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Last Updated: December 2025

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Yale University 25 48 2,482 11,092 5,272
2 Harvard University 23 52 2,309 11,736 5,182
3 New York University 20 42 1,761 7,480 4,336
4 Vanderbilt University 22 39 1,845 5,256 4,127
5 University of California, Berkeley 16 37 1,223 4,918 3,660
6 University of California, Los Angeles 17 37 1,219 4,552 3,341
7 Georgetown University 15 35 1,189 4,684 3,224
8 George Washington University 17 35 1,062 4,332 2,648
9 Columbia University School of Law 16 32 1,198 3,763 2,540
10 University of Virginia 16 27 1,046 2,850 2,502
11 University of Chicago 18 25 1,024 2,979 1,917
12 University of Pennsylvania 18 20 946 1,506 3,565
13 University of Texas at Austin 15 33 721 3,822 1,765
14 Duke University 13 29 745 3,270 2,165
15 Lewis & Clark Law School 11 28 698 2,740 2,158
16 University of Florida 12 26 569 2,053 3,324
17 Northwestern University 11 27 591 2,640 2,087
18 University of Michigan 17 23 877 1,589 1,699
19 University of Minnesota 13 20 722 2,393 1,038
20 University of Kansas 12 20 710 1,669 1,620
21 University of Utah 12 20 581 1,265 2,566
22 Arizona State University 11 21 492 1,532 2,457
23 University of Colorado Boulder 13 17 577 1,218 2,144
24 University of California, Davis 13 17 669 878 1,754
25 Indiana University Bloomington 10 23 519 1,925 1,442
26 University of Arizona 12 24 430 2,320 1,470
27 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 9 29 310 2,991 1,099
28 George Mason University 11 23 457 2,234 1,075
29 Pace University 9 20 461 1,425 1,803
30 Stanford University 9 20 507 1,949 855
31 University of California, San Francisco 11 20 467 1,253 1,579
32 Texas A&M University 10 17 456 905 1,535
33 Washington University 10 23 382 1,614 1,060
34 Florida State University 10 18 427 976 1,391
35 Loyola University Chicago 11 13 349 449 2,200
36 Rutgers University 10 20 315 1,443 1,273
37 University of Denver 9 16 371 744 1,580
38 Cornell University 11 18 383 1,152 982
39 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 9 12 352 395 1,824
40 Boston University 11 12 482 450 1,107
41 William & Mary Law School 9 21 318 1,253 1,010
42 Albany Law School 8 11 391 416 1,340
43 Wake Forest University 8 17 210 1,060 1,554
44 University of Miami 8 13 312 641 1,261
45 Suffolk University 7 18 306 981 882
46 University of Oregon 8 14 320 675 988
47 Emory University 9 14 271 592 1,078
48 University of Maryland 7 16 196 1,194 820
49 University of New Mexico 8 17 240 1,011 773
50 Pennsylvania State University 9 16 269 782 799
51 University of Notre Dame 8 15 226 902 706
52 Seattle University 8 11 214 850 718
53 Syracuse University 6 13 165 652 1,008
54 Fordham University 9 12 248 487 717
55 Temple University 9 16 212 710 654
56 University of Richmond 7 15 191 656 805
57 Villanova University 6 14 159 776 798
58 Loyola Marymount University 8 14 247 698 422
59 Touro University 5 17 149 901 659
60 University of San Diego 8 14 224 719 471
61 American University 6 15 156 772 748
62 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 8 12 191 595 724
63 Boston College 7 15 154 681 817
64 University of California, Irvine 7 14 186 571 756
65 University of Houston 5 15 143 878 633
66 University of Wisconsin-Madison 6 11 118 473 1,123
67 University of Pittsburgh 6 13 167 627 684
68 University of Alabama 7 13 151 588 793
69 Louisiana State University 7 11 189 398 769
70 Ohio State University 7 13 167 564 681
71 Widener University Commonwealth Law School 8 14 189 570 563
72 Yeshiva University 7 13 195 611 432
73 Indiana University Indianapolis 6 13 132 500 832
74 West Virginia University 8 7 231 165 664
75 University of Southern California 5 13 164 541 618
76 University of Wyoming 8 7 205 155 776
77 University of Iowa 7 11 181 296 735
78 City University of New York (CUNY) 8 10 165 304 786
79 Tulane University 6 15 128 592 670
80 University of Louisville 7 14 143 673 519
81 Vermont Law School 5 16 135 734 464
82 University of Cincinnati 6 18 118 894 389
83 University of the Pacific (McGeorge) 6 13 128 631 566
84 Georgia State University 5 14 130 676 512
85 Brigham Young University 6 11 161 499 516
86 University of San Francisco 6 12 144 488 536
87 Pepperdine University 7 13 136 663 384
88 Washburn University 8 8 180 278 530
89 Northeastern University 7 8 157 320 588
90 Wayne State University 6 12 111 684 450
91 University of Washington 6 9 128 274 677
92 University at Buffalo 6 12 110 576 447
93 Stetson University 6 11 114 371 594
94 Chapman University 7 11 151 361 373
95 University of Montana 6 12 144 422 344
96 Marquette University 7 7 157 205 442
97 Case Western Reserve University 5 13 115 428 410
98 Brooklyn Law School 6 9 128 465 289
99 University of Kentucky 5 15 107 630 227
100 Michigan State University 5 14 98 516 360