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Last Updated: May 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 63 177 23,934 121,097 44,290
2 Yale University 65 175 22,151 124,991 43,242
3 New York University 49 124 15,534 73,958 34,370
4 Columbia University School of Law 51 112 13,441 49,504 31,190
5 University of Virginia 53 97 14,328 39,964 28,598
6 University of Chicago 46 109 12,623 47,797 23,242
7 Georgetown University 43 92 12,017 38,933 26,062
8 University of California, Los Angeles 43 94 9,820 37,083 19,543
9 University of California, Berkeley 35 93 8,799 39,277 21,802
10 Stanford University 40 93 8,399 33,265 15,843
11 George Washington University 35 85 7,492 29,726 20,512
12 University of Michigan 39 72 9,121 23,456 17,260
13 University of Pennsylvania 37 78 8,624 25,394 17,281
14 Northwestern University 33 83 6,971 30,605 15,046
15 University of Texas at Austin 32 76 6,411 26,060 12,081
16 Vanderbilt University 33 75 6,456 22,522 13,090
17 Duke University 31 71 5,795 20,360 12,345
18 Cornell University 28 63 4,552 16,320 11,745
19 Fordham University 26 54 4,400 13,747 9,938
20 University of Minnesota 28 55 4,066 12,727 11,751
21 Washington University 29 53 4,232 12,125 11,313
22 University of Florida 25 52 4,115 13,169 9,387
23 Rutgers University 24 57 3,405 14,446 9,809
24 Boston University 26 43 3,920 9,542 10,175
25 University of California, Davis 26 49 3,737 9,668 9,566
26 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 25 49 3,384 10,007 8,097
27 University of Colorado Boulder 23 49 2,837 9,627 9,433
28 Emory University 19 48 2,597 9,743 9,146
29 William & Mary Law School 23 46 3,105 8,709 7,022
30 University of Wisconsin-Madison 21 51 2,649 10,275 7,187
31 Texas A&M University 23 37 3,050 6,160 8,439
32 University of San Diego 21 59 2,443 12,040 5,569
33 University of Notre Dame 22 44 2,796 8,169 6,606
34 Ohio State University 22 48 2,566 9,209 6,144
35 Florida State University 21 40 2,580 7,163 7,672
36 Yeshiva University 22 45 2,432 7,555 6,930
37 George Mason University 17 50 2,074 10,532 5,891
38 Indiana University Bloomington 17 52 2,056 10,076 6,102
39 University of California, Irvine 23 40 2,420 5,470 8,116
40 Temple University 20 42 2,416 6,827 6,503
41 Brooklyn Law School 24 38 2,807 6,160 5,105
42 University of California, San Francisco 19 43 2,303 7,736 6,071
43 Arizona State University 19 41 1,938 7,743 6,731
44 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 15 46 1,466 8,270 5,029
45 University of Maryland 17 41 1,736 6,813 4,883
46 American University 16 34 1,419 6,521 6,578
47 Seattle University 16 41 1,393 9,323 4,138
48 University of Southern California 20 40 1,835 5,886 4,954
49 University of Arizona 19 42 1,520 6,084 5,505
50 University of Utah 18 36 1,670 4,711 5,825
51 Wake Forest University 17 45 1,500 6,974 4,263
52 Southern Methodist University 17 33 1,730 3,909 5,149
53 University of Miami 16 35 1,189 6,486 5,194
54 University of Pittsburgh 16 41 1,394 6,490 4,053
55 Boston College 18 35 1,758 4,529 3,924
56 University of St. Thomas 17 42 1,320 6,627 3,973
57 University of Houston 14 41 1,129 7,306 4,251
58 Brigham Young University Law School 19 36 1,632 4,557 4,126
59 Loyola Marymount University 17 37 1,519 4,993 4,206
60 University of Georgia 18 34 1,614 4,631 3,950
61 Pennsylvania State University 16 31 1,501 4,528 4,495
62 University of Iowa 15 32 1,395 3,822 5,075
63 Loyola University Chicago 18 30 1,396 3,668 4,754
64 University of Denver 17 31 1,529 4,149 3,608
65 University of Richmond 16 35 1,343 4,780 3,965
66 Pepperdine University 16 36 1,381 5,135 3,203
67 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 16 35 1,334 5,189 3,337
68 University of Washington 17 29 1,307 3,380 4,753
69 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 13 36 1,046 5,337 3,461
70 Wayne State University 13 39 886 5,956 3,037
71 Northeastern University 14 28 948 4,282 4,061
72 University of Baltimore 13 28 1,041 3,747 3,984
73 Lewis & Clark Law School 14 32 1,087 4,424 3,079
74 University at Buffalo 16 29 1,080 4,240 3,153
75 Michigan State University 16 32 1,256 3,279 3,080
76 University of Kansas 14 32 1,030 4,199 3,110
77 University of Alabama 14 34 1,080 3,875 2,952
78 Case Western Reserve University 13 34 921 4,205 3,418
79 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 14 28 924 4,104 2,821
80 University of South Carolina 15 24 1,198 2,082 3,207
81 University of Connecticut 18 24 1,083 2,503 3,196
82 Seton Hall University 13 32 1,036 3,438 2,529
83 University of Cincinnati 12 36 836 4,550 2,402
84 Indiana University Indianapolis 11 28 878 3,742 2,666
85 University of Missouri 15 30 1,008 3,221 2,341
86 Albany Law School 10 26 857 3,010 3,075
87 Hofstra University 11 34 838 4,155 2,098
88 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 14 30 935 3,149 2,455
89 New York Law School 14 29 704 3,425 3,328
90 Georgia State University 13 26 854 2,691 3,133
91 Catholic University of America 15 25 1,055 2,533 2,200
92 St. John's University 11 23 1,005 1,979 2,574
93 Santa Clara University 13 33 799 3,753 1,976
94 Willamette University College of Law 15 32 886 2,879 2,224
95 South Texas College of Law Houston 13 24 900 2,192 2,593
96 Pace University 11 25 679 2,609 3,175
97 Tulane University 12 27 731 2,852 2,684
98 Washington and Lee University 15 23 872 2,274 2,445
99 University of Oklahoma 16 20 961 1,688 2,460
100 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 13 25 795 2,381 2,327