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Last Updated: January 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Solum, Lawrence B. University of Virginia 14 9 1,112 711 1,172
2 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 13 11 867 1,520 1,475
3 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 11 18 568 2,030 780
4 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 7 11 542 2,060 528
5 Hansmann, Henry B. Yale University 6 7 473 1,500 1,168
6 Kraakman, Reinier Harvard University 4 6 441 1,513 1,132
7 Baude, William University of Chicago 9 3 684 149 776
8 Finkelman, Paul Albany Law School 9 20 296 1,147 1,198
9 Eskridge, William Yale University 10 16 308 1,761 491
10 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 9 9 368 1,186 475
11 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 8 9 346 1,146 517
12 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 9 11 479 519 475
13 Achiume, E. Tendayi Stanford University 6 2 276 11 1,875
14 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 11 10 400 687 425
15 Levinson, Sanford University of Texas at Austin 7 18 194 1,532 523
16 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 9 11 347 852 410
17 Klarman, Michael J. Harvard University 8 13 244 1,363 303
18 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 7 17 164 1,238 747
19 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 9 12 328 743 436
20 Gordon, Robert W. Stanford University 6 13 168 1,585 303
21 Horwitz, Morton J. Harvard University 5 13 172 1,424 374
22 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 6 12 236 1,007 457
23 Friedman, Barry New York University 7 9 244 1,151 240
24 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 3 3 433 53 359
25 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 9 13 205 1,094 413
26 White, G. Edward University of Virginia 8 17 199 1,121 414
27 Paulsen, Michael University of St. Thomas 6 9 199 1,167 368
28 McLeod, Allegra Georgetown University 3 2 286 59 960
29 Metzger, Gillian E. Columbia University School of Law 4 3 369 250 212
30 Sachs, Stephen E. Harvard University 7 5 321 114 461
31 Resnik, Judith Yale University 5 7 236 721 276
32 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 7 13 157 960 410
33 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 6 7 116 1,097 471
34 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 7 8 170 431 824
35 Chin, Gabriel J. University of California, Davis 8 8 234 313 600
36 Powell, H. Jefferson Duke University 5 7 131 1,301 140
37 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 8 15 149 990 335
38 Flaherty, Martin S. Fordham University 5 8 158 1,066 193
39 Greene, Jamal Columbia University School of Law 5 6 291 355 236
40 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 6 7 223 660 204
41 Blackhawk, Maggie New York University 4 1 262 7 568
42 Shugerman, Jed H. Boston University 8 5 293 125 276
43 Pfander, James E. Northwestern University 10 6 259 315 251
44 Singer, Joseph William Harvard University 4 7 155 765 291
45 Sitaraman, Ganesh Vanderbilt University 5 3 272 105 321
46 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 9 11 213 515 196
47 Gerken, Heather Kristin Yale University 6 7 221 417 256
48 Campbell, Jud Stanford University 7 3 248 67 454
49 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 5 7 164 821 134
50 Appleman, Laura I. Willamette University College of Law 3 2 58 7 1,361
51 Langbein, John H. Yale University 6 8 126 743 314
52 Alschuler, Albert W. University of Chicago 4 7 143 679 247
53 Hovenkamp, Herbert University of Pennsylvania 8 10 139 667 246
54 Whittington, Keith E. Yale University 7 9 189 325 325
55 Lee, Thomas R. Brigham Young University Law School 4 3 288 67 102
56 Nelson, Caleb University of Virginia 4 4 203 387 195
57 Lash, Kurt T. University of Richmond 8 12 150 560 272
58 Siegel, Neil S. Texas A&M University 8 8 199 192 385
59 Lessig, Lawrence Harvard University 4 8 83 959 197
60 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 5 12 93 805 259
61 McGinnis, John O. Northwestern University 5 8 174 430 223
62 Manning, John F. Harvard University 5 6 180 491 104
63 Bickel, Alexander M. Yale University 2 2 106 863 89
64 Ziegler, Mary R. University of California, Davis 7 5 134 75 695
65 Murray, Melissa New York University 5 2 218 64 297
66 Mashaw, Jerry L. Yale University 6 8 157 497 162
67 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 7 7 137 355 365
68 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 3 4 86 683 293
69 Hamburger, Philip Columbia University School of Law 7 9 147 490 173
70 Rappaport, Michael B. University of San Diego 5 6 167 413 150
71 Peller, Gary Georgetown University 5 5 63 749 319
72 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 4 5 162 223 333
73 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 6 10 122 419 330
74 Miller, Geoffrey Parsons New York University 4 7 100 772 98
75 Rose, Carol M. Yale University 5 7 98 614 237
76 Forbath, William E. University of Texas at Austin 6 10 114 472 267
77 Strauss, David A. University of Chicago 6 10 125 415 254
78 Ablavsky, Gregory Stanford University 6 3 191 71 268
79 Nourse, Victoria Georgetown University 6 8 157 310 196
80 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 6 8 158 380 123
81 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 6 10 110 498 229
82 Luban, David J. Georgetown University 3 4 42 264 775
83 Colby, Thomas George Washington University 5 5 167 276 162
84 Clark, Bradford R. George Washington University 6 7 158 199 243
85 Eyer, Katie Rutgers University 6 4 172 64 290
86 Kaczorowski, Robert J. Fordham University 7 11 93 512 230
87 Yeazell, Stephen C. University of California, Los Angeles 5 8 43 712 251
88 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 4 9 66 689 155
89 Hasday, Jill Elaine University of Minnesota 4 5 100 423 241
90 Woolhandler, Ann University of Virginia 5 4 147 305 124
91 Blocher, Joseph Duke University 5 3 144 25 403
92 Bone, Robert G. University of Texas at Austin 5 5 108 447 160
93 Laycock, Douglas University of Virginia 6 7 101 495 138
94 Winter, Steven L. Wayne State University 3 6 84 626 79
95 Burbank, Stephen B. University of Pennsylvania 7 8 146 303 79
96 Wendel, W. Bradley Cornell University 5 4 54 106 704
97 Schwartz, David S. University of Wisconsin-Madison 8 4 145 49 323
98 Rabban, David M. University of Texas at Austin 4 8 68 567 192
99 Harrison, John University of Virginia 3 6 94 478 155
100 Karlan, Pamela Susan Stanford University 5 6 123 322 157