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Last Updated: April 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Langbein, John H. Yale University 12 23 339 2,905 957
2 Sitkoff, Robert H. Harvard University 10 12 359 754 539
3 Bebchuk, Lucian Arye Harvard University 3 2 299 108 682
4 Hansmann, Henry B. Yale University 6 6 162 693 701
5 Tallarita, Roberto Harvard University 2 1 288 1 652
6 Hirsch, Adam J. University of San Diego 7 15 164 869 410
7 Kraakman, Reinier Harvard University 4 4 135 561 556
8 Schanzenbach, Max Northwestern University 4 6 225 269 250
9 Horton, David O. University of California, Davis 8 10 163 309 456
10 Gary, Susan University of Oregon 6 11 122 450 482
11 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 4 4 82 1,119 93
12 Leslie, Melanie B. Yeshiva University 4 9 67 411 460
13 Frankel, Tamar Boston University 3 5 46 705 180
14 Leib, Ethan J. Fordham University 5 4 152 92 127
15 Weisbord, Reid Kress Rutgers University 7 6 100 143 291
16 Sterk, Stewart E. Yeshiva University 5 8 63 351 187
17 Glover, Mark University of South Carolina 6 8 92 175 158
18 Bray, Samuel L. University of Chicago 2 1 105 52 203
19 Fellows, Mary Louise University of Minnesota 5 11 57 447 77
20 Crawford, Bridget J. Pace University 4 5 51 55 441
21 Shugerman, Jed H. Boston University 2 2 125 40 74
22 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 2 3 49 510 40
23 Surden, Harry Adam University of Colorado Boulder 1 1 93 121 159
24 Beyer, Gerry W. Texas Tech University 3 11 29 387 210
25 Shoemaker, Jessica A. University of Nebraska-Lincoln 5 3 96 62 143
26 Kent, James A. Fordham University 2 1 113 32 81
27 Lynner, Natalie Margaret Banta Drake University 4 4 47 66 324
28 Rhee, Robert J. University of Florida 3 1 68 26 255
29 LoPucki, Lynn M. University of Florida 1 2 35 360 117
30 Gallanis, Thomas P. George Mason University 5 8 51 207 126
31 Spitko, E. Gary Santa Clara University 4 6 49 251 88
32 Wright, Danaya C. University of Florida 6 3 61 44 166
33 Chused, Richard New York Law School 3 3 29 251 143
34 Tritt, Lee-ford University of Florida 5 5 47 154 125
35 Blair, Margaret M. Vanderbilt University 1 1 39 307 35
36 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 1 1 32 314 64
37 Talley, Eric L. Columbia University School of Law 2 2 67 40 107
38 Landes, William M. University of Chicago 1 1 30 353 18
39 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 1 2 27 248 90
40 Mikhail, John Georgetown University 2 2 68 61 44
41 Shultz, Marjorie University of California, Berkeley 1 1 19 299 73
42 Callister, Paul D. University of Missouri-Kansas City 1 1 6 3 398
43 Ausness, Richard C. University of Kentucky 3 5 29 72 215
44 Spivack, Carla Albany Law School 5 4 44 89 115
45 Baird, Douglas G. University of Chicago 2 2 27 268 43
46 Brashier, Ralph C. University of Memphis 2 6 21 266 71
47 Cooter, Robert D. University of California, Berkeley 1 2 19 264 73
48 Mattei, Ugo A. University of California, San Francisco 1 1 24 159 140
49 McCouch, Grayson M. P. University of Florida 4 6 38 129 86
50 Cahn, Naomi R. University of Virginia 3 8 35 119 108
51 Scalise, Ronald Joseph Jr. Tulane University 4 5 37 103 109
52 Trubek, David University of Wisconsin-Madison 1 1 16 284 57
53 Sneddon, Karen Mercer University 4 7 33 109 119
54 Alexander, Gregory S. Cornell University 2 7 22 242 57
55 Radford, Mary Frances Georgia State University 2 6 26 161 101
56 Tait, Allison Anna University of Richmond 3 2 41 17 150
57 Squire, Richard C. Fordham University 1 1 28 62 178
58 Halperin, Daniel I. Harvard University 3 4 18 260 45
59 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 3 4 38 151 40
60 Laycock, Douglas University of Virginia 1 1 33 180 43
61 Baron, Jane B. Temple University 3 5 18 159 131
62 Gans, Mitchell Hofstra University 4 7 42 126 34
63 Knaplund, Kristine Samp Pepperdine University 3 8 27 164 76
64 Rao, Radhika D. University of California, San Francisco 1 1 27 156 82
65 Brody, Evelyn Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 3 5 17 237 53
66 Rauterberg, Gabriel University of Michigan 1 1 47 37 78
67 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 1 1 12 255 52
68 McCaffery, Edward J. University of Southern California 2 3 25 179 51
69 Tate, Joshua Christopher Southern Methodist University 4 5 26 153 62
70 Madoff, Ray D. Boston College 2 4 24 144 83
71 Boxx, Karen University of Washington 3 5 27 137 71
72 Schoenblum, Jeffrey A. Vanderbilt University 3 5 27 110 86
73 McLaughlin, Nancy Assaf University of Utah 3 7 16 204 51
74 Vandevelde, Kenneth J. University of California, Los Angeles 1 1 13 230 41
75 Rock, Edward B. New York University 3 3 30 113 51
76 Storrow, Richard F. City University of New York (CUNY) 3 3 23 91 105
77 Glogower, Ari Northwestern University 1 1 48 2 57
78 Butler, Henry N. George Mason University 1 1 10 264 16
79 Morley, John Dirk Yale University 2 2 42 24 63
80 Matsuda, Mari J. University of Hawai'i at Manoa 1 1 15 157 76
81 Roe, Mark Harvard University 2 2 15 210 23
82 Huntington, Clare Columbia University School of Law 1 1 38 92 12
83 Wang, William University of California, San Francisco 1 2 21 162 33
84 Caron, Paul Lawrence Pepperdine University 2 2 22 168 16
85 DiRusso, Alyssa A. Samford University 2 4 25 84 74
86 Velasco, Julian University of Notre Dame 2 2 28 73 67
87 Singer, Joseph William Harvard University 1 1 29 102 35
88 Miller, Paul B. University of Notre Dame 3 1 37 8 75
89 Cooper, Jeffrey A. Quinnipiac University 3 5 25 103 48
90 Atkinson, Robert E. Jr. Florida State University 3 4 17 163 35
91 Capers, I. Bennett Fordham University 1 1 45 21 21
92 Simmons, Tom E. University of South Dakota 3 3 28 46 77
93 Mitchell, Thomas W. Boston College 1 1 44 11 29
94 English, David M. University of Missouri 2 5 15 137 61
95 Sherwin, Emily L. Cornell University 2 4 15 117 66
96 Lindgren, James Northwestern University 2 2 18 142 27
97 Biber, Eric Gustav University of California, Berkeley 2 1 24 3 116
98 Eisenberg, Melvin Aron University of California, Berkeley 1 2 19 107 48
99 Fairfax, Lisa M. University of Pennsylvania 1 2 38 18 29
100 Klick, Jonathan University of Pennsylvania 1 1 11 54 124