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Last Updated: February 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 49 125 10,607 59,676 22,927
2 Yale University 48 120 9,440 50,834 20,662
3 University of Chicago 35 79 5,521 23,329 10,987
4 Georgetown University 32 71 4,734 20,381 13,063
5 Columbia University School of Law 34 70 4,113 17,964 13,751
6 University of Virginia 36 67 4,905 15,861 10,427
7 New York University 28 74 3,583 21,605 10,410
8 University of California, Berkeley 21 62 2,557 15,250 7,145
9 Cornell University 22 51 2,562 10,085 7,463
10 University of Pennsylvania 24 55 2,480 10,395 6,867
11 University of California, Los Angeles 25 55 2,141 10,298 4,959
12 Stanford University 25 53 2,083 10,320 4,157
13 Duke University 21 39 1,801 7,590 5,087
14 George Washington University 20 47 1,884 8,298 3,993
15 Northwestern University 20 53 1,790 8,070 4,088
16 Vanderbilt University 20 45 1,609 8,466 3,363
17 University of Michigan 19 37 1,571 6,167 4,197
18 Fordham University 16 44 1,470 6,568 3,683
19 Seattle University 13 40 1,088 8,316 2,981
20 University of San Diego 15 44 1,159 6,478 3,200
21 Rutgers University 14 38 998 5,708 3,538
22 Boston University 15 35 1,136 5,574 2,847
23 University of Minnesota 12 28 1,231 3,465 3,461
24 University of Texas at Austin 16 41 1,006 5,368 2,313
25 Washington University 16 34 930 3,518 4,108
26 University of Florida 16 36 1,001 4,386 2,764
27 Emory University 15 32 830 3,995 3,592
28 University of California, Irvine 14 38 935 4,243 2,439
29 University of Notre Dame 15 26 945 2,290 3,661
30 Temple University 14 27 909 2,206 2,958
31 University of California, Davis 14 24 822 2,279 3,087
32 George Mason University 13 32 833 3,299 2,124
33 Yeshiva University 11 36 517 4,560 2,564
34 Texas A&M University 11 24 790 2,353 2,713
35 University of Colorado Boulder 14 31 635 3,832 1,888
36 University of California, San Francisco 13 33 660 3,348 2,106
37 University of Arizona 11 29 534 3,187 2,797
38 University of Wisconsin-Madison 14 32 559 4,243 1,746
39 University at Buffalo 10 24 431 2,300 3,691
40 University of Southern California 14 27 628 2,702 2,067
41 Ohio State University 12 32 522 3,147 2,078
42 Florida State University 15 26 707 2,055 2,024
43 Indiana University Bloomington 11 29 533 2,852 2,111
44 Brooklyn Law School 13 22 740 2,256 1,512
45 William & Mary Law School 13 27 699 2,299 1,479
46 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 12 25 530 2,828 1,855
47 Loyola Marymount University 10 26 586 2,212 1,994
48 Northeastern University 11 21 407 2,478 2,612
49 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 10 31 413 3,123 1,926
50 University of Pittsburgh 11 21 621 1,635 1,933
51 American University 13 22 516 2,158 1,885
52 Arizona State University 12 23 490 1,876 2,178
53 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 9 29 418 2,678 1,831
54 University of St. Thomas 12 26 452 2,617 1,379
55 University of Maryland 9 23 462 2,297 1,189
56 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 8 15 416 2,426 1,276
57 University of Miami 7 27 353 2,479 1,548
58 Boston College 10 27 389 2,507 1,085
59 University of Denver 10 25 395 2,164 1,315
60 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 10 24 415 2,010 1,119
61 Case Western Reserve University 9 24 361 1,852 1,366
62 University of Iowa 11 19 368 1,523 1,470
63 University of Utah 10 15 391 834 1,864
64 University of Washington 8 16 413 829 1,459
65 Drexel University 7 15 392 664 1,499
66 Brigham Young University Law School 11 20 345 1,316 999
67 Southern Methodist University 9 20 358 1,141 1,018
68 University of Houston 7 25 211 2,012 967
69 Georgia State University 9 17 277 1,170 1,330
70 Hofstra University 7 24 254 1,777 868
71 New York Law School 8 23 214 1,790 1,046
72 University of Georgia 10 18 364 1,164 758
73 Pennsylvania State University 8 19 259 1,234 1,208
74 Santa Clara University 7 17 235 1,552 1,000
75 University of Kansas 8 20 290 1,650 575
76 Suffolk University 8 20 210 1,167 1,331
77 Catholic University of America 7 16 363 787 853
78 Pepperdine University 9 20 290 1,344 699
79 University of Connecticut 8 18 248 977 1,181
80 Wayne State University 7 22 161 2,206 547
81 Loyola University Chicago 7 21 252 1,236 889
82 University of Richmond 10 15 329 853 796
83 Pace University 6 19 182 1,174 1,220
84 Washington and Lee University 9 15 280 979 816
85 University of Alabama 8 17 244 930 1,039
86 Michigan State University 7 14 281 746 952
87 Lewis & Clark Law School 8 18 277 1,010 730
88 Indiana University Indianapolis 9 18 262 1,010 794
89 Tulane University 7 18 189 1,134 1,063
90 University of South Carolina 6 21 214 1,357 664
91 Florida International University 7 19 198 1,453 645
92 Wake Forest University 6 18 186 1,040 881
93 Louisiana State University 8 16 231 974 679
94 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 8 19 232 1,020 594
95 University of Missouri-Kansas City 7 16 199 976 800
96 DePaul University 6 18 157 984 1,001
97 South Texas College of Law Houston 7 14 217 732 911
98 Stetson University 8 18 243 788 696
99 University of Baltimore 8 17 184 978 714
100 Southwestern Law School 7 14 232 748 597