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Last Updated: April 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Yale University 24 49 2,214 11,461 4,872
2 Harvard University 22 53 1,957 9,903 4,652
3 New York University 19 43 1,553 7,738 3,937
4 Vanderbilt University 20 40 1,632 5,556 3,444
5 University of California, Berkeley 14 38 1,076 5,316 3,346
6 University of California, Los Angeles 15 38 1,061 4,771 2,908
7 Columbia University School of Law 15 31 1,027 3,665 2,172
8 George Washington University 15 30 874 3,890 2,093
9 University of Virginia 16 28 955 3,047 2,420
10 Georgetown University 12 30 788 3,383 2,158
11 University of Chicago 15 27 916 3,113 1,684
12 University of Pennsylvania 17 21 862 1,664 3,115
13 University of Texas at Austin 14 35 655 4,036 1,565
14 Duke University 13 29 660 3,383 1,914
15 Lewis & Clark Law School 10 28 594 2,871 2,080
16 University of Florida 11 26 502 2,146 2,995
17 Northwestern University 10 28 500 2,791 1,977
18 University of Michigan 16 24 764 1,754 1,490
19 University of Utah 12 20 540 1,337 2,448
20 University of Minnesota 13 21 620 2,528 907
21 University of Kansas 11 21 614 1,773 1,486
22 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 9 30 337 3,276 1,371
23 Arizona State University 10 21 439 1,615 2,211
24 University of Colorado Boulder 12 17 502 1,328 1,954
25 University of California, Davis 13 17 622 948 1,496
26 University of Arizona 11 26 371 2,484 1,310
27 Indiana University Bloomington 10 23 469 2,000 1,230
28 Stanford University 9 20 486 2,013 842
29 George Mason University 9 23 360 2,278 1,006
30 University of California, San Francisco 11 21 450 1,377 1,345
31 Texas A&M University 10 17 421 971 1,403
32 Florida State University 11 19 422 1,023 1,320
33 Washington University 9 24 359 1,708 957
34 Pace University 8 19 360 1,251 1,255
35 Loyola University Chicago 10 14 311 519 1,843
36 Rutgers University 9 20 278 1,494 1,134
37 Cornell University 10 19 368 1,235 905
38 University of Denver 8 16 324 816 1,351
39 Boston University 10 13 465 465 877
40 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 10 12 323 436 1,574
41 William & Mary Law School 8 21 287 1,314 929
42 Albany Law School 8 12 370 465 1,110
43 Wake Forest University 8 17 186 1,106 1,430
44 Suffolk University 6 19 274 1,027 785
45 University of Miami 8 14 269 689 1,085
46 University of Oregon 7 14 277 733 921
47 Emory University 9 14 250 633 957
48 University of New Mexico 8 17 224 1,041 718
49 Pennsylvania State University 8 16 208 859 724
50 University of Maryland 6 17 156 1,244 625
51 University of Notre Dame 7 16 203 930 656
52 University of San Diego 8 14 215 774 632
53 Fordham University 8 12 230 526 775
54 Seattle University 7 11 187 886 654
55 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 8 13 195 642 685
56 Syracuse University 5 13 143 680 905
57 Temple University 8 16 189 746 592
58 American University 7 16 154 789 732
59 University of Richmond 7 16 176 686 677
60 Loyola Marymount University 8 14 207 751 422
61 University of California, Irvine 6 14 182 592 690
62 Villanova University 6 14 143 803 696
63 Ohio State University 8 14 152 603 773
64 University of Wisconsin-Madison 5 11 108 488 1,100
65 Touro University 5 18 133 920 571
66 Louisiana State University 7 11 168 431 752
67 University of Houston 5 15 116 885 598
68 University of Pittsburgh 6 14 143 659 650
69 Boston College 6 16 138 694 641
70 University of Southern California 5 13 142 573 714
71 University of Wyoming 8 7 207 174 736
72 University of Alabama 7 14 133 613 711
73 University of Iowa 8 11 182 327 684
74 West Virginia University 7 8 222 184 602
75 Yeshiva University 6 14 176 638 382
76 Widener University Commonwealth Law School 7 16 152 612 513
77 Indiana University Indianapolis 6 13 106 544 744
78 City University of New York (CUNY) 7 11 145 333 727
79 University of Louisville 6 15 132 692 471
80 Georgia State University 5 14 110 710 541
81 University of the Pacific (McGeorge) 5 13 123 655 488
82 Vermont Law School 4 17 114 761 434
83 Tulane University 6 15 108 618 542
84 Brigham Young University Law School 6 11 139 522 455
85 University of Cincinnati 5 19 90 894 368
86 Washburn University 7 9 156 306 552
87 University of San Francisco 6 13 127 507 507
88 Pepperdine University 7 13 124 685 344
89 Hofstra University 5 11 64 428 851
90 Wayne State University 6 12 104 700 395
91 Northeastern University 7 8 142 340 510
92 University of Washington 6 9 123 298 604
93 University at Buffalo 6 12 101 592 400
94 Stetson University 6 11 102 400 540
95 University of Montana 5 14 126 450 313
96 Chapman University 7 12 128 389 355
97 University of Oklahoma 8 7 162 108 392
98 Case Western Reserve University 5 13 109 427 357
99 Marquette University 7 8 135 240 368
100 Michigan State University 5 14 90 532 323