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Last Updated: November 2025

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 24 40 1,473 6,457 3,100
2 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 17 17 1,334 2,469 4,850
3 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 17 13 1,546 725 3,784
4 Samuelson, Pamela University of California, Berkeley 14 27 574 2,960 1,691
5 Selbst, Andrew D. University of California, Los Angeles 6 4 789 272 2,062
6 Kaminski, Margot E. University of Colorado Boulder 13 7 673 122 2,583
7 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 9 10 603 417 2,296
8 Schwartz, Paul M. University of California, Berkeley 13 18 550 1,147 1,623
9 Hartzog, Woodrow Boston University 12 8 693 489 1,448
10 Khan, Lina Columbia University School of Law 4 4 780 126 1,333
11 Chander, Anupam Georgetown University 9 9 464 306 2,068
12 Kerr, Orin S. Stanford University 12 17 465 1,698 697
13 Calo, Ryan University of Washington 9 9 529 335 1,607
14 Ferguson, Andrew Guthrie American University 12 10 521 402 1,361
15 Ohm, Paul Georgetown University 7 10 540 631 897
16 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 8 12 295 1,360 966
17 Klonick, Kate E. St. John's University 5 2 547 78 811
18 Sag, Matthew Emory University 8 7 243 177 2,183
19 Cohen, Julie E. Georgetown University 7 9 286 980 1,098
20 Surden, Harry Adam University of Colorado Boulder 6 5 307 203 1,652
21 Coglianese, Cary University of Pennsylvania 9 7 391 292 1,100
22 Eisenberg, Rebecca S. University of Michigan 9 18 216 2,009 281
23 Gluck, Abbe Rubin Yale University 4 4 484 615 256
24 Faigman, David L. University of California, San Francisco 6 14 295 977 786
25 Kornhauser, Lewis A. New York University 2 2 221 1,778 275
26 Mnookin, Robert Harvard University 2 3 222 1,757 286
27 Price, W. Nicholson II University of Michigan 10 6 378 168 1,010
28 Chesney, Robert M. University of Texas at Austin 2 1 265 2 1,715
29 Pasquale, Frank A. Cornell University 9 10 281 449 1,129
30 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 9 10 323 737 634
31 Gilman, Michele E. University of Baltimore 5 3 94 26 2,289
32 Schultz, Jason M. New York University 5 5 299 200 1,030
33 Kang, Jerry University of California, Los Angeles 4 7 240 787 725
34 Lobel, Orly University of San Diego 7 4 236 131 1,338
35 Wu, Timothy Columbia University School of Law 6 10 281 627 608
36 Shackelford, Scott J. Indiana University Bloomington 8 9 228 259 1,226
37 Hovenkamp, Herbert University of Pennsylvania 7 8 245 300 1,095
38 Lessig, Lawrence Harvard University 6 16 138 1,443 505
39 Kim, Pauline T. Washington University 9 5 302 143 915
40 Ginsburg, Jane C. Columbia University School of Law 6 11 183 716 847
41 Ajunwa, Ifeoma Emory University 7 3 253 49 1,130
42 Bebchuk, Lucian Arye Harvard University 3 1 324 108 711
43 Yu, Peter K. Texas A&M University 8 9 190 369 1,082
44 Green, Rebecca William & Mary Law School 3 2 59 14 2,070
45 Menell, Peter S. University of California, Berkeley 9 13 201 1,028 342
46 Grimmelmann, James Cornell University 7 8 242 404 745
47 Marchant, Gary Arizona State University 7 12 184 382 1,031
48 Richards, Neil Michael Washington University 8 6 257 169 818
49 Bressman, Lisa Schultz Vanderbilt University 3 2 317 391 286
50 Joh, Elizabeth E. University of California, Davis 8 5 201 177 995
51 Huq, Aziz Z. University of Chicago 7 5 301 60 596
52 Crootof, Rebecca University of Richmond 7 5 257 65 804
53 Goldman, Eric Santa Clara University 8 8 219 382 666
54 Bloch-Wehba, Hannah C. Texas A&M University 6 1 251 3 876
55 Waldman, Ari Ezra University of California, Irvine 9 3 276 22 720
56 Benkler, Yochai Harvard University 4 8 104 1,464 171
57 Froomkin, A. Michael University of Miami 7 10 168 917 381
58 Giannelli, Paul C. Case Western Reserve University 4 14 75 1,356 415
59 Yoo, Christopher S. University of Pennsylvania 7 13 164 700 602
60 Marotta-Wurgler, Florencia New York University 7 6 300 277 322
61 Tokson, Matthew Justin University of Utah 9 3 253 145 656
62 Bambauer, Derek University of Florida 7 9 206 293 739
63 Rai, Arti K. Duke University 6 13 173 905 295
64 Van Loo, Rory Boston University 8 3 312 48 410
65 Beebe, Barton New York University 4 3 226 611 287
66 Garrett, Brandon L. Duke University 6 6 135 332 974
67 Lee, Peter Yun-Hyoung University of California, Davis 8 9 209 467 467
68 Katyal, Sonia K. University of California, Berkeley 5 7 253 131 576
69 Mnookin, Jennifer University of Wisconsin-Madison 4 5 197 324 665
70 Kugler, Matthew B. Northwestern University 5 3 107 43 1,338
71 Godsil, Rachel Rutgers University 2 2 190 284 667
72 Ayres, Ian Yale University 7 8 228 398 332
73 Merges, Robert P. University of California, Berkeley 6 12 129 1,009 200
74 Andrews, Lori B. Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 5 11 59 527 1,005
75 Gilson, Ronald J. Columbia University School of Law 5 5 207 543 235
76 Hoffman, David A. University of Pennsylvania 8 6 255 121 387
77 Reyes, Carla L. Southern Methodist University 9 4 227 80 560
78 Cherry, Miriam A. St. John's University 6 6 143 149 895
79 Bennett, Mark Drake University 1 2 176 274 600
80 Carbado, Devon W. New York University 1 1 176 269 600
81 Levinson, Justin D. University of Hawai'i at Manoa 1 1 176 269 600
82 Solum, Lawrence B. University of Virginia 4 8 202 415 314
83 Wagner, Wendy E. University of Texas at Austin 7 8 150 705 275
84 Rustad, Michael L. Suffolk University 5 11 133 364 687
85 Hu, Margaret William & Mary Law School 6 5 132 109 934
86 Mayson, Sandra G. University of Pennsylvania 1 1 251 7 436
87 Lee, Thomas R. Brigham Young University 4 4 289 108 134
88 Saks, Michael Arizona State University 5 14 73 859 450
89 Slobogin, Christopher Vanderbilt University 8 9 192 374 328
90 Perritt, Henry H. Jr. Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 5 17 69 628 644
91 Gervais, Daniel J. Vanderbilt University 5 6 101 182 908
92 Solow-Niederman, Alicia George Washington University 4 1 188 1 656
93 Feldman, Robin Cooper University of California, San Francisco 7 8 141 286 603
94 Stucke, Maurice Eitel University of Tennessee, Knoxville 5 4 145 55 809
95 Nunziato, Dawn C. George Washington University 6 7 116 149 816
96 Murphy, Erin E. New York University 8 8 148 418 378
97 Odinet, Christopher K. Texas A&M University 9 2 208 12 474
98 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 4 8 113 900 82
99 Imwinkelried, Edward J. University of California, Davis 5 15 87 833 263
100 Grimm, Paul W. Duke University 5 4 98 70 955