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Last Updated: March 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 15 29 1,280 2,957 3,000
2 Yale University 15 32 639 4,140 2,055
3 University of Chicago 12 15 366 2,734 603
4 University of Florida 8 14 306 835 992
5 Fordham University 8 14 400 498 717
6 Northwestern University 9 12 376 608 483
7 Boston University 6 13 234 989 631
8 University of California, Berkeley 9 9 165 876 767
9 Yeshiva University 7 14 159 839 807
10 University of San Diego 8 18 173 989 517
11 Columbia University School of Law 8 11 240 777 312
12 University of California, Davis 10 14 213 536 666
13 Rutgers University 8 8 214 379 763
14 Georgetown University 7 10 180 392 470
15 University of California, Los Angeles 5 10 74 560 778
16 University of Minnesota 7 14 131 677 366
17 University of Oregon 6 11 127 474 510
18 Vanderbilt University 6 8 139 565 351
19 University of Virginia 6 12 115 474 459
20 New York University 6 11 108 448 333
21 University of South Carolina 6 11 135 382 245
22 University of California, San Francisco 4 7 84 514 353
23 University of Colorado Boulder 4 7 128 302 303
24 University of Notre Dame 6 8 116 319 274
25 Duke University 5 10 80 455 336
26 University of Pennsylvania 5 8 94 249 385
27 Southern Methodist University 4 7 79 237 341
28 George Mason University 6 9 64 492 180
29 Cornell University 4 11 60 437 236
30 Boston College 4 8 98 217 221
31 University of Michigan 5 6 108 152 196
32 Loyola University Chicago 3 7 26 118 656
33 Pace University 4 6 63 117 426
34 Florida State University 5 11 72 396 112
35 Pepperdine University 4 10 63 416 130
36 University of Southern California 5 6 69 347 136
37 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 6 5 97 107 195
38 Texas Tech University 3 12 34 414 222
39 Wake Forest University 4 3 59 112 355
40 Albany Law School 5 10 57 299 166
41 Arizona State University 5 7 76 132 207
42 New York Law School 3 4 39 309 236
43 University of Iowa 3 8 45 173 316
44 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 4 3 63 225 158
45 Seattle University 3 9 44 378 116
46 Indiana University Bloomington 5 7 52 166 256
47 University of Wisconsin-Madison 3 5 29 428 123
48 Santa Clara University 4 8 50 289 128
49 Drake University 4 4 48 73 322
50 Tulane University 4 7 50 172 186
51 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 5 7 57 145 160
52 Temple University 4 6 24 281 176
53 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 3 8 29 291 138
54 Stanford University 4 4 68 100 105
55 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 4 7 41 140 206
56 University of Kentucky 3 7 36 112 259
57 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 3 8 20 339 132
58 Washington University 3 5 54 167 94
59 University of Georgia 3 3 43 19 282
60 Case Western Reserve University 4 5 39 125 188
61 American University 3 6 38 146 169
62 Drexel University 4 6 60 65 110
63 University of Richmond 4 4 47 55 183
64 University of Denver 4 5 50 103 122
65 University of Missouri 3 6 40 152 131
66 Hofstra University 4 8 45 162 72
67 University of Texas at Austin 3 7 25 288 58
68 Mercer University 4 7 36 114 153
69 Loyola Marymount University 3 5 46 94 119
70 University of Alabama 5 5 38 74 167
71 Georgia State University 2 7 25 202 116
72 University of Memphis 2 6 21 266 76
73 University of St. Thomas 4 6 33 167 95
74 University of Missouri-Kansas City 2 3 10 27 347
75 University of Washington 4 7 32 170 93
76 University of California, Irvine 4 3 42 72 125
77 University of Pittsburgh 2 7 16 170 164
78 University of Utah 3 10 17 251 70
79 Brigham Young University Law School 3 4 50 60 61
80 City University of New York (CUNY) 3 4 29 131 107
81 Emory University 3 6 27 142 102
82 University of South Dakota 3 7 28 142 74
83 University of Houston 3 7 20 221 41
84 George Washington University 3 5 21 94 148
85 Samford University 2 4 30 87 108
86 Ohio State University 3 2 25 22 186
87 Seton Hall University 2 4 26 128 80
88 William & Mary Law School 3 5 30 88 83
89 Washington and Lee University 3 6 30 120 53
90 Louisiana State University 3 5 17 68 158
91 University of Baltimore 2 7 27 130 43
92 Marquette University 3 5 23 150 38
93 Quinnipiac University 3 5 23 104 71
94 University of Oklahoma 3 5 25 50 89
95 St. John's University 2 5 25 52 88
96 University of Idaho 2 6 22 57 91
97 Lewis & Clark Law School 2 5 24 64 74
98 University of Arizona 2 2 11 22 173
99 Northeastern University 2 2 22 67 66
100 University at Buffalo 3 5 22 67 57