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Last Updated: April 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Solum, Lawrence B. University of Virginia 14 10 1,083 830 1,071
2 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 12 12 774 1,650 1,307
3 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 7 11 490 2,139 489
4 Hansmann, Henry B. Yale University 6 7 391 1,598 1,373
5 Kraakman, Reinier Harvard University 4 6 365 1,604 1,324
6 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 11 18 426 1,783 640
7 Baude, William University of Chicago 9 4 671 216 770
8 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 8 9 334 1,249 702
9 Finkelman, Paul Albany Law School 9 20 262 1,193 1,058
10 Eskridge, William Yale University 10 16 261 1,817 448
11 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 9 13 475 593 448
12 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 8 9 320 1,191 521
13 Achiume, E. Tendayi Stanford University 6 2 274 35 1,737
14 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 10 11 326 777 397
15 Levinson, Sanford University of Texas at Austin 6 18 169 1,522 530
16 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 9 12 292 799 447
17 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 9 9 304 770 406
18 Klarman, Michael J. Harvard University 8 13 209 1,407 282
19 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 7 18 150 1,324 587
20 Horwitz, Morton J. Harvard University 5 13 157 1,450 387
21 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 3 3 416 88 272
22 Paulsen, Michael University of St. Thomas 6 10 192 1,219 380
23 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 6 11 212 1,023 446
24 McLeod, Allegra Georgetown University 4 2 277 87 876
25 Friedman, Barry New York University 7 9 211 1,189 221
26 White, G. Edward University of Virginia 8 17 178 1,152 400
27 Gordon, Robert W. Stanford University 5 13 131 1,567 246
28 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 8 13 168 1,135 368
29 Sachs, Stephen E. Harvard University 7 5 317 141 470
30 Blackhawk, Maggie New York University 5 3 321 53 487
31 Metzger, Gillian E. Columbia University School of Law 4 3 323 318 202
32 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 7 13 140 981 365
33 Greene, Jamal Columbia University School of Law 5 6 269 392 232
34 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 5 7 106 1,117 414
35 Resnik, Judith Yale University 5 7 196 768 262
36 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 6 9 137 469 804
37 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 7 16 133 1,057 298
38 Akbar, Amna University of Minnesota 2 1 313 3 329
39 Chin, Gabriel J. University of California, Davis 8 8 219 340 475
40 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 6 7 213 684 202
41 Shugerman, Jed H. Boston University 8 6 287 158 278
42 Powell, H. Jefferson Duke University 4 7 112 1,322 132
43 Flaherty, Martin S. Fordham University 5 8 127 1,100 183
44 Campbell, Jud Stanford University 6 4 244 94 481
45 Pfander, James E. Northwestern University 9 7 240 347 271
46 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 9 11 205 540 185
47 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 5 8 149 845 129
48 Singer, Joseph William Harvard University 4 7 134 791 243
49 Siegel, Neil S. Texas A&M University 8 9 200 250 327
50 Sitaraman, Ganesh Vanderbilt University 5 4 238 147 225
51 Langbein, John H. Yale University 6 8 116 767 268
52 Gerken, Heather Kristin Yale University 6 7 173 474 231
53 Alschuler, Albert W. University of Chicago 4 7 121 710 223
54 Lee, Thomas R. Brigham Young University Law School 4 3 250 111 97
55 Whittington, Keith E. Yale University 6 9 165 355 292
56 Nelson, Caleb University of Virginia 4 4 175 426 183
57 Lash, Kurt T. University of Richmond 8 12 131 576 246
58 Hovenkamp, Herbert University of Pennsylvania 7 10 115 690 215
59 McGinnis, John O. Northwestern University 5 8 152 460 222
60 Lessig, Lawrence Harvard University 4 8 70 974 159
61 Murray, Melissa New York University 5 2 207 78 253
62 Manning, John F. Harvard University 5 7 158 526 101
63 Ziegler, Mary R. University of California, Davis 6 6 125 116 611
64 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 4 5 166 233 302
65 Bickel, Alexander M. Yale University 2 2 93 883 89
66 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 4 11 80 782 231
67 Mashaw, Jerry L. Yale University 5 8 141 519 149
68 Hamburger, Philip Columbia University School of Law 7 9 141 502 156
69 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 6 7 125 367 353
70 Rappaport, Michael B. University of San Diego 5 7 147 441 174
71 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 6 10 114 432 305
72 Peller, Gary Georgetown University 4 5 54 760 315
73 Luban, David J. Georgetown University 3 4 39 269 827
74 Ablavsky, Gregory Stanford University 5 4 176 92 267
75 Rose, Carol M. Yale University 5 7 85 630 228
76 Nourse, Victoria Georgetown University 6 8 144 331 176
77 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 3 4 64 704 255
78 Miller, Geoffrey Parsons New York University 4 8 76 800 92
79 Eyer, Katie Rutgers University 6 4 161 81 295
80 Forbath, William E. University of Texas at Austin 5 10 92 497 261
81 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 6 9 132 409 134
82 Strauss, David A. University of Chicago 6 10 115 428 198
83 Clark, Bradford R. George Washington University 6 7 142 221 240
84 Colby, Thomas George Washington University 5 5 146 299 144
85 Kaczorowski, Robert J. Fordham University 6 11 91 523 216
86 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 5 10 96 512 200
87 Schwartz, David S. University of Wisconsin-Madison 8 4 155 60 297
88 Wendel, W. Bradley Cornell University 4 4 52 110 756
89 Blocher, Joseph Duke University 4 4 145 38 347
90 Nussbaum, Martha C. University of Chicago 3 3 35 173 750
91 Yeazell, Stephen C. University of California, Los Angeles 4 8 37 719 232
92 Burbank, Stephen B. University of Pennsylvania 7 8 133 319 87
93 Woolhandler, Ann University of Virginia 5 4 126 332 106
94 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 3 9 53 705 144
95 Hasday, Jill Elaine University of Minnesota 4 5 88 440 199
96 Bone, Robert G. University of Texas at Austin 5 5 93 463 151
97 Laycock, Douglas University of Virginia 6 7 88 510 126
98 Nielson, Aaron University of Texas at Austin 5 4 159 54 173
99 Karlan, Pamela Susan Stanford University 5 7 115 335 145
100 Crepelle, Adam Loyola University Chicago 8 2 160 16 189