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Last Updated: February 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 New York University 30 69 3,931 18,203 9,241
2 Stanford University 33 75 3,837 18,716 6,681
3 Harvard University 28 65 3,272 20,291 6,512
4 University of California, Berkeley 24 67 3,178 15,382 8,264
5 Columbia University School of Law 24 61 3,016 14,068 5,826
6 Yale University 24 67 2,443 16,918 5,730
7 Georgetown University 21 54 2,280 10,316 6,187
8 University of Chicago 22 54 2,189 11,517 4,574
9 University of California, Los Angeles 21 50 1,935 8,385 5,428
10 University of Virginia 21 45 1,823 7,048 4,309
11 Duke University 20 53 1,464 8,280 3,531
12 University of Michigan 22 41 1,547 7,309 3,802
13 University of Pennsylvania 19 42 1,391 5,078 3,405
14 University of Texas at Austin 20 35 1,431 4,257 3,604
15 Boston University 15 40 1,035 6,875 3,146
16 Texas A&M University 14 33 1,206 4,359 3,765
17 Vanderbilt University 18 34 1,211 3,407 3,652
18 Cornell University 14 29 971 3,494 3,336
19 George Washington University 12 39 715 4,825 2,538
20 University of San Diego 15 35 914 4,321 1,798
21 George Mason University 14 36 871 4,114 1,923
22 Emory University 16 25 786 1,728 3,497
23 Rutgers University 15 28 790 2,688 2,416
24 University of Colorado Boulder 15 25 774 2,105 2,916
25 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 12 28 694 2,614 2,561
26 University of Minnesota 13 33 732 2,989 1,731
27 University of California, San Francisco 14 27 760 2,755 1,724
28 Northwestern University 12 28 669 2,696 2,133
29 Yeshiva University 12 28 611 2,527 1,648
30 Loyola Marymount University 11 23 565 2,341 2,047
31 University of Florida 11 26 551 2,561 1,900
32 Indiana University Bloomington 10 29 438 2,520 2,115
33 Temple University 13 23 653 1,507 1,619
34 Santa Clara University 10 24 454 2,117 2,097
35 University of Utah 13 23 624 1,633 1,623
36 University of California, Davis 13 25 540 1,650 1,936
37 University of Denver 13 24 553 1,827 1,558
38 University of California, Irvine 12 23 469 1,839 1,606
39 Boston College 10 28 452 2,506 1,093
40 Fordham University 12 20 548 1,483 1,474
41 American University 11 20 427 1,660 1,642
42 DePaul University 10 25 349 2,139 1,590
43 University of Southern California 10 23 427 1,342 1,719
44 Villanova University 11 21 425 2,087 1,060
45 Washington University 13 24 500 1,398 1,233
46 William & Mary Law School 12 22 477 1,484 847
47 Brooklyn Law School 11 19 473 1,124 1,180
48 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 10 18 407 1,317 1,319
49 Lewis & Clark Law School 11 24 408 1,671 926
50 University of Washington 6 19 352 1,258 1,477
51 Pennsylvania State University 9 17 344 944 1,759
52 Arizona State University 9 21 351 1,433 1,238
53 Florida State University 12 18 383 1,041 1,223
54 Brigham Young University Law School 11 19 419 907 1,104
55 Seattle University 11 22 352 1,496 911
56 Southern Methodist University 10 20 385 1,079 1,101
57 University of Houston 7 23 292 1,523 1,128
58 Washington and Lee University 10 16 394 762 1,192
59 University of Iowa 10 20 361 1,113 1,054
60 University of Wisconsin-Madison 8 16 201 1,614 1,440
61 University of Richmond 8 15 322 1,022 1,051
62 Case Western Reserve University 8 20 259 1,469 973
63 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 9 16 324 944 1,091
64 Suffolk University 6 15 253 795 1,524
65 Loyola University Chicago 9 21 284 1,149 1,043
66 Northeastern University 9 16 288 913 1,134
67 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 9 22 258 1,382 800
68 Seton Hall University 8 20 266 956 1,075
69 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 8 15 263 1,389 640
70 University of Missouri 8 14 282 709 1,023
71 University of Miami 7 18 220 1,279 799
72 University of Notre Dame 10 17 297 896 682
73 University of Kansas 7 13 246 734 1,050
74 University of Georgia 9 20 245 1,165 531
75 University of Pittsburgh 6 18 189 1,158 826
76 University of Arizona 8 15 193 905 984
77 California Western School of Law 7 11 236 430 1,100
78 Georgia State University 9 15 245 684 820
79 University of Maryland 8 13 230 745 821
80 Southwestern Law School 8 14 233 671 817
81 University of Kentucky 7 12 192 526 1,060
82 Ohio State University 7 15 190 701 829
83 St. John's University 8 12 260 485 650
84 New York Law School 7 12 185 701 778
85 University of Alabama 8 12 206 443 849
86 Pepperdine University 6 16 143 926 621
87 University at Buffalo 7 13 170 475 800
88 University of Missouri-Kansas City 6 13 148 571 831
89 University of Baltimore 7 16 178 760 491
90 Syracuse University 6 18 128 965 543
91 University of Oklahoma 8 11 212 419 551
92 Louisiana State University 8 12 177 384 712
93 Wake Forest University 5 14 111 581 862
94 University of the Pacific (McGeorge) 8 14 150 883 395
95 University of South Carolina 7 13 202 511 383
96 Michigan State University 6 15 150 600 539
97 Pace University 4 14 131 724 507
98 University of Oregon 5 12 109 600 723
99 University of Illinois Chicago 5 15 107 631 670
100 Albany Law School 5 13 167 509 433