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Last Updated: March 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Yale University 29 67 3,135 15,840 7,555
2 Columbia University School of Law 19 37 2,193 7,456 18,257
3 New York University 20 50 1,915 9,645 7,954
4 University of Virginia 20 40 2,190 6,199 7,090
5 Harvard University 17 53 1,291 11,907 5,069
6 Georgetown University 21 39 1,758 6,264 6,776
7 University of California, Berkeley 18 36 1,304 5,386 5,747
8 University of Pennsylvania 20 36 1,455 5,130 5,164
9 University of Michigan 17 35 990 5,554 6,687
10 University of California, Los Angeles 17 38 1,075 5,134 3,111
11 Emory University 14 33 746 4,038 4,880
12 Rutgers University 13 28 870 3,681 4,006
13 Duke University 14 29 835 4,163 3,731
14 George Washington University 16 28 1,012 2,827 3,555
15 University of Chicago 16 32 874 3,946 3,131
16 University of California, Davis 14 27 964 2,210 3,897
17 Northwestern University 14 31 843 3,410 3,259
18 University of Minnesota 12 27 823 2,721 3,514
19 Cornell University 14 24 772 3,096 3,112
20 Ohio State University 13 33 713 3,903 2,114
21 Washington University 13 26 816 2,155 3,113
22 University of California, Irvine 15 25 652 3,191 2,289
23 University of Texas at Austin 12 23 859 1,714 2,409
24 Boston University 12 22 598 2,097 2,812
25 University of Southern California 14 23 702 2,219 2,142
26 Brooklyn Law School 13 24 590 2,791 2,022
27 Fordham University 13 25 617 1,960 2,546
28 University of California, San Francisco 11 31 433 3,652 1,982
29 American University 9 27 388 2,227 3,027
30 University of Florida 11 24 504 2,237 2,242
31 Loyola Marymount University 13 21 629 1,476 2,116
32 University of Miami 10 22 381 3,224 1,515
33 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 11 24 469 1,943 2,113
34 University of Iowa 12 25 464 1,981 2,045
35 Indiana University Bloomington 13 21 479 1,979 1,785
36 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 11 19 531 1,437 1,957
37 Seattle University 11 23 397 2,720 1,373
38 Vanderbilt University 9 22 355 2,846 1,360
39 University of Baltimore 10 15 300 586 3,669
40 Temple University 11 20 451 1,087 2,053
41 Southwestern Law School 12 16 483 992 1,776
42 Georgia State University 9 19 384 1,192 2,022
43 University of Denver 11 17 316 1,319 2,250
44 University of Colorado Boulder 13 17 457 937 1,827
45 William & Mary Law School 8 15 237 695 3,133
46 Texas A&M University 9 14 445 685 1,876
47 Arizona State University 10 23 337 1,748 1,388
48 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 8 16 353 943 2,011
49 University of Pittsburgh 8 18 339 1,147 1,849
50 Stanford University 9 19 362 1,410 1,389
51 Northeastern University 8 20 248 1,598 1,821
52 Pace University 10 13 306 561 2,418
53 University of Maryland 10 18 361 1,180 1,367
54 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 7 16 200 1,496 1,743
55 Santa Clara University 7 25 255 2,056 911
56 University at Buffalo 8 19 184 1,653 1,260
57 Southern Methodist University 10 18 358 947 942
58 Florida State University 9 20 321 996 1,092
59 Wake Forest University 11 12 317 557 1,396
60 University of San Diego 9 18 330 1,062 835
61 Yeshiva University 7 19 239 1,235 1,108
62 St. John's University 10 15 307 758 1,155
63 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 9 13 208 858 1,414
64 University of Utah 9 16 232 840 1,283
65 University of Arizona 7 15 260 823 1,134
66 Loyola University Chicago 9 15 281 621 1,196
67 University of Missouri-Kansas City 9 15 225 658 1,437
68 Drexel University 7 12 272 508 1,327
69 Brigham Young University Law School 6 23 159 1,666 872
70 University of San Francisco 8 15 196 842 1,391
71 University of Wisconsin-Madison 6 18 208 1,034 1,079
72 Hofstra University 7 19 163 1,287 793
73 New York Law School 4 16 106 1,289 1,067
74 University of Notre Dame 7 19 142 1,144 988
75 City University of New York (CUNY) 8 14 184 770 1,074
76 Pepperdine University 6 12 237 408 999
77 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 8 14 229 598 864
78 Catholic University of America 8 14 252 583 702
79 University of Richmond 7 13 173 492 1,133
80 Washington and Lee University 6 10 250 389 657
81 University of South Carolina 7 12 194 365 946
82 California Western School of Law 7 14 178 565 828
83 University of New Mexico 6 17 151 901 666
84 Capital University 4 19 88 1,178 742
85 University of Kansas 8 14 194 531 671
86 Wayne State University 6 14 137 870 656
87 Florida International University 7 12 151 603 785
88 Case Western Reserve University 6 13 164 599 672
89 Pennsylvania State University 6 15 153 598 720
90 University of Cincinnati 6 12 114 542 948
91 Willamette University College of Law 5 7 90 153 1,417
92 University of Washington 6 12 127 468 874
93 Widener University Delaware Law School 5 15 99 681 763
94 Western New England University 7 9 152 280 836
95 University of St. Thomas 8 12 152 482 584
96 Cleveland State University 6 13 106 508 781
97 University of Missouri 7 10 153 362 616
98 University of Louisville 6 14 90 698 636
99 George Mason University 6 14 109 856 389
100 University of Oregon 7 9 149 330 642