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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 22 39 1,451 9,329 3,478
2 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 21 18 1,451 2,992 2,484
3 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 4 4 610 1,357 7,132
4 Solum, Lawrence B. University of Virginia 17 20 1,325 1,751 2,152
5 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 13 34 563 5,854 1,541
6 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 21 23 1,115 3,002 1,533
7 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 17 29 803 3,479 2,480
8 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 16 18 958 3,251 1,258
9 Eskridge, William Yale University 14 23 760 4,235 892
10 Baude, William University of Chicago 15 7 1,307 368 1,376
11 Cover, Robert M. Yale University 6 7 524 3,653 1,981
12 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 9 30 494 4,288 1,174
13 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 8 16 424 4,670 1,047
14 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 11 25 357 3,184 1,488
15 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 16 20 717 1,930 842
16 Kaplow, Louis Harvard University 9 12 555 2,857 652
17 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 12 23 604 1,996 896
18 Manning, John F. Harvard University 9 15 735 1,753 465
19 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 10 23 662 1,644 926
20 Smith, Henry E. Harvard University 13 12 655 1,559 1,015
21 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 12 15 541 2,177 776
22 Lessig, Lawrence Harvard University 8 14 395 2,878 816
23 West, Robin L. Georgetown University 9 23 269 3,135 1,055
24 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 5 19 183 4,135 482
25 Sachs, Stephen E. Harvard University 10 5 812 232 902
26 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 8 25 304 2,712 850
27 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 8 26 244 3,379 460
28 Waldron, Jeremy New York University 10 20 339 1,338 1,810
29 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 8 13 357 1,999 820
30 Luban, David J. Georgetown University 9 21 235 1,963 1,413
31 Singer, Joseph William Harvard University 8 14 354 2,102 655
32 Harris, Angela P. Seattle University 5 8 325 2,026 766
33 Alexander, Lawrence Alan University of San Diego 10 22 288 1,651 1,118
34 Fineman, Martha Lillian Albertson Emory University 7 11 287 926 1,812
35 McGinnis, John O. Northwestern University 11 17 446 1,254 635
36 Green, Bruce A. Fordham University 11 22 330 1,633 806
37 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 10 12 401 1,438 478
38 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 10 16 350 1,558 484
39 Robinson, Paul H. University of Pennsylvania 10 14 326 1,563 585
40 Menkel-Meadow, Carrie J. University of California, Irvine 7 26 203 2,023 708
41 Resnik, Judith Yale University 6 13 290 1,881 397
42 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 7 4 506 269 856
43 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 6 12 196 1,763 876
44 Rappaport, Michael B. University of San Diego 10 15 408 998 476
45 Gluck, Abbe Rubin Yale University 6 6 503 625 327
46 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 4 6 414 840 534
47 Nelson, Caleb University of Virginia 7 7 433 923 345
48 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 6 11 278 1,656 302
49 Guthrie, Chris Vanderbilt University 4 8 276 1,191 739
50 Nourse, Victoria Georgetown University 12 10 411 601 614
51 Matsuda, Mari J. University of Hawai'i at Manoa 4 5 241 1,508 549
52 Wexler, David B. University of Arizona 6 23 161 1,329 1,092
53 Moore, Michael S. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 7 18 124 1,632 972
54 Rose, Carol M. Yale University 8 15 235 1,753 270
55 Wendel, W. Bradley Cornell University 7 14 188 687 1,512
56 Purdy, Jedediah S. Duke University 5 6 480 170 575
57 Brest, Paul Stanford University 3 7 143 2,146 312
58 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 10 15 315 1,132 367
59 Dorf, Michael C. Cornell University 10 14 258 1,329 440
60 Sherry, Suzanna Vanderbilt University 7 16 153 2,062 249
61 Abrams, Kathryn University of California, Berkeley 6 15 147 1,557 766
62 Leiter, Brian University of Chicago 9 15 255 929 834
63 Mutua, Makau W. University at Buffalo 4 6 94 274 2,274
64 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 11 18 315 1,097 343
65 Zipursky, Benjamin C. Fordham University 9 11 316 988 442
66 Pozen, David E. Columbia University School of Law 9 8 414 434 491
67 Goldberg, John C.P. Harvard University 8 11 314 982 408
68 Strauss, David A. University of Chicago 7 14 279 1,168 376
69 Fletcher, George P. Columbia University School of Law 6 16 144 1,782 383
70 Eisenberg, Melvin Aron University of California, Berkeley 6 12 134 1,454 754
71 Ziegler, Mary R. University of California, Davis 9 7 245 125 1,469
72 Rebouche, Rachel Temple University 6 5 286 56 1,280
73 Kahan, Dan Michael Yale University 7 11 235 1,292 277
74 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 9 8 277 897 452
75 Goldsmith, Jack Landman III Harvard University 8 8 171 1,330 548
76 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 7 13 217 1,237 404
77 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 4 9 69 1,437 932
78 Levinson, Daryl New York University 5 6 278 946 373
79 Grewal, David University of California, Berkeley 3 3 415 79 538
80 Donley, Greer University of Pittsburgh 7 2 307 10 1,131
81 Pasquale, Frank A. Cornell University 5 5 337 359 589
82 Finnis, John University of Notre Dame 5 13 102 453 1,649
83 Kronman, Anthony T. Yale University 6 13 118 1,555 488
84 Schlag, Pierre J. University of Colorado Boulder 7 19 137 1,537 383
85 McLeod, Allegra Georgetown University 4 3 295 63 1,046
86 Calabresi, Guido Yale University 7 11 144 1,643 242
87 Metzger, Gillian E. Columbia University School of Law 8 8 318 756 238
88 Freeman, Jody Harvard University 4 4 229 858 558
89 Alexander, Gregory S. Cornell University 9 11 284 725 404
90 Koh, Harold H. Yale University 5 11 171 1,326 369
91 Berman, Mitchell N. University of Pennsylvania 8 8 302 650 365
92 Rubin, Edward L. Vanderbilt University 6 18 119 1,324 572
93 Powell, H. Jefferson Duke University 5 10 149 1,544 206
94 Rahman, K. Sabeel Cornell University 5 2 385 28 496
95 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 5 8 181 1,274 288
96 Bressman, Lisa Schultz Vanderbilt University 2 2 330 620 174
97 Hughes, Justin J. T. Loyola Marymount University 5 3 171 657 920
98 Young, Ernest A. Duke University 7 14 191 930 544
99 Galanter, Marc University of Wisconsin-Madison 4 11 90 1,653 335
100 Rubenfeld, Jed Yale University 5 9 156 1,401 247