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Last Updated: May 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 51 124 11,484 59,697 23,157
2 Yale University 50 120 10,057 50,953 20,386
3 University of Chicago 38 79 5,766 23,227 10,901
4 Columbia University School of Law 35 70 4,413 17,987 14,117
5 Georgetown University 33 68 4,728 18,545 11,843
6 New York University 29 73 3,911 21,666 10,616
7 University of Virginia 34 67 4,817 15,611 9,998
8 University of California, Berkeley 22 61 2,697 15,211 7,121
9 Cornell University 22 51 2,719 10,110 7,528
10 University of Pennsylvania 25 54 2,626 10,254 6,532
11 University of California, Los Angeles 25 55 2,229 10,299 4,955
12 Stanford University 26 53 2,324 10,354 4,287
13 George Washington University 20 47 1,969 8,273 3,804
14 Duke University 22 39 1,846 7,240 4,138
15 Northwestern University 21 52 1,829 7,346 4,058
16 Vanderbilt University 20 46 1,704 8,599 3,459
17 University of Michigan 19 37 1,668 6,179 4,257
18 Fordham University 17 44 1,519 6,380 3,621
19 Seattle University 14 40 1,133 8,317 2,587
20 University of San Diego 15 45 1,223 6,483 3,058
21 Rutgers University 14 38 1,044 5,677 3,586
22 Boston University 16 35 1,210 5,594 2,805
23 University of Minnesota 12 28 1,316 3,465 3,235
24 University of Texas at Austin 16 41 1,063 5,406 2,251
25 University of Florida 16 36 1,054 4,402 2,653
26 Washington University 16 33 971 3,391 3,717
27 University of California, Irvine 14 39 1,015 4,371 2,464
28 University of Notre Dame 15 26 1,030 2,302 3,562
29 Emory University 14 30 760 3,859 3,398
30 Temple University 14 27 973 2,206 2,808
31 University of California, Davis 14 24 885 2,239 3,117
32 George Mason University 13 32 883 3,301 2,143
33 Yeshiva University 12 35 550 4,524 2,474
34 University of Colorado Boulder 15 32 671 3,890 1,918
35 University of Wisconsin-Madison 14 33 619 4,276 1,816
36 Texas A&M University 11 24 769 2,359 2,417
37 University of California, San Francisco 13 32 685 3,306 1,987
38 University of Arizona 13 29 563 3,202 2,502
39 University at Buffalo 10 24 454 2,291 3,549
40 University of Southern California 15 27 679 2,699 1,969
41 Brooklyn Law School 14 22 832 2,265 1,531
42 Ohio State University 12 32 544 3,133 1,983
43 Indiana University Bloomington 12 29 567 2,853 2,071
44 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 13 25 577 2,829 1,813
45 William & Mary Law School 14 27 730 2,301 1,453
46 Loyola Marymount University 10 25 605 2,183 2,134
47 Florida State University 13 24 704 1,934 1,724
48 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 10 31 455 3,123 1,908
49 Northeastern University 11 21 425 2,481 2,435
50 University of Pittsburgh 11 21 676 1,635 1,870
51 Arizona State University 12 23 529 1,884 2,122
52 American University 13 22 530 2,078 1,692
53 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 9 29 432 2,548 1,732
54 University of St. Thomas 12 26 479 2,436 1,379
55 University of Maryland 10 23 495 2,310 1,168
56 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 8 15 446 2,428 1,300
57 University of Miami 8 27 381 2,489 1,524
58 University of Denver 10 24 434 2,187 1,326
59 University of Iowa 11 20 427 1,740 1,584
60 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 10 24 451 2,036 1,092
61 Boston College 11 25 416 2,175 1,032
62 University of Utah 11 15 421 835 1,845
63 University of Washington 8 16 432 829 1,520
64 Case Western Reserve University 10 22 370 1,620 965
65 Drexel University 7 15 430 665 1,385
66 Georgia State University 9 17 285 1,186 1,604
67 Southern Methodist University 10 20 394 1,152 1,067
68 Brigham Young University Law School 12 20 368 1,316 981
69 University of Georgia 10 18 401 1,171 844
70 University of Houston 7 25 226 2,017 938
71 Hofstra University 7 24 268 1,835 889
72 New York Law School 8 23 224 1,805 961
73 Catholic University of America 7 16 402 769 923
74 Santa Clara University 8 17 253 1,555 949
75 Pennsylvania State University 9 19 278 1,234 1,097
76 University of Kansas 9 20 301 1,649 592
77 Pepperdine University 10 20 309 1,349 718
78 Wayne State University 7 22 164 2,207 567
79 Suffolk University 8 20 225 1,167 1,126
80 Loyola University Chicago 7 20 263 1,211 867
81 University of Connecticut 9 18 260 973 1,074
82 Tulane University 8 19 212 1,203 1,109
83 University of Richmond 10 15 350 855 703
84 University of Alabama 8 17 270 930 991
85 Indiana University Indianapolis 9 18 271 1,008 815
86 Florida International University 7 19 213 1,453 689
87 Michigan State University 8 14 298 744 887
88 Wake Forest University 6 19 209 1,118 982
89 Lewis & Clark Law School 9 18 290 1,011 635
90 Washington and Lee University 8 15 272 966 753
91 Pace University 6 19 176 1,085 1,122
92 South Texas College of Law Houston 7 14 236 733 979
93 Louisiana State University 8 16 235 972 756
94 University of Missouri-Kansas City 8 16 223 978 787
95 University of South Carolina 7 19 211 1,242 587
96 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 8 19 245 1,020 582
97 Stetson University 9 18 254 789 637
98 Southwestern Law School 8 14 252 777 625
99 University of Baltimore 8 17 189 968 672
100 Seton Hall University 6 17 173 761 859