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Last Updated: March 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Imwinkelried, Edward J. University of California, Davis 7 25 307 2,539 859
2 Leo, Richard A. University of San Francisco 9 17 219 1,542 1,844
3 Garrett, Brandon L. Duke University 10 11 294 1,106 1,216
4 Morgan, Edmund M. Yale University 4 25 60 2,967 294
5 Allen, Ronald J. Northwestern University 8 21 205 1,482 742
6 Saks, Michael Arizona State University 7 22 117 1,959 574
7 Giannelli, Paul C. Case Western Reserve University 5 16 95 1,714 778
8 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 5 9 167 1,171 519
9 Kerr, Orin S. Stanford University 7 9 202 994 381
10 Guthrie, Chris Vanderbilt University 5 6 144 930 679
11 Bebchuk, Lucian Arye Harvard University 7 12 183 1,193 220
12 Slobogin, Christopher Vanderbilt University 8 14 192 892 370
13 Drizin, Steven A. Northwestern University 5 9 109 709 964
14 Faigman, David L. University of California, San Francisco 7 18 139 1,179 364
15 Friedman, Richard D. University of Michigan 5 20 112 1,258 410
16 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 7 6 174 990 325
17 Gross, Samuel R. University of Michigan 6 13 108 1,206 450
18 Findley, Keith A. University of Wisconsin-Madison 5 7 94 447 1,165
19 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 4 6 143 1,279 130
20 Solum, Lawrence B. University of Virginia 4 5 267 146 342
21 Starr, Sonja B. University of Chicago 5 6 198 284 548
22 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 4 4 126 1,061 180
23 Cassell, Paul G. University of Utah 6 12 92 963 405
24 Bellin, Jeffrey Vanderbilt University 9 10 216 234 369
25 Koehler, Jonathan J. Northwestern University 5 15 57 736 689
26 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 3 3 159 679 168
27 Heller, Michael Adam Columbia University School of Law 3 4 128 846 144
28 Pardo, Michael S. Georgetown University 7 11 125 489 388
29 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 1 2 139 674 148
30 Krieger, Linda Hamilton University of Hawai'i at Manoa 3 5 110 819 162
31 Bandes, Susan A. DePaul University 6 10 99 457 527
32 Ferguson, Andrew Guthrie George Washington University 8 7 174 275 292
33 Romano, Roberta Yale University 4 5 92 933 132
34 Subramanian, Guhan Harvard University 5 10 99 722 276
35 Mnookin, Jennifer University of Wisconsin-Madison 5 12 76 535 519
36 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 3 4 108 739 163
37 Cheng, Edward K. Vanderbilt University 6 10 126 328 417
38 Levinson, Justin D. University of Hawai'i at Manoa 4 5 119 341 447
39 Black, Bernard Northwestern University 5 9 95 701 215
40 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 3 2 118 522 226
41 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 2 4 44 1,118 67
42 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 3 4 98 475 333
43 Capra, Daniel J. Fordham University 6 7 125 273 365
44 Jacobi, Tonja Emory University 7 9 144 251 279
45 Ayres, Ian Yale University 5 8 79 755 166
46 Stevenson, Megan University of Virginia 3 3 163 133 242
47 Dripps, Donald Andrew University of San Diego 6 13 74 635 234
48 Hans, Valerie P. Cornell University 6 11 84 521 280
49 Mosteller, Robert P. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 4 15 40 846 216
50 Roth, Andrea L. University of California, Berkeley 5 5 132 176 334
51 Park, Roger C. University of California, San Francisco 4 15 54 785 176
52 Kahan, Dan Michael Yale University 4 5 85 606 170
53 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 4 6 88 580 139
54 Loftus, Elizabeth F. University of California, Irvine 3 12 24 321 694
55 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 4 9 69 668 142
56 Burke, Alafair Hofstra University 4 8 97 425 209
57 Schwartz, Alan Yale University 3 2 92 501 165
58 Heaton, Paul University of Pennsylvania 3 2 137 109 274
59 Bernstein, David E. George Mason University 6 12 81 472 211
60 Green, Bruce A. Fordham University 6 10 103 356 187
61 Coates, John IV Harvard University 4 9 59 639 166
62 Monahan, John University of Virginia 4 9 73 554 154
63 Nesson, Charles R. Harvard University 3 7 46 796 64
64 Damaska, Mirjan R. Yale University 4 8 35 657 234
65 Alschuler, Albert W. University of Chicago 6 10 62 624 110
66 Marcus, Richard L. University of California, San Francisco 3 10 48 747 75
67 Langbein, John H. Yale University 3 4 62 559 167
68 Ely, John Hart Yale University 2 2 33 891 22
69 Epstein, Deborah Georgetown University 3 3 102 90 379
70 Sundby, Scott E. University of Miami 5 9 63 567 134
71 Simon-Kerr, Julia Ann University of Connecticut 6 4 95 43 435
72 Sanders, Joseph University of Houston 4 13 33 656 184
73 Diamond, Shari Seidman Northwestern University 4 9 56 377 312
74 Goodman, Lisa A. Texas A&M University 2 2 93 87 372
75 Mayson, Sandra G. University of Pennsylvania 1 1 119 104 213
76 Braman, Donald George Washington University 4 4 71 440 139
77 Paulsen, Michael University of St. Thomas 2 3 38 560 204
78 Carbado, Devon W. New York University 3 1 133 76 131
79 Sag, Matthew Emory University 3 2 58 63 537
80 Harcourt, Bernard Columbia University School of Law 2 4 43 330 363
81 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 4 6 55 584 63
82 Mahoney, Martha Ruth University of Miami 2 1 42 698 32
83 Henderson, Stephen E. University of Oklahoma 5 9 74 369 141
84 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 2 1 64 250 308
85 Capers, I. Bennett Fordham University 4 5 97 109 250
86 Nance, Dale A. Case Western Reserve University 4 12 51 416 203
87 Kaplow, Louis Harvard University 4 7 54 357 230
88 Murphy, Erin E. New York University 5 6 76 232 220
89 Orenstein, Aviva A. Indiana University Bloomington 5 8 53 479 113
90 Grimm, Paul W. Duke University 4 7 53 126 429
91 Natapoff, Alexandra Harvard University 4 5 80 248 172
92 LoPucki, Lynn M. University of Florida 4 7 59 396 147
93 Maclin, Tracey University of Florida 5 5 72 301 158
94 Kang, Jerry University of California, Los Angeles 2 2 63 484 42
95 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 4 4 66 123 335
96 Mnookin, Robert Harvard University 3 4 30 661 38
97 Donohue, John J. III Stanford University 5 6 65 346 126
98 Blume, John H. Cornell University 4 8 80 239 142
99 Richter, Liesa L. University of Oklahoma 5 6 98 87 178
100 Roberts, Anna Brooklyn Law School 5 4 107 73 144