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Last Updated: April 2026

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1 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 34 93 4,480 29,577 10,191
2 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 26 88 2,394 25,016 5,500
3 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 30 73 3,509 15,794 6,543
4 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 12 16 1,354 3,978 16,141
5 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 26 54 2,137 7,093 4,753
6 Eskridge, William Yale University 25 56 1,846 11,832 2,274
7 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 27 41 2,461 7,009 3,234
8 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 23 50 1,446 13,439 2,198
9 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 21 50 1,790 6,922 4,402
10 Bebchuk, Lucian Arye Harvard University 23 51 1,825 7,455 3,271
11 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 15 56 1,076 12,239 3,000
12 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 21 31 1,659 3,651 6,365
13 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 22 27 2,284 1,824 5,214
14 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 20 49 1,563 7,240 3,197
15 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 26 45 1,819 6,481 2,215
16 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 21 43 1,715 8,122 2,355
17 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 20 52 1,008 10,297 2,272
18 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 13 45 953 7,469 3,865
19 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 16 42 1,119 9,287 1,906
20 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 12 50 908 9,172 2,432
21 Hovenkamp, Herbert University of Pennsylvania 19 43 1,375 4,339 2,996
22 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 20 41 1,265 6,425 2,026
23 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 13 53 793 8,695 2,330
24 Solum, Lawrence B. University of Virginia 20 34 1,792 2,912 2,643
25 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 21 42 1,447 4,616 1,872
26 Scott, Robert E. Columbia University School of Law 17 43 1,065 6,802 2,135
27 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 13 50 752 7,744 2,188
28 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 20 40 1,143 4,396 2,298
29 Resnik, Judith Yale University 16 44 1,070 6,720 1,619
30 Fisch, Jill E. University of Pennsylvania 20 42 1,311 3,009 2,119
31 Baude, William University of Chicago 23 24 1,978 924 2,055
32 Issacharoff, Samuel New York University 17 44 896 5,819 1,842
33 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 16 40 1,072 6,856 1,239
34 Redish, Martin H. Northwestern University 13 51 791 7,827 1,150
35 Waldron, Jeremy New York University 13 32 828 3,137 4,419
36 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 15 35 659 8,685 1,415
37 Gilson, Ronald J. Columbia University School of Law 16 36 932 6,588 1,524
38 Manning, John F. Harvard University 21 29 1,457 3,930 1,018
39 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 15 40 1,115 4,684 1,687
40 Bainbridge, Stephen M. University of California, Los Angeles 17 39 898 4,385 2,074
41 Friedman, Barry New York University 18 36 955 4,102 1,978
42 Ayres, Ian Yale University 14 41 826 5,730 1,682
43 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 13 42 578 4,740 2,920
44 Samuelson, Pamela University of California, Berkeley 16 36 835 4,506 2,251
45 Garrett, Brandon L. Duke University 18 26 996 1,959 3,231
46 Kerr, Orin S. Stanford University 18 32 1,046 4,091 1,518
47 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 16 35 829 4,825 1,613
48 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 13 30 1,094 2,856 2,672
49 Huq, Aziz Z. University of Chicago 18 27 1,148 1,187 2,806
50 Langbein, John H. Yale University 15 40 639 5,302 1,529
51 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 16 36 937 4,065 1,468
52 Laycock, Douglas University of Virginia 13 41 762 5,273 1,351
53 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 17 31 943 3,077 2,038
54 Pildes, Richard H. New York University 16 32 838 4,416 1,568
55 Schwartz, Alan Yale University 14 37 708 5,087 1,528
56 Green, Bruce A. Fordham University 14 39 853 3,180 1,952
57 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 13 31 753 4,216 2,348
58 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 12 27 580 6,793 1,802
59 Carbado, Devon W. New York University 17 26 1,017 2,056 2,220
60 Kraakman, Reinier Harvard University 12 24 701 5,274 2,262
61 Minow, Martha Louise Harvard University 12 33 433 4,444 2,800
62 Tyler, Tom Richard Yale University 13 31 635 2,340 3,284
63 Kahan, Dan Michael Yale University 15 35 622 5,217 1,273
64 Landes, William M. University of Chicago 14 31 610 6,294 1,141
65 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 13 37 709 5,172 1,137
66 Smith, Henry E. Harvard University 17 25 1,016 3,015 1,611
67 Langevoort, Donald C. Georgetown University 13 43 597 4,944 1,120
68 Ruhl, J. B. Vanderbilt University 15 36 778 3,243 1,671
69 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 9 29 452 7,067 1,947
70 Goldsmith, Jack Landman III Harvard University 15 31 607 4,337 1,898
71 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 16 32 966 3,406 1,176
72 Menkel-Meadow, Carrie J. University of California, Irvine 10 39 438 5,325 2,014
73 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 11 37 449 7,483 848
74 Slobogin, Christopher Vanderbilt University 15 34 702 3,434 1,848
75 Hathaway, Oona Anne Yale University 14 21 627 1,801 3,902
76 Galanter, Marc University of Wisconsin-Madison 10 32 514 6,231 1,780
77 Kaplow, Louis Harvard University 13 32 813 4,841 1,172
78 Miller, Geoffrey Parsons New York University 11 42 559 5,475 1,093
79 Levinson, Sanford University of Texas at Austin 11 39 550 5,000 1,541
80 Koh, Harold H. Yale University 12 34 534 4,951 1,715
81 Robinson, Paul H. University of Pennsylvania 15 33 649 3,689 1,610
82 Gluck, Abbe Rubin Yale University 20 22 1,241 1,639 1,043
83 Hartzog, Woodrow Boston University 18 21 1,101 892 2,142
84 Alschuler, Albert W. University of Chicago 14 34 578 4,674 1,213
85 Revesz, Richard L. New York University 15 30 751 3,840 1,293
86 Hansmann, Henry B. Yale University 13 24 646 3,619 2,363
87 Schwarcz, Steven L. Duke University 12 33 571 2,798 2,498
88 Gulati, Mitu University of Virginia 13 34 678 3,360 1,699
89 Alexander, Lawrence Alan University of San Diego 12 35 540 4,314 1,524
90 Singer, Joseph William Harvard University 14 28 720 3,665 1,491
91 Pozen, David E. Columbia University School of Law 20 24 1,035 1,194 1,270
92 Fineman, Martha Lillian Albertson Emory University 10 26 368 2,556 3,686
93 Calabresi, Guido Yale University 10 26 578 6,829 921
94 Kahan, Marcel New York University 16 35 715 2,994 1,004
95 Karlan, Pamela Susan Stanford University 13 41 576 3,889 954
96 Paulsen, Michael University of St. Thomas 14 32 604 3,530 1,503
97 Cohen, Julie E. Georgetown University 16 24 703 3,035 1,676
98 Richards, Neil Michael Washington University 16 22 869 1,336 2,169
99 Yoo, John Choon University of California, Berkeley 9 37 452 4,141 1,861
100 Baird, Douglas G. University of Chicago 15 34 575 3,761 986