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Last Updated: January 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 New York University 29 52 3,534 10,560 7,958
2 George Washington University 31 45 3,521 6,299 11,072
3 University of California, Berkeley 26 55 3,017 9,701 8,638
4 Georgetown University 25 42 3,034 6,317 10,248
5 Harvard University 26 50 2,814 10,741 7,057
6 Stanford University 29 53 2,821 10,184 6,267
7 University of Virginia 30 35 3,436 4,225 7,610
8 Yale University 25 44 2,702 7,168 6,092
9 Columbia University School of Law 27 39 2,783 5,290 5,808
10 University of California, Los Angeles 21 35 2,195 4,481 6,610
11 University of Pennsylvania 25 32 2,253 3,287 5,499
12 University of Michigan 22 35 1,578 4,514 4,374
13 Boston University 21 27 1,744 3,245 4,314
14 Duke University 18 33 1,269 4,337 5,223
15 University of Colorado Boulder 21 24 1,552 1,764 6,170
16 Cornell University 20 27 1,369 3,337 4,771
17 Vanderbilt University 18 29 1,495 2,934 4,207
18 University of Chicago 20 28 1,425 4,351 3,016
19 University of California, Davis 21 27 1,284 2,198 4,111
20 Texas A&M University 17 21 1,216 1,627 4,377
21 University of Florida 15 26 915 2,348 4,117
22 Northwestern University 13 29 778 2,750 4,129
23 University of Texas at Austin 14 27 914 2,295 3,187
24 Emory University 16 17 846 1,093 4,434
25 University of California, San Francisco 14 26 939 2,191 2,539
26 University of California, Irvine 18 18 1,076 1,467 2,526
27 Washington University 16 21 931 1,494 2,840
28 William & Mary Law School 14 19 639 975 4,571
29 University of Washington 12 24 825 1,576 3,099
30 Rutgers University 14 19 862 1,294 3,086
31 University of Minnesota 14 20 809 1,086 3,464
32 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 10 27 560 2,337 3,004
33 Indiana University Bloomington 11 24 607 1,803 3,072
34 Arizona State University 12 25 599 2,323 2,609
35 Southern Methodist University 16 17 849 823 2,498
36 University of San Diego 14 18 602 1,213 2,014
37 St. John's University 9 12 781 359 1,866
38 University of Utah 15 11 669 925 1,831
39 Case Western Reserve University 9 27 351 2,760 1,234
40 American University 11 15 512 752 2,297
41 Temple University 12 15 533 790 2,043
42 Ohio State University 12 15 586 856 1,685
43 Brigham Young University Law School 13 14 723 657 1,166
44 Santa Clara University 12 19 463 1,059 1,962
45 University of Iowa 12 12 516 881 1,822
46 Pennsylvania State University 10 16 469 724 2,034
47 Fordham University 10 14 494 760 1,784
48 Suffolk University 9 19 372 957 2,103
49 University of Maryland 11 14 530 879 1,356
50 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 13 16 470 895 1,535
51 University of Wisconsin-Madison 9 16 436 1,071 1,487
52 University of Baltimore 9 10 216 251 3,203
53 University of Miami 9 18 369 1,479 1,153
54 University of Pittsburgh 10 18 339 1,250 1,500
55 Northeastern University 9 12 377 585 1,929
56 Brooklyn Law School 11 17 396 1,011 1,360
57 Loyola Marymount University 12 15 421 824 1,380
58 Florida State University 13 15 431 533 1,546
59 Yeshiva University 14 15 448 590 1,269
60 University of Denver 12 15 391 849 1,190
61 Villanova University 9 16 330 1,404 789
62 George Mason University 8 21 285 1,606 779
63 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 10 11 371 323 1,498
64 University of Oklahoma 11 12 399 481 1,175
65 University of Southern California 11 11 315 438 1,597
66 University of Houston 9 16 320 708 1,316
67 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 10 10 359 250 1,542
68 University of Richmond 10 13 381 460 1,201
69 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 11 13 370 448 1,263
70 Georgia State University 11 14 305 614 1,366
71 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 10 16 308 941 932
72 Drexel University 9 12 269 397 1,635
73 Seton Hall University 9 12 292 501 1,309
74 Loyola University Chicago 10 13 308 574 1,128
75 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 5 9 303 768 969
76 University of Connecticut 10 8 293 198 1,535
77 University of Alabama 8 8 279 232 1,555
78 Boston College 8 19 262 1,073 758
79 Indiana University Indianapolis 8 17 251 829 939
80 University of South Carolina 10 14 340 465 819
81 University of Georgia 10 8 328 207 1,054
82 University of St. Thomas 8 9 211 501 1,232
83 Drake University 7 6 275 384 1,001
84 University of Arizona 7 14 223 530 1,003
85 Washington and Lee University 10 10 291 243 907
86 Wake Forest University 7 13 201 638 834
87 Hofstra University 7 17 153 808 880
88 University of Notre Dame 8 15 209 659 654
89 South Texas College of Law Houston 8 11 191 339 904
90 Michigan State University 6 17 190 649 544
91 Lewis & Clark Law School 8 12 196 412 721
92 University of Missouri 8 12 160 546 738
93 University of San Francisco 9 13 190 629 513
94 Seattle University 7 12 148 678 665
95 Pepperdine University 7 10 184 364 755
96 Albany Law School 7 7 180 215 894
97 DePaul University 7 13 140 359 873
98 University of Kansas 5 9 116 276 1,024
99 University of Missouri-Kansas City 5 10 131 317 848
100 Pace University 6 13 132 502 662