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Last Updated: December 2025

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 9 26 335 3,272 620
2 Matsuda, Mari J. University of Hawai'i at Manoa 3 5 315 2,037 490
3 Harris, Cheryl I. University of California, Los Angeles 5 5 411 707 793
4 Menkel-Meadow, Carrie J. University of California, Irvine 7 21 173 1,637 737
5 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 7 14 232 1,759 235
6 Hamilton, Neil University of St. Thomas 10 13 261 439 1,304
7 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 6 14 170 1,911 234
8 Black, Derek Wayne University of South Carolina 10 13 322 341 949
9 Laycock, Douglas University of Virginia 9 15 191 1,304 469
10 Ryan, James E. University of Virginia 8 15 176 1,366 429
11 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 2 7 89 2,010 118
12 Gilman, Michele E. University of Baltimore 2 2 26 8 2,189
13 Nance, Jason P. Southern Methodist University 8 8 185 187 1,212
14 Green, Rebecca William & Mary Law School 1 1 24 5 2,151
15 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 6 15 169 796 636
16 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 5 14 100 910 817
17 Wilkins, David Brian Harvard University 7 13 171 1,189 202
18 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 4 3 281 690 151
19 Heise, Michael Cornell University 7 15 128 822 710
20 Gordon, Robert W. Stanford University 5 9 155 1,165 235
21 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 5 5 151 234 1,027
22 Deo, Meera Southwestern Law School 10 7 251 146 599
23 Krieger, Lawrence S. Florida State University 6 6 177 548 521
24 Edwards, Harry T. New York University 4 11 90 1,413 77
25 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 4 12 157 913 185
26 Minow, Martha Louise Harvard University 5 13 131 750 430
27 Harris, Angela P. Seattle University 5 8 172 502 437
28 Klein, Benjamin University of California, Los Angeles 1 1 139 1,000 81
29 Leong, Nancy University of Denver 6 4 177 127 680
30 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 5 14 106 747 416
31 Bridges, Khiara University of California, Berkeley 6 3 196 22 674
32 Sherry, Suzanna Vanderbilt University 4 6 89 1,143 112
33 Joy, Peter A. Washington University 5 15 118 793 282
34 Sturm, Susan P. Columbia University School of Law 4 5 137 785 196
35 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 3 7 107 596 467
36 Moran, Rachel F. Texas A&M University 7 12 119 597 301
37 Sander, Richard H. University of California, Los Angeles 6 9 108 674 267
38 Carrington, Paul D. Duke University 2 18 39 1,147 124
39 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 4 5 128 271 522
40 Karst, Kenneth L. University of California, Los Angeles 4 11 32 1,054 212
41 Klare, Karl E. Northeastern University 3 4 88 772 210
42 Rubenfeld, Jed Yale University 4 5 97 675 232
43 Lopez, Gerald University of California, Los Angeles 5 9 96 750 151
44 Rubin, Edward L. Vanderbilt University 4 10 98 769 104
45 Kahan, Dan Michael Yale University 4 5 119 629 117
46 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 3 5 77 881 75
47 Schuck, Peter H. Yale University 3 7 54 602 450
48 Wilson, Erika K. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 7 5 163 81 411
49 Shapiro, Fred R. Yale University 5 6 128 422 244
50 Abel, Richard L. University of California, Los Angeles 4 8 63 649 329
51 Archer, Deborah N. New York University 5 3 143 57 496
52 Chang, Robert S. University of California, Irvine 4 9 89 479 342
53 Organ, Jerome University of St. Thomas 6 7 182 133 225
54 Nussbaum, Martha C. University of Chicago 4 7 77 531 337
55 Davis, Timothy X. Wake Forest University 4 11 62 347 573
56 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 3 7 48 908 101
57 Curcio, Andrea Anne Georgia State University 7 9 147 281 212
58 Driver, Justin Yale University 4 1 159 46 375
59 Merritt, Deborah Jones Ohio State University 5 11 95 529 205
60 Wizner, Stephen Yale University 5 10 95 458 245
61 Abbott, Kenneth Arizona State University 2 3 122 460 118
62 Klarman, Michael J. Harvard University 5 8 97 538 115
63 Cantalupo, Nancy C. Wayne State University 7 6 119 160 358
64 Ashar, Sameer M. University of California, Irvine 5 4 127 249 230
65 Levit, Nancy University of Missouri-Kansas City 5 11 72 571 178
66 Robinson, Kimberly Jenkins University of Virginia 8 7 147 188 173
67 Brown, Kevin D. University of South Carolina 4 12 75 491 228
68 Brooks, Susan L. Drexel University 8 8 112 202 319
69 Jewel, Lucille Anne University of Tennessee, Knoxville 7 7 146 150 199
70 Eskridge, William Yale University 6 7 87 469 171
71 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 5 7 83 495 156
72 Sohoni, Sharmila Stanford University 2 1 185 12 124
73 Eyer, Katie Rutgers University 5 3 114 121 352
74 Strossen, Nadine New York Law School 3 10 46 651 167
75 Woodhouse, Barbara Bennett Emory University 3 5 84 480 144
76 Rothstein, Laura University of Louisville 5 9 65 266 419
77 Galanter, Marc University of Wisconsin-Madison 4 5 45 550 242
78 Davis, Peggy Cooper New York University 3 7 51 467 287
79 McCann, Michael A. University of New Hampshire 4 4 63 93 560
80 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 3 3 87 446 103
81 Feingold, Jonathan Boston University 6 2 100 18 446
82 Pruitt, Lisa R. University of California, Davis 3 7 97 139 344
83 Dubin, Jon Rutgers University 4 4 66 469 169
84 Weber, Mark Charles DePaul University 4 11 50 399 309
85 Kruse, Katherine R. Mitchell Hamline School of Law 5 7 86 299 226
86 Parks, Gregory S. Wake Forest University 4 5 53 66 598
87 Glater, Jonathan D. University of California, Berkeley 4 3 82 58 467
88 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 3 4 47 598 113
89 Harpalani, Vinay University of New Mexico 6 4 102 29 390
90 Russo, Charles J. University of Dayton 2 8 50 178 499
91 Johnson, Alex University of Virginia 3 7 32 581 191
92 Garth, Bryant G. University of California, Irvine 5 8 56 391 244
93 Kennedy, Randall L. Harvard University 3 6 51 522 144
94 Colker, Ruth Ohio State University 5 5 85 189 297
95 Massaro, Toni M. University of Arizona 3 6 39 392 325
96 Montoya, Margaret University of New Mexico 3 8 71 358 203
97 Levinson, Sanford University of Texas at Austin 4 12 47 508 169
98 Brake, Deborah L. University of Pittsburgh 6 10 80 255 251
99 Weston, Maureen Arellano Pepperdine University 5 4 44 61 611
100 Wald, Eli University of Denver 5 6 97 186 235