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Last Updated: May 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Solum, Lawrence B. University of Virginia 14 10 1,113 830 1,060
2 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 12 12 805 1,650 1,227
3 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 7 11 496 2,140 488
4 Hansmann, Henry B. Yale University 6 7 401 1,600 1,405
5 Kraakman, Reinier Harvard University 4 6 374 1,606 1,354
6 Baude, William University of Chicago 9 4 701 217 764
7 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 11 18 429 1,785 671
8 Finkelman, Paul Albany Law School 9 20 267 1,193 1,056
9 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 9 13 486 593 455
10 Eskridge, William Yale University 10 16 264 1,817 441
11 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 8 9 333 1,193 527
12 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 7 9 297 1,151 706
13 Achiume, E. Tendayi Stanford University 6 2 280 35 1,738
14 Levinson, Sanford University of Texas at Austin 6 18 170 1,532 541
15 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 10 11 331 777 370
16 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 9 10 320 790 404
17 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 9 12 295 800 442
18 Klarman, Michael J. Harvard University 8 13 210 1,408 297
19 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 7 18 151 1,337 577
20 Paulsen, Michael University of St. Thomas 6 10 202 1,219 392
21 Horwitz, Morton J. Harvard University 5 13 158 1,450 400
22 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 3 3 422 88 257
23 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 6 11 214 1,023 451
24 Gordon, Robert W. Stanford University 6 13 142 1,608 287
25 Friedman, Barry New York University 7 9 212 1,189 227
26 McLeod, Allegra Georgetown University 4 2 286 87 831
27 White, G. Edward University of Virginia 8 17 184 1,152 381
28 Sachs, Stephen E. Harvard University 7 5 342 141 478
29 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 8 13 170 1,136 341
30 Metzger, Gillian E. Columbia University School of Law 4 3 330 318 206
31 Blackhawk, Maggie New York University 5 3 324 53 464
32 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 7 13 145 982 351
33 Greene, Jamal Columbia University School of Law 5 6 273 392 232
34 Resnik, Judith Yale University 5 7 199 770 243
35 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 6 7 222 684 203
36 Akbar, Amna University of Minnesota 2 1 319 3 330
37 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 6 9 137 469 786
38 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 7 16 134 1,057 277
39 Powell, H. Jefferson Duke University 4 7 116 1,322 131
40 Campbell, Jud Stanford University 7 4 259 94 501
41 Shugerman, Jed H. Boston University 8 6 291 158 279
42 Chin, Gabriel J. University of California, Davis 8 8 217 337 456
43 Flaherty, Martin S. Fordham University 5 8 128 1,100 176
44 Pfander, James E. Northwestern University 9 7 241 347 240
45 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 9 11 211 540 194
46 Singer, Joseph William Harvard University 5 7 152 795 264
47 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 5 8 150 845 122
48 Siegel, Neil S. Texas A&M University 8 9 205 250 337
49 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 5 6 94 862 336
50 Sitaraman, Ganesh Vanderbilt University 5 4 240 147 220
51 Gerken, Heather Kristin Yale University 6 7 179 474 226
52 Langbein, John H. Yale University 6 8 117 767 243
53 Whittington, Keith E. Yale University 6 10 175 379 297
54 Murray, Melissa New York University 5 2 236 78 248
55 Alschuler, Albert W. University of Chicago 4 7 123 710 225
56 Nelson, Caleb University of Virginia 4 4 184 426 173
57 Lee, Thomas R. Brigham Young University Law School 4 3 252 111 97
58 Lash, Kurt T. University of Richmond 8 12 135 582 241
59 Hovenkamp, Herbert University of Pennsylvania 7 10 117 690 221
60 McGinnis, John O. Northwestern University 5 8 157 460 219
61 Lessig, Lawrence Harvard University 4 8 70 974 163
62 Manning, John F. Harvard University 5 7 161 526 101
63 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 5 5 171 233 304
64 Ziegler, Mary R. University of California, Davis 6 6 132 116 583
65 Bickel, Alexander M. Yale University 2 2 94 883 87
66 Mashaw, Jerry L. Yale University 5 8 146 519 139
67 Rappaport, Michael B. University of San Diego 5 7 152 441 170
68 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 6 7 129 367 344
69 Hamburger, Philip Columbia University School of Law 7 9 142 502 156
70 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 4 11 82 782 208
71 Luban, David J. Georgetown University 3 4 39 270 852
72 Pollman, Elizabeth University of Pennsylvania 5 3 183 133 237
73 Ablavsky, Gregory Stanford University 5 4 183 92 269
74 Peller, Gary Georgetown University 4 5 55 760 301
75 Rose, Carol M. Yale University 5 7 89 630 243
76 Eyer, Katie Rutgers University 6 4 165 82 325
77 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 3 4 64 706 253
78 Pope, James Gray Rutgers University 5 5 165 184 208
79 Nourse, Victoria Georgetown University 6 8 144 331 178
80 Miller, Geoffrey Parsons New York University 4 8 79 799 89
81 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 6 9 134 409 137
82 Clark, Bradford R. George Washington University 6 7 144 221 248
83 Colby, Thomas George Washington University 5 5 151 299 145
84 Forbath, William E. University of Texas at Austin 5 10 92 497 248
85 Blocher, Joseph Duke University 4 4 153 38 347
86 Kaczorowski, Robert J. Fordham University 6 11 93 523 208
87 Wendel, W. Bradley Cornell University 4 4 52 111 774
88 Strauss, David A. University of Chicago 6 10 117 428 166
89 Nussbaum, Martha C. University of Chicago 3 3 35 173 803
90 Schwartz, David S. University of Wisconsin-Madison 8 4 157 60 289
91 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 6 10 111 402 211
92 Paul, Sanjukta M. University of Michigan 3 2 191 33 143
93 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 5 10 96 513 178
94 Yeazell, Stephen C. University of California, Los Angeles 4 8 37 721 224
95 Burbank, Stephen B. University of Pennsylvania 7 8 135 323 84
96 Woolhandler, Ann University of Virginia 5 4 130 332 101
97 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 3 9 55 704 137
98 Nielson, Aaron University of Texas at Austin 5 4 165 54 163
99 Bone, Robert G. University of Texas at Austin 5 5 95 465 141
100 Mikhail, John Georgetown University 7 3 165 83 121