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Last Updated: March 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Harvard University 50 125 10,836 59,666 24,338
2 Yale University 48 120 9,639 51,009 21,317
3 University of Chicago 35 79 5,602 23,353 11,466
4 Georgetown University 32 71 4,863 20,378 13,562
5 Columbia University School of Law 35 70 4,215 17,962 14,620
6 University of Virginia 36 67 4,986 15,802 10,979
7 New York University 28 73 3,650 21,503 10,737
8 University of California, Berkeley 21 61 2,574 15,156 7,109
9 Cornell University 22 51 2,611 10,106 7,720
10 University of Pennsylvania 25 55 2,527 10,408 6,962
11 University of California, Los Angeles 25 55 2,173 10,295 5,193
12 Stanford University 25 53 2,117 10,319 4,358
13 George Washington University 20 47 1,908 8,216 4,048
14 Duke University 21 39 1,824 7,517 5,045
15 Northwestern University 20 52 1,755 7,358 4,257
16 Vanderbilt University 20 45 1,649 8,421 3,568
17 University of Michigan 19 37 1,619 6,213 4,406
18 Fordham University 16 44 1,510 6,584 3,927
19 Seattle University 14 40 1,108 8,322 3,038
20 University of San Diego 15 45 1,172 6,514 3,204
21 Boston University 15 36 1,163 5,615 2,995
22 Rutgers University 14 38 1,003 5,662 3,721
23 University of Minnesota 12 28 1,265 3,473 3,524
24 University of Texas at Austin 16 41 1,023 5,405 2,344
25 Washington University 16 33 953 3,378 4,201
26 University of Florida 16 36 1,015 4,402 2,872
27 Emory University 15 32 853 4,006 3,798
28 University of California, Irvine 14 39 978 4,369 2,617
29 University of Notre Dame 15 26 965 2,405 3,868
30 Temple University 14 27 934 2,206 3,039
31 University of California, Davis 14 24 837 2,284 3,278
32 George Mason University 13 32 838 3,241 2,211
33 Yeshiva University 11 35 516 4,516 2,639
34 Texas A&M University 11 24 807 2,352 2,830
35 University of Colorado Boulder 14 31 638 3,832 1,999
36 University of Wisconsin-Madison 14 33 583 4,286 1,826
37 University of Arizona 12 29 553 3,211 2,933
38 University of California, San Francisco 13 33 681 3,350 2,115
39 University at Buffalo 10 24 434 2,291 3,753
40 University of Southern California 14 27 638 2,702 2,147
41 Ohio State University 12 33 537 3,227 2,141
42 Florida State University 15 26 732 2,055 2,085
43 Indiana University Bloomington 11 29 543 2,849 2,170
44 Brooklyn Law School 13 22 739 2,235 1,501
45 William & Mary Law School 13 27 712 2,299 1,579
46 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 12 25 559 2,838 1,844
47 Loyola Marymount University 10 26 594 2,205 2,157
48 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 10 31 429 3,124 2,042
49 Northeastern University 11 21 404 2,472 2,634
50 University of Pittsburgh 11 21 636 1,633 2,045
51 American University 13 22 520 2,124 1,943
52 Arizona State University 12 23 492 1,875 2,206
53 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 9 29 412 2,548 1,836
54 University of St. Thomas 11 26 445 2,437 1,413
55 University of Maryland 9 23 475 2,310 1,223
56 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 8 15 422 2,412 1,354
57 University of Miami 7 26 354 2,452 1,567
58 Boston College 10 27 396 2,530 1,107
59 University of Denver 10 25 399 2,176 1,342
60 University of Iowa 11 20 404 1,754 1,670
61 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 10 24 429 2,029 1,216
62 Case Western Reserve University 9 24 369 1,866 1,320
63 University of Utah 10 15 401 834 1,939
64 University of Washington 8 16 419 829 1,556
65 Georgia State University 9 17 280 1,185 1,735
66 Drexel University 7 15 405 664 1,547
67 Brigham Young University Law School 11 20 349 1,316 986
68 Southern Methodist University 9 20 363 1,141 1,058
69 University of Houston 7 25 216 2,011 1,025
70 Hofstra University 7 24 259 1,818 934
71 University of Georgia 10 18 381 1,164 847
72 New York Law School 8 23 218 1,801 1,039
73 Pennsylvania State University 8 19 267 1,240 1,249
74 Santa Clara University 8 17 240 1,541 976
75 University of Kansas 8 20 290 1,650 593
76 Catholic University of America 7 16 365 786 909
77 Suffolk University 8 20 214 1,166 1,341
78 Pepperdine University 9 20 295 1,349 741
79 Wayne State University 7 22 162 2,208 573
80 Loyola University Chicago 7 21 256 1,239 939
81 University of Connecticut 8 18 253 977 1,187
82 Washington and Lee University 9 15 284 979 823
83 University of Richmond 10 15 316 853 762
84 University of Alabama 8 17 255 930 1,002
85 Indiana University Indianapolis 9 18 266 1,008 858
86 Michigan State University 8 14 289 743 939
87 Tulane University 8 18 194 1,136 1,068
88 Lewis & Clark Law School 9 18 278 1,002 728
89 Pace University 6 19 173 1,088 1,196
90 Florida International University 7 19 205 1,453 688
91 University of South Carolina 7 21 223 1,356 656
92 South Texas College of Law Houston 7 14 225 733 1,077
93 Wake Forest University 6 18 188 1,040 938
94 Louisiana State University 8 16 228 972 771
95 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 8 19 238 1,020 614
96 University of Missouri-Kansas City 7 16 202 975 845
97 DePaul University 6 18 160 985 1,045
98 Stetson University 8 18 244 788 706
99 Southwestern Law School 8 14 239 777 649
100 University of Baltimore 8 17 186 970 719