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Last Updated: March 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Yale University 20 53 1,933 11,660 8,670
2 Harvard University 22 57 1,603 11,888 6,782
3 New York University 15 50 1,328 8,594 7,359
4 Georgetown University 16 38 1,212 5,232 5,123
5 University of Chicago 18 42 1,153 6,285 3,784
6 University of California, Berkeley 13 35 1,104 4,409 4,428
7 University of Michigan 14 31 939 3,575 5,151
8 George Washington University 13 43 824 5,035 3,472
9 University of Virginia 16 36 997 4,167 3,073
10 Columbia University School of Law 16 32 962 3,775 3,334
11 University of California, Los Angeles 15 34 761 4,566 2,610
12 Duke University 11 31 843 3,667 2,866
13 Stanford University 14 22 613 2,312 3,346
14 American University 10 23 408 2,571 3,440
15 University of Pennsylvania 13 28 609 2,445 2,309
16 Cornell University 13 21 801 1,608 1,762
17 Temple University 10 27 444 2,361 1,992
18 Fordham University 11 22 538 1,934 1,475
19 Northwestern University 10 24 392 2,233 1,872
20 Arizona State University 9 22 377 1,872 2,263
21 Boston University 8 22 417 1,383 1,834
22 Vanderbilt University 10 21 436 1,381 1,621
23 University of Notre Dame 9 24 340 1,909 1,492
24 Texas A&M University 9 21 374 1,615 1,355
25 DePaul University 7 27 168 2,170 1,791
26 University of Texas at Austin 8 27 295 2,193 1,033
27 Emory University 8 16 272 813 2,309
28 University of California, San Francisco 8 21 250 1,685 1,460
29 University of California, Irvine 8 19 308 1,228 1,536
30 Rutgers University 8 18 245 1,605 1,314
31 Washington University 9 17 271 1,167 1,555
32 University of Houston 5 30 104 2,484 945
33 Indiana University Bloomington 9 19 234 1,141 1,433
34 Loyola University Chicago 10 15 297 742 1,342
35 University of Southern California 8 17 253 1,276 1,075
36 University of Minnesota 8 15 253 728 1,511
37 University of Miami 7 19 177 1,352 1,237
38 University of Wisconsin-Madison 7 14 162 1,184 1,359
39 University of Richmond 10 12 248 462 1,190
40 University of California, Davis 8 11 203 507 1,326
41 Case Western Reserve University 5 19 124 1,083 1,168
42 University of Pittsburgh 6 17 143 1,210 930
43 George Mason University 5 19 118 1,185 1,083
44 University of Utah 6 13 150 659 1,351
45 Pennsylvania State University 4 13 136 707 1,373
46 University of San Diego 6 15 174 1,174 738
47 Brigham Young University Law School 8 15 211 812 857
48 Southern Methodist University 7 13 178 727 1,106
49 Willamette University College of Law 6 20 146 1,294 588
50 University of Florida 7 16 171 952 759
51 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 8 7 177 455 1,156
52 William & Mary Law School 8 15 206 662 789
53 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 5 18 119 1,182 772
54 Ohio State University 7 11 207 482 894
55 Yeshiva University 7 14 192 557 890
56 University of Colorado Boulder 5 15 157 564 1,062
57 Boston College 7 15 188 758 716
58 Florida State University 7 18 172 898 640
59 New York Law School 4 10 60 496 1,552
60 University at Buffalo 5 13 111 619 1,008
61 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 8 13 151 707 706
62 Cleveland State University 5 10 75 286 1,325
63 University of Kansas 5 15 134 663 668
64 University of Baltimore 6 10 150 387 791
65 University of Maryland 6 14 140 601 633
66 Brooklyn Law School 7 13 150 464 701
67 Washington and Lee University 5 13 127 552 709
68 University of Arizona 6 14 128 641 610
69 Hofstra University 6 14 107 871 493
70 Pace University 5 14 83 522 786
71 Wayne State University 6 11 99 572 631
72 Seattle University 5 12 76 428 849
73 University of Iowa 5 13 80 613 630
74 Northeastern University 7 11 121 455 547
75 Creighton University 4 12 48 378 990
76 Texas Tech University 4 14 76 754 425
77 City University of New York (CUNY) 6 9 120 246 604
78 University of Connecticut 5 12 65 402 715
79 Loyola Marymount University 4 12 74 523 558
80 Chapman University 3 13 59 632 500
81 Tulane University 4 13 54 610 535
82 St. John's University 5 12 86 327 605
83 University of Cincinnati 5 13 56 516 577
84 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 7 9 116 288 407
85 Villanova University 4 11 54 398 633
86 California Western School of Law 3 12 47 485 587
87 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 4 14 80 509 385
88 Marquette University 6 7 114 320 376
89 Syracuse University 5 11 75 302 593
90 Georgia State University 4 11 79 488 401
91 Lewis & Clark Law School 4 10 63 353 568
92 Pepperdine University 4 9 50 285 686
93 University of Illinois Chicago 5 11 64 348 542
94 University of Alabama 5 10 86 344 385
95 Albany Law School 5 9 102 218 410
96 University of the Pacific (McGeorge) 4 14 49 492 423
97 University of St. Thomas 6 9 104 275 305
98 Santa Clara University 4 10 64 408 328
99 Nova Southeastern University 4 8 54 291 476
100 University of Washington 4 8 64 184 509