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Last Updated: April 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 8 26 300 3,329 615
2 Matsuda, Mari J. University of Hawai'i at Manoa 3 5 299 2,074 476
3 Harris, Cheryl I. University of California, Los Angeles 5 5 387 747 781
4 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 6 14 207 1,791 190
5 Menkel-Meadow, Carrie J. University of California, Irvine 7 20 135 1,629 676
6 Hamilton, Neil University of St. Thomas 9 14 232 467 1,131
7 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 6 14 136 1,951 225
8 Black, Derek Wayne University of South Carolina 10 13 282 394 824
9 Laycock, Douglas University of Virginia 8 16 168 1,336 456
10 Ryan, James E. University of Virginia 8 15 149 1,400 385
11 Gilman, Michele E. University of Baltimore 2 2 24 10 2,188
12 Green, Rebecca William & Mary Law School 1 1 22 7 2,149
13 Nance, Jason P. Southern Methodist University 8 8 168 215 1,084
14 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 6 16 147 820 577
15 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 4 3 243 742 154
16 Heise, Michael Cornell University 7 15 112 846 705
17 Wilkins, David Brian Harvard University 6 13 148 1,191 169
18 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 5 13 85 843 760
19 Gordon, Robert W. Stanford University 5 9 133 1,189 208
20 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 5 5 149 240 946
21 Deo, Meera Southwestern Law School 10 8 235 169 536
22 Krieger, Lawrence S. Florida State University 6 6 165 568 487
23 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 4 12 152 933 179
24 Edwards, Harry T. New York University 3 11 75 1,433 63
25 Minow, Martha Louise Harvard University 6 13 117 770 406
26 Klein, Benjamin University of California, Los Angeles 1 1 131 1,023 77
27 Harris, Angela P. Seattle University 5 8 164 515 346
28 Bridges, Khiara University of California, Berkeley 6 4 191 36 627
29 Leong, Nancy University of Denver 5 4 160 150 646
30 Joy, Peter A. Washington University 5 15 103 813 298
31 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 5 14 86 776 413
32 Sherry, Suzanna Vanderbilt University 4 6 81 1,153 97
33 Sturm, Susan P. Columbia University School of Law 4 5 109 816 152
34 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 3 7 96 610 391
35 Moran, Rachel F. Texas A&M University 6 13 105 624 282
36 Sander, Richard H. University of California, Los Angeles 5 10 86 703 273
37 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 4 4 123 253 475
38 Carrington, Paul D. Duke University 2 18 35 1,154 118
39 Karst, Kenneth L. University of California, Los Angeles 4 11 30 1,059 188
40 Klare, Karl E. Northeastern University 3 4 82 782 163
41 Archer, Deborah N. New York University 5 3 139 66 485
42 Rubin, Edward L. Vanderbilt University 4 10 86 786 110
43 Lopez, Gerald University of California, Los Angeles 5 9 78 765 148
44 Wilson, Erika K. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 7 5 156 97 338
45 Driver, Justin Yale University 4 1 174 51 291
46 Rubenfeld, Jed Yale University 3 5 83 694 166
47 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 3 5 67 893 67
48 Shapiro, Fred R. Yale University 5 6 121 438 178
49 Davis, Timothy X. Wake Forest University 4 11 57 355 574
50 Sohoni, Sharmila Stanford University 2 1 207 15 118
51 Kahan, Dan Michael Yale University 4 5 88 660 129
52 Organ, Jerome University of St. Thomas 5 7 159 155 211
53 Abel, Richard L. University of California, Los Angeles 4 8 54 658 281
54 Chang, Robert S. University of California, Irvine 4 9 82 489 287
55 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 2 7 40 920 107
56 Curcio, Andrea Anne Georgia State University 7 10 127 309 181
57 Schuck, Peter H. Yale University 3 7 47 568 363
58 Nussbaum, Martha C. University of Chicago 4 7 63 548 295
59 Klarman, Michael J. Harvard University 6 8 91 549 132
60 Abbott, Kenneth Arizona State University 2 3 103 484 133
61 Merritt, Deborah Jones Ohio State University 5 11 75 553 189
62 Wizner, Stephen Yale University 4 10 78 476 232
63 Brown, Kevin D. University of South Carolina 5 12 69 502 223
64 Brooks, Susan L. Drexel University 8 8 105 213 289
65 Ashar, Sameer M. University of California, Irvine 5 4 109 272 217
66 Robinson, Kimberly Jenkins University of Virginia 8 7 133 210 144
67 Levit, Nancy University of Missouri-Kansas City 5 11 63 583 141
68 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 5 7 76 508 140
69 Feingold, Jonathan Boston University 5 2 103 24 422
70 Eyer, Katie Rutgers University 5 3 104 141 302
71 Strossen, Nadine New York Law School 3 10 44 657 138
72 Eskridge, William Yale University 5 7 68 489 159
73 Cantalupo, Nancy C. Wayne State University 6 6 93 190 295
74 McCann, Michael A. University of New Hampshire 4 4 72 97 486
75 Jewel, Lucille Anne University of Tennessee, Knoxville 6 8 115 185 180
76 Galanter, Marc University of Wisconsin-Madison 4 6 44 579 190
77 Woodhouse, Barbara Bennett Emory University 2 5 76 492 108
78 Carbado, Devon W. New York University 5 5 116 176 170
79 Pruitt, Lisa R. University of California, Davis 4 8 87 154 336
80 Harpalani, Vinay University of New Mexico 6 4 105 31 352
81 Berry, William W. III University of Mississippi 4 5 32 40 703
82 Parks, Gregory S. Wake Forest University 4 5 50 70 584
83 Rothstein, Laura University of Louisville 4 10 54 280 365
84 Montoya, Margaret University of New Mexico 3 8 58 374 260
85 Kruse, Katherine R. Mitchell Hamline School of Law 5 7 73 314 226
86 Devins, Neal William & Mary Law School 3 13 66 420 162
87 Weber, Mark Charles DePaul University 4 11 47 406 269
88 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 3 3 61 474 136
89 Davis, Peggy Cooper New York University 4 8 37 483 245
90 Levinson, Sanford University of Texas at Austin 4 12 46 519 156
91 Friedman, Barry New York University 3 3 81 71 373
92 James, Osamudia R. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 5 5 112 122 162
93 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 4 4 41 606 91
94 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 3 12 39 541 154
95 Russo, Charles J. University of Dayton 2 8 45 177 446
96 Gonzalez, Thalia University of California, San Francisco 4 4 55 51 504
97 Colker, Ruth Ohio State University 5 6 75 203 263
98 Bowman, Kristine L. Michigan State University 4 8 59 191 350
99 Wald, Eli University of Denver 5 7 85 198 209
100 Stefancic, Jean Seattle University 4 10 63 345 190