90 Indiana University Indianapolis 6 17 196 857 936
91 University of South Carolina 9 10 276 325 967
92 Santa Clara University 7 18 226 1,045 507
93 Widener University Commonwealth Law School 7 14 231 700 754
94 Drexel University 8 16 179 717 938
95 University at Buffalo 8 12 194 603 975
96 University of the Pacific (McGeorge) 5 15 156 808 923
97 Hofstra University 7 16 218 776 602
98 University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 8 12 244 562 677
99 Creighton University 7 20 139 1,345 367
100 Seattle University 7 15 155 911 661