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Last Updated: May 2026

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1 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 34 93 4,571 29,593 10,044
2 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 27 88 2,448 25,020 5,453
3 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 31 73 3,585 15,797 6,525
4 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 12 16 1,374 3,982 16,575
5 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 26 54 2,161 7,094 4,730
6 Eskridge, William Yale University 25 56 1,873 11,834 2,208
7 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 27 41 2,531 7,010 3,108
8 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 23 50 1,482 13,439 2,192
9 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 21 51 1,941 7,057 4,291
10 Bebchuk, Lucian Arye Harvard University 23 51 1,849 7,454 3,234
11 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 21 31 1,687 3,654 6,663
12 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 15 57 1,100 12,241 2,963
13 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 22 28 2,339 1,827 5,330
14 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 26 45 1,856 6,482 2,200
15 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 20 49 1,585 7,244 3,067
16 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 21 43 1,762 8,125 2,309
17 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 20 52 1,029 10,323 2,207
18 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 14 45 964 7,470 3,872
19 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 16 43 1,139 9,290 1,920
20 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 12 50 909 9,174 2,460
21 Hovenkamp, Herbert University of Pennsylvania 19 43 1,393 4,339 2,951
22 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 21 41 1,292 6,431 1,940
23 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 13 53 806 8,695 2,274
24 Solum, Lawrence B. University of Virginia 20 34 1,838 2,912 2,619
25 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 21 42 1,471 4,617 1,830
26 Scott, Robert E. Columbia University School of Law 17 43 1,076 6,803 2,045
27 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 21 40 1,177 4,397 2,308
28 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 13 50 771 7,750 2,077
29 Resnik, Judith Yale University 16 44 1,081 6,732 1,578
30 Baude, William University of Chicago 24 25 2,036 928 2,021
31 Fisch, Jill E. University of Pennsylvania 20 42 1,346 3,013 2,021
32 Issacharoff, Samuel New York University 17 44 913 5,843 1,837
33 Redish, Martin H. Northwestern University 13 51 804 7,839 1,138
34 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 16 40 1,080 6,534 1,226
35 Gilson, Ronald J. Columbia University School of Law 17 36 947 6,590 1,477
36 Waldron, Jeremy New York University 13 32 841 3,138 4,315
37 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 15 35 683 8,688 1,407
38 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 15 40 1,133 4,684 1,713
39 Manning, John F. Harvard University 21 29 1,476 3,931 985
40 Friedman, Barry New York University 19 36 969 4,102 2,005
41 Bainbridge, Stephen M. University of California, Los Angeles 17 39 919 4,386 2,062
42 Ayres, Ian Yale University 14 41 846 5,731 1,657
43 Samuelson, Pamela University of California, Berkeley 16 36 847 4,507 2,246
44 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 13 42 581 4,740 2,809
45 Garrett, Brandon L. Duke University 18 27 1,022 1,963 3,223
46 Kerr, Orin S. Stanford University 18 32 1,058 4,110 1,575
47 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 16 36 847 4,827 1,607
48 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 13 30 1,102 2,863 2,706
49 Langbein, John H. Yale University 16 40 654 5,306 1,467
50 Huq, Aziz Z. University of Chicago 18 27 1,160 1,187 2,774
51 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 16 36 949 4,067 1,479
52 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 17 31 960 3,079 2,078
53 Laycock, Douglas University of Virginia 13 41 771 5,277 1,332
54 Pildes, Richard H. New York University 16 32 857 4,416 1,562
55 Green, Bruce A. Fordham University 14 39 874 3,206 1,932
56 Schwartz, Alan Yale University 14 37 723 5,087 1,436
57 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 13 31 768 4,219 2,300
58 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 12 27 587 6,795 1,695
59 Kraakman, Reinier Harvard University 12 24 718 5,283 2,311
60 Carbado, Devon W. New York University 17 26 1,030 2,058 2,208
61 Minow, Martha Louise Harvard University 12 34 441 4,447 2,700
62 Kahan, Dan Michael Yale University 15 35 634 5,224 1,280
63 Ruhl, J. B. Vanderbilt University 16 36 799 3,243 1,636
64 Tyler, Tom Richard Yale University 13 31 640 2,340 3,288
65 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 17 32 991 3,407 1,145
66 Landes, William M. University of Chicago 14 31 629 6,294 1,130
67 Galanter, Marc University of Wisconsin-Madison 11 32 521 6,243 1,783
68 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 13 37 729 5,174 1,127
69 Smith, Henry E. Harvard University 17 25 1,054 3,015 1,586
70 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 9 33 352 9,203 914
71 Kaplow, Louis Harvard University 14 32 837 4,842 1,166
72 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 9 29 458 7,068 1,929
73 Langevoort, Donald C. Georgetown University 13 43 609 4,955 1,068
74 Hathaway, Oona Anne Yale University 14 21 647 1,801 3,900
75 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 11 37 453 7,488 842
76 Goldsmith, Jack Landman III Harvard University 15 31 619 4,339 1,825
77 Miller, Geoffrey Parsons New York University 12 42 568 5,484 1,057
78 Menkel-Meadow, Carrie J. University of California, Irvine 10 39 441 5,337 1,957
79 Slobogin, Christopher Vanderbilt University 15 34 717 3,452 1,714
80 Levinson, Sanford University of Texas at Austin 11 39 555 5,001 1,547
81 Gluck, Abbe Rubin Yale University 20 23 1,275 1,640 1,053
82 Koh, Harold H. Yale University 12 34 541 4,954 1,705
83 Hartzog, Woodrow Boston University 18 21 1,117 894 2,240
84 Alschuler, Albert W. University of Chicago 15 34 590 4,674 1,213
85 Robinson, Paul H. University of Pennsylvania 15 33 661 3,690 1,587
86 Revesz, Richard L. New York University 16 30 762 3,840 1,255
87 Hansmann, Henry B. Yale University 13 25 667 3,622 2,380
88 Gulati, Mitu University of Virginia 13 34 697 3,367 1,638
89 Schwarcz, Steven L. Duke University 12 33 579 2,798 2,377
90 Singer, Joseph William Harvard University 14 29 725 3,665 1,486
91 Alexander, Lawrence Alan University of San Diego 12 35 550 4,315 1,498
92 Paulsen, Michael University of St. Thomas 14 33 637 3,531 1,490
93 Pozen, David E. Columbia University School of Law 20 24 1,050 1,194 1,239
94 Kahan, Marcel New York University 16 35 734 2,993 996
95 Karlan, Pamela Susan Stanford University 13 41 582 3,889 965
96 Calabresi, Guido Yale University 10 26 585 6,830 895
97 Fineman, Martha Lillian Albertson Emory University 10 26 372 2,556 3,563
98 Richards, Neil Michael Washington University 16 22 882 1,338 2,217
99 Cohen, Julie E. Georgetown University 16 24 709 3,035 1,675
100 Yoo, John Choon University of California, Berkeley 9 37 453 4,128 1,865