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Last Updated: April 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 George Washington University 28 47 3,163 7,074 11,524
2 New York University 27 51 2,928 10,966 7,185
3 University of California, Berkeley 25 57 2,618 10,416 7,575
4 Harvard University 25 51 2,531 10,927 6,694
5 Stanford University 26 53 2,515 10,642 6,012
6 Georgetown University 23 43 2,543 6,119 8,804
7 University of Virginia 29 36 3,057 4,739 7,072
8 Yale University 24 46 2,423 7,603 5,860
9 Columbia University School of Law 26 40 2,453 5,647 5,515
10 University of California, Los Angeles 20 37 1,948 4,960 6,550
11 University of Pennsylvania 24 32 2,036 3,609 4,880
12 University of Michigan 20 37 1,431 4,783 4,280
13 Boston University 21 28 1,570 3,506 3,989
14 University of Colorado Boulder 21 25 1,420 1,996 5,877
15 Duke University 18 34 1,119 4,502 4,921
16 Vanderbilt University 18 32 1,347 3,262 3,969
17 Cornell University 18 28 1,217 3,554 4,299
18 University of Chicago 20 29 1,296 4,571 2,761
19 University of California, Davis 18 29 1,136 2,480 3,808
20 Texas A&M University 16 21 1,118 1,707 3,936
21 University of Florida 14 26 842 2,510 3,670
22 Northwestern University 12 29 700 2,876 3,819
23 Emory University 15 19 816 1,265 4,232
24 University of Texas at Austin 13 29 803 2,451 2,983
25 University of California, Irvine 17 20 975 1,613 2,220
26 University of California, San Francisco 13 26 809 2,349 2,308
27 Washington University 15 22 823 1,674 2,559
28 University of Minnesota 13 21 738 1,175 3,353
29 William & Mary Law School 12 19 564 1,077 4,265
30 Rutgers University 13 19 763 1,421 2,833
31 University of Washington 11 23 707 1,669 2,705
32 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 10 27 515 2,451 2,966
33 Indiana University Bloomington 9 25 510 1,939 2,906
34 Southern Methodist University 15 19 767 959 2,183
35 Arizona State University 11 25 490 2,297 2,282
36 University of San Diego 12 19 524 1,315 1,892
37 University of Utah 15 12 620 1,022 1,656
38 St. John's University 8 13 677 488 1,609
39 University of Wisconsin-Madison 9 17 471 1,165 1,972
40 University of Iowa 12 14 483 1,057 1,713
41 Case Western Reserve University 9 28 296 2,819 1,062
42 Temple University 12 16 485 918 1,776
43 American University 10 15 447 828 2,021
44 Ohio State University 10 16 524 965 1,490
45 Brigham Young University Law School 13 16 639 764 1,068
46 Santa Clara University 11 19 412 1,121 1,850
47 Fordham University 11 15 450 838 1,720
48 University of Maryland 11 15 480 950 1,256
49 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 12 17 436 991 1,418
50 Pennsylvania State University 9 16 392 802 1,710
51 Suffolk University 8 20 330 997 1,805
52 University of Baltimore 8 10 202 254 3,044
53 Florida State University 12 16 436 787 1,343
54 Northeastern University 10 13 376 629 1,749
55 Yeshiva University 13 16 421 656 1,339
56 University of Pittsburgh 8 19 307 1,311 1,299
57 University of Miami 10 19 320 1,543 1,016
58 Loyola Marymount University 12 17 389 880 1,250
59 Brooklyn Law School 10 17 350 1,062 1,148
60 Villanova University 9 17 292 1,493 922
61 University of Denver 11 15 330 919 1,084
62 University of Southern California 10 12 298 489 1,511
63 University of Oklahoma 11 12 367 541 1,111
64 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 10 11 342 378 1,357
65 University of Richmond 9 15 340 546 1,203
66 University of Houston 9 17 286 792 1,247
67 George Mason University 7 21 238 1,585 651
68 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 9 10 319 304 1,336
69 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 11 14 326 512 1,068
70 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 9 17 285 995 818
71 Drexel University 8 12 262 414 1,441
72 University of Alabama 9 9 263 261 1,485
73 Georgia State University 9 14 259 602 1,199
74 Seton Hall University 8 13 263 542 1,215
75 Loyola University Chicago 9 13 264 586 1,003
76 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 4 8 235 827 828
77 University of South Carolina 10 14 298 519 733
78 University of Connecticut 10 9 257 238 1,190
79 Hofstra University 6 17 126 838 1,274
80 Boston College 7 19 202 1,130 610
81 University of Georgia 10 8 292 255 902
82 University of St. Thomas 8 11 181 536 1,194
83 Indiana University Indianapolis 7 17 194 890 803
84 University of Arizona 7 14 199 571 963
85 Washington and Lee University 9 10 264 282 806
86 Drake University 7 7 214 460 875
87 Wake Forest University 7 13 184 671 662
88 University of Notre Dame 8 15 190 684 589
89 Michigan State University 6 17 178 676 502
90 University of Missouri 7 12 141 560 734
91 South Texas College of Law Houston 8 11 171 367 749
92 University of San Francisco 8 13 157 666 476
93 Lewis & Clark Law School 7 12 164 411 624
94 Seattle University 7 12 128 695 539
95 University of Louisville 5 12 115 420 845
96 Pepperdine University 6 11 163 394 619
97 Albany Law School 6 8 161 242 719
98 DePaul University 6 12 120 361 760
99 University of Kansas 5 9 102 296 876
100 University of Missouri-Kansas City 4 10 106 345 779