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Last Updated: April 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Noah, Lars University of Florida 8 20 228 1,051 283
2 Rabin, Robert L. Stanford University 5 7 160 813 152
3 Carrier, Michael Rutgers University 8 10 175 448 249
4 Price, W. Nicholson II University of Michigan 8 5 189 133 374
5 Mikos, Robert A. Vanderbilt University 8 8 160 323 260
6 Feldman, Robin Cooper University of California, San Francisco 7 5 143 89 445
7 Merges, Robert P. University of California, Berkeley 2 3 66 939 43
8 Lietzan, Erika University of Missouri 8 7 148 179 243
9 Kamin, Sam University of Denver 6 7 124 267 171
10 Hemphill, Christopher New York University 6 6 103 429 134
11 Kapczynski, Amy Nicole Yale University 6 4 116 198 249
12 Eisenberg, Rebecca S. University of Michigan 6 7 101 384 152
13 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 3 5 53 499 290
14 Sachs, Rachel Eva Washington University 7 4 132 56 262
15 Leslie, Christopher R. University of California, Irvine 7 3 98 43 443
16 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 7 4 112 152 266
17 Tonry, Michael H. University of Minnesota 2 2 13 43 774
18 Ohm, Paul Georgetown University 1 1 130 74 155
19 Ausness, Richard C. University of Kentucky 4 11 75 341 157
20 Price, Zachary S. University of California, San Francisco 3 2 100 167 106
21 Heinzerling, Lisa Georgetown University 3 5 68 264 179
22 Fromer, Jeanne New York University 3 3 107 50 152
23 Zettler, Patricia J. Ohio State University 5 5 97 92 161
24 Hovenkamp, Herbert University of Pennsylvania 4 6 53 173 311
25 Sharkey, Catherine M. New York University 5 7 66 271 137
26 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 3 5 84 179 116
27 Ouellette, Lisa Larrimore Stanford University 4 2 94 62 112
28 Freeman, Jody Harvard University 2 1 85 67 130
29 Roth, Andrea L. University of California, Berkeley 2 2 81 58 144
30 Sinha, Michael S. Saint Louis University 4 3 46 29 343
31 Jacobs, Sharon Bogas University of California, Berkeley 2 1 87 13 115
32 Pinard, Michael University of Maryland 1 1 67 134 96
33 Rodriguez, Cristina Maria Yale University 1 1 72 5 179
34 Hodge, James G. Jr. Arizona State University 4 4 57 148 109
35 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 3 6 33 219 164
36 Issacharoff, Samuel New York University 1 1 32 259 126
37 Twerski, Aaron D. Brooklyn Law School 4 7 39 281 63
38 Ho, Cynthia M. Loyola University Chicago 5 8 54 148 93
39 Vitiello, Michael University of the Pacific (McGeorge) 3 5 47 81 187
40 Bradt, Andrew David University of California, Berkeley 3 3 52 41 190
41 Kovacic, William E. George Washington University 3 6 40 209 99
42 Shepherd, Joanna Emory University 4 5 32 137 200
43 Oliva, Jennifer D. Indiana University Bloomington 4 2 66 5 130
44 Morse, Stephen J. University of Pennsylvania 4 7 28 181 161
45 Barkow, Rachel E. New York University 2 2 47 220 35
46 Helfer, Laurence R. Duke University 1 2 28 241 112
47 Rai, Arti K. Duke University 3 3 44 45 195
48 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 3 5 18 207 172
49 Rutschman, Ana Santos Villanova University 4 3 57 17 137
50 Marks, Mason Florida State University 4 1 54 6 160
51 Orfield, Myron W. University of Minnesota 2 3 29 293 34
52 Bonnie, Richard University of Virginia 2 5 29 172 138
53 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 2 2 25 323 20
54 Engstrom, Nora Freeman Stanford University 2 1 73 3 60
55 Paradise, Jordan Loyola University Chicago 4 7 43 101 116
56 Chin, Gabriel J. University of California, Davis 3 4 42 152 78
57 Beebe, Barton New York University 1 1 67 31 61
58 Terry, Nicolas Indiana University Indianapolis 3 5 28 75 204
59 Kreit, Alex Northern Kentucky University 4 9 37 142 96
60 Donley, Greer University of Pittsburgh 3 2 46 5 174
61 Heled, Yaniv Georgia State University 5 4 58 68 54
62 Gostin, Lawrence Georgetown University 3 4 36 162 82
63 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 4 8 31 181 84
64 Edlin, Aaron S. University of California, Berkeley 3 3 51 129 31
65 Seymore, Sean B. Vanderbilt University 4 3 39 79 132
66 Rustad, Michael L. Suffolk University 3 3 16 273 72
67 Adler, Jonathan H. William & Mary Law School 4 5 41 129 70
68 Litman, Leah M. University of Michigan 1 1 69 20 27
69 Hemel, Daniel New York University 2 1 53 23 96
70 Kendrick, Leslie University of Virginia 2 1 48 11 129
71 Miller, Eric J. Loyola Marymount University 2 2 39 127 69
72 Abbott, Frederick M. Florida State University 3 6 21 217 67
73 Scharff, Erin Adele Arizona State University 1 1 58 30 45
74 Luna, Erik Arizona State University 2 3 29 176 53
75 Brown, Darryl University of Virginia 2 2 35 127 66
76 Holman, Christopher M. University of Missouri-Kansas City 3 5 30 120 93
77 Berman, Micah Ohio State University 4 4 46 46 74
78 Mendelson, Nina A. University of Michigan 1 1 36 126 56
79 Stoa, Ryan Louisiana State University 4 2 43 11 113
80 Fletcher, William A. University of California, Berkeley 1 1 21 251 14
81 Strandburg, Katherine Jo New York University 1 2 20 195 68
82 Viscusi, W. Kip Vanderbilt University 2 6 16 199 80
83 Yu, Peter K. Texas A&M University 4 3 38 111 45
84 Hanson, Jon Harvard University 2 3 19 259 8
85 Allensworth, Rebecca Haw Vanderbilt University 2 2 43 82 42
86 Cortez, Nathan Grant Southern Methodist University 3 4 35 68 91
87 Broad Leib, Emily M. Harvard University 3 3 32 42 123
88 Bennett, Mark Drake University 2 2 18 43 189
89 Klein, Benjamin University of California, Los Angeles 2 3 14 204 65
90 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 1 2 22 208 22
91 Gathii, James Thuo Loyola University Chicago 2 6 16 183 67
92 Sanders, Joseph University of Houston 2 4 18 221 24
93 Brewster, Rachel Duke University 2 2 28 32 141
94 Ramirez, Steven A. Loyola University Chicago 1 1 16 10 220
95 Austin, Regina University of Pennsylvania 1 2 12 215 56
96 Pollans, Margot J. Pace University 3 2 40 28 77
97 Erbsen, Allan University of Minnesota 1 1 33 97 52
98 Czarnezki, Jason J. Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 3 5 22 78 120
99 Green, Bruce A. Fordham University 3 3 19 200 28
100 Jefferson Exum, Jelani St. John's University 3 3 32 34 108