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Last Updated: April 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 20 32 1,174 7,955 2,227
2 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 23 22 1,639 4,852 1,860
3 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 22 30 1,411 3,745 2,324
4 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 20 23 1,218 3,342 1,399
5 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 14 35 689 5,610 1,175
6 Solum, Lawrence B. University of Virginia 16 18 1,323 1,527 1,341
7 Baude, William University of Chicago 15 11 1,423 582 1,551
8 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 17 31 809 3,650 1,443
9 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 14 30 764 4,491 809
10 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 14 31 874 2,921 1,090
11 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 11 30 518 3,719 1,631
12 Eskridge, William Yale University 13 22 582 4,197 742
13 Kerr, Orin S. Stanford University 14 18 775 2,715 968
14 Manning, John F. Harvard University 11 16 824 2,347 668
15 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 15 23 705 2,542 1,052
16 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 14 19 592 3,052 1,091
17 Michelman, Frank I. arvard University 6 24 210 5,877 494
18 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 13 20 650 2,106 1,421
19 Redish, Martin H. Northwestern University 11 29 466 3,878 647
20 Schauer, Frederick 12 28 446 3,207 1,145
21 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 13 19 588 2,825 762
22 Brennan, William J. Jr. U.S. Supreme Court 6 13 352 3,826 522
23 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 16 20 671 1,566 886
24 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 13 24 485 2,552 821
25 Levinson, Sanford University of Texas at Austin 8 26 365 3,073 942
26 Sachs, Stephen E. Harvard University 12 8 817 377 1,001
27 Monaghan, Henry P. 11 21 308 3,984 297
28 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 8 21 263 3,916 490
29 Ackerman, Bruce Arnold Yale University 9 16 346 2,949 801
30 Barrett, Amy Coney U.S. Supreme Court 11 9 795 467 671
31 Metzger, Gillian E. Columbia University School of Law 10 13 683 1,249 538
32 Gunther, Gerald 3 7 190 4,300 201
33 Dorf, Michael C. Cornell University 10 19 419 2,449 666
34 Blocher, Joseph Duke University 15 13 641 704 1,076
35 Calabresi, Guido Yale University 5 6 325 3,115 492
36 Huq, Aziz Z. University of Chicago 13 15 577 595 1,344
37 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 12 18 533 1,538 726
38 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 8 8 621 741 991
39 Lawrence, Charles R. 6 6 345 3,077 222
40 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 9 26 289 2,761 771
41 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 11 19 448 2,136 443
42 Pozen, David E. Columbia University School of Law 13 11 648 688 639
43 Friedman, Barry New York University 10 20 354 2,389 581
44 Nelson, Caleb University of Virginia 12 11 554 1,212 559
45 McGinnis, John O. Northwestern University 12 21 460 1,606 582
46 Laycock, Douglas University of Virginia 9 26 306 2,570 495
47 Paulsen, Michael University of St. Thomas 11 22 335 2,036 791
48 Sullivan, Kathleen M. Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan 6 14 254 2,799 480
49 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 9 26 249 2,777 510
50 Melamed, A. Douglas 1 1 280 2,830 309
51 Schwartz, Joanna C. University of California, Los Angeles 11 5 661 171 640
52 Yoo, John Choon University of California, Berkeley 8 23 261 2,001 937
53 Ginsburg, Tom University of Chicago 11 13 414 482 1,437
54 Rappaport, Michael B. University of San Diego 11 19 444 1,328 515
55 Strauss, David A. University of Chicago 9 17 353 1,736 566
56 Whittington, Keith E. Yale University 9 14 450 858 786
57 Brest, Paul Stanford University 5 9 164 2,970 330
58 Van Alstyne, William W. 6 27 85 3,441 233
59 Greene, Jamal Columbia University School of Law 12 15 490 779 504
60 Alexander, Lawrence Alan University of San Diego 10 22 292 1,855 540
61 Scalia, Antonin U.S. Supreme Court 4 8 278 1,388 1,029
62 Karlan, Pamela Susan Stanford University 10 25 310 1,852 433
63 Levinson, Daryl New York University 10 11 359 1,483 517
64 Landau, David E. Florida State University 11 10 373 366 1,397
65 Karst, Kenneth L. University of California, Los Angeles 6 20 125 2,984 316
66 Wechsler, Herbert American Law Institute 1 3 184 2,845 134
67 Goldsmith, Jack Landman III Harvard University 9 11 292 1,688 561
68 Bell, Derrick 3 8 436 1,180 269
69 Pfander, James E. Northwestern University 13 14 401 842 617
70 Young, Ernest A. Duke University 9 14 310 1,398 586
71 Frickey, Philip P. 5 12 272 2,111 134
72 Jackson, Vicki C. Harvard University 10 16 327 1,324 539
73 Sager, Lawrence University of Texas at Austin 6 15 159 2,625 241
74 Klarman, Michael J. Harvard University 8 12 323 1,401 493
75 Walker, Christopher J. University of Michigan 12 9 516 195 577
76 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 5 10 466 381 579
77 Slobogin, Christopher Vanderbilt University 10 18 253 1,514 555
78 Rubenfeld, Jed Yale University 7 16 180 2,145 337
79 Revesz, Richard L. New York University 8 8 322 1,317 267
80 Garrett, Brandon L. Duke University 11 10 368 352 880
81 Harrison, John University of Virginia 10 13 318 1,031 532
82 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 6 18 167 1,892 507
83 Pildes, Richard H. New York University 10 15 261 1,317 530
84 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 9 11 333 763 649
85 Bressman, Lisa Schultz Vanderbilt University 7 5 380 918 279
86 Dixon, Rosalind 10 11 317 327 1,025
87 Vladeck, Stephen I. Georgetown University 9 14 357 478 682
88 Stuntz, William J. 8 9 231 1,624 273
89 Williams, Robert Rutgers University 8 20 216 1,612 345
90 Kopel, David B. 9 17 254 871 794
91 Corwin, Edward S. Princeton University 6 19 110 2,283 270
92 Clark, Bradford R. George Washington University 10 16 258 1,261 409
93 Ginsburg, Ruth Bader U.S. Supreme Court 7 12 213 1,344 565
94 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 8 8 217 952 858
95 Treanor, William Michael Georgetown University 8 11 245 1,443 262
96 Ely, John Hart Yale University 4 14 64 2,575 171
97 Campbell, Jud Stanford University 10 5 346 137 877
98 Stone, Geoffrey R. University of Chicago 5 16 133 1,770 496
99 Westen, Peter University of Michigan 4 15 98 2,185 266
100 Powell, H. Jefferson Duke University 4 14 151 1,884 253