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Last Updated: January 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Yale University 25 59 2,255 12,888 6,561
2 Harvard University 24 48 1,804 11,136 5,311
3 University of California, Los Angeles 20 38 1,556 6,358 4,343
4 New York University 18 39 1,211 6,568 3,747
5 University of California, Berkeley 16 39 1,208 5,433 4,138
6 Georgetown University 17 37 1,323 4,870 3,904
7 University of Virginia 16 41 1,154 5,861 3,636
8 Stanford University 15 33 1,092 5,051 1,720
9 Columbia University School of Law 13 33 958 3,806 2,982
10 University of Chicago 15 28 979 4,057 2,181
11 Seattle University 11 32 781 4,713 1,946
12 University of California, Irvine 12 29 702 3,191 2,355
13 Rutgers University 12 25 686 2,198 2,441
14 University of Pennsylvania 15 21 759 1,969 2,239
15 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 14 18 775 1,349 2,324
16 University of South Carolina 14 20 713 1,276 2,447
17 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 9 17 573 2,965 1,498
18 Vanderbilt University 12 20 606 2,718 1,359
19 George Washington University 10 24 463 2,137 2,415
20 University of St. Thomas 13 19 682 1,242 2,106
21 University of Michigan 11 23 517 1,926 2,226
22 Northwestern University 14 25 593 1,847 1,860
23 University of Florida 11 23 499 1,971 2,136
24 Boston University 12 20 584 1,187 2,432
25 Fordham University 10 24 553 1,667 2,024
26 Arizona State University 10 23 500 2,244 1,581
27 Washington University 12 27 538 2,010 1,433
28 University of California, Davis 10 22 510 1,580 1,848
29 University of California, San Francisco 11 22 456 1,728 1,776
30 Texas A&M University 10 19 465 1,244 2,170
31 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 11 24 549 1,691 1,283
32 University of Denver 12 12 610 679 1,946
33 Temple University 11 21 518 1,380 1,712
34 American University 9 20 438 1,315 1,808
35 Duke University 10 23 428 1,827 1,310
36 Suffolk University 12 16 507 1,042 1,641
37 University of Minnesota 9 16 463 825 2,051
38 University of Wisconsin-Madison 8 26 302 2,450 1,247
39 Wake Forest University 8 16 337 1,030 2,116
40 William & Mary Law School 8 16 221 671 2,960
41 Southwestern Law School 13 14 466 602 1,842
42 Northeastern University 7 19 266 1,710 1,714
43 Cornell University 9 21 291 1,475 1,785
44 University of Pittsburgh 11 18 350 1,334 1,405
45 University of Baltimore 6 13 195 633 2,800
46 Emory University 7 18 301 1,380 1,473
47 Ohio State University 9 20 339 1,415 1,089
48 New York Law School 9 19 252 1,531 1,385
49 Southern Methodist University 9 15 310 639 1,726
50 University of San Diego 9 20 250 1,520 1,106
51 University of Colorado Boulder 12 17 378 1,032 918
52 Pepperdine University 8 16 258 931 1,505
53 University of Miami 7 18 294 1,149 1,099
54 Florida State University 10 15 302 994 1,200
55 Indiana University Bloomington 9 19 305 1,093 1,034
56 Brooklyn Law School 9 16 364 701 1,100
57 Georgia State University 11 17 369 821 931
58 Mitchell Hamline School of Law 9 17 314 1,010 855
59 University of Texas at Austin 7 23 223 1,580 653
60 University of New Mexico 8 15 279 816 1,063
61 Drexel University 9 17 290 779 1,013
62 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 10 15 333 697 788
63 Michigan State University 7 16 224 981 1,006
64 University of Southern California 9 12 249 623 1,188
65 University of Missouri-Kansas City 9 17 215 1,094 884
66 George Mason University 7 16 228 1,053 789
67 Loyola University Chicago 8 15 282 627 920
68 University of Arizona 8 12 197 760 1,106
69 University at Buffalo 8 16 220 878 858
70 Loyola Marymount University 8 18 273 823 644
71 St. John's University 8 13 241 667 867
72 Boston College 7 14 204 879 810
73 Pennsylvania State University 7 12 222 527 1,059
74 Wayne State University 9 14 213 816 752
75 City University of New York (CUNY) 7 15 216 665 876
76 University of Notre Dame 7 15 198 748 874
77 Nova Southeastern University 6 15 221 691 744
78 University of Illinois Chicago 9 12 249 550 711
79 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 8 13 223 674 687
80 Brigham Young University Law School 8 14 177 597 936
81 University of Maryland 8 14 245 623 581
82 Syracuse University 7 11 228 468 795
83 Yeshiva University 6 14 162 903 675
84 Marquette University 7 14 178 723 757
85 University of Houston 6 17 161 844 696
86 University of Washington 7 12 211 616 641
87 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 6 15 156 759 755
88 Mercer University 7 15 214 676 540
89 University of Louisville 6 12 165 500 941
90 Santa Clara University 6 16 160 784 650
91 Villanova University 6 9 203 557 623
92 Case Western Reserve University 7 14 170 715 621
93 Hofstra University 6 15 176 731 576
94 Stetson University 8 14 209 558 542
95 University of Connecticut 8 12 168 417 776
96 Howard University 8 15 175 547 604
97 Indiana University Indianapolis 6 14 174 675 477
98 DePaul University 6 14 119 653 708
99 Touro University 6 11 159 533 629
100 University of Iowa 6 11 160 376 735