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Last Updated: March 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 George Washington University 29 47 3,091 6,922 11,882
2 New York University 26 52 2,994 11,122 7,554
3 University of California, Berkeley 24 57 2,545 10,444 7,997
4 Harvard University 25 51 2,478 10,936 6,718
5 Georgetown University 23 46 2,608 6,793 9,747
6 Stanford University 26 53 2,428 10,611 5,926
7 University of Virginia 29 36 2,994 4,730 7,312
8 Yale University 23 46 2,369 7,660 5,891
9 Columbia University School of Law 25 40 2,388 5,629 5,661
10 University of California, Los Angeles 20 36 1,858 4,620 6,659
11 University of Pennsylvania 24 32 1,963 3,609 5,168
12 University of Michigan 19 37 1,388 4,781 4,297
13 Boston University 20 29 1,557 3,540 4,126
14 University of Colorado Boulder 20 25 1,369 1,997 6,108
15 Duke University 17 34 1,083 4,506 5,018
16 University of Chicago 20 31 1,333 4,990 3,041
17 Vanderbilt University 17 33 1,320 3,331 4,090
18 Cornell University 18 27 1,170 3,462 4,374
19 University of California, Davis 18 29 1,099 2,483 3,908
20 Texas A&M University 16 21 1,083 1,651 4,096
21 University of Florida 14 26 800 2,464 3,814
22 Northwestern University 11 29 686 2,881 3,960
23 Emory University 15 18 776 1,209 4,401
24 University of Texas at Austin 13 29 787 2,457 3,086
25 University of California, San Francisco 14 27 824 2,355 2,547
26 University of California, Irvine 17 20 959 1,614 2,405
27 Washington University 15 22 806 1,661 2,676
28 William & Mary Law School 12 19 560 1,081 4,432
29 University of Minnesota 13 21 730 1,169 3,426
30 Rutgers University 13 19 756 1,424 2,925
31 University of Washington 11 23 697 1,669 2,825
32 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 10 27 491 2,449 3,099
33 Indiana University Bloomington 9 25 501 1,941 2,944
34 Arizona State University 11 25 491 2,345 2,372
35 Southern Methodist University 15 19 744 961 2,282
36 University of San Diego 12 19 510 1,315 1,916
37 University of Utah 14 12 593 1,023 1,693
38 St. John's University 8 13 668 488 1,733
39 Temple University 12 16 476 918 1,914
40 University of Iowa 12 13 469 1,049 1,771
41 Santa Clara University 11 19 415 1,121 1,942
42 Case Western Reserve University 9 28 285 2,801 1,104
43 Brigham Young University Law School 12 16 632 763 1,104
44 American University 10 15 435 784 2,117
45 Ohio State University 10 16 486 960 1,564
46 Fordham University 11 15 460 838 1,774
47 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 11 17 431 1,000 1,501
48 University of Maryland 11 15 474 949 1,294
49 Suffolk University 8 20 323 1,000 1,980
50 Pennsylvania State University 9 16 381 805 1,811
51 Florida State University 12 16 424 788 1,472
52 University of Baltimore 8 10 198 254 3,128
53 University of Wisconsin-Madison 8 16 359 1,094 1,500
54 Northeastern University 10 13 369 629 1,856
55 University of Pittsburgh 8 19 301 1,311 1,428
56 Loyola Marymount University 12 17 380 906 1,335
57 University of Miami 10 19 315 1,548 1,076
58 Brooklyn Law School 10 17 345 1,063 1,161
59 Yeshiva University 12 16 402 654 1,170
60 University of Denver 11 16 328 958 1,142
61 Villanova University 9 17 278 1,470 821
62 University of Oklahoma 11 12 361 538 1,167
63 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 10 11 333 381 1,451
64 University of Southern California 10 12 292 489 1,543
65 University of Richmond 8 15 327 546 1,228
66 University of Houston 9 17 276 793 1,247
67 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 9 10 318 304 1,436
68 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 11 14 320 514 1,176
69 George Mason University 7 21 232 1,571 682
70 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 9 17 276 984 871
71 Drexel University 8 12 249 415 1,511
72 Seton Hall University 8 13 261 542 1,276
73 Georgia State University 9 14 256 588 1,255
74 University of Alabama 8 9 254 261 1,521
75 Loyola University Chicago 9 13 258 585 1,040
76 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 5 9 236 839 899
77 University of Connecticut 9 9 248 229 1,351
78 Boston College 7 19 210 1,131 695
79 University of South Carolina 10 14 294 519 761
80 University of Georgia 10 8 287 257 987
81 Indiana University Indianapolis 7 17 193 901 881
82 University of St. Thomas 8 11 178 538 1,234
83 Hofstra University 6 17 122 839 1,152
84 Washington and Lee University 9 10 259 281 850
85 University of Arizona 7 14 188 526 995
86 Drake University 6 7 208 460 935
87 Wake Forest University 7 13 181 671 753
88 University of Notre Dame 8 15 186 685 589
89 University of Missouri 7 12 160 582 787
90 South Texas College of Law Houston 8 11 170 369 838
91 Michigan State University 6 17 171 677 537
92 University of San Francisco 8 13 154 668 514
93 Pepperdine University 6 11 161 395 691
94 Seattle University 7 12 126 695 575
95 Lewis & Clark Law School 7 12 161 411 643
96 University of Louisville 5 12 111 417 870
97 Albany Law School 6 8 156 243 767
98 University of Kansas 5 9 102 300 981
99 DePaul University 6 12 122 367 800
100 University of Missouri-Kansas City 4 10 104 345 838