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Last Updated: February 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Imwinkelried, Edward J. University of California, Davis 7 25 306 2,536 760
2 Leo, Richard A. University of San Francisco 9 17 217 1,541 1,777
3 Garrett, Brandon L. Duke University 10 11 288 1,107 1,205
4 Morgan, Edmund M. Yale University 4 25 60 2,965 283
5 Allen, Ronald J. Northwestern University 8 21 197 1,482 695
6 Saks, Michael Arizona State University 7 22 117 1,980 568
7 Giannelli, Paul C. Case Western Reserve University 5 16 98 1,735 752
8 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 5 9 164 1,171 505
9 Kerr, Orin S. Stanford University 7 9 196 994 365
10 Slobogin, Christopher Vanderbilt University 9 15 209 959 316
11 Guthrie, Chris Vanderbilt University 5 6 141 930 631
12 Bebchuk, Lucian Arye Harvard University 7 12 179 1,193 203
13 Drizin, Steven A. Northwestern University 5 9 108 709 925
14 Faigman, David L. University of California, San Francisco 7 18 137 1,179 344
15 Friedman, Richard D. University of Michigan 5 20 110 1,259 382
16 Gross, Samuel R. University of Michigan 6 13 107 1,206 435
17 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 7 6 172 990 287
18 Findley, Keith A. University of Wisconsin-Madison 5 7 91 448 1,118
19 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 4 6 140 1,278 130
20 Solum, Lawrence B. University of Virginia 4 5 257 146 324
21 Starr, Sonja B. University of Chicago 5 6 195 286 519
22 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 4 4 125 1,061 178
23 Bellin, Jeffrey Vanderbilt University 9 10 214 234 372
24 Cassell, Paul G. University of Utah 6 12 90 963 380
25 Koehler, Jonathan J. Northwestern University 5 15 57 736 657
26 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 3 3 157 678 151
27 Heller, Michael Adam Columbia University School of Law 3 4 126 846 121
28 Pardo, Michael S. Georgetown University 7 11 120 489 382
29 Krieger, Linda Hamilton University of Hawai'i at Manoa 3 5 108 819 160
30 Ferguson, Andrew Guthrie George Washington University 8 7 170 275 299
31 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 1 2 137 673 133
32 Subramanian, Guhan Harvard University 5 10 99 725 273
33 Romano, Roberta Yale University 4 5 91 932 136
34 Bandes, Susan A. DePaul University 6 10 99 457 493
35 Levinson, Justin D. University of Hawai'i at Manoa 4 5 118 342 458
36 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 3 4 107 739 166
37 Cheng, Edward K. Vanderbilt University 6 10 123 328 404
38 Mnookin, Jennifer University of Wisconsin-Madison 5 12 76 535 445
39 Black, Bernard Northwestern University 5 9 95 701 205
40 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 3 2 117 522 217
41 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 2 4 44 1,117 65
42 Capra, Daniel J. Fordham University 6 7 124 273 368
43 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 3 4 96 475 335
44 Ayres, Ian Yale University 5 8 79 755 158
45 Jacobi, Tonja Emory University 7 9 139 251 273
46 Roth, Andrea L. University of California, Berkeley 5 5 131 176 330
47 Mosteller, Robert P. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 3 15 38 846 225
48 Stevenson, Megan University of Virginia 3 3 161 133 214
49 Hans, Valerie P. Cornell University 6 11 81 521 270
50 Park, Roger C. University of California, San Francisco 4 15 52 785 189
51 Dripps, Donald Andrew University of San Diego 6 13 71 636 217
52 Kahan, Dan Michael Yale University 4 5 85 606 151
53 Loftus, Elizabeth F. University of California, Irvine 3 12 22 319 683
54 Schwartz, Alan Yale University 3 2 93 500 153
55 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 4 9 66 668 141
56 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 4 6 85 580 119
57 Burke, Alafair Hofstra University 4 8 94 426 204
58 Heaton, Paul University of Pennsylvania 3 2 136 109 251
59 Bernstein, David E. George Mason University 6 12 81 472 203
60 Green, Bruce A. Fordham University 6 10 101 356 185
61 Coates, John IV Harvard University 4 9 59 642 150
62 Monahan, John University of Virginia 4 9 72 556 130
63 Nesson, Charles R. Harvard University 3 7 44 794 61
64 Damaska, Mirjan R. Yale University 3 8 33 657 225
65 Langbein, John H. Yale University 3 4 59 559 175
66 Ely, John Hart Yale University 2 2 33 891 22
67 Epstein, Deborah Georgetown University 3 3 99 90 360
68 Alschuler, Albert W. University of Chicago 6 10 58 623 100
69 Simon-Kerr, Julia Ann University of Connecticut 6 4 94 43 415
70 Sundby, Scott E. University of Miami 4 9 61 567 124
71 Sanders, Joseph University of Houston 4 13 33 656 176
72 Diamond, Shari Seidman Northwestern University 4 9 56 377 292
73 Goodman, Lisa A. Texas A&M University 2 2 92 87 362
74 Braman, Donald George Washington University 4 4 71 440 134
75 LoPucki, Lynn M. University of Florida 4 7 64 460 148
76 Mayson, Sandra G. University of Pennsylvania 1 1 118 104 185
77 Paulsen, Michael University of St. Thomas 2 3 37 560 197
78 Sag, Matthew Emory University 3 2 55 63 526
79 Carbado, Devon W. New York University 3 1 129 76 132
80 Harcourt, Bernard Columbia University School of Law 2 4 40 330 368
81 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 4 6 55 583 60
82 Mahoney, Martha Ruth University of Miami 2 1 41 698 32
83 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 2 1 63 250 292
84 Capers, I. Bennett Fordham University 4 5 95 109 241
85 Henderson, Stephen E. University of Oklahoma 5 9 72 369 126
86 Nance, Dale A. Case Western Reserve University 4 12 51 416 186
87 Kaplow, Louis Harvard University 4 7 53 357 228
88 Orenstein, Aviva A. Indiana University Bloomington 5 8 51 478 114
89 Lynch, Gerard Edmund Columbia University School of Law 3 3 52 413 167
90 Murphy, Erin E. New York University 5 6 75 232 201
91 Blume, John H. Cornell University 4 9 80 251 148
92 Maclin, Tracey University of Florida 5 5 72 301 144
93 Grimm, Paul W. Duke University 4 7 53 128 388
94 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 4 4 65 123 331
95 Kang, Jerry University of California, Los Angeles 2 2 62 484 37
96 Natapoff, Alexandra Harvard University 4 5 78 248 154
97 Westen, Peter University of Michigan 3 8 22 693 53
98 Donohue, John J. III Stanford University 5 6 65 346 125
99 Mnookin, Robert Harvard University 2 4 28 660 39
100 Richter, Liesa L. University of Oklahoma 5 6 97 87 174