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Last Updated: November 2025

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 New York University 29 52 3,469 10,513 8,476
2 University of California, Berkeley 26 55 3,029 9,950 9,089
3 Georgetown University 24 42 2,943 6,280 10,732
4 Harvard University 26 50 2,743 10,565 7,049
5 Stanford University 29 52 2,747 10,041 6,432
6 George Washington University 27 41 2,733 5,653 10,433
7 University of Virginia 30 35 3,355 4,199 7,897
8 Yale University 25 44 2,637 7,161 6,275
9 Columbia University School of Law 27 39 2,724 5,133 5,675
10 University of California, Los Angeles 20 35 2,154 4,523 6,687
11 University of Pennsylvania 25 32 2,198 3,228 5,728
12 University of Michigan 22 35 1,554 4,507 4,583
13 Boston University 21 31 1,722 3,630 4,584
14 Duke University 18 33 1,226 4,333 5,438
15 University of Colorado Boulder 21 24 1,518 1,764 6,116
16 Cornell University 19 27 1,332 3,335 5,175
17 University of Chicago 19 28 1,410 4,364 3,137
18 Vanderbilt University 17 28 1,386 2,832 4,332
19 University of California, Davis 21 28 1,265 2,257 4,404
20 Texas A&M University 17 21 1,181 1,627 4,523
21 University of Florida 15 25 912 2,359 4,573
22 Northwestern University 13 29 762 2,749 4,382
23 Emory University 17 17 940 1,100 5,043
24 University of Texas at Austin 13 28 857 2,572 3,293
25 American University 16 19 1,025 1,154 3,746
26 University of California, San Francisco 13 26 923 2,181 2,672
27 University of California, Irvine 18 18 1,053 1,452 2,663
28 William & Mary Law School 14 20 716 1,099 4,594
29 Washington University 16 21 915 1,496 3,013
30 University of Washington 12 23 820 1,557 3,370
31 Rutgers University 14 19 845 1,289 3,263
32 University of Minnesota 12 20 776 1,087 3,463
33 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 10 27 552 2,386 3,132
34 Indiana University Bloomington 11 24 611 1,822 3,269
35 Arizona State University 11 23 570 2,182 2,767
36 Southern Methodist University 16 17 834 826 2,644
37 Brigham Young University 15 16 903 729 1,382
38 University of San Diego 14 18 583 1,213 2,152
39 St. John's University 9 12 774 358 1,994
40 University of Utah 15 11 654 927 1,923
41 Case Western Reserve University 9 27 346 2,760 1,345
42 Temple University 12 15 523 840 2,170
43 Ohio State University 12 15 576 859 1,886
44 University of Iowa 12 12 508 892 1,897
45 Santa Clara University 12 19 453 1,059 1,962
46 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 13 16 488 992 1,741
47 University of Maryland 11 14 526 869 1,600
48 Pennsylvania State University 9 16 448 723 2,102
49 Fordham University 10 14 474 758 1,700
50 University of Wisconsin-Madison 9 16 431 1,071 1,572
51 Suffolk University 9 18 345 911 2,081
52 Florida State University 13 16 439 714 1,679
53 Northeastern University 9 12 377 593 2,054
54 University of Pittsburgh 10 18 329 1,250 1,645
55 University of Miami 9 18 366 1,482 1,171
56 University of Baltimore 9 10 208 235 3,081
57 Loyola Marymount University 11 15 407 824 1,493
58 Brooklyn Law School 10 17 389 1,012 1,398
59 Yeshiva University 13 15 438 590 1,463
60 University of Richmond 10 16 422 679 1,394
61 University of Denver 11 15 371 848 1,235
62 Villanova University 9 16 325 1,404 896
63 George Mason University 8 21 274 1,536 806
64 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 10 11 346 323 1,615
65 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 10 10 351 249 1,659
66 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 11 13 364 454 1,376
67 University of Southern California 11 11 307 439 1,657
68 University of Oklahoma 10 12 391 481 1,195
69 Georgia State University 11 14 303 615 1,414
70 University of Houston 9 16 313 709 1,257
71 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 10 16 304 948 1,040
72 University of Connecticut 10 8 288 200 1,790
73 Drexel University 9 12 269 397 1,682
74 Seton Hall University 9 12 284 501 1,473
75 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 5 9 301 768 1,090
76 Loyola University Chicago 10 12 295 549 1,172
77 Boston College 8 19 255 1,072 817
78 Indiana University Indianapolis 8 17 248 841 1,016
79 University of Alabama 8 8 253 231 1,563
80 University of South Carolina 10 14 335 465 851
81 University of St. Thomas 8 9 208 501 1,347
82 University of Georgia 9 8 321 207 1,035
83 Drake University 7 6 271 389 1,087
84 Washington and Lee University 10 10 286 239 966
85 Wake Forest University 7 13 199 649 935
86 University of Arizona 7 14 218 530 954
87 University of Notre Dame 8 15 208 659 730
88 Hofstra University 7 17 146 808 746
89 Michigan State University 6 17 190 652 617
90 South Texas College of Law Houston 8 11 184 338 952
91 Seattle University 7 12 145 676 745
92 Lewis & Clark Law School 8 11 184 382 837
93 Albany Law School 7 7 176 215 1,011
94 University of San Francisco 9 13 189 629 533
95 University of Missouri 8 12 159 552 748
96 Pepperdine University 7 10 179 364 807
97 DePaul University 7 13 137 359 908
98 University of Kansas 5 9 116 276 1,082
99 University of Louisville 5 12 132 401 865
100 University of Missouri-Kansas City 5 10 116 320 832