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Last Updated: January 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 9 26 338 3,273 600
2 Matsuda, Mari J. University of Hawai'i at Manoa 3 5 315 2,037 486
3 Harris, Cheryl I. University of California, Los Angeles 5 5 412 707 792
4 Menkel-Meadow, Carrie J. University of California, Irvine 7 21 173 1,637 745
5 Hamilton, Neil University of St. Thomas 10 13 263 448 1,271
6 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 6 14 170 1,912 228
7 Black, Derek Wayne University of South Carolina 10 13 322 341 955
8 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 6 13 209 1,500 193
9 Laycock, Douglas University of Virginia 9 15 192 1,306 452
10 Ryan, James E. University of Virginia 8 15 177 1,366 430
11 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 2 7 91 2,023 122
12 Gilman, Michele E. University of Baltimore 2 2 26 8 2,199
13 Green, Rebecca William & Mary Law School 1 1 24 5 2,158
14 Nance, Jason P. Southern Methodist University 8 8 185 187 1,185
15 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 6 15 169 796 639
16 Wilkins, David Brian Harvard University 7 13 172 1,189 198
17 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 4 3 283 691 151
18 Heise, Michael Cornell University 7 15 129 823 706
19 Gordon, Robert W. Stanford University 5 9 157 1,165 220
20 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 5 13 97 829 810
21 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 5 5 151 234 1,019
22 Deo, Meera Southwestern Law School 10 7 251 146 606
23 Krieger, Lawrence S. Florida State University 6 6 178 548 502
24 Edwards, Harry T. New York University 4 11 90 1,413 69
25 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 4 12 159 910 175
26 Minow, Martha Louise Harvard University 5 13 131 750 430
27 Harris, Angela P. Seattle University 5 8 172 502 415
28 Sherry, Suzanna Vanderbilt University 4 7 91 1,215 112
29 Klein, Benjamin University of California, Los Angeles 1 1 140 1,002 75
30 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 5 14 106 747 425
31 Leong, Nancy University of Denver 6 4 180 127 660
32 Bridges, Khiara University of California, Berkeley 6 3 196 22 662
33 Joy, Peter A. Washington University 5 15 118 793 286
34 Sturm, Susan P. Columbia University School of Law 4 5 137 785 186
35 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 3 7 107 596 451
36 Shapiro, Fred R. Yale University 6 7 141 521 316
37 Moran, Rachel F. Texas A&M University 7 12 121 614 304
38 Sander, Richard H. University of California, Los Angeles 6 9 108 676 298
39 Carrington, Paul D. Duke University 2 18 41 1,147 122
40 Karst, Kenneth L. University of California, Los Angeles 4 11 33 1,054 218
41 Klare, Karl E. Northeastern University 3 4 88 772 213
42 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 4 4 125 246 529
43 Rubenfeld, Jed Yale University 4 5 97 675 223
44 Rubin, Edward L. Vanderbilt University 4 10 100 769 111
45 Kahan, Dan Michael Yale University 4 5 119 630 127
46 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 3 5 77 881 76
47 Wilson, Erika K. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 7 5 164 81 390
48 Archer, Deborah N. New York University 5 3 145 57 499
49 Schuck, Peter H. Yale University 3 8 53 568 448
50 Abel, Richard L. University of California, Los Angeles 4 8 63 649 314
51 Chang, Robert S. University of California, Irvine 4 9 89 479 346
52 Davis, Timothy X. Wake Forest University 4 11 63 347 588
53 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 3 7 52 909 109
54 Organ, Jerome University of St. Thomas 6 7 182 133 224
55 Nussbaum, Martha C. University of Chicago 4 7 78 531 337
56 Curcio, Andrea Anne Georgia State University 7 9 150 281 211
57 Driver, Justin Yale University 4 1 165 46 356
58 Merritt, Deborah Jones Ohio State University 5 11 97 529 212
59 Abbott, Kenneth Arizona State University 2 3 123 460 128
60 Cantalupo, Nancy C. Wayne State University 7 6 125 160 386
61 Wizner, Stephen Yale University 5 10 95 458 240
62 Klarman, Michael J. Harvard University 5 8 97 539 129
63 Ashar, Sameer M. University of California, Irvine 5 4 127 249 232
64 Levit, Nancy University of Missouri-Kansas City 5 11 72 571 170
65 Brown, Kevin D. University of South Carolina 4 12 76 491 226
66 Robinson, Kimberly Jenkins University of Virginia 8 7 147 188 174
67 Eskridge, William Yale University 6 7 88 469 171
68 Jewel, Lucille Anne University of Tennessee, Knoxville 7 7 146 150 193
69 Galanter, Marc University of Wisconsin-Madison 4 6 51 571 242
70 Brooks, Susan L. Drexel University 8 8 112 202 298
71 Sohoni, Sharmila Stanford University 2 1 188 12 127
72 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 5 7 83 497 149
73 Lopez, Gerald University of California, Los Angeles 4 8 78 591 82
74 Eyer, Katie Rutgers University 5 3 114 121 353
75 Strossen, Nadine New York Law School 3 10 47 653 163
76 Woodhouse, Barbara Bennett Emory University 3 5 84 480 134
77 Rothstein, Laura University of Louisville 5 9 66 266 416
78 Davis, Peggy Cooper New York University 3 7 51 467 284
79 McCann, Michael A. University of New Hampshire 4 4 65 93 559
80 Weber, Mark Charles DePaul University 4 11 51 399 316
81 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 3 3 87 446 106
82 Kruse, Katherine R. Mitchell Hamline School of Law 5 7 88 299 233
83 Feingold, Jonathan Boston University 6 2 101 18 437
84 Pruitt, Lisa R. University of California, Davis 3 7 97 139 342
85 Massaro, Toni M. University of Arizona 3 7 42 432 321
86 Parks, Gregory S. Wake Forest University 4 5 54 66 605
87 Dubin, Jon Rutgers University 4 4 66 469 162
88 Devins, Neal William & Mary Law School 2 13 72 410 177
89 Harpalani, Vinay University of New Mexico 6 4 103 29 389
90 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 3 4 47 598 113
91 Russo, Charles J. University of Dayton 2 8 51 171 496
92 Glater, Jonathan D. University of California, Berkeley 5 3 83 58 445
93 Johnson, Alex University of Virginia 3 7 32 581 186
94 Colker, Ruth Ohio State University 5 5 85 189 300
95 Garth, Bryant G. University of California, Irvine 5 8 56 391 239
96 Brake, Deborah L. University of Pittsburgh 6 10 80 255 252
97 Carbado, Devon W. New York University 5 5 122 166 138
98 Wald, Eli University of Denver 5 6 98 186 231
99 Montoya, Margaret University of New Mexico 3 8 71 358 196
100 Weston, Maureen Arellano Pepperdine University 5 4 45 61 599