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Last Updated: March 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 20 39 1,212 9,642 3,255
2 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 21 19 1,348 3,215 2,203
3 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 3 4 538 1,443 7,331
4 Solum, Lawrence B. University of Virginia 15 21 1,238 1,922 2,111
5 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 19 24 1,025 3,154 1,443
6 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 16 30 728 3,601 2,273
7 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 11 34 462 5,938 1,356
8 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 15 18 856 3,396 1,239
9 Eskridge, William Yale University 14 25 725 4,464 895
10 Baude, William University of Chicago 14 9 1,236 519 1,352
11 Cover, Robert M. Yale University 6 7 481 3,736 2,031
12 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 9 30 457 4,352 1,031
13 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 8 17 363 4,781 1,088
14 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 10 25 320 3,269 1,459
15 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 14 20 617 2,057 787
16 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 10 24 628 1,759 843
17 Kaplow, Louis Harvard University 8 12 447 2,986 655
18 Smith, Henry E. Harvard University 12 13 598 1,659 985
19 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 12 16 493 2,315 848
20 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 11 23 517 2,107 793
21 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 5 21 155 4,524 460
22 Sachs, Stephen E. Harvard University 11 7 786 313 932
23 West, Robin L. Georgetown University 9 23 238 3,177 966
24 Lessig, Lawrence Harvard University 7 14 316 2,974 655
25 Manning, John F. Harvard University 8 14 569 1,676 351
26 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 8 25 255 2,789 720
27 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 7 26 200 3,430 426
28 Waldron, Jeremy New York University 9 20 304 1,443 1,613
29 Luban, David J. Georgetown University 8 22 210 2,005 1,442
30 Singer, Joseph William Harvard University 8 14 318 2,152 654
31 Resnik, Judith Yale University 6 14 362 1,977 440
32 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 7 13 278 2,082 726
33 Harris, Angela P. Seattle University 5 8 297 2,064 635
34 Fineman, Martha Lillian Albertson Emory University 7 11 236 987 1,859
35 Green, Bruce A. Fordham University 10 23 300 1,769 749
36 Alexander, Lawrence Alan University of San Diego 10 23 257 1,757 967
37 McGinnis, John O. Northwestern University 10 17 399 1,324 581
38 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 8 4 465 333 846
39 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 9 12 340 1,520 410
40 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 10 17 313 1,610 432
41 Robinson, Paul H. University of Pennsylvania 10 14 275 1,635 525
42 Nourse, Victoria Georgetown University 12 11 414 634 603
43 Menkel-Meadow, Carrie J. University of California, Irvine 6 26 166 2,071 605
44 Rappaport, Michael B. University of San Diego 9 16 366 1,063 451
45 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 5 12 167 1,804 749
46 Nelson, Caleb University of Virginia 7 7 379 999 346
47 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 4 6 361 912 489
48 Gluck, Abbe Rubin Yale University 6 6 422 727 328
49 Akbar, Amna University of Minnesota 3 1 494 4 536
50 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 6 11 243 1,706 298
51 Wexler, David B. University of Arizona 6 23 145 1,350 1,129
52 Matsuda, Mari J. University of Hawai'i at Manoa 4 5 225 1,535 549
53 Purdy, Jedediah S. Duke University 5 7 451 223 530
54 Wendel, W. Bradley Cornell University 7 14 178 702 1,514
55 Moore, Michael S. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 6 18 103 1,663 910
56 Brest, Paul Stanford University 3 7 129 2,168 320
57 Rose, Carol M. Yale University 6 15 208 1,794 229
58 Guthrie, Chris Vanderbilt University 4 8 219 1,254 644
59 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 9 15 281 1,179 350
60 Mutua, Makau W. University at Buffalo 3 6 83 291 2,193
61 Pozen, David E. Columbia University School of Law 9 8 375 494 453
62 Donley, Greer University of Pittsburgh 7 2 343 11 1,046
63 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 9 19 281 1,140 336
64 Dorf, Michael C. Cornell University 9 14 226 1,372 418
65 Sherry, Suzanna Vanderbilt University 6 16 131 2,088 230
66 Zipursky, Benjamin C. Fordham University 8 12 265 1,053 440
67 Rebouche, Rachel Temple University 6 5 307 64 1,117
68 Goldberg, John C.P. Harvard University 7 12 278 1,040 351
69 Eisenberg, Melvin Aron University of California, Berkeley 7 14 116 1,619 666
70 Grewal, David University of California, Berkeley 3 4 403 113 500
71 Leiter, Brian University of Chicago 10 16 216 974 692
72 Abrams, Kathryn University of California, Berkeley 6 15 116 1,596 629
73 Ziegler, Mary R. University of California, Davis 8 8 211 175 1,411
74 Strauss, David A. University of Chicago 7 14 234 1,223 324
75 Fletcher, George P. Columbia University School of Law 6 15 125 1,772 387
76 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 8 14 198 1,279 411
77 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 9 8 242 947 470
78 McLeod, Allegra Georgetown University 4 3 291 92 993
79 Levinson, Daryl New York University 5 6 242 992 356
80 Kahan, Dan Michael Yale University 6 11 193 1,343 250
81 Goldsmith, Jack Landman III Harvard University 7 9 148 1,359 470
82 Schlag, Pierre J. University of Colorado Boulder 7 20 127 1,596 339
83 Freeman, Jody Harvard University 4 4 212 881 542
84 Rahman, K. Sabeel Cornell University 5 3 381 50 400
85 Murray, Melissa New York University 7 1 361 2 546
86 Metzger, Gillian E. Columbia University School of Law 7 8 282 813 211
87 Berman, Mitchell N. University of Pennsylvania 9 8 279 689 331
88 Alexander, Gregory S. Cornell University 8 12 244 783 428
89 Rubin, Edward L. Vanderbilt University 6 19 117 1,399 538
90 Finnis, John University of Notre Dame 4 13 89 469 1,530
91 Pasquale, Frank A. Cornell University 5 6 279 427 559
92 Calabresi, Guido Yale University 6 11 124 1,655 239
93 Kronman, Anthony T. Yale University 5 13 93 1,586 454
94 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 4 9 53 1,457 781
95 Amsterdam, Anthony G. New York University 3 5 86 2,026 85
96 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 5 8 149 1,313 315
97 Bressman, Lisa Schultz Vanderbilt University 2 2 290 672 154
98 Hughes, Justin J. T. Loyola Marymount University 4 3 152 684 854
99 Powell, H. Jefferson Duke University 4 10 129 1,529 184
100 Tobia, Kevin Georgetown University 8 1 294 10 663