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Last Updated: November 2025

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Imwinkelried, Edward J. University of California, Davis 9 25 360 2,463 896
2 Leo, Richard A. University of San Francisco 10 17 286 1,471 1,961
3 Garrett, Brandon L. Duke University 10 10 343 1,041 1,396
4 Morgan, Edmund M. Yale University 4 25 64 2,954 348
5 Allen, Ronald J. Northwestern University 8 20 234 1,430 742
6 Saks, Michael Arizona State University 8 22 146 1,977 615
7 Giannelli, Paul C. Case Western Reserve University 6 16 126 1,704 888
8 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 6 9 209 1,122 558
9 Kerr, Orin S. Stanford University 7 9 257 927 418
10 Slobogin, Christopher Vanderbilt University 9 14 233 950 373
11 Guthrie, Chris Vanderbilt University 5 6 181 887 671
12 Bebchuk, Lucian Arye Harvard University 8 12 220 1,142 201
13 Faigman, David L. University of California, San Francisco 7 18 167 1,147 406
14 Gross, Samuel R. University of Michigan 7 12 135 1,174 530
15 Drizin, Steven A. Northwestern University 5 9 141 674 976
16 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 7 6 212 945 312
17 Friedman, Richard D. University of Michigan 6 19 117 1,250 413
18 Findley, Keith A. University of Wisconsin-Madison 6 6 121 419 1,196
19 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 4 6 167 1,247 147
20 Starr, Sonja B. University of Chicago 6 4 256 217 557
21 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 4 4 157 1,023 198
22 Cassell, Paul G. University of Utah 6 12 117 935 468
23 Koehler, Jonathan J. Northwestern University 6 15 72 720 721
24 Solum, Lawrence B. University of Virginia 4 4 264 124 352
25 Bellin, Jeffrey William & Mary Law School 9 9 222 215 374
26 Heller, Michael Adam Columbia University School of Law 3 3 149 813 127
27 Subramanian, Guhan Harvard University 6 9 140 683 284
28 Krieger, Linda Hamilton University of Hawai'i at Manoa 3 5 140 785 186
29 Romano, Roberta Yale University 5 5 112 908 171
30 Pardo, Michael S. Georgetown University 7 11 152 454 395
31 Bandes, Susan A. DePaul University 6 10 124 430 532
32 Levinson, Justin D. University of Hawai'i at Manoa 4 5 143 311 525
33 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 3 4 132 708 193
34 Mnookin, Jennifer University of Wisconsin-Madison 6 12 95 515 549
35 Black, Bernard Northwestern University 6 9 119 675 235
36 Ferguson, Andrew Guthrie American University 8 7 182 232 314
37 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 2 4 58 1,102 81
38 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 3 2 139 495 249
39 Ayres, Ian Yale University 6 8 100 731 172
40 Cheng, Edward K. Vanderbilt University 6 10 128 316 430
41 Mosteller, Robert P. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 4 15 54 827 260
42 Stevenson, Megan University of Virginia 3 2 211 75 219
43 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 3 4 101 462 373
44 Capra, Daniel J. Fordham University 7 7 135 255 399
45 Roth, Andrea L. University of California, Berkeley 5 5 162 143 354
46 Kahan, Dan Michael Yale University 5 5 103 583 192
47 Park, Roger C. University of California, San Francisco 4 15 57 779 216
48 Jacobi, Tonja Emory University 7 9 148 235 288
49 Hans, Valerie P. Cornell University 6 11 94 486 308
50 Dripps, Donald Andrew University of San Diego 6 13 92 616 186
51 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 4 9 80 653 167
52 Heaton, Paul University of Pennsylvania 3 1 169 68 270
53 Sundby, Scott E. University of Miami 5 10 83 589 181
54 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 4 6 98 564 133
55 Coates, John IV Harvard University 5 9 78 622 163
56 Bernstein, David E. George Mason University 6 12 94 459 235
57 Schwartz, Alan Yale University 4 2 106 485 156
58 Loftus, Elizabeth F. University of California, Irvine 3 12 26 317 708
59 Epstein, Deborah Georgetown University 3 3 123 63 449
60 Langbein, John H. Yale University 4 3 77 538 203
61 Monahan, John University of Virginia 5 9 88 537 136
62 Nesson, Charles R. Harvard University 3 7 53 784 68
63 Harcourt, Bernard Columbia University School of Law 2 4 52 318 525
64 Damaska, Mirjan R. Yale University 4 8 40 648 254
65 Ely, John Hart Yale University 2 2 40 884 25
66 Goodman, Lisa A. Texas A&M University 2 2 115 61 441
67 Marcus, Richard L. University of California, San Francisco 4 10 56 736 66
68 Sanders, Joseph University of Houston 4 13 46 643 201
69 Alschuler, Albert W. University of Chicago 6 10 66 614 114
70 Green, Bruce A. Fordham University 6 9 112 288 196
71 Diamond, Shari Seidman Northwestern University 5 9 68 365 331
72 Paulsen, Michael University of St. Thomas 2 3 47 548 243
73 Braman, Donald George Washington University 4 4 85 422 171
74 Burke, Alafair Hofstra University 4 7 101 328 173
75 Hovenkamp, Herbert University of Pennsylvania 4 5 125 290 92
76 Mayson, Sandra G. University of Pennsylvania 1 1 149 66 197
77 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 4 6 75 561 74
78 Lynch, Gerard Edmund Columbia University School of Law 3 3 72 392 240
79 Simon-Kerr, Julia Ann University of Connecticut 6 4 101 36 434
80 Henderson, Stephen E. University of Oklahoma 6 9 94 346 162
81 Carbado, Devon W. New York University 3 1 153 48 161
82 Kaplow, Louis Harvard University 5 7 71 338 247
83 Mahoney, Martha Ruth University of Miami 2 1 44 692 34
84 Capers, I. Bennett Fordham University 4 5 106 98 278
85 Orenstein, Aviva A. Indiana University Bloomington 5 8 63 463 129
86 Murphy, Erin E. New York University 5 6 84 221 245
87 Nance, Dale A. Case Western Reserve University 4 12 56 409 199
88 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 2 1 68 239 309
89 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 4 4 79 115 369
90 Saltzburg, Stephen A. George Washington University 3 8 32 469 253
91 Kang, Jerry University of California, Los Angeles 2 2 75 468 41
92 Sag, Matthew Emory University 3 2 53 60 541
93 Blume, John H. Cornell University 5 8 90 226 190
94 Donohue, John J. III Stanford University 5 5 76 331 151
95 Fishman, Clifford Catholic University of America 2 5 21 103 646
96 Mnookin, Robert Harvard University 2 4 34 651 39
97 Choi, Stephen New York University 5 8 59 401 147
98 Natapoff, Alexandra Harvard University 5 4 90 233 153
99 Vidmar, Neil Duke University 3 9 35 324 327
100 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 3 6 32 612 62