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Last Updated: May 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 23 53 1,787 11,266 3,700
2 Yale University 19 59 1,331 12,826 3,215
3 Northwestern University 12 41 948 6,061 3,932
4 New York University 15 45 1,115 6,277 2,716
5 Georgetown University 17 37 1,053 4,740 2,690
6 University of Chicago 14 33 943 4,726 1,916
7 Stanford University 17 34 960 4,358 1,868
8 Columbia University School of Law 17 29 825 4,988 1,835
9 University of Virginia 12 28 1,010 3,291 2,356
10 Vanderbilt University 17 28 926 3,282 2,462
11 University of Michigan 10 31 598 4,375 2,295
12 Duke University 16 27 792 2,670 2,463
13 University of Pennsylvania 15 29 902 2,555 1,965
14 George Washington University 15 26 815 2,967 1,818
15 Cornell University 12 30 652 3,390 1,878
16 University of California, Davis 12 29 624 3,195 1,709
17 University of California, San Francisco 13 30 597 3,318 1,257
18 University of California, Berkeley 13 26 586 2,607 1,755
19 University of California, Los Angeles 12 32 556 2,927 1,393
20 University of Wisconsin-Madison 9 24 373 2,218 2,740
21 Fordham University 12 22 603 1,690 1,560
22 Arizona State University 8 26 276 2,897 1,144
23 University of San Francisco 10 19 287 1,844 1,920
24 Case Western Reserve University 7 23 245 2,455 1,227
25 Boston University 11 16 426 1,109 1,312
26 University of Texas at Austin 11 22 336 1,431 1,156
27 University of Florida 10 18 308 1,372 1,207
28 Texas A&M University 9 13 352 592 1,388
29 Rutgers University 9 19 282 1,307 851
30 Emory University 10 14 303 653 1,130
31 University of Houston 8 19 242 1,184 911
32 University of Minnesota 8 16 238 1,112 946
33 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 6 21 196 1,552 760
34 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 8 12 262 1,207 684
35 George Mason University 9 22 229 1,404 667
36 University of California, Irvine 9 16 256 554 1,155
37 University of St. Thomas 9 15 253 1,090 695
38 University of Miami 7 16 169 1,695 501
39 University of Oklahoma 9 13 329 603 620
40 Indiana University Bloomington 7 17 206 1,111 773
41 Brooklyn Law School 9 15 262 775 723
42 University of San Diego 7 19 212 1,070 668
43 University of Utah 8 17 167 1,200 640
44 Florida State University 10 12 220 623 796
45 Washington University 7 13 158 947 720
46 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 8 14 151 754 711
47 University of Southern California 5 15 139 886 652
48 American University 7 11 131 573 967
49 Seattle University 6 16 125 1,413 254
50 Yeshiva University 8 14 158 759 628
51 Wake Forest University 7 13 167 680 636
52 William & Mary Law School 8 13 202 520 505
53 University of Alabama 8 12 234 426 406
54 Loyola Marymount University 6 16 168 724 470
55 University of Connecticut 8 10 177 341 748
56 Georgia State University 7 13 149 661 604
57 Hofstra University 7 15 163 840 318
58 DePaul University 7 12 143 597 627
59 Southern Methodist University 7 9 167 350 700
60 University of Arizona 5 11 142 406 706
61 University of Colorado Boulder 7 16 120 787 459
62 Villanova University 5 12 101 823 511
63 University of Georgia 6 9 139 319 764
64 University of Pittsburgh 6 14 115 792 428
65 Pace University 6 12 125 594 549
66 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 7 12 146 608 404
67 Boston College 8 14 148 581 399
68 University of Maryland 7 12 153 466 475
69 Ohio State University 7 14 130 759 301
70 University of Washington 6 12 114 484 569
71 Pennsylvania State University 6 13 138 570 359
72 University of Denver 5 11 105 325 735
73 University of Iowa 5 13 100 741 379
74 Temple University 6 10 111 391 628
75 Northeastern University 6 11 124 638 316
76 Pepperdine University 5 11 103 760 268
77 University of South Carolina 6 12 122 420 349
78 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 5 10 76 640 371
79 Seton Hall University 6 10 106 293 406
80 Drexel University 5 11 88 415 355
81 Florida International University 5 12 75 416 388
82 Loyola University Chicago 5 8 106 184 439
83 University of Oregon 5 10 77 506 285
84 Brigham Young University Law School 6 6 80 311 438
85 University at Buffalo 5 7 86 300 386
86 Catholic University of America 4 9 42 286 612
87 Santa Clara University 5 8 73 283 455
88 Michigan State University 4 9 77 281 353
89 University of Kansas 5 9 62 334 372
90 University of Notre Dame 5 12 81 434 154
91 Suffolk University 4 12 36 625 172
92 Syracuse University 4 6 53 546 138
93 Duquesne University 4 12 66 273 311
94 University of the Pacific (McGeorge) 4 11 63 349 246
95 University of Mississippi 4 9 100 164 224
96 University of Louisville 4 11 44 369 317
97 University of Richmond 5 7 78 325 178
98 California Western School of Law 6 8 84 170 283
99 Tulane University 4 10 47 494 180
100 Drake University 3 9 62 404 161