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Last Updated: April 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 New York University 30 69 4,029 18,207 9,273
2 Stanford University 33 75 3,981 18,619 6,871
3 Harvard University 28 62 3,321 17,557 6,675
4 University of California, Berkeley 25 66 3,275 15,233 7,918
5 Columbia University School of Law 25 61 3,161 14,102 5,860
6 Yale University 24 67 2,530 16,914 5,750
7 University of Chicago 23 55 2,354 11,849 4,887
8 Georgetown University 21 50 2,188 9,117 5,510
9 University of California, Los Angeles 22 50 2,042 8,332 5,385
10 University of Virginia 21 45 1,896 7,045 4,590
11 Duke University 20 53 1,512 8,268 3,572
12 University of Michigan 22 41 1,632 7,331 3,754
13 University of Pennsylvania 21 42 1,470 5,068 3,452
14 Boston University 17 40 1,113 6,863 3,115
15 University of Texas at Austin 20 34 1,478 4,188 3,415
16 Texas A&M University 15 33 1,258 4,361 3,914
17 Vanderbilt University 18 34 1,264 3,402 3,549
18 Cornell University 15 29 1,023 3,490 3,477
19 George Washington University 12 38 756 4,798 2,466
20 University of San Diego 15 35 940 4,338 1,705
21 George Mason University 15 36 887 4,104 1,929
22 Emory University 17 25 828 1,704 3,567
23 University of Colorado Boulder 15 24 818 2,100 2,863
24 Rutgers University 15 27 801 2,460 2,488
25 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 11 28 709 2,608 2,523
26 University of Minnesota 14 33 765 2,994 1,753
27 University of California, San Francisco 15 27 771 2,741 1,703
28 Northwestern University 13 28 674 2,678 2,062
29 Yeshiva University 12 29 653 2,652 1,933
30 University of Florida 11 27 591 2,632 1,875
31 Loyola Marymount University 11 23 579 2,340 2,112
32 Indiana University Bloomington 10 29 455 2,525 2,040
33 Temple University 13 23 671 1,508 1,693
34 Santa Clara University 10 24 469 2,111 2,129
35 University of California, Davis 14 25 565 1,636 2,036
36 University of Utah 13 23 635 1,633 1,603
37 University of Denver 13 24 599 1,848 1,413
38 Fordham University 12 21 606 1,490 1,606
39 University of California, Irvine 13 23 521 1,866 1,656
40 Boston College 11 28 466 2,505 1,033
41 American University 11 20 445 1,668 1,586
42 DePaul University 10 25 362 2,138 1,542
43 Washington University 14 24 550 1,409 1,210
44 Villanova University 11 21 445 2,088 1,073
45 University of Southern California 11 23 440 1,342 1,677
46 William & Mary Law School 13 22 497 1,480 929
47 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 10 17 407 1,296 1,325
48 Lewis & Clark Law School 11 24 420 1,671 923
49 Brooklyn Law School 11 18 453 1,076 1,183
50 University of Wisconsin-Madison 8 15 261 1,502 1,737
51 University of Washington 7 19 361 1,257 1,432
52 Pennsylvania State University 10 17 353 926 1,637
53 Arizona State University 9 21 347 1,413 1,159
54 Florida State University 12 19 388 1,071 1,228
55 Seattle University 11 22 362 1,504 959
56 University of Iowa 11 21 402 1,146 1,050
57 Southern Methodist University 10 20 398 1,079 1,124
58 Brigham Young University Law School 12 19 433 906 1,097
59 University of Houston 7 23 301 1,527 1,099
60 Washington and Lee University 11 16 412 762 1,194
61 University of Richmond 8 15 334 1,031 1,111
62 Northeastern University 9 16 310 913 1,216
63 Loyola University Chicago 9 21 303 1,148 1,041
64 Case Western Reserve University 8 19 272 1,429 928
65 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 9 15 328 911 1,102
66 Suffolk University 6 15 256 767 1,394
67 Seton Hall University 8 20 276 956 1,106
68 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 9 22 270 1,382 733
69 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 9 15 278 1,386 606
70 University of Notre Dame 10 17 309 897 728
71 University of Missouri 8 14 285 693 1,005
72 University of Miami 7 18 223 1,274 747
73 University of Kansas 7 13 257 734 999
74 University of Pittsburgh 7 19 206 1,191 830
75 University of Georgia 9 20 257 1,165 590
76 University of Arizona 8 15 204 905 987
77 Georgia State University 9 15 260 686 878
78 Southwestern Law School 9 15 255 699 849
79 University of Maryland 8 12 237 728 818
80 California Western School of Law 7 11 231 429 1,087
81 Ohio State University 8 15 213 724 907
82 University of Kentucky 7 12 193 534 1,012
83 St. John's University 8 12 270 485 645
84 New York Law School 7 12 187 700 845
85 University of Alabama 8 12 225 443 788
86 Pepperdine University 6 16 156 925 640
87 University of Missouri-Kansas City 6 13 153 571 957
88 University of Baltimore 7 17 185 869 514
89 Syracuse University 6 18 135 965 591
90 University at Buffalo 8 13 186 475 733
91 University of Oklahoma 9 11 227 419 562
92 Louisiana State University 7 12 181 384 743
93 University of the Pacific (McGeorge) 8 14 152 884 378
94 Wake Forest University 5 14 117 581 813
95 South Texas College of Law Houston 6 12 152 483 683
96 Willamette University College of Law 7 18 123 812 519
97 University of Oregon 5 12 111 600 741
98 Michigan State University 6 15 155 575 535
99 Pace University 5 14 134 718 483
100 Mitchell Hamline School of Law 7 14 182 511 419