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Last Updated: May 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Yale University 30 52 2,827 12,742 6,981
2 Harvard University 20 43 1,591 8,249 5,618
3 Georgetown University 18 42 1,643 6,933 5,169
4 New York University 22 38 1,751 6,165 4,429
5 University of Virginia 18 31 1,422 4,520 4,196
6 University of Pennsylvania 18 35 1,232 4,957 4,272
7 Columbia University School of Law 19 33 1,273 4,353 2,723
8 University of California, Berkeley 16 30 1,046 3,815 3,675
9 George Washington University 14 27 1,034 2,900 3,880
10 University of Michigan 17 26 991 3,022 3,227
11 Boston University 15 25 963 2,733 2,834
12 University of California, Davis 15 22 916 1,676 3,514
13 University of California, Los Angeles 14 27 821 2,613 2,405
14 Duke University 13 30 727 2,872 2,203
15 Stanford University 14 27 778 2,501 1,905
16 Vanderbilt University 12 27 615 2,963 1,787
17 Northwestern University 12 26 687 2,423 1,610
18 University of Chicago 13 25 687 1,959 1,999
19 University of California, San Francisco 12 25 576 2,322 2,173
20 University of Florida 12 26 602 2,366 1,822
21 Emory University 14 22 573 1,793 2,195
22 Arizona State University 10 26 498 2,240 1,783
23 Temple University 10 18 589 1,031 2,279
24 University of Minnesota 13 23 548 1,790 1,604
25 Fordham University 13 25 494 1,939 1,705
26 Rutgers University 10 23 538 1,698 1,622
27 Wake Forest University 12 24 413 2,424 1,525
28 Texas A&M University 10 22 498 1,949 1,505
29 Washington University 12 25 518 1,603 1,697
30 University of Pittsburgh 11 16 607 932 1,678
31 Cornell University 9 20 415 2,306 1,323
32 University of San Diego 13 18 615 1,301 1,089
33 University of Texas at Austin 11 26 424 2,215 1,161
34 Georgia State University 10 16 404 981 2,327
35 Indiana University Bloomington 12 18 490 1,321 1,532
36 Drexel University 8 15 478 878 1,633
37 American University 10 19 363 1,282 1,803
38 Northeastern University 11 19 432 1,351 1,267
39 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 9 22 329 1,720 1,442
40 University of Maryland 11 19 407 1,266 1,411
41 Loyola University Chicago 10 19 390 1,314 1,247
42 Ohio State University 10 19 399 1,148 1,219
43 Case Western Reserve University 9 23 352 1,567 1,059
44 Florida State University 10 15 376 827 1,429
45 Southern Methodist University 10 15 405 773 1,156
46 University of Utah 10 17 350 882 1,271
47 Indiana University Indianapolis 8 23 240 1,801 975
48 University of Iowa 10 15 337 591 1,546
49 Seattle University 7 17 305 1,604 805
50 Pace University 9 15 286 674 1,552
51 Pennsylvania State University 9 14 307 622 1,286
52 University of Southern California 7 20 252 1,497 767
53 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 8 23 246 1,483 794
54 Brooklyn Law School 7 22 269 1,490 587
55 Seton Hall University 8 20 271 1,152 847
56 University of Wisconsin-Madison 7 19 266 1,225 719
57 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 8 13 327 575 977
58 William & Mary Law School 10 15 335 710 789
59 University of St. Thomas 9 15 296 741 955
60 University of Georgia 9 14 297 570 1,050
61 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 7 20 243 1,019 883
62 University of Houston 8 16 235 839 1,082
63 University of Denver 10 14 302 698 839
64 Yeshiva University 9 16 246 984 763
65 University of Washington 9 14 255 694 909
66 University of Colorado Boulder 8 12 265 624 823
67 University of California, Irvine 9 14 274 523 772
68 Loyola Marymount University 9 14 240 648 802
69 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 7 17 193 1,049 652
70 University of Baltimore 8 10 240 273 1,096
71 University of Miami 10 13 276 443 708
72 University of Missouri-Kansas City 8 15 187 664 945
73 Pepperdine University 6 17 190 939 646
74 University of Arizona 5 20 113 1,290 707
75 University of Oklahoma 7 13 231 569 726
76 Wayne State University 6 14 170 782 822
77 University of Alabama 7 12 210 439 894
78 University of Missouri 10 12 258 591 505
79 Suffolk University 6 17 160 1,014 563
80 University at Buffalo 7 12 147 1,003 587
81 Saint Louis University 7 14 159 655 830
82 Santa Clara University 7 15 149 811 727
83 University of Louisville 5 20 129 1,070 585
84 George Mason University 7 15 163 730 663
85 Boston College 8 12 172 710 607
86 Stetson University 7 10 177 311 862
87 Hofstra University 6 17 136 854 519
88 Willamette University College of Law 7 7 164 206 910
89 Syracuse University 6 13 128 733 622
90 Mitchell Hamline School of Law 5 14 141 609 645
91 University of Richmond 7 10 188 339 635
92 University of South Carolina 6 8 134 381 854
93 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 6 13 118 653 634
94 Brigham Young University Law School 5 16 145 653 436
95 Louisiana State University 4 15 101 830 492
96 Southwestern Law School 7 10 114 326 818
97 University of Notre Dame 6 13 116 547 585
98 South Texas College of Law Houston 6 12 134 362 627
99 Albany Law School 7 11 124 383 538
100 University of Connecticut 6 6 191 199 368