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Last Updated: April 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Yale University 29 67 3,193 15,838 7,197
2 Columbia University School of Law 19 37 2,230 7,446 18,327
3 New York University 20 50 2,030 9,604 7,709
4 University of Virginia 20 41 2,280 6,419 6,763
5 Harvard University 18 53 1,341 11,704 4,888
6 Georgetown University 21 39 1,758 5,777 6,316
7 University of Pennsylvania 20 36 1,580 5,122 5,193
8 University of Michigan 17 35 1,018 5,622 6,629
9 University of California, Berkeley 18 36 1,303 5,303 5,308
10 University of California, Los Angeles 17 37 1,095 5,042 2,958
11 Emory University 14 34 768 4,066 4,642
12 Rutgers University 14 28 888 3,665 3,759
13 Duke University 15 29 840 4,160 3,553
14 George Washington University 16 28 1,031 2,844 3,352
15 University of Chicago 17 32 891 3,942 2,997
16 University of California, Davis 15 27 990 2,209 3,812
17 Northwestern University 14 31 854 3,396 3,126
18 University of Minnesota 12 27 840 2,721 3,359
19 Cornell University 14 25 793 3,123 2,968
20 Ohio State University 13 33 709 3,888 2,013
21 Washington University 13 26 813 2,172 2,766
22 University of California, Irvine 15 25 665 3,194 2,223
23 University of Texas at Austin 12 23 876 1,706 2,334
24 University of Southern California 14 23 713 2,218 2,013
25 Fordham University 13 26 631 1,985 2,476
26 Brooklyn Law School 13 24 590 2,794 1,922
27 Boston University 13 21 598 2,030 2,518
28 University of California, San Francisco 11 31 443 3,650 1,829
29 American University 9 27 391 2,222 2,853
30 University of Florida 11 24 515 2,222 2,088
31 Loyola Marymount University 13 21 638 1,476 1,971
32 University of Miami 10 22 395 3,228 1,478
33 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 11 24 480 1,952 2,075
34 University of Iowa 12 25 481 1,980 2,003
35 Indiana University Bloomington 13 21 482 1,947 1,741
36 Seattle University 11 23 407 2,736 1,358
37 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 11 19 524 1,437 1,859
38 University of Baltimore 10 15 308 592 3,588
39 Vanderbilt University 9 22 359 2,869 1,281
40 Southwestern Law School 12 17 499 1,020 1,834
41 Temple University 11 20 467 1,093 1,901
42 Texas A&M University 9 14 516 677 1,945
43 Georgia State University 9 19 388 1,192 1,990
44 University of Denver 11 17 322 1,316 2,189
45 University of Colorado Boulder 14 17 462 937 1,773
46 William & Mary Law School 8 15 241 695 3,061
47 Arizona State University 10 23 349 1,750 1,348
48 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 9 17 359 966 1,911
49 University of Pittsburgh 8 18 359 1,149 1,694
50 Stanford University 9 20 376 1,448 1,293
51 Pace University 10 13 319 560 2,260
52 Northeastern University 8 20 247 1,597 1,685
53 University of Maryland 10 18 364 1,178 1,373
54 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 7 17 209 1,519 1,709
55 Santa Clara University 7 25 260 2,055 884
56 University at Buffalo 8 19 187 1,653 1,154
57 Southern Methodist University 10 17 360 890 911
58 Florida State University 9 19 321 938 998
59 University of San Diego 9 18 334 1,076 808
60 Wake Forest University 11 12 320 557 1,338
61 Yeshiva University 7 19 246 1,237 1,053
62 Brigham Young University Law School 6 23 166 1,688 868
63 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 9 13 214 848 1,339
64 St. John's University 9 15 291 743 1,034
65 Loyola University Chicago 9 15 294 621 1,112
66 University of Utah 9 16 232 836 1,231
67 University of Arizona 8 15 268 830 1,035
68 University of Wisconsin-Madison 6 19 210 1,102 1,079
69 Drexel University 7 12 274 508 1,270
70 University of Missouri-Kansas City 9 15 217 659 1,360
71 University of San Francisco 8 15 197 843 1,165
72 Hofstra University 7 19 166 1,287 745
73 University of Notre Dame 7 19 148 1,141 931
74 New York Law School 4 16 107 1,292 950
75 City University of New York (CUNY) 8 14 186 770 987
76 Catholic University of America 8 14 253 579 738
77 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 8 14 230 597 819
78 University of Richmond 7 13 174 491 1,094
79 Washington and Lee University 6 10 252 390 644
80 Capital University 4 19 88 1,184 751
81 University of South Carolina 7 12 196 365 928
82 California Western School of Law 7 14 177 565 816
83 University of New Mexico 6 17 151 896 635
84 University of Kansas 8 14 199 526 668
85 Wayne State University 6 14 134 870 627
86 Florida International University 7 12 156 603 743
87 Pennsylvania State University 6 15 160 598 696
88 Case Western Reserve University 6 13 166 599 626
89 Pepperdine University 5 12 147 437 814
90 University of Washington 7 12 139 449 833
91 University of Cincinnati 7 12 113 541 873
92 Widener University Delaware Law School 5 15 102 681 724
93 University of St. Thomas 8 13 156 494 605
94 Western New England University 7 9 154 262 764
95 Cleveland State University 6 13 108 495 758
96 University of Missouri 7 10 156 362 622
97 Willamette University College of Law 5 7 91 153 1,138
98 Suffolk University 4 13 100 602 675
99 George Mason University 6 14 112 857 364
100 University of Louisville 6 14 92 687 596