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Last Updated: May 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 New York University 17 46 1,315 8,898 6,707
2 Yale University 19 42 1,320 8,877 5,914
3 Harvard University 15 42 1,008 8,331 4,920
4 Columbia University School of Law 12 25 922 2,924 4,881
5 Georgetown University 13 27 760 2,975 2,826
6 University of Chicago 14 26 685 3,235 2,943
7 University of Virginia 14 22 807 2,550 1,924
8 University of Michigan 11 25 505 2,345 3,456
9 University of California, Berkeley 12 22 561 1,846 3,057
10 George Washington University 11 21 545 2,053 2,498
11 University at Buffalo 8 19 261 1,203 3,606
12 University of California, Los Angeles 11 25 452 2,505 1,491
13 Rutgers University 11 24 448 1,988 1,719
14 American University 8 20 285 1,839 2,434
15 Duke University 12 20 411 1,666 1,567
16 Stanford University 11 17 475 951 1,864
17 University of Pennsylvania 11 21 348 1,237 1,858
18 University of Texas at Austin 9 21 321 1,748 1,491
19 University of Colorado Boulder 7 14 272 774 2,085
20 Temple University 8 17 276 1,083 1,507
21 Emory University 5 20 157 1,603 1,328
22 Loyola University Chicago 7 13 235 480 1,775
23 University of California, San Francisco 7 20 204 1,196 1,171
24 Fordham University 8 18 214 1,034 1,218
25 Northeastern University 8 11 209 852 1,392
26 Arizona State University 7 15 217 1,056 1,049
27 University of Maryland 8 13 237 1,238 659
28 Texas A&M University 9 15 237 776 1,047
29 Loyola Marymount University 4 11 159 1,051 1,158
30 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 8 15 202 672 1,201
31 University of Notre Dame 7 17 213 814 1,021
32 Boston University 8 13 294 496 889
33 Cornell University 8 16 186 979 986
34 University of Florida 5 19 188 1,066 878
35 Indiana University Bloomington 8 14 209 623 1,106
36 University of Connecticut 8 8 195 332 1,400
37 University of Houston 3 24 84 1,745 678
38 University of Wisconsin-Madison 7 14 144 721 1,257
39 Seattle University 5 16 118 754 1,351
40 University of Arizona 8 13 171 833 986
41 Northwestern University 7 17 226 961 588
42 Ohio State University 7 11 256 551 783
43 Washington University 9 12 250 492 760
44 University of Miami 7 19 161 855 858
45 University of Minnesota 7 16 161 658 939
46 University of Utah 8 11 140 467 1,206
47 University of California, Irvine 8 12 200 587 674
48 Vanderbilt University 6 13 172 695 716
49 University of Pittsburgh 8 13 207 569 605
50 William & Mary Law School 7 12 204 539 638
51 Pennsylvania State University 4 11 133 508 985
52 New York Law School 4 12 85 639 1,028
53 University of California, Davis 7 13 159 542 613
54 University of Iowa 5 17 108 842 578
55 Washington and Lee University 7 11 182 470 479
56 Santa Clara University 7 12 182 576 379
57 George Mason University 5 14 91 766 634
58 Brigham Young University Law School 8 12 145 498 516
59 Georgia State University 6 12 139 396 637
60 Brooklyn Law School 7 11 154 402 545
61 University of Southern California 6 12 126 581 513
62 Florida State University 7 14 137 521 469
63 University of Baltimore 6 8 140 262 664
64 Hofstra University 4 14 88 800 435
65 University of San Francisco 5 13 102 636 489
66 Wake Forest University 6 8 91 250 883
67 University of Washington 5 11 96 402 714
68 Boston College 6 13 122 469 507
69 Pace University 6 11 106 306 714
70 Case Western Reserve University 4 13 65 515 716
71 University of Richmond 8 7 141 386 448
72 Albany Law School 6 9 103 343 663
73 Syracuse University 6 9 98 275 687
74 Yeshiva University 5 17 74 668 361
75 New England Law Boston 4 11 108 400 409
76 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 6 11 89 408 493
77 University of San Diego 5 10 105 411 401
78 Chapman University 4 11 73 471 503
79 Wayne State University 5 12 79 554 378
80 University of Oklahoma 6 8 146 208 323
81 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 4 11 53 487 473
82 University of Illinois Chicago 4 11 81 303 484
83 University of St. Thomas 5 5 135 240 267
84 Nova Southeastern University 4 10 56 311 544
85 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 4 11 68 297 488
86 Indiana University Indianapolis 4 10 44 383 523
87 Pepperdine University 6 9 104 263 312
88 Drexel University 6 8 112 245 280
89 Michigan State University 5 5 124 86 308
90 St. John's University 5 9 75 250 404
91 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 3 11 53 478 303
92 Tulane University 4 9 58 283 432
93 Southern Methodist University 6 9 88 327 239
94 Seton Hall University 5 8 96 180 329
95 California Western School of Law 4 10 65 332 332
96 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 4 8 61 254 409
97 City University of New York (CUNY) 6 8 96 139 324
98 Villanova University 4 10 39 291 474
99 University of South Carolina 5 7 95 125 339
100 Lewis & Clark Law School 4 10 51 251 364