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Last Updated: January 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 24 53 2,383 12,079 5,221
2 Yale University 26 48 2,501 11,075 5,225
3 New York University 20 42 1,773 7,448 4,244
4 Vanderbilt University 22 39 1,878 5,254 4,053
5 University of California, Berkeley 16 37 1,251 5,081 3,722
6 Georgetown University 15 35 1,217 4,623 3,221
7 University of California, Los Angeles 17 35 1,207 4,462 3,224
8 George Washington University 17 33 1,056 4,174 2,518
9 Columbia University School of Law 16 30 1,161 3,457 2,378
10 University of Virginia 16 28 1,028 2,893 2,518
11 University of Pennsylvania 18 20 953 1,497 3,646
12 University of Chicago 18 25 1,010 2,965 1,748
13 Duke University 13 29 754 3,296 2,184
14 University of Texas at Austin 15 33 737 3,838 1,738
15 Lewis & Clark Law School 11 28 704 2,740 2,143
16 University of Florida 12 27 570 2,079 3,264
17 Northwestern University 11 27 605 2,666 2,234
18 University of Michigan 17 23 883 1,579 1,687
19 University of Minnesota 13 20 728 2,393 1,053
20 University of Utah 12 20 588 1,265 2,595
21 University of Kansas 12 20 692 1,524 1,605
22 Arizona State University 11 20 475 1,418 2,386
23 University of Colorado Boulder 12 17 565 1,213 2,143
24 University of Arizona 12 26 456 2,375 1,500
25 University of California, Davis 13 17 682 879 1,724
26 Indiana University Bloomington 10 23 522 1,926 1,380
27 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 9 29 314 2,986 1,066
28 George Mason University 11 23 454 2,221 1,094
29 Pace University 9 20 470 1,397 1,780
30 University of California, San Francisco 11 20 476 1,253 1,588
31 Stanford University 9 20 485 1,903 818
32 Texas A&M University 11 17 480 919 1,560
33 Florida State University 10 18 453 989 1,371
34 Washington University 9 23 370 1,615 1,044
35 Loyola University Chicago 11 13 354 449 2,166
36 Rutgers University 10 20 318 1,455 1,284
37 University of Denver 9 16 364 749 1,547
38 Cornell University 11 18 384 1,152 955
39 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 9 12 352 403 1,784
40 William & Mary Law School 9 21 320 1,256 1,014
41 Boston University 11 12 486 422 1,012
42 Albany Law School 8 11 403 412 1,300
43 University of Miami 8 13 311 646 1,232
44 Wake Forest University 7 16 192 915 1,508
45 Suffolk University 7 18 310 981 869
46 University of Oregon 8 14 319 674 1,029
47 Emory University 9 14 270 590 1,052
48 University of Maryland 7 17 192 1,223 782
49 Pennsylvania State University 9 16 272 782 808
50 University of New Mexico 8 16 236 982 787
51 Fordham University 9 12 267 581 837
52 University of Notre Dame 8 15 227 915 695
53 Seattle University 8 11 216 850 733
54 University of San Diego 7 14 217 741 700
55 Syracuse University 6 13 167 645 1,025
56 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 8 12 206 622 744
57 Villanova University 6 14 159 769 787
58 Temple University 8 16 202 708 635
59 University of California, Irvine 7 15 190 610 786
60 Loyola Marymount University 8 14 249 700 418
61 Touro University 5 17 151 926 657
62 University of Richmond 7 15 184 645 740
63 American University 6 15 160 767 729
64 Boston College 7 15 155 681 779
65 University of Wisconsin-Madison 6 11 117 482 1,134
66 University of Houston 5 15 141 870 631
67 Louisiana State University 7 11 192 398 782
68 University of Pittsburgh 6 13 167 628 670
69 University of Alabama 7 13 151 588 766
70 Ohio State University 7 13 170 574 650
71 University of Southern California 6 14 177 560 627
72 Yeshiva University 7 13 199 611 436
73 Widener University Commonwealth Law School 8 14 190 547 514
74 University of Wyoming 8 7 207 155 792
75 University of Iowa 7 11 185 300 741
76 West Virginia University 8 7 232 165 646
77 City University of New York (CUNY) 8 10 168 294 814
78 Indiana University Indianapolis 6 13 128 503 786
79 University of Louisville 7 14 147 673 511
80 University of Cincinnati 6 18 118 909 395
81 Vermont Law School 6 16 139 735 458
82 University of the Pacific (McGeorge) 6 13 131 641 566
83 Tulane University 6 15 130 592 606
84 Georgia State University 5 14 129 675 512
85 University of San Francisco 6 13 147 504 543
86 Washburn University 8 8 181 279 553
87 University at Buffalo 6 12 115 576 572
88 Pepperdine University 7 13 137 663 378
89 Brigham Young University Law School 6 10 158 412 496
90 Wayne State University 6 12 111 685 429
91 Northeastern University 7 7 154 252 588
92 University of Washington 6 9 127 266 661
93 Stetson University 6 11 114 371 595
94 Chapman University 7 11 151 361 374
95 University of Montana 6 12 145 423 338
96 St. John's University 6 4 79 148 869
97 Case Western Reserve University 5 13 117 437 408
98 Marquette University 7 7 159 205 408
99 Michigan State University 5 14 103 514 358
100 Brooklyn Law School 6 9 129 465 269