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Last Updated: April 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 49 123 10,949 55,647 22,874
2 Yale University 49 120 9,843 50,935 20,719
3 University of Chicago 36 77 5,622 22,166 11,088
4 Georgetown University 32 68 4,676 18,630 12,269
5 Columbia University School of Law 35 70 4,332 18,016 14,358
6 University of Virginia 35 67 5,014 15,486 10,553
7 New York University 28 72 3,730 21,327 10,532
8 University of California, Berkeley 22 61 2,653 15,270 7,014
9 Cornell University 22 50 2,664 10,112 7,530
10 University of Pennsylvania 25 54 2,580 10,323 6,541
11 University of California, Los Angeles 25 55 2,200 10,385 5,033
12 Stanford University 25 53 2,167 10,339 4,167
13 George Washington University 20 47 1,939 8,222 3,944
14 Duke University 21 39 1,871 7,515 4,796
15 Vanderbilt University 20 46 1,688 8,644 3,493
16 Northwestern University 20 52 1,792 7,340 4,069
17 University of Michigan 19 37 1,636 6,160 4,262
18 Fordham University 17 44 1,554 6,551 3,901
19 Seattle University 14 40 1,128 8,324 2,733
20 University of San Diego 15 45 1,195 6,497 3,102
21 Boston University 15 36 1,189 5,614 2,855
22 Rutgers University 13 38 989 5,582 3,660
23 University of Minnesota 12 29 1,290 3,502 3,356
24 University of Texas at Austin 16 41 1,047 5,396 2,259
25 University of Florida 16 36 1,043 4,398 2,790
26 Emory University 15 32 862 4,016 3,616
27 Washington University 16 33 930 3,345 3,726
28 University of California, Irvine 14 38 975 4,233 2,457
29 University of Notre Dame 15 26 994 2,281 3,671
30 Temple University 14 27 964 2,139 2,870
31 George Mason University 13 32 877 3,314 2,131
32 University of California, Davis 14 24 857 2,228 3,193
33 Yeshiva University 12 35 532 4,531 2,520
34 University of Wisconsin-Madison 14 33 614 4,270 1,839
35 University of California, San Francisco 13 33 690 3,354 2,140
36 University of Colorado Boulder 15 31 647 3,846 1,909
37 University of Arizona 12 29 559 3,199 2,752
38 Texas A&M University 11 24 749 2,357 2,503
39 University at Buffalo 10 25 459 2,390 3,535
40 University of Southern California 14 27 654 2,698 2,023
41 Ohio State University 11 33 530 3,224 2,000
42 Florida State University 14 26 729 2,061 1,934
43 Indiana University Bloomington 12 29 553 2,844 2,099
44 Brooklyn Law School 13 22 757 2,234 1,446
45 William & Mary Law School 14 27 722 2,298 1,504
46 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 12 25 568 2,825 1,768
47 Loyola Marymount University 10 26 600 2,217 2,127
48 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 10 31 447 3,099 1,944
49 Northeastern University 11 21 415 2,475 2,513
50 University of Pittsburgh 11 21 658 1,632 1,902
51 American University 13 22 536 2,126 1,837
52 Arizona State University 12 23 493 1,865 2,107
53 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 9 29 422 2,546 1,732
54 University of St. Thomas 11 26 456 2,426 1,376
55 University of Maryland 9 23 484 2,307 1,198
56 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 8 15 436 2,425 1,298
57 University of Miami 8 27 365 2,476 1,508
58 University of Iowa 11 20 418 1,740 1,615
59 Boston College 10 27 403 2,491 1,016
60 University of Denver 10 24 416 2,118 1,278
61 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 10 24 441 2,037 1,151
62 Case Western Reserve University 10 24 391 1,846 1,283
63 University of Utah 10 15 410 834 1,884
64 University of Washington 8 16 425 829 1,534
65 Georgia State University 9 17 283 1,186 1,701
66 Drexel University 7 15 422 663 1,426
67 Southern Methodist University 10 20 395 1,199 1,035
68 Brigham Young University Law School 12 20 358 1,326 1,030
69 University of Houston 7 25 228 2,010 961
70 Hofstra University 7 24 266 1,846 909
71 University of Georgia 10 18 390 1,171 848
72 New York Law School 8 23 220 1,805 985
73 Pennsylvania State University 8 19 270 1,213 1,162
74 Santa Clara University 8 17 246 1,552 955
75 Catholic University of America 7 16 383 786 912
76 University of Kansas 8 20 294 1,648 580
77 Pepperdine University 10 20 300 1,347 718
78 Suffolk University 8 20 218 1,164 1,247
79 Wayne State University 7 22 164 2,207 558
80 Loyola University Chicago 7 20 261 1,216 901
81 University of Connecticut 8 18 256 971 1,094
82 University of Alabama 8 17 261 931 976
83 University of Richmond 10 15 324 849 726
84 Washington and Lee University 9 15 288 976 768
85 University of South Carolina 7 21 231 1,366 690
86 Michigan State University 8 14 294 743 910
87 Lewis & Clark Law School 9 18 287 1,010 683
88 Tulane University 8 18 198 1,137 1,019
89 Pace University 6 19 177 1,090 1,165
90 Indiana University Indianapolis 9 18 260 972 788
91 Florida International University 7 19 206 1,451 628
92 Wake Forest University 6 18 197 1,122 888
93 South Texas College of Law Houston 7 14 230 738 1,023
94 Louisiana State University 8 16 232 971 765
95 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 8 19 247 1,015 633
96 University of Missouri-Kansas City 8 16 218 970 808
97 DePaul University 6 18 166 985 1,011
98 Stetson University 9 17 248 784 676
99 Southwestern Law School 8 14 243 775 625
100 University of Baltimore 8 17 190 980 705