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Last Updated: February 2026

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Rank Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Yale University 27 67 3,059 15,829 7,468
2 Columbia University School of Law 19 37 2,150 7,455 16,684
3 New York University 20 50 1,858 9,645 7,681
4 University of Virginia 19 40 2,059 6,038 6,995
5 Harvard University 18 53 1,289 11,991 4,851
6 Georgetown University 21 39 1,713 6,248 6,481
7 University of California, Berkeley 18 36 1,258 5,405 5,597
8 University of Pennsylvania 19 36 1,427 5,120 4,915
9 University of Michigan 16 35 956 5,594 6,328
10 University of California, Los Angeles 17 39 1,053 5,457 3,041
11 Emory University 14 33 729 4,038 4,615
12 Duke University 14 29 825 4,163 3,709
13 Rutgers University 13 28 856 3,702 3,909
14 George Washington University 16 28 983 2,827 3,479
15 University of Minnesota 12 27 979 2,702 3,592
16 University of Chicago 16 32 864 3,947 3,052
17 University of California, Davis 14 27 943 2,221 3,796
18 Northwestern University 14 31 818 3,414 3,259
19 Cornell University 14 24 756 3,096 3,052
20 University of California, Irvine 14 25 812 3,192 2,486
21 Ohio State University 13 33 705 3,931 2,044
22 Washington University 13 26 799 2,155 2,962
23 Brooklyn Law School 13 24 735 2,782 2,119
24 University of Texas at Austin 12 23 841 1,725 2,262
25 University of Southern California 13 24 689 2,262 2,096
26 Boston University 12 22 577 2,091 2,635
27 University of California, San Francisco 11 31 425 3,650 1,930
28 Fordham University 12 25 588 1,969 2,438
29 American University 9 27 382 2,198 2,883
30 University of Florida 11 24 499 2,223 2,204
31 Loyola Marymount University 13 21 620 1,485 2,054
32 University of Miami 10 22 383 3,228 1,434
33 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 11 24 456 1,943 2,071
34 Indiana University Bloomington 13 21 474 1,980 1,781
35 University of Nevada, Las Vegas 10 19 509 1,454 1,869
36 Seattle University 11 23 389 2,720 1,364
37 Vanderbilt University 9 22 357 2,891 1,293
38 University of Baltimore 10 15 300 594 3,358
39 Temple University 11 20 439 1,087 1,957
40 University of Denver 11 17 306 1,319 2,221
41 Georgia State University 9 19 372 1,192 1,953
42 Southwestern Law School 11 16 462 993 1,630
43 University of Colorado Boulder 12 17 445 938 1,744
44 Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 9 18 302 1,364 1,915
45 Texas A&M University 9 14 432 677 1,841
46 William & Mary Law School 8 15 229 686 2,800
47 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 8 16 344 943 1,964
48 University of Iowa 10 23 354 1,461 1,454
49 Arizona State University 10 23 328 1,747 1,328
50 University of Pittsburgh 8 18 333 1,147 1,789
51 Pace University 10 13 302 561 2,443
52 Northeastern University 8 20 232 1,644 1,776
53 Stanford University 9 19 298 1,404 1,411
54 University of Maryland 10 18 355 1,182 1,304
55 University of Hawai'i at Manoa 7 16 195 1,496 1,675
56 Santa Clara University 7 25 250 2,060 899
57 University at Buffalo 8 19 182 1,653 1,303
58 Southern Methodist University 10 18 347 947 917
59 Florida State University 9 20 312 999 1,046
60 University of Arizona 8 15 267 1,091 1,130
61 Wake Forest University 11 12 311 556 1,359
62 University of San Diego 9 18 328 1,062 781
63 Yeshiva University 7 19 235 1,235 1,085
64 St. John's University 10 15 301 755 1,140
65 Loyola University Chicago 8 15 269 661 1,166
66 University of San Francisco 8 15 187 842 1,413
67 University of Missouri-Kansas City 9 15 224 658 1,370
68 Drexel University 7 12 269 508 1,271
69 University of Utah 9 16 225 840 1,201
70 Brigham Young University Law School 6 23 154 1,667 829
71 University of Wisconsin-Madison 6 18 193 1,034 994
72 Hofstra University 6 19 158 1,284 780
73 University of Notre Dame 7 19 139 1,143 952
74 New York Law School 4 16 106 1,289 987
75 City University of New York (CUNY) 8 14 181 770 1,013
76 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 8 14 222 596 827
77 Catholic University of America 8 14 249 583 621
78 University of Richmond 7 13 167 492 1,096
79 Washington and Lee University 6 10 246 390 648
80 Capital University 4 19 87 1,194 720
81 University of South Carolina 7 12 187 369 916
82 California Western School of Law 7 14 175 565 785
83 Case Western Reserve University 7 13 171 616 726
84 University of New Mexico 6 17 149 901 587
85 Willamette University College of Law 5 7 92 153 1,531
86 Florida International University 7 12 148 602 805
87 University of Kansas 8 14 191 530 634
88 University of Cincinnati 6 13 115 579 954
89 Wayne State University 6 14 127 869 640
90 Pennsylvania State University 6 15 144 604 703
91 Pepperdine University 5 12 143 408 814
92 University of Washington 6 12 123 463 823
93 Widener University Delaware Law School 5 15 96 681 760
94 Western New England University 7 9 145 280 848
95 University of St. Thomas 8 12 148 482 563
96 Cleveland State University 6 13 104 508 752
97 University of Louisville 5 14 84 698 664
98 Quinnipiac University 8 14 164 560 364
99 University of Oregon 7 9 144 330 668
100 South Texas College of Law Houston 7 12 130 360 704