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Last Updated: April 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Yale University 30 52 2,747 12,712 7,129
2 Harvard University 19 43 1,478 8,039 5,721
3 Georgetown University 18 42 1,612 7,030 5,401
4 New York University 22 38 1,728 6,155 4,494
5 University of Virginia 18 31 1,419 4,519 4,378
6 University of Pennsylvania 17 35 1,201 4,953 4,302
7 Columbia University School of Law 19 33 1,228 4,341 2,694
8 University of California, Berkeley 16 30 1,025 3,812 3,702
9 George Washington University 14 27 1,029 2,979 3,982
10 University of Michigan 18 26 996 3,073 3,288
11 Boston University 15 25 941 2,731 2,796
12 University of California, Davis 15 22 886 1,675 3,605
13 University of California, Los Angeles 14 27 833 2,611 2,509
14 Duke University 13 29 699 2,845 2,129
15 Stanford University 13 27 743 2,517 1,924
16 Vanderbilt University 11 26 608 2,895 1,824
17 Northwestern University 12 26 677 2,429 1,606
18 University of Chicago 13 25 665 1,959 2,046
19 University of Florida 12 26 605 2,392 1,925
20 University of California, San Francisco 12 25 560 2,347 2,180
21 Emory University 14 22 577 1,807 2,223
22 Temple University 10 18 580 1,031 2,324
23 Arizona State University 10 25 480 2,214 1,743
24 Fordham University 13 25 499 1,952 1,865
25 Rutgers University 11 23 543 1,697 1,840
26 University of Minnesota 13 23 541 1,790 1,691
27 Texas A&M University 10 22 489 1,949 1,542
28 Wake Forest University 12 24 405 2,400 1,533
29 Washington University 11 25 504 1,604 1,689
30 University of Pittsburgh 11 16 592 911 1,686
31 Cornell University 9 20 411 2,305 1,331
32 Georgia State University 10 16 402 982 2,422
33 University of San Diego 12 18 601 1,300 1,117
34 University of Texas at Austin 11 26 416 2,267 1,167
35 Indiana University Bloomington 12 18 481 1,325 1,526
36 American University 10 19 352 1,325 1,903
37 Drexel University 8 15 470 877 1,669
38 Northeastern University 11 19 424 1,347 1,307
39 University of Maryland 10 19 401 1,265 1,432
40 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 9 22 317 1,726 1,344
41 Case Western Reserve University 9 23 347 1,662 1,158
42 Loyola University Chicago 10 19 371 1,313 1,238
43 Ohio State University 10 19 397 1,145 1,215
44 Florida State University 10 16 380 853 1,535
45 Southern Methodist University 10 15 398 771 1,140
46 University of Utah 9 17 341 883 1,322
47 Indiana University Indianapolis 8 23 234 1,790 1,033
48 Seattle University 7 17 304 1,620 828
49 University of Iowa 10 15 326 591 1,508
50 Pace University 9 15 279 675 1,577
51 University of Southern California 7 20 248 1,497 837
52 Pennsylvania State University 9 13 310 588 1,290
53 University of St. Thomas 9 15 310 738 964
54 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 8 13 328 575 1,004
55 Seton Hall University 7 20 268 1,144 777
56 William & Mary Law School 10 15 333 712 827
57 University of Wisconsin-Madison 7 19 262 1,225 733
58 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 7 23 216 1,473 692
59 University of Houston 8 16 238 845 1,104
60 Brooklyn Law School 7 22 235 1,450 574
61 University of Georgia 9 14 290 570 1,046
62 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 7 20 232 1,002 882
63 University of Denver 10 14 290 684 829
64 Yeshiva University 9 16 241 994 783
65 University of Washington 9 14 254 694 911
66 University of Colorado Boulder 8 12 259 624 811
67 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 7 17 188 1,162 690
68 Loyola Marymount University 9 14 239 647 831
69 University of California, Irvine 9 14 263 520 792
70 University of Baltimore 8 10 239 273 1,113
71 University of Missouri-Kansas City 8 15 184 664 977
72 University of Miami 10 13 267 451 704
73 Suffolk University 6 18 161 1,168 597
74 University of Arizona 5 19 109 1,268 743
75 Pepperdine University 5 17 184 936 646
76 University of Oklahoma 7 13 226 568 737
77 Wayne State University 6 14 167 781 795
78 University of Alabama 7 12 202 438 916
79 University of Missouri 10 12 252 594 508
80 Saint Louis University 7 14 159 655 858
81 University at Buffalo 7 12 146 1,003 588
82 Santa Clara University 7 15 143 811 749
83 University of Louisville 5 20 126 1,061 611
84 George Mason University 7 15 160 730 662
85 Stetson University 7 10 177 310 868
86 Boston College 8 12 163 709 544
87 Hofstra University 6 17 133 839 507
88 Willamette University College of Law 7 7 161 206 928
89 Mitchell Hamline School of Law 5 14 135 609 675
90 Syracuse University 6 13 125 725 619
91 University of Richmond 7 10 184 339 627
92 University of South Carolina 6 8 132 381 842
93 Brigham Young University Law School 5 16 143 653 472
94 Louisiana State University 4 15 98 830 512
95 City University of New York (CUNY) 7 11 143 548 495
96 Southwestern Law School 7 10 111 326 850
97 South Texas College of Law Houston 6 12 133 372 683
98 University of Notre Dame 6 13 114 526 615
99 DePaul University 5 15 102 805 414
100 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 6 11 95 557 596