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Last Updated: February 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 20 32 1,164 8,138 2,149
2 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 23 22 1,597 4,852 1,948
3 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 21 30 1,361 3,774 2,338
4 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 19 23 1,159 3,342 1,451
5 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 13 35 674 5,652 1,215
6 Baude, William University of Chicago 15 11 1,364 583 1,493
7 Solum, Lawrence B. University of Virginia 15 18 1,238 1,499 1,339
8 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 16 31 788 3,652 1,518
9 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 14 30 732 4,491 826
10 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 14 31 839 2,919 1,081
11 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 11 30 498 3,718 1,597
12 Eskridge, William Yale University 12 22 558 4,315 747
13 Kerr, Orin S. Stanford University 14 18 730 2,731 900
14 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 15 23 683 2,540 1,150
15 Manning, John F. Harvard University 11 16 799 2,347 687
16 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 14 20 566 3,211 1,024
17 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 6 24 211 5,897 493
18 Redish, Martin H. Northwestern University 11 29 450 3,877 648
19 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 13 20 566 3,023 777
20 Schauer, Frederick 12 28 435 3,259 1,122
21 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 12 20 614 2,105 1,176
22 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 13 24 501 2,574 883
23 Brennan, William J. Jr. U.S. Supreme Court 6 13 339 3,823 580
24 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 15 20 647 1,583 869
25 Monaghan, Henry P. 10 21 298 3,984 329
26 Levinson, Sanford University of Texas at Austin 8 26 333 3,089 897
27 Sachs, Stephen E. Harvard University 13 8 778 376 911
28 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 7 22 256 3,956 487
29 Ackerman, Bruce Arnold Yale University 9 16 334 2,948 771
30 Barrett, Amy Coney U.S. Supreme Court 11 9 767 467 636
31 Huq, Aziz Z. University of Chicago 14 15 600 621 1,353
32 Metzger, Gillian E. Columbia University School of Law 9 13 653 1,249 537
33 Blocher, Joseph Duke University 15 13 616 704 1,077
34 Gunther, Gerald 3 7 181 4,297 188
35 Calabresi, Guido Yale University 5 6 316 3,114 473
36 Dorf, Michael C. Cornell University 10 17 387 2,359 658
37 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 8 7 595 728 921
38 Lawrence, Charles R. 6 6 331 3,077 214
39 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 9 26 281 2,760 729
40 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 11 18 496 1,538 659
41 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 11 19 432 2,137 423
42 Pozen, David E. Columbia University School of Law 13 11 621 688 679
43 Friedman, Barry New York University 10 20 346 2,389 550
44 Nelson, Caleb University of Virginia 12 11 544 1,212 534
45 McGinnis, John O. Northwestern University 11 22 444 1,640 601
46 Laycock, Douglas University of Virginia 9 26 296 2,573 500
47 Sullivan, Kathleen M. Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan 6 14 250 2,799 493
48 Paulsen, Michael University of St. Thomas 11 22 323 2,036 709
49 Schwartz, Joanna C. University of California, Los Angeles 11 5 645 171 672
50 Melamed, A. Douglas 1 1 271 2,829 287
51 Yoo, John Choon University of California, Berkeley 8 23 251 2,044 1,027
52 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 9 26 244 2,670 506
53 Rappaport, Michael B. University of San Diego 11 19 431 1,327 509
54 Strauss, David A. University of Chicago 8 17 336 1,736 599
55 Ginsburg, Tom University of Chicago 10 13 395 481 1,376
56 Whittington, Keith E. Yale University 9 14 432 858 762
57 Brest, Paul Stanford University 5 9 162 2,970 314
58 Karlan, Pamela Susan Stanford University 10 25 299 1,844 519
59 Goldsmith, Jack Landman III Harvard University 9 12 282 1,846 570
60 Young, Ernest A. Duke University 9 14 324 1,501 626
61 Alexander, Lawrence Alan University of San Diego 10 22 282 1,851 520
62 Greene, Jamal Columbia University School of Law 12 15 474 779 460
63 Van Alstyne, William W. 5 27 79 3,367 251
64 Scalia, Antonin U.S. Supreme Court 4 8 271 1,388 945
65 Levinson, Daryl New York University 10 11 337 1,483 514
66 Karst, Kenneth L. University of California, Los Angeles 6 20 122 2,984 315
67 Wechsler, Herbert American Law Institute 1 3 175 2,846 116
68 Landau, David E. Florida State University 10 10 349 366 1,340
69 Bell, Derrick 3 8 417 1,186 250
70 Jackson, Vicki C. Harvard University 10 16 316 1,324 561
71 Walker, Christopher J. University of Michigan 12 9 506 195 536
72 Sager, Lawrence University of Texas at Austin 6 15 154 2,623 247
73 Frickey, Philip P. 5 12 262 2,111 134
74 Klarman, Michael J. Harvard University 8 12 309 1,401 483
75 Pfander, James E. Northwestern University 12 14 379 842 572
76 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 5 10 448 384 623
77 Rubenfeld, Jed Yale University 7 16 172 2,145 361
78 Slobogin, Christopher Vanderbilt University 9 18 243 1,516 535
79 Pildes, Richard H. New York University 10 16 257 1,410 529
80 Revesz, Richard L. New York University 8 8 313 1,317 276
81 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 6 18 163 1,892 528
82 Harrison, John University of Virginia 10 13 308 1,031 482
83 Garrett, Brandon L. Duke University 12 10 356 348 825
84 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 9 11 321 763 638
85 Bressman, Lisa Schultz Vanderbilt University 7 5 368 918 253
86 Ginsburg, Ruth Bader U.S. Supreme Court 6 12 210 1,355 617
87 Williams, Robert Rutgers University 8 20 213 1,611 336
88 Stuntz, William J. 8 9 221 1,625 277
89 Kopel, David B. 9 17 247 871 790
90 Corwin, Edward S. Princeton University 6 19 107 2,282 268
91 Clark, Bradford R. George Washington University 10 16 251 1,261 407
92 Vladeck, Stephen I. Georgetown University 9 14 347 479 588
93 Dixon, Rosalind 10 11 299 327 929
94 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 8 8 203 954 861
95 Ely, John Hart Yale University 4 14 63 2,574 172
96 Treanor, William Michael Georgetown University 7 11 234 1,443 250
97 Albert, Richard University of Texas at Austin 9 12 275 377 942
98 Stone, Geoffrey R. University of Chicago 5 15 124 1,753 489
99 Linde, Hans A. 6 13 104 2,111 279
100 Powell, H. Jefferson Duke University 4 14 147 1,884 256