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Last Updated: March 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Yale University 24 49 2,181 11,472 5,064
2 Harvard University 22 53 1,965 12,272 4,910
3 New York University 19 43 1,546 7,753 4,136
4 Vanderbilt University 20 40 1,593 5,578 3,704
5 University of California, Berkeley 14 38 1,066 5,160 3,516
6 Georgetown University 13 35 1,037 4,850 3,370
7 University of California, Los Angeles 15 38 1,040 4,792 3,115
8 Columbia University School of Law 15 31 1,015 3,699 2,253
9 George Washington University 15 30 855 3,890 2,204
10 University of Virginia 16 28 913 3,062 2,486
11 University of Chicago 15 27 908 3,019 1,764
12 University of Pennsylvania 17 21 784 1,668 3,260
13 University of Texas at Austin 14 34 654 3,992 1,678
14 Duke University 12 28 608 3,001 1,915
15 Lewis & Clark Law School 10 28 582 2,880 2,112
16 University of Florida 11 26 481 2,117 3,206
17 Northwestern University 10 28 491 2,793 2,064
18 University of Michigan 16 24 740 1,751 1,522
19 University of Utah 12 21 541 1,380 2,584
20 University of Minnesota 13 21 618 2,542 984
21 University of Kansas 11 21 604 1,793 1,536
22 Arizona State University 10 21 436 1,712 2,306
23 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 9 30 331 3,273 1,439
24 University of Colorado Boulder 12 17 492 1,326 2,034
25 University of California, Davis 12 17 614 947 1,604
26 University of Arizona 10 26 361 2,486 1,422
27 Indiana University Bloomington 9 23 458 2,000 1,291
28 George Mason University 10 24 369 2,353 1,048
29 University of California, San Francisco 11 21 444 1,441 1,415
30 Stanford University 8 20 459 1,857 834
31 Washington University 10 24 379 1,801 1,040
32 Texas A&M University 10 17 410 971 1,456
33 Florida State University 10 19 407 1,025 1,359
34 Pace University 8 19 346 1,245 1,279
35 Loyola University Chicago 10 14 304 527 1,979
36 Rutgers University 9 20 275 1,523 1,215
37 Boston University 11 13 473 501 1,024
38 Cornell University 10 18 357 1,136 926
39 University of Denver 8 17 316 842 1,404
40 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 10 12 321 436 1,710
41 William & Mary Law School 8 21 275 1,305 949
42 Albany Law School 8 12 361 451 1,168
43 Wake Forest University 8 17 183 1,111 1,453
44 University of Miami 8 14 269 690 1,155
45 Suffolk University 6 19 266 1,027 851
46 University of Oregon 7 14 268 734 954
47 Emory University 9 14 243 633 1,031
48 University of New Mexico 8 17 218 1,041 726
49 Pennsylvania State University 8 17 205 919 824
50 University of Maryland 6 17 154 1,243 690
51 University of Notre Dame 7 16 200 930 665
52 University of Wisconsin-Madison 5 11 108 490 1,513
53 Seattle University 7 12 186 908 704
54 Fordham University 7 12 227 528 796
55 University of San Diego 8 14 205 777 651
56 Syracuse University 5 13 140 680 942
57 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 8 13 184 626 717
58 Temple University 8 16 182 746 615
59 American University 6 16 146 788 721
60 University of California, Irvine 6 14 175 592 744
61 Loyola Marymount University 8 14 204 751 432
62 University of Richmond 7 16 166 686 667
63 Villanova University 6 14 133 773 744
64 Touro University 5 18 132 918 594
65 Boston College 6 17 135 732 711
66 Louisiana State University 7 11 164 431 788
67 University of Alabama 7 14 131 613 755
68 University of Houston 5 15 113 885 591
69 University of Pittsburgh 6 13 139 634 673
70 University of Wyoming 8 7 199 175 759
71 University of Iowa 8 11 179 327 713
72 West Virginia University 7 8 218 184 614
73 Ohio State University 8 14 147 601 596
74 Yeshiva University 6 14 174 648 402
75 University of Southern California 5 13 136 573 670
76 Widener University Commonwealth Law School 7 16 152 613 529
77 Indiana University Indianapolis 6 13 104 556 799
78 City University of New York (CUNY) 7 11 149 333 750
79 University of Louisville 6 15 132 692 487
80 Georgia State University 5 14 108 710 562
81 University of the Pacific (McGeorge) 5 13 120 655 513
82 Vermont Law School 4 17 114 761 428
83 Tulane University 6 15 108 617 561
84 Washburn University 7 9 156 304 573
85 Brigham Young University Law School 6 11 139 523 457
86 University of Cincinnati 5 19 89 895 378
87 University of San Francisco 6 13 126 508 523
88 Pepperdine University 6 13 118 717 362
89 Wayne State University 6 12 102 700 421
90 Northeastern University 7 8 139 340 541
91 University of Washington 5 9 119 286 608
92 Hofstra University 5 11 63 430 737
93 University at Buffalo 5 12 96 592 411
94 Stetson University 6 11 100 389 560
95 Chapman University 7 12 126 389 377
96 University of Montana 5 14 121 451 321
97 University of Oklahoma 8 7 159 108 414
98 Case Western Reserve University 5 13 107 436 385
99 Marquette University 7 8 133 240 376
100 University of Kentucky 5 15 90 652 223