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Last Updated: February 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 60 177 22,037 122,577 43,853
2 Yale University 63 176 20,861 125,013 43,673
3 New York University 46 124 14,468 73,689 34,052
4 Columbia University School of Law 50 112 12,672 49,495 30,623
5 University of Virginia 51 97 13,981 40,253 29,211
6 Georgetown University 42 95 12,170 44,629 28,525
7 University of Chicago 45 109 12,028 48,016 23,542
8 University of California, Berkeley 34 93 8,337 39,265 22,335
9 University of California, Los Angeles 39 94 9,213 36,815 19,550
10 Stanford University 39 93 7,720 33,212 15,501
11 George Washington University 34 86 7,118 30,334 20,675
12 University of Michigan 38 72 8,631 23,406 17,757
13 University of Pennsylvania 36 78 8,121 25,460 17,619
14 Northwestern University 32 83 6,550 30,558 15,140
15 University of Texas at Austin 30 76 6,036 26,069 12,277
16 Vanderbilt University 31 75 6,073 22,535 13,468
17 Duke University 30 73 5,634 22,627 12,948
18 Cornell University 27 63 4,267 16,316 11,762
19 Fordham University 26 56 4,394 14,251 10,671
20 University of Minnesota 27 54 3,932 12,650 12,034
21 Washington University 28 53 3,927 11,849 11,265
22 University of Florida 24 52 3,885 13,178 9,815
23 Rutgers University 23 55 3,200 14,009 10,065
24 Boston University 26 42 3,695 9,551 10,493
25 University of California, Davis 25 49 3,539 9,665 9,852
26 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 23 48 3,134 10,036 7,733
27 Emory University 20 50 2,623 10,347 9,446
28 University of Colorado Boulder 22 49 2,638 9,605 9,572
29 William & Mary Law School 22 46 2,924 8,757 6,905
30 University of Wisconsin-Madison 21 51 2,484 10,295 7,256
31 Texas A&M University 21 37 2,847 6,173 8,746
32 Florida State University 20 43 2,564 7,966 8,292
33 University of San Diego 20 59 2,308 12,039 5,458
34 University of Notre Dame 21 44 2,616 8,163 6,527
35 Ohio State University 21 48 2,417 9,057 6,401
36 George Mason University 16 50 1,964 10,527 5,916
37 Yeshiva University 21 45 2,271 7,567 6,736
38 Indiana University Bloomington 17 52 1,927 9,910 6,176
39 University of California, Irvine 22 40 2,279 5,480 7,900
40 Temple University 20 42 2,262 6,831 6,647
41 University of California, San Francisco 18 42 2,158 7,698 6,312
42 Arizona State University 18 41 1,845 7,821 6,842
43 Brooklyn Law School 23 37 2,410 5,850 4,791
44 American University 15 36 1,407 6,822 6,549
45 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 14 47 1,374 8,192 5,200
46 Seattle University 15 41 1,311 9,333 4,457
47 University of Southern California 19 40 1,749 5,897 5,127
48 University of Maryland 17 41 1,633 6,797 4,736
49 University of Arizona 18 42 1,413 6,102 5,445
50 University of Utah 18 36 1,559 4,712 5,744
51 Boston College 17 37 1,669 5,447 3,937
52 University of Miami 16 35 1,123 6,436 5,416
53 Southern Methodist University 17 33 1,594 3,898 5,182
54 University of Pittsburgh 15 41 1,343 6,545 4,121
55 Brigham Young University Law School 19 36 1,554 4,576 4,128
56 University of Houston 13 41 1,070 7,308 4,224
57 Loyola Marymount University 17 37 1,441 5,010 4,264
58 Pennsylvania State University 16 31 1,415 4,556 4,753
59 Wake Forest University 16 43 1,256 6,181 4,052
60 University of St. Thomas 17 42 1,212 6,625 3,728
61 University of Georgia 17 34 1,530 4,603 3,759
62 University of Denver 16 31 1,423 4,135 3,823
63 University of Richmond 16 35 1,266 4,786 3,919
64 Loyola University Chicago 17 30 1,311 3,638 4,613
65 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 15 35 1,268 5,195 3,401
66 University of Iowa 14 31 1,233 3,663 4,691
67 Pepperdine University 16 36 1,271 5,136 3,170
68 University of Washington 16 29 1,242 3,402 4,588
69 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 13 36 955 5,308 3,496
70 Northeastern University 14 28 914 4,333 4,396
71 Wayne State University 12 39 847 5,945 3,064
72 University at Buffalo 16 29 1,048 4,242 3,447
73 University of Baltimore 12 28 990 3,745 4,063
74 Case Western Reserve University 13 34 898 4,364 3,970
75 Michigan State University 16 32 1,192 3,263 3,269
76 Lewis & Clark Law School 13 32 1,025 4,421 3,048
77 University of Kansas 14 32 971 4,128 3,075
78 University of Alabama 13 34 999 3,872 3,009
79 University of South Carolina 15 26 1,163 2,265 3,303
80 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 12 28 869 4,106 2,875
81 University of Connecticut 17 24 1,017 2,510 3,446
82 Seton Hall University 13 32 977 3,455 2,530
83 University of Cincinnati 11 36 787 4,560 2,424
84 Indiana University Indianapolis 11 28 827 3,742 2,785
85 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 14 30 908 3,182 2,712
86 Catholic University of America 15 27 1,012 2,908 2,366
87 Albany Law School 10 26 803 2,992 3,291
88 University of Missouri 15 31 941 3,259 2,280
89 DePaul University 11 38 567 4,464 3,102
90 Hofstra University 11 34 789 4,155 2,073
91 New York Law School 13 29 655 3,431 3,255
92 Georgia State University 13 26 826 2,717 2,814
93 Pace University 12 27 683 2,864 3,394
94 Santa Clara University 13 33 758 3,728 2,170
95 Washington and Lee University 14 23 876 2,335 2,652
96 St. John's University 10 23 967 1,977 2,462
97 Willamette University College of Law 14 32 804 2,879 2,340
98 South Texas College of Law Houston 13 24 851 2,170 2,665
99 University of Oklahoma 15 20 895 1,694 2,613
100 Suffolk University 8 28 597 2,716 2,892