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Last Updated: April 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Imwinkelried, Edward J. University of California, Davis 7 25 308 2,534 802
2 Leo, Richard A. University of San Francisco 9 17 232 1,542 1,797
3 Garrett, Brandon L. Duke University 10 11 303 1,111 1,185
4 Morgan, Edmund M. Yale University 4 25 61 2,966 295
5 Allen, Ronald J. Northwestern University 8 21 209 1,482 737
6 Saks, Michael Arizona State University 7 23 120 2,010 590
7 Giannelli, Paul C. Case Western Reserve University 5 16 100 1,731 737
8 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 6 9 170 1,171 516
9 Slobogin, Christopher Vanderbilt University 9 15 216 959 359
10 Kerr, Orin S. Stanford University 7 9 206 991 382
11 Guthrie, Chris Vanderbilt University 5 6 145 930 670
12 Bebchuk, Lucian Arye Harvard University 7 12 185 1,193 219
13 Drizin, Steven A. Northwestern University 5 9 115 709 931
14 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 7 6 183 990 305
15 Faigman, David L. University of California, San Francisco 7 18 140 1,181 338
16 Friedman, Richard D. University of Michigan 5 20 113 1,257 408
17 Gross, Samuel R. University of Michigan 6 13 112 1,206 445
18 Findley, Keith A. University of Wisconsin-Madison 5 7 98 447 1,160
19 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 4 6 146 1,277 126
20 Solum, Lawrence B. University of Virginia 4 5 274 146 337
21 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 4 4 133 1,059 174
22 Starr, Sonja B. University of Chicago 5 6 204 284 495
23 Cassell, Paul G. University of Utah 6 12 93 963 381
24 Bellin, Jeffrey Vanderbilt University 9 10 223 233 361
25 Koehler, Jonathan J. Northwestern University 5 15 57 737 666
26 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 3 3 162 679 159
27 Heller, Michael Adam Columbia University School of Law 3 3 132 837 128
28 Pardo, Michael S. Georgetown University 7 11 126 489 390
29 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 1 2 142 674 144
30 Krieger, Linda Hamilton University of Hawai'i at Manoa 3 5 113 819 156
31 Romano, Roberta Yale University 4 5 94 931 126
32 Bandes, Susan A. DePaul University 6 10 100 457 497
33 Subramanian, Guhan Harvard University 5 10 101 719 249
34 Mnookin, Jennifer University of Wisconsin-Madison 5 12 76 535 536
35 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 3 4 115 739 162
36 Cheng, Edward K. Vanderbilt University 6 10 130 328 399
37 Ferguson, Andrew Guthrie George Washington University 8 7 168 260 258
38 Black, Bernard Northwestern University 5 9 97 701 228
39 Levinson, Justin D. University of Hawai'i at Manoa 4 5 122 342 413
40 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 3 2 124 522 237
41 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 2 4 45 1,116 59
42 Capra, Daniel J. Fordham University 6 7 130 272 368
43 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 3 4 98 475 336
44 Jacobi, Tonja Emory University 7 9 146 251 273
45 Ayres, Ian Yale University 6 8 80 755 157
46 Roth, Andrea L. University of California, Berkeley 5 5 137 176 339
47 Stevenson, Megan University of Virginia 3 3 166 133 232
48 Dripps, Donald Andrew University of San Diego 6 13 76 634 235
49 Park, Roger C. University of California, San Francisco 4 15 58 785 173
50 Hans, Valerie P. Cornell University 6 11 85 500 285
51 Mosteller, Robert P. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 4 15 40 846 205
52 Kahan, Dan Michael Yale University 4 5 88 605 176
53 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 4 6 88 580 137
54 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 4 9 71 668 139
55 Schwartz, Alan Yale University 3 2 94 501 153
56 Heaton, Paul University of Pennsylvania 3 2 139 109 265
57 Sundby, Scott E. University of Miami 5 10 69 609 166
58 Bernstein, David E. George Mason University 6 12 84 472 206
59 Coates, John IV Harvard University 5 9 61 639 157
60 Damaska, Mirjan R. Yale University 4 8 39 661 231
61 Nesson, Charles R. Harvard University 3 7 47 796 65
62 Monahan, John University of Virginia 4 9 72 555 142
63 Ely, John Hart Yale University 2 2 36 891 19
64 Loftus, Elizabeth F. University of California, Irvine 3 12 24 320 579
65 Green, Bruce A. Fordham University 6 9 100 317 185
66 Alschuler, Albert W. University of Chicago 6 10 62 624 105
67 Simon-Kerr, Julia Ann University of Connecticut 7 4 102 43 416
68 Langbein, John H. Yale University 3 4 63 559 152
69 Epstein, Deborah Georgetown University 3 3 104 90 357
70 Diamond, Shari Seidman Northwestern University 4 9 56 377 320
71 Sanders, Joseph University of Houston 4 13 33 656 172
72 Braman, Donald George Washington University 4 4 74 439 144
73 Mayson, Sandra G. University of Pennsylvania 1 1 120 104 203
74 Goodman, Lisa A. Texas A&M University 2 2 94 87 345
75 Henderson, Stephen E. University of Oklahoma 5 9 76 369 165
76 Paulsen, Michael University of St. Thomas 2 3 39 559 184
77 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 2 1 69 250 302
78 Carbado, Devon W. New York University 3 1 137 76 109
79 Burke, Alafair Hofstra University 3 7 79 357 150
80 Mahoney, Martha Ruth University of Miami 2 1 43 698 30
81 Sag, Matthew Emory University 3 2 60 63 501
82 Capers, I. Bennett Fordham University 4 5 100 109 248
83 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 4 6 55 583 54
84 Grimm, Paul W. Duke University 4 7 55 124 457
85 Harcourt, Bernard Columbia University School of Law 2 4 43 330 336
86 Marcus, Richard L. University of California, San Francisco 3 9 42 629 64
87 Nance, Dale A. Case Western Reserve University 4 12 51 414 198
88 Natapoff, Alexandra Harvard University 5 5 84 248 175
89 Orenstein, Aviva A. Indiana University Bloomington 5 8 56 477 112
90 Kaplow, Louis Harvard University 4 7 55 357 217
91 Murphy, Erin E. New York University 5 6 79 232 203
92 Donohue, John J. III Stanford University 5 6 66 359 144
93 Maclin, Tracey University of Florida 5 5 74 301 154
94 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 4 5 67 130 338
95 Kang, Jerry University of California, Los Angeles 2 2 64 484 36
96 Roberts, Anna Brooklyn Law School 6 4 111 73 151
97 Mnookin, Robert Harvard University 3 4 31 661 37
98 Blume, John H. Cornell University 4 9 82 251 133
99 Richter, Liesa L. University of Oklahoma 5 6 101 85 177
100 Trubek, David University of Wisconsin-Madison 2 3 19 304 393