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Last Updated: March 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 23 53 1,676 11,235 3,846
2 Yale University 18 59 1,274 12,832 3,305
3 Northwestern University 12 41 914 5,992 3,935
4 New York University 14 44 1,025 6,132 2,635
5 Georgetown University 17 41 1,046 5,335 2,885
6 University of Virginia 13 29 1,062 3,341 2,612
7 University of Chicago 13 33 909 4,726 2,014
8 Stanford University 16 34 911 4,342 2,014
9 Columbia University School of Law 16 30 797 5,022 1,972
10 Duke University 16 29 818 3,185 2,957
11 Vanderbilt University 15 27 873 3,214 2,540
12 University of Michigan 10 32 573 4,406 2,323
13 University of Pennsylvania 14 30 871 2,631 1,994
14 George Washington University 15 27 790 3,015 1,880
15 Cornell University 11 30 628 3,398 1,985
16 University of California, Davis 11 29 604 3,196 1,899
17 University of California, San Francisco 13 31 577 3,429 1,352
18 University of California, Berkeley 12 24 552 2,566 1,795
19 University of California, Los Angeles 12 32 542 2,927 1,476
20 University of Wisconsin-Madison 9 24 351 2,217 2,630
21 Fordham University 12 22 598 1,729 1,681
22 Arizona State University 8 26 270 2,838 1,197
23 Case Western Reserve University 7 24 245 2,611 1,443
24 University of San Francisco 10 19 262 1,838 1,923
25 Boston University 11 16 412 1,112 1,333
26 University of Texas at Austin 11 22 334 1,444 1,192
27 University of Florida 10 18 299 1,372 1,284
28 Texas A&M University 9 13 330 592 1,472
29 Rutgers University 9 19 278 1,335 900
30 Emory University 9 16 294 758 1,252
31 University of Houston 8 19 229 1,177 973
32 University of Minnesota 8 16 224 1,112 1,029
33 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 6 21 192 1,564 758
34 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 8 12 255 1,205 724
35 University of California, Irvine 9 16 246 555 1,337
36 George Mason University 9 22 219 1,404 689
37 University of St. Thomas 9 15 238 1,067 759
38 Florida State University 10 15 241 814 918
39 University of Miami 6 16 160 1,692 500
40 University of Oklahoma 9 13 320 603 593
41 Indiana University Bloomington 7 17 195 1,108 748
42 University of Utah 8 17 167 1,200 691
43 Brooklyn Law School 8 15 241 758 691
44 University of San Diego 6 18 185 999 683
45 American University 7 11 123 562 1,149
46 University of Southern California 5 15 146 907 662
47 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 8 14 148 757 758
48 Seattle University 5 16 120 1,413 264
49 Yeshiva University 8 14 149 758 672
50 Washington University 7 13 117 951 587
51 Georgia State University 7 13 143 660 672
52 University of Alabama 7 12 223 425 447
53 William & Mary Law School 8 13 194 517 496
54 Loyola Marymount University 6 16 161 723 453
55 Hofstra University 7 15 162 839 335
56 University of Connecticut 8 10 160 341 772
57 Southern Methodist University 7 9 160 350 730
58 DePaul University 7 12 137 584 638
59 University of Colorado Boulder 6 16 117 787 517
60 University of Arizona 5 10 136 379 735
61 University of Georgia 6 9 138 319 771
62 Villanova University 5 11 99 805 538
63 University of Pittsburgh 6 14 112 791 451
64 Ohio State University 7 14 132 759 312
65 University of Maryland 7 12 151 466 471
66 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 7 12 134 608 403
67 Pace University 6 12 119 593 489
68 University of Denver 5 11 105 326 792
69 Pennsylvania State University 6 13 134 570 400
70 University of Iowa 5 13 98 755 396
71 Wake Forest University 6 10 132 477 467
72 University of Washington 6 12 110 483 566
73 Temple University 6 10 109 392 645
74 Boston College 6 14 121 588 350
75 Northeastern University 6 11 117 636 320
76 Pepperdine University 5 11 97 760 287
77 University of South Carolina 7 12 134 419 396
78 Catholic University of America 4 9 68 410 708
79 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 5 10 71 640 407
80 Drexel University 5 11 86 415 410
81 Florida International University 5 12 73 416 428
82 Loyola University Chicago 5 8 101 184 486
83 Seton Hall University 6 10 104 293 351
84 University of Oregon 5 10 75 506 279
85 Brigham Young University Law School 6 6 78 311 438
86 University at Buffalo 5 7 84 300 414
87 Santa Clara University 5 8 73 282 476
88 Duquesne University 4 13 66 361 343
89 Michigan State University 4 9 75 281 358
90 University of Notre Dame 4 12 77 434 164
91 University of Kansas 5 9 61 332 309
92 Suffolk University 4 12 34 625 186
93 Tulane University 4 11 43 547 202
94 University of Mississippi 4 9 100 164 245
95 Syracuse University 4 6 51 546 135
96 University of Richmond 5 7 74 325 186
97 University of Louisville 4 11 42 369 295
98 Drake University 3 9 62 404 156
99 Quinnipiac University 4 8 46 359 259
100 University of the Pacific (McGeorge) 4 11 56 327 205