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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 36 93 5,090 28,632 11,494
2 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 29 88 2,792 24,420 6,220
3 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 35 73 3,939 15,082 7,197
4 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 12 16 1,479 3,793 15,526
5 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 27 53 2,352 6,707 5,304
6 Eskridge, William Yale University 26 55 2,060 11,458 2,491
7 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 23 51 2,180 6,648 5,158
8 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 30 39 2,672 6,559 3,655
9 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 24 50 1,682 13,076 2,531
10 Bebchuk, Lucian Arye Harvard University 24 51 2,099 7,070 3,602
11 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 15 56 1,214 12,031 3,510
12 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 22 49 1,774 6,924 3,553
13 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 23 27 2,475 1,475 5,738
14 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 21 52 1,237 10,012 2,566
15 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 27 43 1,988 6,169 2,460
16 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 22 42 1,874 7,806 2,515
17 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 22 30 1,791 3,358 5,993
18 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 19 42 1,300 9,027 2,079
19 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 14 45 1,075 7,266 4,190
20 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 13 50 1,011 9,019 2,969
21 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 14 53 928 8,509 2,603
22 Scott, Robert E. Columbia University School of Law 21 42 1,279 6,533 2,479
23 Hovenkamp, Herbert University of Pennsylvania 20 42 1,505 4,088 3,245
24 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 22 41 1,406 6,180 2,035
25 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 23 42 1,612 4,353 2,165
26 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 14 50 898 7,542 2,826
27 Solum, Lawrence B. University of Virginia 21 34 1,860 2,674 2,776
28 Resnik, Judith Yale University 18 44 1,236 6,474 1,769
29 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 21 40 1,234 4,199 2,494
30 Fisch, Jill E. University of Pennsylvania 21 42 1,469 2,759 2,536
31 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 18 40 1,189 6,659 1,466
32 Gilson, Ronald J. Columbia University School of Law 19 35 1,167 6,302 1,834
33 Redish, Martin H. Northwestern University 14 51 911 7,658 1,292
34 Issacharoff, Samuel New York University 18 44 1,027 5,639 1,997
35 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 16 35 792 8,497 1,734
36 Waldron, Jeremy New York University 14 31 898 2,987 5,027
37 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 17 39 1,196 4,491 1,980
38 Bainbridge, Stephen M. University of California, Los Angeles 18 38 1,062 4,155 2,328
39 Baude, William University of Chicago 22 24 2,026 701 2,172
40 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 14 42 744 4,549 3,186
41 Manning, John F. Harvard University 21 29 1,624 3,641 1,202
42 Samuelson, Pamela University of California, Berkeley 16 36 919 4,347 2,578
43 Ayres, Ian Yale University 14 41 966 5,527 1,714
44 Friedman, Barry New York University 18 36 1,000 3,955 2,182
45 Kerr, Orin S. Stanford University 19 32 1,235 3,827 1,670
46 Langbein, John H. Yale University 17 39 769 5,114 1,822
47 Garrett, Brandon L. Duke University 18 26 1,118 1,753 3,540
48 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 17 35 975 4,612 1,733
49 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 14 31 903 4,027 2,763
50 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 16 36 1,021 3,912 1,842
51 Schwartz, Alan Yale University 15 37 813 4,945 1,865
52 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 13 29 1,181 2,708 2,934
53 Huq, Aziz Z. University of Chicago 18 27 1,244 996 3,091
54 Laycock, Douglas University of Virginia 14 40 793 5,136 1,505
55 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 12 27 647 6,671 2,200
56 Minow, Martha Louise Harvard University 13 34 482 4,372 3,170
57 Carbado, Devon W. New York University 18 26 1,131 1,870 2,666
58 Menkel-Meadow, Carrie J. University of California, Irvine 12 39 539 5,201 2,277
59 Pildes, Richard H. New York University 16 32 934 4,244 1,687
60 Ruhl, J. B. Vanderbilt University 16 35 890 3,083 2,158
61 Landes, William M. University of Chicago 15 31 716 6,144 1,290
62 Miller, Geoffrey Parsons New York University 13 42 709 5,298 1,272
63 Langevoort, Donald C. Georgetown University 14 43 717 4,788 1,302
64 Green, Bruce A. Fordham University 14 38 943 3,011 2,027
65 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 17 30 995 2,924 1,993
66 Goldsmith, Jack Landman III Harvard University 16 31 696 4,202 2,100
67 Galanter, Marc University of Wisconsin-Madison 11 32 594 6,120 1,926
68 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 9 28 520 6,947 2,245
69 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 13 37 821 4,997 1,283
70 Koh, Harold H. Yale University 14 33 643 4,789 1,972
71 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 8 33 409 9,114 1,021
72 Kahan, Dan Michael Yale University 14 35 755 5,050 1,362
73 Kraakman, Reinier Harvard University 12 24 851 5,085 2,193
74 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 11 37 514 7,389 931
75 Kaplow, Louis Harvard University 14 31 949 4,642 1,254
76 Slobogin, Christopher Vanderbilt University 16 33 800 3,278 1,940
77 Tyler, Tom Richard Yale University 14 31 693 2,188 3,265
78 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 16 32 1,034 3,259 1,318
79 Smith, Henry E. Harvard University 18 25 1,091 2,845 1,610
80 Levinson, Sanford University of Texas at Austin 11 39 613 4,880 1,735
81 Robinson, Paul H. University of Pennsylvania 15 33 764 3,531 1,814
82 Alschuler, Albert W. University of Chicago 15 34 645 4,556 1,346
83 Schwarcz, Steven L. Duke University 12 33 681 2,651 2,838
84 Yoo, John Choon University of California, Berkeley 11 37 516 4,023 2,343
85 Gulati, Mitu University of Virginia 14 34 792 3,204 1,842
86 Gluck, Abbe Rubin Yale University 20 22 1,429 1,375 1,174
87 Alexander, Lawrence Alan University of San Diego 13 35 598 4,202 1,831
88 Hathaway, Oona Anne Yale University 14 20 671 1,688 3,967
89 Revesz, Richard L. New York University 15 30 860 3,674 1,433
90 Eisenberg, Melvin Aron University of California, Berkeley 12 35 479 4,346 2,103
91 Karlan, Pamela Susan Stanford University 14 41 645 3,777 1,162
92 Kahan, Marcel New York University 17 35 846 2,809 1,160
93 Hansmann, Henry B. Yale University 14 24 778 3,446 2,231
94 Hartzog, Woodrow Boston University 19 21 1,165 736 2,176
95 Singer, Joseph William Harvard University 15 28 765 3,557 1,650
96 Lessig, Lawrence Harvard University 11 30 614 4,883 1,689
97 Calabresi, Guido Yale University 10 25 651 6,690 1,004
98 Cohen, Julie E. Georgetown University 16 24 781 2,902 1,949
99 Fineman, Martha Lillian Albertson Emory University 11 26 455 2,448 3,667
100 Paulsen, Michael University of St. Thomas 15 32 646 3,432 1,509