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Last Updated: May 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 George Washington University 29 47 3,244 6,980 11,935
2 New York University 27 51 3,107 11,149 7,151
3 University of California, Berkeley 25 57 2,692 10,496 7,473
4 Harvard University 26 50 2,568 10,798 6,540
5 Stanford University 27 52 2,559 10,517 5,860
6 Georgetown University 24 43 2,659 6,149 8,733
7 University of Virginia 27 36 2,963 4,704 6,816
8 Yale University 24 45 2,471 7,543 5,825
9 Columbia University School of Law 26 40 2,496 5,633 5,491
10 University of California, Los Angeles 20 36 1,952 4,620 6,435
11 University of Pennsylvania 25 33 2,082 3,644 4,778
12 University of Michigan 20 37 1,445 4,786 4,008
13 Boston University 21 28 1,590 3,501 3,923
14 University of Colorado Boulder 21 25 1,466 1,998 5,766
15 Vanderbilt University 18 33 1,378 3,303 3,840
16 Cornell University 18 28 1,232 3,564 4,231
17 University of Chicago 20 30 1,326 4,640 2,680
18 Duke University 17 34 999 4,342 3,784
19 University of California, Davis 18 29 1,160 2,479 3,697
20 Texas A&M University 16 21 1,131 1,652 3,747
21 University of Florida 14 26 839 2,467 3,525
22 Northwestern University 12 29 718 2,884 3,758
23 University of Texas at Austin 13 29 823 2,453 3,083
24 Emory University 15 18 816 1,177 4,093
25 University of California, San Francisco 14 27 843 2,362 2,375
26 University of California, Irvine 17 20 998 1,614 2,127
27 Washington University 15 22 845 1,679 2,630
28 William & Mary Law School 12 19 588 1,085 4,228
29 University of Minnesota 13 21 757 1,168 3,277
30 University of Washington 12 23 717 1,670 2,659
31 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 10 27 499 2,434 2,792
32 Indiana University Bloomington 10 25 514 1,933 2,794
33 Rutgers University 12 19 677 1,406 2,417
34 Arizona State University 11 25 525 2,321 2,278
35 Southern Methodist University 16 19 789 961 2,134
36 University of San Diego 12 19 533 1,315 1,884
37 University of Utah 15 12 623 1,023 1,617
38 St. John's University 8 13 685 488 1,560
39 University of Wisconsin-Madison 9 16 470 1,119 1,955
40 University of Iowa 12 14 492 1,055 1,745
41 Santa Clara University 11 19 424 1,121 1,936
42 Temple University 12 16 492 918 1,756
43 Brigham Young University Law School 13 16 646 764 1,033
44 Ohio State University 10 16 524 960 1,412
45 Case Western Reserve University 9 27 289 2,695 933
46 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 12 17 447 1,000 1,524
47 Florida State University 13 16 494 766 1,469
48 Fordham University 11 15 462 796 1,598
49 American University 10 15 387 687 2,058
50 University of Maryland 11 15 483 951 1,254
51 Pennsylvania State University 9 17 402 808 1,687
52 University of Baltimore 8 10 202 254 3,004
53 Suffolk University 8 20 340 1,000 1,640
54 Brooklyn Law School 10 17 386 1,153 1,235
55 Northeastern University 10 12 380 602 1,741
56 Yeshiva University 13 16 439 657 1,317
57 University of Miami 10 19 327 1,544 1,028
58 Loyola Marymount University 12 17 397 898 1,218
59 University of Pittsburgh 8 19 313 1,314 1,249
60 Villanova University 9 17 293 1,498 936
61 University of Denver 11 16 348 958 1,010
62 University of Southern California 10 12 310 490 1,519
63 University of Richmond 9 15 348 546 1,216
64 University of Oklahoma 11 12 375 538 1,084
65 University of Houston 9 17 289 799 1,248
66 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 10 11 349 378 1,280
67 George Mason University 7 21 240 1,571 674
68 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 9 10 326 304 1,334
69 Drexel University 8 12 268 422 1,451
70 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 11 14 330 515 1,033
71 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 9 17 294 983 761
72 Boston College 9 19 261 1,190 732
73 University of Alabama 9 9 275 261 1,473
74 Seton Hall University 8 13 274 542 1,185
75 Georgia State University 9 14 263 606 1,158
76 Loyola University Chicago 10 13 270 586 994
77 Hofstra University 6 17 130 839 1,362
78 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 4 8 238 836 804
79 University of Georgia 10 9 300 285 940
80 University of Connecticut 10 9 262 229 1,168
81 University of St. Thomas 8 11 185 538 1,194
82 Indiana University Indianapolis 7 17 200 901 766
83 University of South Carolina 9 13 277 460 662
84 University of Arizona 7 14 198 526 928
85 Drake University 7 7 218 461 852
86 Wake Forest University 7 13 210 693 673
87 Washington and Lee University 8 10 248 272 710
88 University of Notre Dame 8 15 194 685 562
89 University of Missouri 8 12 165 569 735
90 Michigan State University 6 17 182 677 474
91 South Texas College of Law Houston 8 11 175 369 726
92 University of Kansas 6 9 123 302 1,020
93 University of San Francisco 8 13 162 669 471
94 University of Louisville 5 12 121 422 873
95 Lewis & Clark Law School 7 12 168 413 618
96 Pepperdine University 6 11 167 395 620
97 Seattle University 7 12 131 695 522
98 Albany Law School 6 8 169 246 682
99 DePaul University 6 12 130 355 731
100 University of Missouri-Kansas City 4 10 106 345 812