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Last Updated: November 2025

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 9 26 334 3,272 668
2 Matsuda, Mari J. University of Hawai'i at Manoa 3 5 306 2,037 522
3 Harris, Cheryl I. University of California, Los Angeles 5 5 406 707 823
4 Menkel-Meadow, Carrie J. University of California, Irvine 7 21 169 1,637 753
5 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 7 14 232 1,759 262
6 Hamilton, Neil University of St. Thomas 10 13 252 448 1,378
7 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 6 14 168 1,911 231
8 Black, Derek Wayne University of South Carolina 10 13 315 341 974
9 Ryan, James E. University of Virginia 8 15 175 1,366 473
10 Laycock, Douglas University of Virginia 8 15 178 1,304 502
11 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 2 7 88 2,010 121
12 Nance, Jason P. Southern Methodist University 8 8 184 187 1,294
13 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 6 15 167 796 650
14 Wilkins, David Brian Harvard University 7 13 169 1,189 211
15 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 4 3 280 690 153
16 Gilman, Michele E. University of Baltimore 2 2 26 8 2,064
17 Heise, Michael Cornell University 7 15 127 822 740
18 Gordon, Robert W. Stanford University 5 9 154 1,165 251
19 Green, Rebecca William & Mary Law School 1 1 24 5 2,023
20 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 5 13 95 829 847
21 Deo, Meera Southwestern Law School 10 7 250 146 616
22 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 5 5 147 234 1,032
23 Edwards, Harry T. New York University 4 11 90 1,413 83
24 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 4 12 155 913 201
25 Krieger, Lawrence S. Florida State University 6 6 164 548 497
26 Minow, Martha Louise Harvard University 5 13 129 752 468
27 Harris, Angela P. Seattle University 5 8 170 502 454
28 Sherry, Suzanna Vanderbilt University 4 7 91 1,215 124
29 Klein, Benjamin University of California, Los Angeles 1 1 138 1,000 78
30 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 5 14 106 747 430
31 Leong, Nancy University of Denver 6 4 172 127 696
32 Bridges, Khiara University of California, Berkeley 6 3 190 22 702
33 Joy, Peter A. Washington University 5 15 118 793 301
34 Sturm, Susan P. Columbia University School of Law 4 5 133 785 208
35 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 3 7 104 596 457
36 Shapiro, Fred R. Yale University 6 7 138 521 341
37 Moran, Rachel F. Texas A&M University 6 12 117 618 321
38 Sander, Richard H. University of California, Los Angeles 6 9 108 674 283
39 Carrington, Paul D. Duke University 2 18 37 1,147 134
40 Klare, Karl E. Northeastern University 3 4 88 772 235
41 Karst, Kenneth L. University of California, Los Angeles 4 11 32 1,054 216
42 Rubenfeld, Jed Yale University 4 5 96 675 263
43 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 4 4 120 245 524
44 Wilson, Erika K. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 7 5 162 81 465
45 Lopez, Gerald University of California, Los Angeles 5 9 92 750 155
46 Rubin, Edward L. Vanderbilt University 4 10 98 769 103
47 Kahan, Dan Michael Yale University 4 5 119 629 131
48 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 3 5 77 881 78
49 Abel, Richard L. University of California, Los Angeles 4 8 63 649 354
50 Schuck, Peter H. Yale University 3 7 49 564 497
51 Davis, Timothy X. Wake Forest University 4 11 61 347 630
52 Archer, Deborah N. New York University 5 3 141 57 515
53 Nussbaum, Martha C. University of Chicago 4 7 75 531 366
54 Chang, Robert S. University of California, Irvine 4 9 87 479 351
55 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 3 7 47 908 108
56 Curcio, Andrea Anne Georgia State University 7 9 143 281 230
57 Driver, Justin Yale University 4 1 153 46 406
58 Organ, Jerome University of St. Thomas 6 7 172 133 221
59 Merritt, Deborah Jones Ohio State University 5 11 94 529 212
60 Cantalupo, Nancy C. Wayne State University 7 6 125 160 413
61 Abbott, Kenneth Arizona State University 2 3 122 460 126
62 Wizner, Stephen Yale University 5 10 91 458 258
63 Klarman, Michael J. Harvard University 5 8 97 538 122
64 Ashar, Sameer M. University of California, Irvine 5 4 125 249 237
65 Levit, Nancy University of Missouri-Kansas City 5 11 69 571 188
66 Robinson, Kimberly Jenkins University of Virginia 8 7 145 188 177
67 Jewel, Lucille Anne University of Tennessee, Knoxville 7 7 145 150 200
68 Brown, Kevin D. University of South Carolina 4 12 74 491 219
69 Eskridge, William Yale University 6 7 85 469 182
70 Galanter, Marc University of Wisconsin-Madison 4 6 51 569 252
71 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 5 7 81 495 170
72 Brooks, Susan L. Drexel University 7 8 104 202 329
73 Eyer, Katie Rutgers University 5 3 111 121 372
74 Woodhouse, Barbara Bennett Emory University 3 5 84 480 157
75 Sohoni, Sharmila Stanford University 2 1 180 12 133
76 Rothstein, Laura University of Louisville 5 9 65 266 439
77 Strossen, Nadine New York Law School 3 10 43 651 173
78 Davis, Peggy Cooper New York University 3 7 48 467 293
79 McCann, Michael A. University of New Hampshire 4 4 59 93 590
80 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 3 3 86 446 106
81 Glater, Jonathan D. University of California, Berkeley 4 3 81 58 506
82 Weber, Mark Charles DePaul University 4 11 49 399 322
83 Pruitt, Lisa R. University of California, Davis 3 7 96 139 344
84 Weston, Maureen Arellano Pepperdine University 4 4 42 61 687
85 Dubin, Jon Rutgers University 4 4 66 469 170
86 Parks, Gregory S. Wake Forest University 4 5 52 66 631
87 Wald, Eli University of Denver 6 7 100 201 255
88 Feingold, Jonathan Boston University 6 2 96 18 450
89 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 3 4 47 598 124
90 Harpalani, Vinay University of New Mexico 6 4 101 29 404
91 Kruse, Katherine R. Mitchell Hamline School of Law 5 7 84 299 219
92 Brake, Deborah L. University of Pittsburgh 6 10 79 255 282
93 Russo, Charles J. University of Dayton 2 8 48 178 511
94 Massaro, Toni M. University of Arizona 3 6 39 392 343
95 Johnson, Alex University of Virginia 3 7 31 581 189
96 Kennedy, Randall L. Harvard University 3 6 50 522 151
97 Garth, Bryant G. University of California, Irvine 5 8 56 391 240
98 Montoya, Margaret University of New Mexico 3 8 71 358 196
99 Colker, Ruth Ohio State University 5 5 82 189 301
100 Levinson, Sanford University of Texas at Austin 4 12 46 499 174