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Last Updated: May 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Yale University 20 53 2,029 11,619 8,451
2 Harvard University 23 57 1,697 11,635 6,343
3 New York University 15 50 1,373 8,590 6,950
4 University of Chicago 18 42 1,196 6,282 3,547
5 University of California, Berkeley 14 35 1,159 4,412 4,181
6 Georgetown University 17 34 1,140 4,333 3,965
7 University of Michigan 14 31 972 3,572 5,136
8 George Washington University 13 43 860 5,062 3,344
9 University of Virginia 17 36 1,022 4,167 2,883
10 Columbia University School of Law 16 32 1,018 3,780 3,145
11 University of California, Los Angeles 15 34 788 4,555 2,533
12 Duke University 12 31 881 3,630 2,680
13 Stanford University 15 23 692 2,363 3,236
14 University of Pennsylvania 13 28 632 2,440 2,262
15 American University 10 24 408 2,620 3,151
16 Cornell University 13 21 837 1,602 1,728
17 Temple University 10 27 480 2,362 1,995
18 Arizona State University 9 22 392 1,939 2,225
19 Northwestern University 10 24 390 2,233 1,820
20 Fordham University 11 22 527 1,912 1,396
21 Boston University 8 22 441 1,387 1,763
22 Vanderbilt University 10 21 456 1,381 1,498
23 University of Notre Dame 9 24 359 1,909 1,361
24 University of Texas at Austin 9 28 337 2,293 1,007
25 Texas A&M University 9 21 390 1,615 1,286
26 University of California, San Francisco 8 22 264 1,712 1,325
27 University of California, Irvine 8 19 324 1,228 1,434
28 Emory University 7 15 242 758 2,189
29 Washington University 9 17 282 1,166 1,626
30 Rutgers University 8 17 256 1,559 1,263
31 University of Houston 5 30 110 2,484 833
32 University of Southern California 8 18 275 1,353 1,011
33 Indiana University Bloomington 9 19 244 1,141 1,316
34 Loyola University Chicago 11 15 313 743 1,231
35 University of Minnesota 9 15 263 728 1,424
36 University of Miami 7 19 187 1,360 1,190
37 University of Wisconsin-Madison 7 14 168 1,184 1,211
38 University of Richmond 10 12 261 463 1,080
39 George Mason University 5 19 135 1,485 798
40 University of California, Davis 8 11 216 509 1,241
41 Willamette University College of Law 7 21 192 1,331 582
42 University of San Diego 6 15 183 1,174 748
43 University of Utah 7 13 157 658 1,301
44 Southern Methodist University 8 13 199 736 1,022
45 Pennsylvania State University 4 14 142 722 1,317
46 University of Pittsburgh 6 17 149 1,194 835
47 Brigham Young University Law School 8 15 217 812 832
48 Case Western Reserve University 5 19 126 1,075 1,023
49 William & Mary Law School 9 16 225 736 757
50 University of Florida 7 16 179 952 707
51 Yeshiva University 7 14 196 549 954
52 Ohio State University 7 11 212 480 871
53 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 5 18 123 1,182 692
54 University of Colorado Boulder 5 15 163 564 983
55 Florida State University 8 18 179 892 598
56 Boston College 7 14 192 696 682
57 New York Law School 4 10 61 496 1,500
58 University at Buffalo 6 13 119 619 1,003
59 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 8 13 154 707 696
60 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 7 6 155 244 1,042
61 Cleveland State University 5 10 79 286 1,359
62 University of Kansas 5 15 141 663 628
63 University of Baltimore 6 10 152 387 782
64 Brooklyn Law School 7 13 164 467 648
65 University of Maryland 6 14 147 601 600
66 Washington and Lee University 5 13 133 553 713
67 Hofstra University 6 14 112 872 483
68 Tulane University 5 15 99 691 688
69 University of Arizona 6 14 133 641 555
70 Pace University 5 14 89 522 788
71 Wayne State University 6 11 102 572 589
72 University of Iowa 5 13 85 614 580
73 Seattle University 5 12 81 426 749
74 Texas Tech University 4 14 79 754 442
75 Creighton University 4 12 48 367 916
76 Northeastern University 7 11 120 454 476
77 University of Connecticut 5 12 66 402 685
78 Chapman University 3 13 67 628 454
79 Loyola Marymount University 4 12 72 524 493
80 St. John's University 5 12 90 327 566
81 Lewis & Clark Law School 4 10 80 393 549
82 University of Cincinnati 5 13 59 516 515
83 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 4 14 89 509 372
84 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 7 10 115 333 387
85 Marquette University 6 7 120 320 368
86 Villanova University 4 11 57 398 598
87 California Western School of Law 3 12 49 485 555
88 Pepperdine University 4 9 57 285 689
89 Syracuse University 5 11 77 302 551
90 Georgia State University 5 11 84 488 339
91 DePaul University 5 11 63 497 418
92 Albany Law School 5 9 107 218 397
93 University of Alabama 5 10 91 347 362
94 University of Illinois Chicago 5 11 64 348 484
95 University of the Pacific (McGeorge) 4 14 51 492 388
96 University of St. Thomas 6 9 107 275 289
97 Seton Hall University 5 9 68 231 457
98 St. Thomas University 5 9 66 377 313
99 University of Washington 4 8 68 196 463
100 Santa Clara University 4 10 65 408 281