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Last Updated: May 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 24 54 2,223 12,495 4,950
2 Yale University 25 49 2,285 11,486 4,845
3 New York University 19 43 1,583 7,741 3,826
4 Vanderbilt University 21 40 1,679 5,576 3,408
5 University of California, Berkeley 14 38 1,086 5,148 3,203
6 University of California, Los Angeles 16 38 1,099 4,788 2,854
7 Columbia University School of Law 15 32 1,066 3,932 2,168
8 George Washington University 16 30 887 3,885 1,960
9 Georgetown University 13 29 824 3,337 2,307
10 University of Chicago 15 27 940 3,113 1,670
11 University of Virginia 14 28 834 3,045 2,172
12 University of Pennsylvania 17 21 845 1,668 2,999
13 University of Texas at Austin 14 34 660 3,960 1,481
14 Lewis & Clark Law School 10 28 607 2,871 2,061
15 University of Florida 12 26 517 2,148 2,917
16 Duke University 11 28 594 2,974 1,424
17 University of Michigan 16 24 787 1,762 1,464
18 Northwestern University 10 28 509 2,792 1,673
19 University of Utah 12 20 546 1,335 2,421
20 University of Minnesota 13 21 636 2,543 902
21 Arizona State University 10 21 508 1,640 2,203
22 University of Kansas 12 21 627 1,773 1,473
23 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 9 30 345 3,281 1,344
24 University of Colorado Boulder 12 17 515 1,328 1,868
25 University of California, Davis 13 17 636 948 1,445
26 University of Arizona 11 26 375 2,484 1,272
27 Indiana University Bloomington 10 23 477 2,000 1,193
28 George Mason University 10 23 380 2,328 1,016
29 Stanford University 8 20 488 1,857 814
30 University of California, San Francisco 12 21 463 1,392 1,323
31 Texas A&M University 10 17 440 972 1,408
32 Florida State University 11 19 428 1,014 1,248
33 Washington University 9 24 363 1,708 940
34 Pace University 8 19 374 1,246 1,251
35 Cornell University 10 19 375 1,236 925
36 Rutgers University 9 20 282 1,502 1,116
37 Loyola University Chicago 10 14 323 519 1,770
38 University of Denver 9 16 333 817 1,352
39 Boston University 10 13 472 475 895
40 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 10 12 333 486 1,535
41 William & Mary Law School 8 21 293 1,304 898
42 Wake Forest University 8 17 202 1,111 1,467
43 Albany Law School 8 12 378 451 1,090
44 University of Miami 8 14 283 695 1,104
45 Suffolk University 6 19 281 1,027 781
46 University of Oregon 7 14 283 736 967
47 University of New Mexico 8 17 227 1,041 734
48 Emory University 9 14 263 624 917
49 Pennsylvania State University 8 17 217 904 739
50 University of Notre Dame 7 16 210 930 657
51 University of Maryland 6 17 157 1,241 604
52 Tulane University 6 15 163 759 899
53 Seattle University 7 11 191 886 590
54 Syracuse University 5 13 145 680 906
55 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 8 12 193 615 700
56 University of Richmond 7 16 185 686 645
57 Temple University 8 16 191 746 560
58 American University 7 15 150 744 728
59 Villanova University 6 14 149 803 664
60 University of California, Irvine 6 14 187 592 660
61 Loyola Marymount University 8 14 208 751 412
62 University of San Diego 8 14 209 750 391
63 Touro University 5 18 138 922 551
64 University of Wisconsin-Madison 5 11 110 489 1,037
65 Fordham University 7 11 195 437 654
66 University of Wyoming 8 7 213 175 790
67 University of Houston 5 15 119 887 608
68 Louisiana State University 7 11 172 431 746
69 University of Southern California 5 13 146 573 741
70 Ohio State University 8 14 166 597 610
71 Yeshiva University 8 14 195 639 428
72 University of Pittsburgh 6 14 151 652 598
73 University of Alabama 7 14 143 613 669
74 University of Iowa 8 11 188 327 668
75 West Virginia University 7 8 224 184 605
76 Widener University Commonwealth Law School 8 16 166 614 498
77 Boston College 6 14 141 581 624
78 Indiana University Indianapolis 6 13 111 556 716
79 University of Louisville 6 15 135 692 456
80 Georgia State University 5 14 113 710 531
81 Vermont Law School 5 17 118 763 423
82 University of the Pacific (McGeorge) 5 13 127 655 465
83 Hofstra University 5 11 69 439 942
84 Washburn University 7 9 161 306 540
85 Brigham Young University Law School 6 11 142 523 436
86 University of San Francisco 6 13 130 509 507
87 Pepperdine University 7 13 128 689 347
88 University of Cincinnati 5 19 90 894 353
89 Wayne State University 6 12 106 700 405
90 University of Washington 6 9 127 298 585
91 University at Buffalo 6 12 106 592 404
92 Northeastern University 7 8 139 339 439
93 Brooklyn Law School 6 11 144 522 232
94 Stetson University 6 11 102 392 517
95 University of Montana 5 14 130 450 308
96 University of Oklahoma 8 7 170 108 398
97 Chapman University 7 12 128 389 341
98 Case Western Reserve University 5 13 113 431 348
99 University of Kentucky 5 15 91 652 245
100 Marquette University 7 8 137 240 360