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Last Updated: December 2025

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 New York University 32 68 4,612 17,431 10,118
2 Stanford University 36 73 4,599 17,742 7,169
3 Harvard University 33 63 3,886 19,304 6,950
4 University of California, Berkeley 27 65 3,750 14,573 8,939
5 Columbia University School of Law 26 58 3,617 13,507 6,336
6 Yale University 25 65 2,890 16,385 6,267
7 Georgetown University 23 52 2,704 9,803 6,792
8 University of Chicago 25 54 2,662 11,332 5,281
9 University of California, Los Angeles 24 49 2,261 7,965 5,953
10 University of Virginia 22 44 2,124 6,685 4,622
11 Duke University 22 52 1,803 7,899 3,882
12 University of Michigan 23 40 1,841 7,006 4,234
13 University of Pennsylvania 23 39 1,587 4,767 3,745
14 Boston University 17 40 1,192 6,719 3,457
15 University of Texas at Austin 20 32 1,619 3,809 3,775
16 Texas A&M University 15 32 1,435 4,106 4,074
17 Vanderbilt University 21 32 1,430 3,129 3,908
18 Cornell University 16 28 1,133 3,246 3,472
19 George Washington University 14 38 936 4,625 2,820
20 George Mason University 16 35 1,163 3,978 2,264
21 University of San Diego 18 34 1,163 4,065 1,998
22 Emory University 18 24 887 1,599 3,842
23 University of Colorado Boulder 15 23 886 1,932 3,237
24 Rutgers University 16 25 898 2,283 2,695
25 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 13 28 800 2,486 2,840
26 University of Minnesota 14 32 874 2,839 1,922
27 University of California, San Francisco 16 26 935 2,548 1,904
28 Northwestern University 14 28 788 2,548 2,347
29 Yeshiva University 13 28 737 2,525 2,003
30 Loyola Marymount University 13 22 676 2,208 2,289
31 University of Florida 12 26 652 2,496 2,126
32 Indiana University Bloomington 12 28 553 2,422 2,322
33 Temple University 14 22 746 1,405 1,795
34 University of California, Davis 15 23 662 1,516 2,062
35 Santa Clara University 12 24 538 2,037 2,156
36 University of Utah 14 23 711 1,527 1,728
37 University of Denver 14 24 673 1,732 1,684
38 University of California, Irvine 13 22 585 1,750 1,772
39 Boston College 11 28 530 2,314 1,192
40 Fordham University 13 20 623 1,379 1,628
41 American University 12 20 498 1,586 1,878
42 DePaul University 11 25 402 2,076 1,789
43 Villanova University 12 21 519 1,984 1,166
44 Washington University 14 22 597 1,326 1,361
45 University of Southern California 12 22 503 1,260 1,806
46 William & Mary Law School 14 22 572 1,383 964
47 Lewis & Clark Law School 12 23 511 1,557 1,021
48 Brooklyn Law School 12 18 529 1,043 1,311
49 Pennsylvania State University 9 17 412 853 1,965
50 Brigham Young University 12 18 551 869 1,266
51 University of Washington 7 19 414 1,191 1,594
52 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 10 17 421 1,255 1,426
53 Arizona State University 9 19 403 1,375 1,348
54 Seattle University 11 22 420 1,438 1,019
55 University of Houston 8 23 358 1,458 1,240
56 Florida State University 13 19 425 1,025 1,290
57 Southern Methodist University 10 17 441 1,009 1,210
58 Washington and Lee University 11 14 463 679 1,299
59 University of Iowa 11 20 404 1,061 1,130
60 Case Western Reserve University 10 19 318 1,403 1,122
61 University of Richmond 10 15 386 950 1,189
62 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 9 16 389 873 1,169
63 University of Wisconsin-Madison 8 14 218 1,448 1,369
64 Loyola University Chicago 9 20 322 1,095 1,176
65 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 10 22 312 1,351 890
66 Northeastern University 9 16 325 867 1,210
67 Seton Hall University 9 20 302 917 1,258
68 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 9 14 302 1,353 721
69 University of Missouri 9 14 331 671 1,107
70 University of Miami 8 18 262 1,235 855
71 University of Notre Dame 10 17 344 838 797
72 University of Kansas 8 13 297 676 1,152
73 Suffolk University 7 14 243 699 1,292
74 University of Pittsburgh 7 19 219 1,158 949
75 University of Georgia 10 20 303 1,106 552
76 University of Arizona 9 15 240 885 1,045
77 California Western School of Law 8 10 276 384 1,202
78 Georgia State University 10 15 280 638 914
79 University of Maryland 8 12 279 675 865
80 Ohio State University 8 15 229 656 1,081
81 Southwestern Law School 9 14 266 627 891
82 University of Kentucky 8 12 212 502 1,093
83 New York Law School 7 12 209 668 870
84 St. John's University 8 11 283 455 668
85 University of Baltimore 9 17 231 808 520
86 University of Alabama 8 11 217 419 928
87 Pepperdine University 6 16 166 899 696
88 Syracuse University 7 18 151 943 592
89 University of Missouri-Kansas City 7 13 171 544 880
90 University at Buffalo 8 13 187 453 884
91 Wake Forest University 7 14 138 559 969
92 South Texas College of Law Houston 6 12 178 449 845
93 University of Oklahoma 9 11 229 391 624
94 University of the Pacific (McGeorge) 7 14 166 887 446
95 Louisiana State University 8 11 208 345 751
96 Pace University 5 14 159 739 589
97 University of Oregon 5 12 139 576 775
98 University of Illinois Chicago 6 14 135 603 726
99 Willamette University College of Law 7 17 137 738 565
100 Michigan State University 7 15 167 572 568