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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 5 6 911 2,642 10,876
2 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 16 11 1,369 771 3,725
3 Garrett, Brandon L. Duke University 18 17 954 1,527 3,131
4 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 11 23 727 3,782 1,678
5 Kerr, Orin S. Stanford University 16 20 920 3,042 1,366
6 Robinson, Paul H. University of Pennsylvania 15 30 742 3,465 1,767
7 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 12 17 1,014 1,813 1,861
8 Kahan, Dan Michael Yale University 12 29 582 4,437 993
9 Slobogin, Christopher Vanderbilt University 15 27 709 2,666 1,694
10 Alschuler, Albert W. University of Chicago 14 27 540 3,805 1,107
11 Schwartz, Joanna C. University of California, Los Angeles 16 8 1,100 343 1,183
12 Tyler, Tom Richard Yale University 12 20 495 1,383 2,585
13 Barkow, Rachel E. New York University 15 18 761 1,532 912
14 Leo, Richard A. University of San Francisco 11 20 334 1,806 2,519
15 Bibas, Stephanos University of Pennsylvania 13 23 584 1,844 1,120
16 Fagan, Jeffrey Columbia University School of Law 11 19 406 1,247 2,462
17 Wright, Ronald F. Wake Forest University 15 21 639 1,621 894
18 Schulhofer, Stephen J. New York University 10 26 283 2,919 1,299
19 Green, Bruce A. Fordham University 12 22 554 1,419 1,219
20 Imwinkelried, Edward J. University of California, Davis 9 25 368 2,544 917
21 Steiker, Carol Susan Harvard University 9 19 342 1,858 1,703
22 Carbado, Devon W. New York University 10 11 644 892 1,033
23 Ferguson, Andrew Guthrie American University 13 12 603 481 1,608
24 Tonry, Michael H. University of Minnesota 9 18 224 863 2,989
25 Mayson, Sandra G. University of Pennsylvania 10 5 709 139 1,285
26 Capers, I. Bennett Fordham University 11 10 598 398 1,431
27 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 8 15 327 2,526 546
28 Butler, Paul Georgetown University 11 12 566 955 861
29 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 8 20 294 2,379 741
30 Cassell, Paul G. University of Utah 11 23 332 1,742 1,131
31 Feld, Barry C. University of Minnesota 9 23 214 2,002 1,441
32 Meares, Tracey Louise Yale University 12 20 388 1,460 1,095
33 Friedman, Barry New York University 11 13 470 750 1,379
34 Bellin, Jeffrey William & Mary Law School 13 11 591 376 1,113
35 McLeod, Allegra Georgetown University 8 6 572 257 1,286
36 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 8 17 310 2,361 520
37 Allen, Ronald J. Northwestern University 10 26 296 2,020 883
38 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 9 19 387 1,756 640
39 Akbar, Amna University of Minnesota 6 3 697 91 731
40 Simonson, Jocelyn Brooklyn Law School 8 7 671 212 669
41 Gross, Samuel R. University of Michigan 9 16 211 1,957 1,154
42 Bassiouni, M. Cherif DePaul University 5 26 132 1,896 1,589
43 Cover, Robert M. Yale University 5 6 262 1,843 963
44 Rushin, Stephen Michael Loyola University Chicago 12 9 444 254 1,593
45 Chin, Gabriel J. University of California, Davis 10 14 406 1,008 959
46 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 10 23 290 1,561 980
47 Chesney, Robert M. University of Texas at Austin 5 10 314 529 1,878
48 Stumpf, Juliet Lewis & Clark Law School 7 9 317 753 1,600
49 Levin, Benjamin Washington University 12 7 536 101 1,113
50 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 8 14 283 1,543 961
51 Natapoff, Alexandra Harvard University 11 10 521 673 622
52 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 7 17 230 1,915 824
53 Hessick, Carissa Byrne University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 12 14 465 529 987
54 MacKinnon, Catharine A. University of Michigan 7 16 148 843 2,186
55 Franks, Mary Anne George Washington University 9 6 399 282 1,482
56 Morse, Stephen J. University of Pennsylvania 7 23 186 1,562 1,283
57 Baughman, Shima Baradaran Brigham Young University 14 10 431 300 1,237
58 Morgan, Edmund M. Yale University 4 26 67 3,061 354
59 Johnson, Sheri Lynn Cornell University 9 18 277 1,536 766
60 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 9 20 356 1,118 767
61 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 9 19 262 1,834 476
62 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 11 16 282 1,332 862
63 Amsterdam, Anthony G. New York University 5 11 157 2,595 213
64 Gruber, Marisa Aya University of Southern California 12 13 367 538 1,140
65 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 6 11 291 1,696 370
66 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 7 7 429 986 378
67 Huq, Aziz Z. University of Chicago 12 12 417 393 1,001
68 Bandes, Susan A. DePaul University 9 16 241 1,092 1,176
69 Scott, Elizabeth S. Columbia University School of Law 10 14 321 889 971
70 Levinson, Justin D. University of Hawai'i at Manoa 10 9 340 481 1,275
71 Appleman, Laura I. Willamette University College of Law 10 6 273 208 1,848
72 Richardson, L. Song University of California, Irvine 13 11 443 494 717
73 Fletcher, George P. Columbia University School of Law 7 24 172 2,016 568
74 Saks, Michael Arizona State University 8 23 149 2,034 650
75 Brown, Darryl University of Virginia 10 16 317 898 910
76 Logan, Wayne A. Florida State University 9 22 305 1,071 779
77 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 8 14 172 2,256 251
78 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 6 12 239 1,504 655
79 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 7 16 258 1,783 264
80 Stevenson, Megan University of Virginia 8 4 441 105 980
81 Findley, Keith A. University of Wisconsin-Madison 8 11 189 674 1,651
82 Denno, Deborah W. Fordham University 8 19 197 1,003 1,246
83 Giannelli, Paul C. Case Western Reserve University 6 16 126 1,712 901
84 Lee, Cynthia George Washington University 11 12 352 708 726
85 Ristroph, Alice Brooklyn Law School 12 10 437 327 661
86 Harris, David A. University of Pittsburgh 8 16 224 1,283 774
87 Blume, John H. Cornell University 8 19 281 1,031 721
88 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 9 7 323 1,041 484
89 Dripps, Donald Andrew University of San Diego 7 20 214 1,517 551
90 Garland, David W. New York University 5 6 53 106 2,680
91 Miller, Marc L. University of Arizona 9 20 220 1,358 589
92 Davis, Angela American University 9 8 333 665 706
93 Mutua, Makau W. University at Buffalo 3 5 90 230 2,342
94 Luna, Erik Arizona State University 8 18 256 1,150 598
95 Corbin, Caroline Mala University of Miami 6 1 96 17 2,500
96 Chacon, Jennifer Stanford University 10 11 258 845 869
97 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 6 8 206 1,667 295
98 Bennett, Mark Drake University 9 8 299 297 1,154
99 Joh, Elizabeth E. University of California, Davis 10 11 283 379 1,150
100 Harmon, Rachel University of Virginia 7 7 350 433 764