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Last Updated: January 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Imwinkelried, Edward J. University of California, Davis 9 25 369 2,470 820
2 Leo, Richard A. University of San Francisco 10 17 290 1,467 1,877
3 Garrett, Brandon L. Duke University 10 10 349 1,042 1,325
4 Morgan, Edmund M. Yale University 4 25 67 2,956 308
5 Allen, Ronald J. Northwestern University 8 21 237 1,520 754
6 Saks, Michael Arizona State University 8 22 149 1,957 615
7 Giannelli, Paul C. Case Western Reserve University 6 16 127 1,704 832
8 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 6 9 210 1,123 559
9 Slobogin, Christopher Vanderbilt University 10 15 261 1,013 375
10 Kerr, Orin S. Stanford University 7 9 262 927 401
11 Guthrie, Chris Vanderbilt University 5 6 181 888 685
12 Bebchuk, Lucian Arye Harvard University 8 12 225 1,142 214
13 Drizin, Steven A. Northwestern University 5 9 142 674 974
14 Faigman, David L. University of California, San Francisco 7 18 168 1,147 364
15 Gross, Samuel R. University of Michigan 7 12 136 1,174 487
16 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 7 6 214 945 312
17 Friedman, Richard D. University of Michigan 6 19 118 1,250 417
18 Findley, Keith A. University of Wisconsin-Madison 6 6 120 419 1,174
19 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 4 6 170 1,247 146
20 Starr, Sonja B. University of Chicago 6 4 262 217 553
21 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 4 4 160 1,023 196
22 Cassell, Paul G. University of Utah 6 12 118 935 409
23 Solum, Lawrence B. University of Virginia 4 4 272 124 350
24 Koehler, Jonathan J. Northwestern University 6 15 72 720 692
25 Bellin, Jeffrey Vanderbilt University 9 9 228 215 391
26 Heller, Michael Adam Columbia University School of Law 3 3 150 813 139
27 Subramanian, Guhan Harvard University 6 9 141 683 284
28 Krieger, Linda Hamilton University of Hawai'i at Manoa 3 5 142 785 172
29 Pardo, Michael S. Georgetown University 7 11 152 454 408
30 Romano, Roberta Yale University 5 5 115 908 155
31 Bandes, Susan A. DePaul University 6 10 125 430 522
32 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 3 4 136 708 185
33 Levinson, Justin D. University of Hawai'i at Manoa 4 5 143 311 490
34 Black, Bernard Northwestern University 6 9 119 675 223
35 Mnookin, Jennifer University of Wisconsin-Madison 6 12 95 515 485
36 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 2 4 59 1,102 71
37 Ferguson, Andrew Guthrie George Washington University 8 7 186 232 284
38 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 3 2 141 495 241
39 Cheng, Edward K. Vanderbilt University 6 10 134 316 431
40 Ayres, Ian Yale University 6 8 100 731 165
41 Stevenson, Megan University of Virginia 3 2 217 75 227
42 Capra, Daniel J. Fordham University 7 7 140 255 398
43 Mosteller, Robert P. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 4 15 56 827 234
44 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 3 4 104 465 355
45 Roth, Andrea L. University of California, Berkeley 5 5 165 143 353
46 Jacobi, Tonja Emory University 7 9 151 235 299
47 Dripps, Donald Andrew University of San Diego 6 13 92 616 204
48 Park, Roger C. University of California, San Francisco 4 15 58 779 201
49 Hans, Valerie P. Cornell University 6 11 95 486 291
50 Kahan, Dan Michael Yale University 5 5 103 587 160
51 Heaton, Paul University of Pennsylvania 3 1 174 68 267
52 Loftus, Elizabeth F. University of California, Irvine 3 12 26 317 724
53 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 4 9 80 653 149
54 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 4 6 99 564 133
55 Sundby, Scott E. University of Miami 5 10 83 589 178
56 Coates, John IV Harvard University 5 9 79 622 162
57 Schwartz, Alan Yale University 4 2 107 485 162
58 Bernstein, David E. George Mason University 6 12 94 459 218
59 Damaska, Mirjan R. Yale University 4 8 43 652 246
60 Langbein, John H. Yale University 4 3 77 541 191
61 Monahan, John University of Virginia 5 9 89 537 133
62 Nesson, Charles R. Harvard University 3 7 53 784 67
63 Ely, John Hart Yale University 2 2 40 884 25
64 Epstein, Deborah Georgetown University 3 3 126 63 395
65 Green, Bruce A. Fordham University 6 9 122 287 193
66 Marcus, Richard L. University of California, San Francisco 4 10 56 737 75
67 Sanders, Joseph University of Houston 4 13 46 643 190
68 Alschuler, Albert W. University of Chicago 6 10 66 615 106
69 Goodman, Lisa A. Texas A&M University 2 2 118 61 393
70 Diamond, Shari Seidman Northwestern University 5 9 68 365 317
71 Mayson, Sandra G. University of Pennsylvania 1 1 154 66 199
72 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 5 6 77 561 67
73 Harcourt, Bernard Columbia University School of Law 2 4 52 318 418
74 Paulsen, Michael University of St. Thomas 2 3 47 548 212
75 Braman, Donald George Washington University 4 4 85 425 143
76 Simon-Kerr, Julia Ann University of Connecticut 6 4 101 36 430
77 Burke, Alafair Hofstra University 4 6 104 319 141
78 Henderson, Stephen E. University of Oklahoma 6 9 94 346 139
79 Carbado, Devon W. New York University 3 1 155 48 140
80 Kaplow, Louis Harvard University 5 7 72 338 244
81 Lynch, Gerard Edmund Columbia University School of Law 3 3 73 392 186
82 Mahoney, Martha Ruth University of Miami 2 1 45 692 35
83 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 2 1 72 239 316
84 Orenstein, Aviva A. Indiana University Bloomington 5 8 64 463 118
85 Nance, Dale A. Case Western Reserve University 4 12 56 409 204
86 Sag, Matthew Emory University 3 2 55 60 544
87 Capers, I. Bennett Fordham University 4 5 106 98 259
88 Kang, Jerry University of California, Los Angeles 2 2 77 468 44
89 Murphy, Erin E. New York University 5 6 85 221 226
90 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 4 4 79 108 352
91 Mnookin, Robert Harvard University 2 4 36 652 40
92 Saltzburg, Stephen A. George Washington University 3 8 32 467 229
93 Donohue, John J. III Stanford University 5 5 78 331 136
94 Natapoff, Alexandra Harvard University 5 4 90 233 164
95 Blume, John H. Cornell University 5 8 90 226 166
96 Choi, Stephen New York University 5 8 59 401 138
97 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 3 6 32 612 60
98 Grimm, Paul W. Duke University 4 7 57 121 406
99 Trubek, David University of Wisconsin-Madison 2 3 22 301 394
100 Vidmar, Neil Duke University 3 9 35 324 303