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Last Updated: April 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 New York University 17 46 1,284 8,861 6,773
2 Yale University 19 42 1,303 8,884 6,131
3 Harvard University 15 42 938 7,215 5,047
4 Columbia University School of Law 11 25 911 2,921 4,882
5 Georgetown University 13 28 770 3,147 3,132
6 University of Chicago 13 26 666 3,520 2,977
7 University of Virginia 14 22 797 2,544 1,994
8 University of Michigan 11 25 498 2,349 3,464
9 University of California, Berkeley 12 22 542 1,838 3,145
10 George Washington University 11 19 527 1,851 2,512
11 Rutgers University 11 24 485 1,986 1,812
12 University of California, Los Angeles 11 25 440 2,527 1,547
13 University at Buffalo 8 19 256 1,203 3,572
14 American University 8 21 297 1,994 2,500
15 Duke University 11 20 368 1,718 1,597
16 Stanford University 11 16 439 919 1,872
17 University of Texas at Austin 9 21 317 1,748 1,559
18 University of Pennsylvania 11 21 341 1,240 1,778
19 University of Colorado Boulder 7 14 266 774 2,186
20 Emory University 6 21 192 1,655 1,456
21 Temple University 8 17 272 1,083 1,554
22 Loyola University Chicago 7 14 240 508 1,849
23 Fordham University 8 17 230 1,064 1,345
24 University of California, San Francisco 7 20 202 1,196 1,178
25 Northeastern University 8 11 199 848 1,379
26 Arizona State University 7 15 214 1,056 1,056
27 University of Maryland 8 13 229 1,238 642
28 Loyola Marymount University 4 11 156 1,051 1,168
29 Boston University 8 13 295 521 918
30 University of Wisconsin-Madison 7 14 167 734 1,362
31 Texas A&M University 9 15 229 773 1,008
32 University of Florida 5 19 191 1,074 903
33 University of Notre Dame 7 17 210 814 1,031
34 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 8 15 199 672 1,194
35 Cornell University 8 16 186 977 988
36 Ohio State University 7 11 250 558 982
37 Indiana University Bloomington 8 14 205 623 1,142
38 University of Connecticut 8 8 191 339 1,456
39 Seattle University 5 16 113 754 1,424
40 University of Houston 3 24 84 1,745 685
41 University of Arizona 8 13 170 833 1,031
42 Northwestern University 7 17 224 961 609
43 University of Miami 7 19 157 854 885
44 Washington University 9 12 239 488 760
45 University of Minnesota 7 16 159 655 947
46 University of Utah 8 11 137 466 1,160
47 University of California, Irvine 8 12 198 587 704
48 Vanderbilt University 6 13 166 695 755
49 University of Pittsburgh 8 13 203 579 625
50 New York Law School 4 12 83 639 1,037
51 William & Mary Law School 7 12 190 465 624
52 Pennsylvania State University 4 11 130 479 900
53 University of California, Davis 7 13 154 542 627
54 University of Iowa 5 17 106 842 597
55 Santa Clara University 7 12 178 576 393
56 George Mason University 5 14 90 766 646
57 Georgia State University 5 12 136 396 664
58 Florida State University 7 14 140 535 510
59 University of Southern California 5 12 123 592 547
60 Brigham Young University Law School 8 12 141 498 518
61 Washington and Lee University 6 10 134 468 496
62 DePaul University 4 16 52 817 597
63 Hofstra University 4 14 85 797 445
64 University of Washington 5 11 95 402 723
65 Brooklyn Law School 7 11 144 374 486
66 Wake Forest University 6 7 88 240 871
67 University of San Francisco 5 13 95 632 465
68 University of Baltimore 6 7 131 212 648
69 Case Western Reserve University 4 13 61 521 724
70 University of Richmond 7 7 137 386 451
71 Pace University 6 11 102 306 698
72 Albany Law School 6 9 102 343 664
73 Boston College 6 12 118 428 474
74 Syracuse University 6 9 97 278 704
75 New England Law Boston 4 11 108 400 456
76 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 6 11 89 406 516
77 Yeshiva University 5 17 73 667 355
78 University of San Diego 5 10 103 411 428
79 Wayne State University 5 12 80 560 391
80 City University of New York (CUNY) 6 9 121 186 450
81 University of Oklahoma 6 8 136 208 329
82 University of Illinois Chicago 4 11 79 302 520
83 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 4 11 53 487 449
84 University of St. Thomas 5 5 130 241 277
85 Chapman University 3 10 62 376 481
86 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 4 11 70 309 491
87 Indiana University Indianapolis 4 10 44 383 555
88 Nova Southeastern University 4 10 56 311 543
89 Drexel University 6 8 110 245 280
90 St. John's University 5 9 75 250 437
91 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 3 11 53 478 322
92 Michigan State University 5 5 119 86 321
93 University of South Carolina 5 9 95 159 368
94 California Western School of Law 4 10 64 332 368
95 Seton Hall University 5 8 94 180 334
96 Pepperdine University 6 9 81 263 304
97 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 4 8 60 254 416
98 Villanova University 4 10 39 292 474
99 Southern Methodist University 5 8 78 318 232
100 Lewis & Clark Law School 4 10 50 251 365