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Last Updated: December 2025

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 37 93 5,150 28,635 11,000
2 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 29 88 2,816 24,418 6,105
3 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 35 73 3,987 15,082 7,016
4 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 12 16 1,492 3,793 15,273
5 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 27 53 2,393 6,707 5,072
6 Eskridge, William Yale University 26 55 2,088 11,458 2,426
7 Schauer, Frederick 22 53 1,847 9,921 4,394
8 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 31 40 2,737 6,559 3,530
9 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 23 51 2,209 6,648 5,033
10 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 24 50 1,693 13,076 2,472
11 Bebchuk, Lucian Arye Harvard University 24 51 2,122 7,071 3,535
12 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 15 56 1,220 12,023 3,341
13 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 22 49 1,807 6,928 3,487
14 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 23 27 2,510 1,475 5,490
15 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 22 43 1,893 7,798 2,475
16 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 27 44 2,011 6,169 2,433
17 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 22 30 1,826 3,358 5,852
18 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 21 52 1,249 10,012 2,457
19 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 19 42 1,312 9,027 2,027
20 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 14 45 1,093 7,266 4,112
21 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 13 50 1,020 9,019 2,798
22 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 14 53 940 8,508 2,594
23 Scott, Robert E. Columbia University School of Law 21 42 1,293 6,534 2,382
24 Rhode, Deborah L. 20 43 1,056 5,503 3,743
25 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 22 41 1,424 6,180 2,076
26 Hovenkamp, Herbert University of Pennsylvania 20 42 1,517 4,088 3,095
27 Pound, Roscoe 10 43 596 9,844 3,115
28 Fuller, L. L. 10 24 691 6,909 5,577
29 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 23 42 1,633 4,353 2,067
30 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 14 50 909 7,542 2,707
31 Solum, Lawrence B. University of Virginia 22 34 1,898 2,674 2,716
32 Resnik, Judith Yale University 19 44 1,264 6,474 1,691
33 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 18 40 1,205 6,659 1,370
34 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 21 40 1,254 4,199 2,401
35 Fisch, Jill E. University of Pennsylvania 21 42 1,489 2,759 2,452
36 Gilson, Ronald J. Columbia University School of Law 19 35 1,174 6,302 1,712
37 Redish, Martin H. Northwestern University 14 51 922 7,658 1,269
38 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 16 35 800 8,497 1,675
39 Issacharoff, Samuel New York University 18 44 1,035 5,639 1,940
40 Waldron, Jeremy New York University 14 31 909 2,987 4,798
41 Baude, William University of Chicago 22 24 2,060 699 2,169
42 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 17 40 1,231 4,491 1,919
43 Eisenberg, Theodore 17 49 860 6,605 1,162
44 Manning, John F. Harvard University 21 29 1,651 3,641 1,154
45 Bainbridge, Stephen M. University of California, Los Angeles 18 38 1,076 4,155 2,245
46 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 14 42 749 4,549 3,174
47 Ayres, Ian Yale University 15 41 981 5,527 1,679
48 Friedman, Barry New York University 19 36 1,023 3,955 2,117
49 Samuelson, Pamela University of California, Berkeley 16 36 927 4,347 2,462
50 Kerr, Orin S. Stanford University 19 32 1,257 3,827 1,598
51 Garrett, Brandon L. Duke University 19 26 1,134 1,754 3,436
52 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 18 35 992 4,612 1,683
53 Langbein, John H. Yale University 17 39 772 5,114 1,726
54 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 12 27 656 6,663 2,175
55 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 14 31 910 4,027 2,632
56 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 13 29 1,195 2,708 2,797
57 Schwartz, Alan Yale University 16 37 826 4,946 1,765
58 Bell, Derrick 11 28 973 4,206 2,675
59 Huq, Aziz Z. University of Chicago 19 27 1,264 996 2,994
60 Laycock, Douglas University of Virginia 14 41 861 5,135 1,452
61 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 16 36 1,032 3,912 1,728
62 Scalia, Antonin U.S. Supreme Court 11 22 1,054 5,478 1,621
63 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 9 28 529 6,949 2,177
64 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 8 33 416 9,114 988
65 Landes, William M. University of Chicago 15 31 718 6,144 1,297
66 Pildes, Richard H. New York University 16 32 946 4,244 1,617
67 Galanter, Marc University of Wisconsin-Madison 11 32 600 6,118 1,948
68 Carbado, Devon W. New York University 18 26 1,143 1,870 2,528
69 Kraakman, Reinier Harvard University 12 24 857 5,085 2,094
70 Minow, Martha Louise Harvard University 13 34 488 4,372 3,020
71 Stuntz, William J. 16 29 974 4,639 1,295
72 Menkel-Meadow, Carrie J. University of California, Irvine 12 38 546 5,165 2,185
73 Green, Bruce A. Fordham University 15 38 955 3,015 1,982
74 Miller, Geoffrey Parsons New York University 13 42 719 5,298 1,219
75 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 17 30 1,013 2,924 1,969
76 Ruhl, J. B. Vanderbilt University 16 35 910 3,085 1,997
77 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 13 37 827 4,997 1,267
78 Kaplow, Louis Harvard University 14 31 958 4,642 1,269
79 Prosser, William L. 8 30 472 9,094 604
80 Langevoort, Donald C. Georgetown University 14 43 724 4,788 1,216
81 Goldsmith, Jack Landman III Harvard University 16 31 705 4,202 2,016
82 Koh, Harold H. Yale University 14 33 657 4,790 1,837
83 Kahan, Dan Michael Yale University 14 35 758 5,052 1,267
84 Monaghan, Henry P. 13 31 723 6,562 659
85 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 11 36 515 7,073 901
86 Smith, Henry E. Harvard University 18 25 1,105 2,845 1,569
87 Strine, Leo E. Jr. Delaware Supreme Court 20 31 1,217 1,929 1,271
88 Tyler, Tom Richard Yale University 14 31 698 2,188 3,213
89 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 16 32 1,043 3,255 1,250
90 Levinson, Sanford University of Texas at Austin 11 39 617 4,880 1,655
91 Slobogin, Christopher Vanderbilt University 16 33 796 3,186 1,930
92 Gluck, Abbe Rubin Yale University 20 22 1,444 1,375 1,151
93 Robinson, Paul H. University of Pennsylvania 15 33 779 3,531 1,761
94 Hathaway, Oona Anne Yale University 14 20 678 1,688 3,901
95 Alschuler, Albert W. University of Chicago 15 34 651 4,556 1,369
96 Schwarcz, Steven L. Duke University 12 33 686 2,651 2,768
97 Calabresi, Guido Yale University 10 25 664 6,690 948
98 Gulati, Mitu University of Virginia 14 34 808 3,204 1,798
99 Alexander, Lawrence Alan University of San Diego 13 35 606 4,205 1,819
100 Hansmann, Henry B. Yale University 14 24 780 3,446 2,191