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Last Updated: November 2025

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1 Harvard Law Review 87 267 44,420 376,887 86,030
2 Yale Law Journal 76 235 37,383 304,976 89,744
3 Columbia Law Review 64 195 27,457 227,835 48,864
4 Stanford Law Review 57 169 21,540 142,581 56,496
5 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 50 159 19,084 138,958 36,347
6 California Law Review 49 143 17,925 122,391 51,661
7 Michigan Law Review 49 150 17,742 141,037 32,726
8 Virginia Law Review 47 150 15,719 124,203 28,529
9 University of Chicago Law Review 47 140 16,017 100,046 31,220
10 Texas Law Review 42 119 13,262 94,141 35,687
11 New York University Law Review 49 127 14,179 89,611 36,170
12 Georgetown Law Journal 45 115 13,085 79,831 41,341
13 UCLA Law Review 45 117 12,531 76,113 44,043
14 Cornell Law Review 42 119 12,606 82,425 34,380
15 Northwestern University Law Review 37 108 10,822 78,443 34,281
16 Minnesota Law Review 36 109 10,679 79,061 28,914
17 Fordham Law Review 34 80 13,053 60,087 40,448
18 Vanderbilt Law Review 40 103 11,196 68,441 33,078
19 Iowa Law Review 34 90 9,251 57,091 33,262
20 Duke Law Journal 40 105 11,273 61,537 24,221
21 Southern California Law Review 32 101 7,060 57,819 27,854
22 Boston University Law Review 35 82 9,959 46,969 35,165
23 Notre Dame Law Review 36 74 10,691 41,866 29,355
24 Wisconsin Law Review 26 83 5,786 49,346 24,156
25 North Carolina Law Review 27 81 6,572 47,297 24,271
26 George Washington Law Review 34 77 7,519 42,918 22,750
27 Indiana Law Journal 29 73 6,885 43,288 22,790
28 UC Law Journal 25 77 6,079 43,515 20,040
29 Cardozo Law Review 27 70 6,993 31,645 27,177
30 Tulane Law Review 19 64 3,577 39,976 21,452
31 William & Mary Law Review 31 75 8,373 35,895 20,606
32 University of Illinois Law Review 25 70 5,727 33,114 25,774
33 Ohio State Law Journal 24 72 5,471 40,709 15,631
34 Emory Law Journal 27 70 5,614 32,372 22,545
35 Washington University Law Review 27 66 6,717 32,000 21,352
36 Washington Law Review 26 70 5,886 33,312 17,700
37 Boston College Law Review 30 61 6,983 23,433 24,875
38 U.C. Davis Law Review 28 64 7,551 25,469 22,148
39 American University Law Review 24 64 4,588 29,187 16,026
40 Florida Law Review 27 54 4,824 24,485 20,325
41 Connecticut Law Review 22 58 4,293 24,516 19,363
42 University of Colorado Law Review 20 63 3,346 27,457 15,498
43 Washington and Lee Law Review 24 56 5,178 25,146 15,743
44 Arizona Law Review 21 60 4,092 25,325 14,934
45 University of Cincinnati Law Review 16 55 2,977 24,752 14,950
46 Chicago-Kent Law Review 17 55 3,423 21,742 15,091
47 Georgia Law Review 21 65 3,687 24,582 11,897
48 Brooklyn Law Review 19 53 3,705 23,623 11,958
49 Wake Forest Law Review 22 49 4,063 18,363 16,622
50 Maryland Law Review 22 59 3,525 22,751 12,497
51 Houston Law Review 19 49 2,973 20,746 14,259
52 Hofstra Law Review 19 56 3,345 23,129 10,890
53 Buffalo Law Review 19 55 2,752 19,859 13,811
54 Utah Law Review 17 52 3,145 18,651 14,333
55 Louisiana Law Review 15 45 2,437 23,943 9,184
56 Oregon Law Review 16 56 2,147 22,320 10,565
57 Rutgers University Law Review 15 56 2,375 21,636 10,965
58 DePaul Law Review 16 48 2,926 20,609 10,640
59 Penn State Law Review 15 43 2,163 22,672 9,133
60 SMU Law Review 18 48 2,770 21,916 9,084
61 Case Western Reserve Law Review 17 52 3,063 20,923 9,623
62 Albany Law Review 14 44 2,120 18,790 12,079
63 Temple Law Review 17 47 2,423 20,504 9,887
64 University of Miami Law Review 12 49 1,596 21,179 10,040
65 San Diego Law Review 16 47 2,364 17,901 11,841
66 Villanova Law Review 17 49 2,363 18,469 9,925
67 Alabama Law Review 23 47 3,712 15,990 10,415
68 Marquette Law Review 17 39 2,732 15,853 10,844
69 Missouri Law Review 14 43 2,216 17,757 9,141
70 Arizona State Law Journal 18 41 3,075 14,497 11,533
71 Brigham Young University Law Review 20 50 3,479 16,363 9,153
72 Tennessee Law Review 16 48 2,053 18,908 7,699
73 Nebraska Law Review 17 45 2,430 18,098 7,920
74 Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review 13 41 2,009 16,003 9,961
75 Kentucky Law Journal 12 38 1,564 19,471 6,867
76 University of Pittsburgh Law Review 13 44 1,695 15,674 10,284
77 University of Kansas Law Review 16 45 2,170 16,800 8,407
78 Florida State University Law Review 15 47 2,564 14,912 8,242
79 West Virginia Law Review 13 37 1,657 14,249 8,552
80 Saint Louis University Law Journal 13 35 1,804 13,755 8,701
81 UMKC Law Review 13 32 1,969 10,527 11,563
82 Catholic University Law Review 13 38 1,776 15,797 6,025
83 Seton Hall Law Review 15 37 2,161 11,370 9,420
84 St. John's Law Review 12 35 1,725 14,543 6,654
85 South Carolina Law Review 16 43 2,097 13,579 7,131
86 Denver Law Review 15 32 1,625 10,428 10,301
87 Howard Law Journal 12 36 1,434 10,168 10,718
88 Syracuse Law Review 11 36 1,294 13,585 7,423
89 Wayne Law Review 9 39 929 14,599 6,768
90 University of Richmond Law Review 14 35 1,916 11,197 8,849
91 New York Law School Law Review 10 34 1,185 11,631 8,782
92 Santa Clara Law Review 14 37 1,770 13,021 6,753
93 Indiana Law Review 12 37 1,606 12,259 6,611
94 University of San Francisco Law Review 9 39 1,002 12,024 7,253
95 Pepperdine Law Review 15 36 1,983 10,740 7,396
96 Seattle University Law Review 15 30 2,302 7,292 10,283
97 Cleveland State Law Review 12 33 1,466 10,645 7,759
98 Oklahoma Law Review 16 32 1,689 10,423 7,673
99 Mississippi Law Journal 11 32 1,263 12,303 5,130
100 Mercer Law Review 9 38 1,280 12,488 4,748