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Last Updated: February 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Yale University 24 49 2,153 11,488 4,919
2 Harvard University 22 53 1,941 12,196 4,833
3 New York University 19 43 1,527 7,810 3,901
4 Vanderbilt University 20 40 1,563 5,572 3,617
5 University of California, Berkeley 14 38 1,037 5,180 3,411
6 Georgetown University 13 35 1,003 4,852 3,165
7 University of California, Los Angeles 15 38 1,020 4,787 3,058
8 George Washington University 15 35 896 4,626 2,411
9 Columbia University School of Law 15 31 1,020 3,831 2,241
10 University of Virginia 16 28 918 3,164 2,343
11 University of Chicago 15 27 900 3,012 1,722
12 University of Pennsylvania 17 21 773 1,669 3,233
13 University of Texas at Austin 14 35 641 4,043 1,633
14 Duke University 12 28 614 3,014 1,985
15 Lewis & Clark Law School 10 28 573 2,880 1,988
16 University of Florida 10 26 476 2,115 3,101
17 University of Michigan 16 24 724 1,761 1,536
18 Northwestern University 10 28 482 2,764 1,790
19 University of Utah 11 20 525 1,337 2,435
20 University of Minnesota 13 21 598 2,527 965
21 University of Kansas 11 21 595 1,793 1,494
22 Arizona State University 10 21 431 1,711 2,246
23 University of Colorado Boulder 12 17 481 1,326 1,969
24 University of California, Davis 12 17 610 947 1,563
25 University of Arizona 10 26 355 2,486 1,402
26 Indiana University Bloomington 9 23 451 2,000 1,288
27 Pace University 9 21 402 1,497 1,695
28 University of California, San Francisco 11 22 438 1,538 1,447
29 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 8 29 263 3,051 976
30 George Mason University 10 23 355 2,330 983
31 Stanford University 8 20 448 1,857 785
32 Washington University 10 24 371 1,800 1,008
33 Texas A&M University 10 17 404 972 1,397
34 Florida State University 10 19 394 1,018 1,280
35 Loyola University Chicago 10 14 301 510 1,968
36 Rutgers University 9 20 270 1,524 1,183
37 University of Denver 8 16 308 816 1,457
38 Boston University 10 13 452 465 939
39 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 9 12 313 436 1,660
40 Cornell University 10 18 350 1,138 855
41 William & Mary Law School 8 21 269 1,305 927
42 Albany Law School 8 12 356 452 1,172
43 Wake Forest University 8 17 179 1,102 1,377
44 University of Miami 8 14 270 692 1,159
45 Suffolk University 6 19 264 1,028 811
46 University of Oregon 7 14 264 736 958
47 Emory University 9 14 234 629 987
48 University of New Mexico 7 17 214 1,041 723
49 Pennsylvania State University 8 17 204 929 788
50 University of Maryland 6 17 151 1,250 723
51 University of Notre Dame 7 16 199 930 611
52 University of Wisconsin-Madison 5 11 104 491 1,451
53 Seattle University 7 12 184 909 674
54 Fordham University 7 12 225 528 735
55 Syracuse University 5 13 137 680 947
56 Temple University 8 16 179 746 597
57 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 8 12 178 615 679
58 University of California, Irvine 6 14 172 592 726
59 American University 6 16 145 789 684
60 Villanova University 6 14 132 773 739
61 University of Richmond 7 16 162 686 655
62 University of San Diego 8 14 200 750 393
63 Loyola Marymount University 8 14 199 750 392
64 Touro University 5 18 130 921 594
65 Boston College 6 16 133 709 716
66 Louisiana State University 7 11 163 431 725
67 Yeshiva University 7 14 181 648 438
68 University of Alabama 7 14 129 613 721
69 University of Pittsburgh 6 14 137 658 635
70 University of Houston 4 15 108 886 579
71 University of Wyoming 8 8 193 196 699
72 West Virginia University 7 8 214 184 595
73 University of Iowa 7 11 173 303 678
74 Ohio State University 7 14 137 597 591
75 Indiana University Indianapolis 6 13 104 558 778
76 Widener University Commonwealth Law School 7 16 146 614 500
77 University of Southern California 5 13 136 573 583
78 City University of New York (CUNY) 7 11 141 333 726
79 University of Louisville 6 15 131 692 458
80 University of the Pacific (McGeorge) 5 13 118 655 521
81 Vermont Law School 4 17 114 761 423
82 Georgia State University 5 14 105 710 509
83 Tulane University 6 15 106 617 563
84 University of Cincinnati 6 19 92 924 362
85 Washburn University 7 9 155 305 525
86 University of San Francisco 6 13 125 508 503
87 Brigham Young University Law School 6 11 139 523 417
88 Northeastern University 7 8 140 334 564
89 Pepperdine University 6 13 114 711 341
90 Wayne State University 6 12 100 698 391
91 University of Washington 5 9 118 286 605
92 University at Buffalo 5 12 95 592 416
93 Stetson University 6 11 99 386 559
94 Chapman University 7 12 124 388 350
95 University of Montana 5 14 117 451 312
96 Case Western Reserve University 4 13 104 426 390
97 Michigan State University 5 14 94 530 330
98 University of Oklahoma 8 7 151 114 395
99 Marquette University 7 8 127 240 372
100 Brooklyn Law School 5 9 112 483 236