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Last Updated: May 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 16 29 1,325 2,958 2,917
2 Yale University 15 32 665 4,140 1,935
3 University of Chicago 12 15 382 2,733 544
4 Fordham University 8 14 422 503 661
5 University of Florida 9 14 315 835 801
6 Northwestern University 10 12 389 612 478
7 Boston University 6 13 250 989 562
8 University of San Diego 8 18 186 989 593
9 Yeshiva University 7 14 169 838 780
10 University of California, Davis 10 13 231 505 649
11 Columbia University School of Law 8 11 253 777 297
12 University of California, Berkeley 9 9 164 876 430
13 Rutgers University 8 8 181 243 704
14 University of California, Los Angeles 5 10 82 560 792
15 University of Minnesota 7 14 136 679 364
16 University of Oregon 6 11 133 474 511
17 Georgetown University 8 9 176 351 363
18 Vanderbilt University 6 8 144 566 285
19 University of Virginia 6 12 120 475 368
20 New York University 7 11 117 448 346
21 University of South Carolina 7 11 143 382 260
22 University of Colorado Boulder 4 7 135 302 355
23 University of California, San Francisco 4 7 90 514 322
24 University of Notre Dame 6 8 122 319 253
25 Duke University 5 10 83 443 325
26 Loyola University Chicago 3 7 28 118 874
27 Pace University 5 6 68 117 644
28 University of Pennsylvania 6 8 98 249 343
29 Florida State University 5 11 102 396 166
30 Cornell University 4 11 63 437 267
31 Southern Methodist University 4 7 87 237 318
32 George Mason University 6 9 65 492 180
33 Boston College 4 8 105 217 218
34 University of Michigan 5 6 111 152 169
35 Pepperdine University 5 10 67 416 136
36 Wake Forest University 4 3 69 113 378
37 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 6 5 107 107 160
38 Texas Tech University 3 12 35 415 243
39 Seattle University 3 9 46 378 180
40 University of Iowa 3 8 48 173 330
41 Arizona State University 6 7 81 132 194
42 Albany Law School 5 10 58 299 148
43 New York Law School 3 4 36 309 246
44 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 4 3 64 225 155
45 Drake University 4 4 52 73 345
46 University of Wisconsin-Madison 3 5 31 428 130
47 Indiana University Bloomington 5 7 55 166 221
48 Santa Clara University 4 8 50 289 117
49 Tulane University 4 7 53 172 172
50 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 5 7 61 145 150
51 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 4 7 42 140 238
52 University of Southern California 4 5 54 273 61
53 Washington University 3 5 60 167 124
54 Stanford University 4 5 71 108 99
55 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 3 8 30 291 140
56 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 3 8 21 339 133
57 Temple University 4 6 25 281 155
58 University of Georgia 3 3 46 19 281
59 University of Missouri-Kansas City 2 3 11 27 429
60 University of Missouri 3 6 45 152 133
61 University of Kentucky 3 7 36 112 205
62 American University 3 6 40 146 154
63 University of Richmond 4 4 51 55 178
64 University of Denver 4 5 50 103 121
65 University of Texas at Austin 3 7 29 288 61
66 University of St. Thomas 4 7 36 188 104
67 Drexel University 4 6 61 65 88
68 Mercer University 4 7 40 114 143
69 Hofstra University 4 8 45 161 68
70 Georgia State University 2 7 28 202 116
71 Case Western Reserve University 4 5 40 124 120
72 University of Alabama 5 5 39 74 156
73 Loyola Marymount University 3 5 46 91 108
74 University of Memphis 2 6 21 266 74
75 University of Washington 4 7 33 170 91
76 University of California, Irvine 4 3 44 72 112
77 University of Pittsburgh 3 7 18 170 148
78 Emory University 3 6 29 138 119
79 University of Utah 3 10 17 251 76
80 City University of New York (CUNY) 3 4 30 131 119
81 University of South Dakota 3 7 29 142 88
82 Samford University 2 4 32 87 121
83 Brigham Young University Law School 3 4 50 60 54
84 George Washington University 3 5 22 94 151
85 University of Houston 3 7 20 226 38
86 William & Mary Law School 3 5 33 89 92
87 Seton Hall University 2 4 28 128 70
88 Washington and Lee University 3 6 31 120 53
89 University of Baltimore 2 7 28 130 38
90 Marquette University 3 5 23 150 39
91 Quinnipiac University 3 5 25 104 66
92 Ohio State University 3 2 27 22 129
93 St. John's University 2 5 25 52 103
94 Louisiana State University 2 5 13 67 148
95 University of Oklahoma 3 5 26 50 89
96 Lewis & Clark Law School 2 5 26 64 75
97 University of Idaho 2 6 24 57 86
98 Mitchell Hamline School of Law 4 5 20 53 95
99 Nova Southeastern University 2 5 10 121 81
100 Northeastern University 2 2 23 67 64