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Last Updated: November 2025

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Yale University 32 64 3,506 15,103 8,578
2 Columbia University School of Law 20 36 2,509 7,148 18,061
3 New York University 22 49 2,208 9,286 9,321
4 University of Virginia 22 41 2,566 6,318 7,930
5 Harvard University 19 51 1,471 11,499 5,392
6 Georgetown University 22 39 1,861 5,963 6,689
7 University of Pennsylvania 20 35 1,648 4,876 5,710
8 University of Michigan 18 35 1,168 5,461 7,454
9 University of California, Berkeley 19 35 1,427 5,114 6,476
10 University of California, Los Angeles 18 38 1,156 4,983 3,024
11 Emory University 16 34 920 3,959 5,137
12 Duke University 16 29 935 4,001 4,200
13 Rutgers University 13 28 940 3,438 4,503
14 Northwestern University 15 29 992 3,208 4,173
15 University of Chicago 17 32 988 3,769 3,488
16 University of California, Davis 16 25 1,043 2,057 4,375
17 George Washington University 15 27 1,043 2,569 3,803
18 University of Minnesota 13 26 939 2,609 3,945
19 Cornell University 16 24 927 2,956 3,479
20 Ohio State University 15 32 866 3,756 2,373
21 University of California, Irvine 15 24 744 3,084 2,777
22 Washington University 13 22 721 1,782 3,213
23 University of Texas at Austin 12 22 909 1,589 2,462
24 Boston University 14 22 669 2,092 3,139
25 University of California, San Francisco 12 30 547 3,545 2,318
26 University of Southern California 15 22 802 2,092 2,382
27 University of Florida 12 24 598 2,098 3,042
28 Fordham University 12 25 653 1,877 2,962
29 Brooklyn Law School 15 23 628 2,712 2,110
30 American University 11 27 528 2,182 3,059
31 Loyola Marymount University 14 20 738 1,340 2,477
32 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 12 24 529 1,892 2,355
33 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 11 19 661 1,292 2,167
34 University of Miami 10 22 449 2,820 1,536
35 Indiana University Bloomington 13 21 534 1,912 1,978
36 Seattle University 12 23 458 2,651 1,582
37 Vanderbilt University 9 21 413 2,709 1,425
38 University of Baltimore 10 14 331 558 3,738
39 Texas A&M University 10 13 574 614 2,296
40 Temple University 11 19 477 1,042 2,253
41 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 8 15 423 880 2,492
42 University of Denver 12 17 368 1,254 2,383
43 Georgia State University 10 19 442 1,107 2,116
44 Southwestern Law School 13 16 530 911 1,812
45 University of Colorado Boulder 13 17 474 881 2,022
46 Pace University 11 12 342 514 2,949
47 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 11 18 338 1,337 2,161
48 Stanford University 10 19 403 1,456 1,686
49 Arizona State University 10 22 393 1,675 1,475
50 William & Mary Law School 8 15 265 654 3,061
51 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 8 17 272 1,485 2,196
52 University of Pittsburgh 9 18 375 1,085 2,071
53 University of Iowa 11 23 375 1,426 1,710
54 Northeastern University 9 20 282 1,541 1,924
55 University of Maryland 11 18 395 1,116 1,580
56 University at Buffalo 9 19 224 1,596 1,542
57 Santa Clara University 9 24 284 1,827 1,008
58 Southern Methodist University 11 16 436 859 1,131
59 Yeshiva University 7 18 275 1,193 1,393
60 University of San Diego 8 18 389 1,004 987
61 St. John's University 10 14 371 681 1,305
62 Wake Forest University 11 12 353 494 1,571
63 Florida State University 9 19 342 904 1,224
64 University of San Francisco 8 15 208 819 1,922
65 University of Arizona 8 15 304 803 1,256
66 Brigham Young University 7 23 187 1,661 996
67 Loyola University Chicago 9 15 310 618 1,359
68 University of Utah 9 16 254 800 1,334
69 University of Missouri-Kansas City 9 15 236 627 1,584
70 Drexel University 8 12 286 473 1,421
71 University of Wisconsin-Madison 7 18 224 1,033 1,098
72 University of Notre Dame 8 19 176 1,094 1,238
73 Hofstra University 8 19 210 1,231 844
74 New York Law School 4 15 120 1,272 1,182
75 City University of New York (CUNY) 8 13 201 742 1,161
76 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 7 14 261 555 1,013
77 University of Richmond 8 12 224 464 1,253
78 Willamette University College of Law 5 6 94 142 2,185
79 Catholic University of America 9 12 277 536 720
80 Pepperdine University 6 12 232 428 948
81 Capital University 5 19 117 1,168 793
82 California Western School of Law 9 13 222 510 870
83 Washington and Lee University 7 10 267 365 779
84 Wayne State University 7 14 168 832 789
85 University of New Mexico 7 17 175 862 688
86 Florida International University 7 12 163 574 1,003
87 University of South Carolina 8 11 209 340 978
88 Drake University 7 12 208 519 775
89 University of Kansas 9 13 231 485 681
90 Case Western Reserve University 7 13 181 576 781
91 University of Washington 7 12 164 460 972
92 University of Cincinnati 6 12 128 552 997
93 Western New England University 7 9 173 250 1,006
94 Widener University Delaware Law School 6 14 121 657 858
95 Pennsylvania State University 6 15 148 587 757
96 University of Oregon 8 8 192 278 838
97 George Mason University 6 14 142 794 454
98 Suffolk University 4 12 116 581 783
99 University of Louisville 6 13 93 684 789
100 Cleveland State University 7 13 125 470 808