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Last Updated: January 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 25 53 2,040 11,025 4,108
2 Yale University 21 59 1,518 12,554 3,528
3 New York University 15 44 1,199 5,993 2,767
4 Northwestern University 14 41 938 5,219 3,849
5 Georgetown University 16 38 1,191 4,925 2,847
6 University of Chicago 15 32 1,089 4,497 2,083
7 Stanford University 18 33 1,126 4,138 2,116
8 Columbia University School of Law 18 31 955 4,868 2,218
9 Vanderbilt University 18 28 1,053 3,190 2,593
10 Duke University 18 27 954 2,970 3,155
11 University of Virginia 14 28 1,044 2,504 2,439
12 University of Michigan 11 31 662 4,236 2,395
13 University of Pennsylvania 16 27 1,033 2,319 2,030
14 George Washington University 16 26 898 2,845 1,955
15 Cornell University 12 29 724 3,259 2,144
16 University of California, Davis 13 29 727 3,054 1,939
17 University of California, Berkeley 14 26 748 2,565 2,113
18 University of California, San Francisco 14 30 696 3,300 1,421
19 University of California, Los Angeles 12 31 599 2,656 1,512
20 University of Wisconsin-Madison 11 23 428 2,091 2,598
21 Fordham University 13 21 665 1,535 1,698
22 Arizona State University 10 25 321 2,803 1,252
23 Case Western Reserve University 8 24 296 2,573 1,583
24 University of San Francisco 10 19 330 1,752 1,947
25 Boston University 12 17 457 1,111 1,351
26 University of Texas at Austin 11 21 386 1,278 1,245
27 University of Florida 10 18 302 1,317 1,403
28 Texas A&M University 9 12 367 527 1,508
29 Rutgers University 9 19 321 1,278 960
30 Emory University 10 15 317 730 1,336
31 University of Houston 8 18 266 1,144 1,026
32 University of Minnesota 9 16 261 1,081 1,087
33 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 8 12 311 1,137 783
34 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 7 21 213 1,507 792
35 George Mason University 9 22 257 1,370 692
36 University of Miami 7 16 196 1,696 613
37 University of California, Irvine 9 15 248 539 1,405
38 University of St. Thomas 10 13 277 1,009 762
39 Florida State University 10 14 274 774 963
40 University of Oklahoma 10 13 374 544 591
41 Indiana University Bloomington 8 17 230 1,062 762
42 University of Utah 9 15 207 1,151 658
43 University of San Diego 7 17 234 997 649
44 Brooklyn Law School 9 13 262 718 624
45 American University 8 11 156 531 1,141
46 University of Southern California 6 15 177 869 672
47 Seattle University 7 16 154 1,379 275
48 Washington University 7 13 173 884 636
49 Yeshiva University 9 14 186 717 716
50 University of Colorado Boulder 7 15 167 774 664
51 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 8 12 169 593 773
52 Georgia State University 7 13 168 634 728
53 William & Mary Law School 8 13 223 483 559
54 University of Alabama 7 11 243 399 454
55 DePaul University 8 11 172 548 645
56 Loyola Marymount University 7 15 181 680 473
57 Southern Methodist University 7 8 178 325 781
58 University of Arizona 6 10 163 375 773
59 University of Pittsburgh 7 14 143 747 465
60 Ohio State University 7 14 170 722 359
61 Villanova University 5 12 124 794 509
62 Hofstra University 7 14 186 716 285
63 University of Connecticut 7 10 164 306 770
64 Pace University 6 12 148 571 578
65 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 7 12 155 593 487
66 University of Georgia 7 9 150 305 782
67 Pennsylvania State University 7 11 170 529 440
68 University of Maryland 6 11 166 440 519
69 University of Denver 7 10 122 309 844
70 University of Washington 7 12 131 457 579
71 Northeastern University 6 11 149 608 336
72 Wake Forest University 6 10 141 452 484
73 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 5 10 95 749 412
74 Pepperdine University 6 11 108 747 292
75 Catholic University of America 5 9 89 393 712
76 University of South Carolina 7 12 150 396 397
77 Boston College 6 14 129 567 334
78 University of Iowa 6 12 118 533 375
79 Drexel University 6 10 111 389 411
80 Temple University 6 8 100 324 513
81 Brigham Young University Law School 7 6 93 302 545
82 Florida International University 5 12 91 395 446
83 University of Oregon 5 10 93 486 318
84 Loyola University Chicago 5 8 107 177 544
85 University at Buffalo 6 7 101 279 448
86 Seton Hall University 6 10 115 275 350
87 Santa Clara University 5 8 84 270 477
88 University of Notre Dame 6 11 103 411 195
89 Michigan State University 5 9 85 259 364
90 California Western School of Law 7 8 109 162 336
91 Syracuse University 4 6 67 577 143
92 Suffolk University 4 12 37 613 195
93 Tulane University 4 10 60 476 212
94 Duquesne University 4 12 70 262 342
95 University of Kansas 4 9 68 314 284
96 University of Richmond 5 6 89 306 191
97 University of Louisville 4 10 50 358 319
98 University of Mississippi 5 9 108 148 243
99 Drake University 4 9 74 391 167
100 South Texas College of Law Houston 4 8 64 205 378