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Last Updated: May 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 8 26 300 3,330 697
2 Matsuda, Mari J. University of Hawai'i at Manoa 3 5 300 2,076 470
3 Harris, Cheryl I. University of California, Los Angeles 5 5 389 747 815
4 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 6 14 210 1,793 191
5 Menkel-Meadow, Carrie J. University of California, Irvine 7 20 136 1,646 663
6 Hamilton, Neil University of St. Thomas 10 14 247 476 1,130
7 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 6 14 141 1,951 231
8 Black, Derek Wayne University of South Carolina 10 13 284 394 797
9 Laycock, Douglas University of Virginia 8 16 169 1,336 451
10 Ryan, James E. University of Virginia 8 15 151 1,400 382
11 Gilman, Michele E. University of Baltimore 2 2 24 10 2,191
12 Green, Rebecca William & Mary Law School 1 1 22 7 2,154
13 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 2 7 75 2,032 98
14 Nance, Jason P. Southern Methodist University 8 8 169 215 1,066
15 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 4 3 250 742 147
16 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 5 14 89 925 772
17 Heise, Michael Cornell University 7 15 113 846 703
18 Wilkins, David Brian Harvard University 6 14 152 1,213 178
19 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 6 16 148 821 532
20 Gordon, Robert W. Stanford University 5 9 135 1,191 242
21 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 5 5 152 240 941
22 Deo, Meera Southwestern Law School 10 8 235 169 536
23 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 4 12 156 934 183
24 Krieger, Lawrence S. Florida State University 6 6 166 569 436
25 Edwards, Harry T. New York University 3 11 75 1,433 54
26 Minow, Martha Louise Harvard University 6 13 121 750 390
27 Klein, Benjamin University of California, Los Angeles 1 1 133 1,023 73
28 Leong, Nancy University of Denver 5 4 166 150 663
29 Harris, Angela P. Seattle University 5 8 165 515 330
30 Bridges, Khiara University of California, Berkeley 6 4 194 36 585
31 Joy, Peter A. Washington University 5 15 105 816 298
32 Sherry, Suzanna Vanderbilt University 4 6 84 1,153 92
33 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 5 14 86 768 407
34 Sturm, Susan P. Columbia University School of Law 4 5 112 816 161
35 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 3 7 97 611 374
36 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 4 5 128 279 502
37 Shapiro, Fred R. Yale University 5 7 129 539 249
38 Moran, Rachel F. Texas A&M University 6 12 106 609 259
39 Sander, Richard H. University of California, Los Angeles 5 10 87 703 257
40 Karst, Kenneth L. University of California, Los Angeles 4 11 30 1,059 184
41 Klare, Karl E. Northeastern University 3 5 82 788 166
42 Rubin, Edward L. Vanderbilt University 4 10 86 786 111
43 Archer, Deborah N. New York University 5 3 139 66 477
44 Lopez, Gerald University of California, Los Angeles 5 9 80 767 143
45 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 3 5 67 894 72
46 Driver, Justin Yale University 4 1 175 51 279
47 Wilson, Erika K. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 7 5 158 97 316
48 Rubenfeld, Jed Yale University 3 5 84 694 151
49 Davis, Timothy X. Wake Forest University 4 11 57 355 580
50 Sohoni, Sharmila Stanford University 2 1 211 15 111
51 Kahan, Dan Michael Yale University 4 5 90 662 134
52 Chang, Robert S. University of California, Irvine 4 9 82 489 277
53 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 2 7 40 920 106
54 Abbott, Kenneth Arizona State University 2 3 105 484 139
55 Curcio, Andrea Anne Georgia State University 7 10 127 309 172
56 Nussbaum, Martha C. University of Chicago 4 7 65 548 265
57 Schuck, Peter H. Yale University 3 7 47 568 335
58 Klarman, Michael J. Harvard University 6 8 91 550 128
59 Organ, Jerome University of St. Thomas 4 7 143 156 211
60 Merritt, Deborah Jones Ohio State University 5 11 76 553 177
61 Abel, Richard L. University of California, Los Angeles 5 7 54 555 264
62 Wizner, Stephen Yale University 4 10 79 476 209
63 Brown, Kevin D. University of South Carolina 5 12 70 502 228
64 Brooks, Susan L. Drexel University 8 8 108 213 281
65 Robinson, Kimberly Jenkins University of Virginia 8 7 133 210 155
66 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 5 7 78 508 152
67 Ashar, Sameer M. University of California, Irvine 5 4 109 272 192
68 Feingold, Jonathan Boston University 5 2 105 24 430
69 Levit, Nancy University of Missouri-Kansas City 5 11 63 584 136
70 Eyer, Katie Rutgers University 5 3 109 141 298
71 Strossen, Nadine New York Law School 3 10 45 657 155
72 McCann, Michael A. University of New Hampshire 4 4 72 97 511
73 Cantalupo, Nancy C. Wayne State University 6 6 93 190 307
74 Eskridge, William Yale University 5 7 68 489 162
75 Carbado, Devon W. New York University 5 5 116 176 194
76 Rothstein, Laura University of Louisville 4 10 62 281 360
77 Jewel, Lucille Anne University of Tennessee, Knoxville 6 8 115 185 180
78 Pruitt, Lisa R. University of California, Davis 4 8 88 154 337
79 Woodhouse, Barbara Bennett Emory University 2 5 76 492 98
80 Parks, Gregory S. Wake Forest University 4 5 51 70 586
81 Harpalani, Vinay University of New Mexico 6 4 106 31 338
82 Berry, William W. III University of Mississippi 4 5 32 40 699
83 Kruse, Katherine R. Mitchell Hamline School of Law 5 8 78 315 221
84 Weber, Mark Charles DePaul University 4 11 47 406 286
85 Montoya, Margaret University of New Mexico 3 8 61 374 246
86 Colker, Ruth Ohio State University 6 6 80 203 290
87 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 3 3 62 474 143
88 Russo, Charles J. University of Dayton 3 8 47 184 466
89 Galanter, Marc University of Wisconsin-Madison 4 5 38 561 176
90 Levinson, Sanford University of Texas at Austin 4 12 48 519 158
91 Davis, Peggy Cooper New York University 4 8 37 483 241
92 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 3 12 41 541 156
93 Friedman, Barry New York University 3 3 82 71 364
94 James, Osamudia R. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 5 5 112 122 166
95 Johnson, Alex University of Virginia 3 7 26 590 176
96 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 4 4 41 606 83
97 Kuehn, Robert Richard Washington University 5 9 74 301 178
98 Stefancic, Jean Seattle University 4 10 63 346 193
99 Bowman, Kristine L. Michigan State University 4 8 60 191 342
100 Wald, Eli University of Denver 5 7 86 202 200