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Last Updated: March 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 8 26 297 3,329 615
2 Matsuda, Mari J. University of Hawai'i at Manoa 3 5 287 2,075 482
3 Harris, Cheryl I. University of California, Los Angeles 5 5 384 747 794
4 Hamilton, Neil University of St. Thomas 9 14 229 488 1,268
5 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 6 14 202 1,793 198
6 Menkel-Meadow, Carrie J. University of California, Irvine 7 20 133 1,626 685
7 Black, Derek Wayne University of South Carolina 10 13 278 394 883
8 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 6 14 134 1,951 231
9 Laycock, Douglas University of Virginia 8 15 162 1,316 431
10 Ryan, James E. University of Virginia 8 15 147 1,400 404
11 Gilman, Michele E. University of Baltimore 2 2 24 10 2,223
12 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 2 7 73 2,032 101
13 Green, Rebecca William & Mary Law School 1 1 22 7 2,184
14 Nance, Jason P. Southern Methodist University 8 8 167 215 1,153
15 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 6 16 147 821 609
16 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 4 14 87 925 821
17 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 4 3 242 742 153
18 Heise, Michael Cornell University 7 15 111 846 720
19 Wilkins, David Brian Harvard University 6 13 147 1,197 175
20 Gordon, Robert W. Stanford University 5 9 130 1,197 204
21 Deo, Meera Southwestern Law School 9 8 234 169 551
22 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 5 5 149 240 941
23 Krieger, Lawrence S. Florida State University 6 6 163 569 485
24 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 4 12 146 934 177
25 Edwards, Harry T. New York University 3 11 75 1,432 67
26 Minow, Martha Louise Harvard University 6 13 116 750 422
27 Klein, Benjamin University of California, Los Angeles 1 1 131 1,023 78
28 Harris, Angela P. Seattle University 5 8 161 515 361
29 Bridges, Khiara University of California, Berkeley 6 4 187 36 629
30 Leong, Nancy University of Denver 5 4 159 150 645
31 Sherry, Suzanna Vanderbilt University 4 6 81 1,184 99
32 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 5 14 85 776 431
33 Joy, Peter A. Washington University 5 15 101 816 299
34 Sturm, Susan P. Columbia University School of Law 4 5 108 816 170
35 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 3 7 96 611 412
36 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 4 5 123 279 505
37 Moran, Rachel F. Texas A&M University 6 12 104 609 286
38 Sander, Richard H. University of California, Los Angeles 5 10 84 703 267
39 Carrington, Paul D. Duke University 2 18 34 1,148 102
40 Karst, Kenneth L. University of California, Los Angeles 4 11 29 1,059 202
41 Klare, Karl E. Northeastern University 3 4 79 782 182
42 Archer, Deborah N. New York University 5 3 138 66 487
43 Rubin, Edward L. Vanderbilt University 4 10 84 786 114
44 Lopez, Gerald University of California, Los Angeles 5 9 80 765 150
45 Wilson, Erika K. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 7 5 153 97 356
46 Driver, Justin Yale University 4 1 169 51 319
47 Shapiro, Fred R. Yale University 5 6 119 438 219
48 Rubenfeld, Jed Yale University 3 5 81 694 182
49 Davis, Timothy X. Wake Forest University 4 11 56 355 614
50 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 3 5 66 894 68
51 Organ, Jerome University of St. Thomas 5 8 156 164 210
52 Kahan, Dan Michael Yale University 4 5 88 662 119
53 Chang, Robert S. University of California, Irvine 4 9 82 489 300
54 Sohoni, Sharmila Stanford University 2 1 195 15 121
55 Schuck, Peter H. Yale University 3 8 46 573 394
56 Curcio, Andrea Anne Georgia State University 7 10 127 309 192
57 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 2 7 40 920 99
58 Nussbaum, Martha C. University of Chicago 4 7 62 548 310
59 Klarman, Michael J. Harvard University 6 8 90 550 135
60 Merritt, Deborah Jones Ohio State University 5 11 74 553 203
61 Abbott, Kenneth Arizona State University 2 3 101 484 128
62 Wizner, Stephen Yale University 4 10 78 476 227
63 Robinson, Kimberly Jenkins University of Virginia 8 7 132 210 162
64 Abel, Richard L. University of California, Los Angeles 4 7 52 554 274
65 Brown, Kevin D. University of South Carolina 5 12 69 502 223
66 Ashar, Sameer M. University of California, Irvine 5 4 108 272 226
67 Brooks, Susan L. Drexel University 8 8 104 213 286
68 Weber, Mark Charles DePaul University 4 12 53 457 319
69 Levit, Nancy University of Missouri-Kansas City 5 11 61 584 151
70 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 5 7 74 508 151
71 Feingold, Jonathan Boston University 5 2 102 24 438
72 Eyer, Katie Rutgers University 5 3 103 141 325
73 Cantalupo, Nancy C. Wayne State University 6 6 93 190 313
74 Eskridge, William Yale University 5 7 68 489 168
75 Strossen, Nadine New York Law School 2 10 41 657 161
76 Woodhouse, Barbara Bennett Emory University 2 5 76 492 119
77 Jewel, Lucille Anne University of Tennessee, Knoxville 6 8 114 185 189
78 Harpalani, Vinay University of New Mexico 6 4 105 31 377
79 McCann, Michael A. University of New Hampshire 4 4 70 97 494
80 Pruitt, Lisa R. University of California, Davis 3 8 86 154 350
81 Carbado, Devon W. New York University 5 5 114 176 161
82 Rothstein, Laura University of Louisville 4 10 52 281 387
83 Parks, Gregory S. Wake Forest University 4 5 50 70 585
84 Montoya, Margaret University of New Mexico 3 8 58 374 264
85 Kruse, Katherine R. Mitchell Hamline School of Law 5 8 73 315 234
86 Galanter, Marc University of Wisconsin-Madison 4 5 37 561 199
87 Davis, Peggy Cooper New York University 4 8 37 483 242
88 Friedman, Barry New York University 3 3 81 71 385
89 James, Osamudia R. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 5 5 112 122 168
90 Russo, Charles J. University of Dayton 2 8 46 184 461
91 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 3 3 60 474 122
92 Wald, Eli University of Denver 5 7 85 202 217
93 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 3 12 36 541 164
94 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 3 4 39 606 92
95 Dubin, Jon Rutgers University 4 4 53 483 126
96 Gonzalez, Thalia University of California, San Francisco 4 4 55 51 506
97 Bowman, Kristine L. Michigan State University 4 8 58 191 360
98 Stefancic, Jean Seattle University 4 10 62 346 196
99 Johnson, Alex University of Virginia 3 7 24 590 176
100 Brake, Deborah L. University of Pittsburgh 5 10 69 270 223