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Last Updated: April 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 23 54 1,742 11,312 3,791
2 Yale University 19 59 1,304 12,828 3,285
3 Northwestern University 12 41 920 5,970 3,862
4 New York University 15 44 1,045 6,175 2,592
5 Georgetown University 17 37 996 4,873 2,493
6 University of Virginia 13 29 1,065 3,343 2,535
7 University of Chicago 13 33 938 4,713 1,959
8 Columbia University School of Law 17 29 840 4,979 1,955
9 Stanford University 16 33 941 4,347 1,936
10 Duke University 16 29 838 3,192 2,963
11 Vanderbilt University 16 28 908 3,279 2,443
12 University of Michigan 10 31 581 4,340 2,258
13 University of Pennsylvania 15 30 887 2,600 1,923
14 George Washington University 15 27 807 3,017 1,816
15 Cornell University 12 30 642 3,387 1,944
16 University of California, Davis 12 29 606 3,191 1,768
17 University of California, San Francisco 13 30 581 3,312 1,287
18 University of California, Berkeley 12 24 569 2,551 1,767
19 University of California, Los Angeles 12 32 548 2,927 1,393
20 University of Wisconsin-Madison 9 24 363 2,222 2,631
21 Fordham University 12 22 609 1,690 1,652
22 Arizona State University 8 26 270 2,887 1,157
23 Case Western Reserve University 7 24 250 2,623 1,388
24 University of San Francisco 10 19 273 1,835 1,864
25 Boston University 11 16 423 1,108 1,274
26 University of Texas at Austin 11 22 340 1,445 1,163
27 University of Florida 9 18 280 1,362 1,205
28 Texas A&M University 9 13 344 585 1,404
29 Rutgers University 9 19 282 1,333 890
30 Emory University 10 16 301 750 1,186
31 University of California, Irvine 10 17 269 681 1,230
32 University of Houston 8 19 235 1,177 915
33 University of Minnesota 8 16 231 1,112 968
34 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 6 21 193 1,552 732
35 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 8 12 261 1,207 679
36 George Mason University 9 22 226 1,404 665
37 University of Miami 7 17 170 1,736 523
38 Florida State University 10 15 244 812 955
39 University of St. Thomas 9 15 244 1,050 711
40 University of Oklahoma 9 13 326 600 624
41 Indiana University Bloomington 7 17 202 1,106 752
42 University of Utah 8 17 168 1,200 661
43 University of San Diego 7 17 201 1,034 641
44 Brooklyn Law School 8 15 241 758 634
45 American University 7 11 128 572 1,085
46 Seattle University 6 16 124 1,413 259
47 University of Southern California 5 15 137 889 652
48 Yeshiva University 8 14 151 757 647
49 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 8 13 147 640 724
50 Washington University 7 14 124 953 554
51 William & Mary Law School 8 13 199 518 519
52 Georgia State University 7 13 147 646 647
53 University of Alabama 7 12 228 426 431
54 University of Colorado Boulder 7 16 137 798 559
55 Loyola Marymount University 6 16 166 723 458
56 University of Connecticut 8 10 171 339 749
57 Southern Methodist University 7 9 163 350 718
58 DePaul University 7 12 138 585 597
59 University of Arizona 5 11 140 406 724
60 University of Georgia 6 9 138 318 768
61 Villanova University 5 12 100 823 505
62 Hofstra University 7 14 145 770 276
63 University of Pittsburgh 6 14 113 788 419
64 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 7 12 142 604 407
65 Pace University 6 12 123 590 509
66 University of Maryland 7 12 153 466 464
67 Ohio State University 7 14 131 759 313
68 University of Washington 6 12 112 483 566
69 University of Iowa 5 13 100 741 399
70 University of Denver 5 11 103 323 746
71 Wake Forest University 7 10 135 477 445
72 Pennsylvania State University 6 13 131 557 357
73 Temple University 6 10 107 391 611
74 Boston College 6 14 123 588 344
75 Northeastern University 6 11 121 636 311
76 University of South Carolina 7 12 139 420 393
77 Pepperdine University 5 11 100 760 282
78 Catholic University of America 4 9 70 410 658
79 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 5 10 76 640 382
80 Drexel University 5 11 89 415 374
81 Seton Hall University 6 10 105 293 373
82 Loyola University Chicago 5 8 104 184 459
83 Florida International University 5 11 74 415 398
84 Brigham Young University Law School 6 6 79 311 430
85 University at Buffalo 5 7 86 299 395
86 University of Oregon 5 10 75 506 265
87 Santa Clara University 5 8 73 283 460
88 Michigan State University 4 9 74 275 354
89 Duquesne University 4 13 64 357 311
90 University of Notre Dame 4 12 79 434 152
91 University of Kansas 5 9 61 332 332
92 Suffolk University 4 12 35 624 185
93 Syracuse University 4 7 53 566 129
94 University of Mississippi 4 9 100 164 232
95 California Western School of Law 6 8 84 169 287
96 University of Richmond 5 7 77 325 177
97 Tulane University 4 10 45 489 192
98 Drake University 3 9 62 404 155
99 University of Louisville 4 11 42 369 282
100 University of the Pacific (McGeorge) 4 11 59 334 224