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Last Updated: February 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Solum, Lawrence B. University of Virginia 14 10 1,024 830 1,074
2 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 12 12 751 1,650 1,379
3 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 7 11 468 2,140 463
4 Hansmann, Henry B. Yale University 6 7 374 1,600 1,104
5 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 10 18 410 1,782 702
6 Kraakman, Reinier Harvard University 4 6 350 1,606 1,068
7 Baude, William University of Chicago 9 4 637 214 719
8 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 9 14 464 654 466
9 Finkelman, Paul Albany Law School 9 20 250 1,184 1,069
10 Eskridge, William Yale University 10 16 257 1,817 466
11 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 8 9 309 1,193 515
12 Achiume, E. Tendayi Stanford University 6 2 256 35 1,655
13 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 7 9 278 1,149 423
14 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 10 11 315 777 387
15 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 7 18 145 1,346 723
16 Levinson, Sanford University of Texas at Austin 6 18 157 1,532 486
17 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 9 10 300 789 387
18 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 9 12 286 800 425
19 Klarman, Michael J. Harvard University 8 13 201 1,408 271
20 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 3 3 401 88 330
21 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 6 10 149 484 1,273
22 Horwitz, Morton J. Harvard University 5 13 150 1,450 341
23 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 6 11 202 1,021 431
24 Paulsen, Michael University of St. Thomas 5 10 184 1,219 344
25 McLeod, Allegra Georgetown University 3 2 264 87 906
26 Friedman, Barry New York University 7 9 207 1,189 217
27 Gordon, Robert W. Stanford University 5 13 128 1,570 262
28 White, G. Edward University of Virginia 7 17 170 1,151 380
29 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 8 13 165 1,135 383
30 Sachs, Stephen E. Harvard University 7 5 305 140 430
31 Metzger, Gillian E. Columbia University School of Law 4 3 310 318 200
32 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 7 13 136 982 335
33 Resnik, Judith Yale University 4 7 188 770 253
34 Greene, Jamal Columbia University School of Law 5 6 257 392 215
35 Chin, Gabriel J. University of California, Davis 7 8 208 337 500
36 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 6 16 127 1,057 290
37 Powell, H. Jefferson Duke University 4 7 112 1,328 129
38 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 6 7 203 684 199
39 Akbar, Amna University of Minnesota 2 1 290 3 349
40 Blackhawk, Maggie New York University 4 1 249 25 494
41 Shugerman, Jed H. Boston University 8 6 268 158 262
42 Flaherty, Martin S. Fordham University 5 8 125 1,100 180
43 Singer, Joseph William Harvard University 5 7 146 795 258
44 Campbell, Jud Stanford University 6 4 230 93 425
45 Pfander, James E. Northwestern University 9 7 227 347 209
46 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 9 11 190 540 176
47 Sitaraman, Ganesh Vanderbilt University 5 4 232 147 276
48 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 5 8 142 845 126
49 Siegel, Neil S. Texas A&M University 8 9 194 250 363
50 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 5 6 88 862 359
51 Langbein, John H. Yale University 6 8 104 766 301
52 Gerken, Heather Kristin Yale University 6 7 168 474 225
53 Whittington, Keith E. Yale University 6 10 166 379 309
54 Lee, Thomas R. Brigham Young University Law School 4 3 247 111 93
55 Nelson, Caleb University of Virginia 4 4 172 426 184
56 Alschuler, Albert W. University of Chicago 4 7 117 710 212
57 Lash, Kurt T. University of Richmond 8 12 128 576 249
58 Lessig, Lawrence Harvard University 4 8 68 974 189
59 Ziegler, Mary R. University of California, Davis 6 6 120 116 646
60 Hovenkamp, Herbert University of Pennsylvania 7 10 108 690 196
61 McGinnis, John O. Northwestern University 5 8 144 460 210
62 Manning, John F. Harvard University 5 7 151 526 98
63 Murray, Melissa New York University 4 2 194 78 252
64 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 4 5 156 233 309
65 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 4 11 76 782 240
66 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 6 7 125 367 345
67 Hamburger, Philip Columbia University School of Law 7 9 136 502 163
68 Mashaw, Jerry L. Yale University 5 8 135 519 153
69 Bickel, Alexander M. Yale University 2 2 87 883 87
70 Appleman, Laura I. Willamette University College of Law 3 2 53 12 1,000
71 Cuison-Villazor, Rose Rutgers University 5 4 101 54 684
72 Rappaport, Michael B. University of San Diego 5 7 141 441 138
73 Pollman, Elizabeth University of Pennsylvania 5 3 172 132 245
74 Peller, Gary Georgetown University 4 5 53 760 303
75 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 3 4 64 705 280
76 Ablavsky, Gregory Stanford University 5 4 172 92 249
77 Rose, Carol M. Yale University 5 7 83 630 231
78 Strauss, David A. University of Chicago 6 10 112 428 247
79 Luban, David J. Georgetown University 3 4 37 270 770
80 Nourse, Victoria Georgetown University 6 8 140 330 179
81 Harrison, John University of Virginia 4 7 106 563 154
82 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 6 10 107 402 274
83 Miller, Geoffrey Parsons New York University 4 8 74 799 95
84 Eyer, Katie Rutgers University 6 4 159 82 274
85 Pope, James Gray Rutgers University 5 5 154 184 208
86 Colby, Thomas George Washington University 5 5 144 299 147
87 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 6 9 129 409 118
88 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 5 10 95 513 202
89 Forbath, William E. University of Texas at Austin 5 10 89 497 245
90 Kaczorowski, Robert J. Fordham University 6 11 90 522 214
91 Clark, Bradford R. George Washington University 6 7 139 221 221
92 Burbank, Stephen B. University of Pennsylvania 7 9 136 380 78
93 Blocher, Joseph Duke University 4 4 136 38 356
94 Schwartz, David S. University of Wisconsin-Madison 8 4 141 60 298
95 Wendel, W. Bradley Cornell University 4 4 50 111 702
96 Woolhandler, Ann University of Virginia 5 4 123 332 117
97 Hasday, Jill Elaine University of Minnesota 4 5 84 440 223
98 Yeazell, Stephen C. University of California, Los Angeles 4 8 34 721 233
99 Bone, Robert G. University of Texas at Austin 5 5 92 465 150
100 Laycock, Douglas University of Virginia 6 7 86 510 134