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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 37 93 5,150 28,635 11,000
2 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 29 88 2,816 24,418 6,105
3 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 35 73 3,987 15,082 7,016
4 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 12 16 1,492 3,793 15,273
5 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 27 53 2,393 6,707 5,072
6 Eskridge, William Yale University 26 55 2,088 11,458 2,426
7 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 31 40 2,737 6,559 3,530
8 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 23 51 2,209 6,648 5,033
9 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 24 50 1,693 13,076 2,472
10 Bebchuk, Lucian Arye Harvard University 24 51 2,122 7,071 3,535
11 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 15 56 1,220 12,023 3,341
12 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 22 49 1,807 6,928 3,487
13 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 27 44 2,011 6,169 2,433
14 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 23 27 2,510 1,475 5,490
15 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 21 52 1,249 10,012 2,457
16 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 22 43 1,893 7,798 2,475
17 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 22 30 1,826 3,358 5,852
18 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 14 45 1,093 7,266 4,112
19 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 19 42 1,312 9,027 2,027
20 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 13 50 1,020 9,019 2,798
21 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 14 53 940 8,508 2,594
22 Scott, Robert E. Columbia University School of Law 21 42 1,293 6,534 2,382
23 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 22 41 1,424 6,180 2,076
24 Hovenkamp, Herbert University of Pennsylvania 20 42 1,517 4,088 3,095
25 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 23 42 1,633 4,353 2,067
26 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 14 50 909 7,542 2,707
27 Solum, Lawrence B. University of Virginia 22 34 1,898 2,674 2,716
28 Resnik, Judith Yale University 19 44 1,264 6,474 1,691
29 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 21 40 1,254 4,199 2,401
30 Fisch, Jill E. University of Pennsylvania 21 42 1,489 2,759 2,452
31 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 18 40 1,205 6,659 1,370
32 Redish, Martin H. Northwestern University 14 51 922 7,658 1,269
33 Issacharoff, Samuel New York University 18 44 1,035 5,639 1,940
34 Gilson, Ronald J. Columbia University School of Law 19 35 1,174 6,302 1,712
35 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 16 35 800 8,497 1,675
36 Waldron, Jeremy New York University 14 31 909 2,987 4,798
37 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 17 40 1,231 4,491 1,919
38 Baude, William University of Chicago 22 24 2,060 699 2,169
39 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 14 42 749 4,549 3,174
40 Bainbridge, Stephen M. University of California, Los Angeles 18 38 1,076 4,155 2,245
41 Manning, John F. Harvard University 21 29 1,651 3,641 1,154
42 Ayres, Ian Yale University 15 41 981 5,527 1,679
43 Friedman, Barry New York University 19 36 1,023 3,955 2,117
44 Samuelson, Pamela University of California, Berkeley 16 36 927 4,347 2,462
45 Kerr, Orin S. Stanford University 19 32 1,257 3,827 1,598
46 Garrett, Brandon L. Duke University 19 26 1,134 1,754 3,436
47 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 18 35 992 4,612 1,683
48 Langbein, John H. Yale University 17 39 772 5,114 1,726
49 Schwartz, Alan Yale University 16 37 826 4,946 1,765
50 Huq, Aziz Z. University of Chicago 19 27 1,264 996 2,994
51 Laycock, Douglas University of Virginia 14 41 861 5,135 1,452
52 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 14 31 910 4,027 2,632
53 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 16 36 1,032 3,912 1,728
54 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 13 29 1,195 2,708 2,797
55 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 12 27 656 6,663 2,175
56 Minow, Martha Louise Harvard University 13 34 488 4,372 3,020
57 Pildes, Richard H. New York University 16 32 946 4,244 1,617
58 Green, Bruce A. Fordham University 15 38 955 3,015 1,982
59 Carbado, Devon W. New York University 18 26 1,143 1,870 2,528
60 Landes, William M. University of Chicago 15 31 718 6,144 1,297
61 Menkel-Meadow, Carrie J. University of California, Irvine 12 38 546 5,165 2,185
62 Miller, Geoffrey Parsons New York University 13 42 719 5,298 1,219
63 Ruhl, J. B. Vanderbilt University 16 35 910 3,085 1,997
64 Langevoort, Donald C. Georgetown University 14 43 724 4,788 1,216
65 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 17 30 1,013 2,924 1,969
66 Galanter, Marc University of Wisconsin-Madison 11 32 600 6,118 1,948
67 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 9 28 529 6,949 2,177
68 Goldsmith, Jack Landman III Harvard University 16 31 705 4,202 2,016
69 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 13 37 827 4,997 1,267
70 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 8 33 416 9,114 988
71 Koh, Harold H. Yale University 14 33 657 4,790 1,837
72 Kraakman, Reinier Harvard University 12 24 857 5,085 2,094
73 Kahan, Dan Michael Yale University 14 35 758 5,052 1,267
74 Kaplow, Louis Harvard University 14 31 958 4,642 1,269
75 Tyler, Tom Richard Yale University 14 31 698 2,188 3,213
76 Slobogin, Christopher Vanderbilt University 16 33 796 3,186 1,930
77 Smith, Henry E. Harvard University 18 25 1,105 2,845 1,569
78 Levinson, Sanford University of Texas at Austin 11 39 617 4,880 1,655
79 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 16 32 1,043 3,255 1,250
80 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 11 36 515 7,073 901
81 Robinson, Paul H. University of Pennsylvania 15 33 779 3,531 1,761
82 Alschuler, Albert W. University of Chicago 15 34 651 4,556 1,369
83 Gulati, Mitu University of Virginia 14 34 808 3,204 1,798
84 Schwarcz, Steven L. Duke University 12 33 686 2,651 2,768
85 Alexander, Lawrence Alan University of San Diego 13 35 606 4,205 1,819
86 Gluck, Abbe Rubin Yale University 20 22 1,444 1,375 1,151
87 Hathaway, Oona Anne Yale University 14 20 678 1,688 3,901
88 Yoo, John Choon University of California, Berkeley 11 37 520 4,023 2,192
89 Revesz, Richard L. New York University 15 30 870 3,674 1,362
90 Eisenberg, Melvin Aron University of California, Berkeley 12 35 489 4,346 1,994
91 Karlan, Pamela Susan Stanford University 14 41 653 3,777 1,137
92 Hansmann, Henry B. Yale University 14 24 780 3,446 2,191
93 Kahan, Marcel New York University 17 35 857 2,809 1,115
94 Hartzog, Woodrow Boston University 19 21 1,194 736 2,100
95 Singer, Joseph William Harvard University 15 28 775 3,557 1,596
96 Lessig, Lawrence Harvard University 11 30 619 4,883 1,622
97 Calabresi, Guido Yale University 10 25 664 6,690 948
98 Fineman, Martha Lillian Albertson Emory University 11 26 457 2,448 3,548
99 Richards, Neil Michael Washington University 17 22 954 1,208 2,380
100 Paulsen, Michael University of St. Thomas 15 32 655 3,432 1,478