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Last Updated: March 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 20 32 1,185 8,164 2,314
2 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 23 22 1,610 4,852 1,967
3 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 22 30 1,389 3,776 2,404
4 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 19 23 1,183 3,342 1,482
5 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 14 35 675 5,612 1,242
6 Solum, Lawrence B. University of Virginia 15 18 1,272 1,499 1,387
7 Baude, William University of Chicago 15 11 1,386 583 1,570
8 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 16 31 799 3,652 1,520
9 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 14 30 747 4,493 870
10 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 14 31 857 2,921 1,115
11 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 11 30 500 3,720 1,711
12 Eskridge, William Yale University 13 22 568 4,197 776
13 Kerr, Orin S. Stanford University 14 18 750 2,726 970
14 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 15 23 693 2,542 1,204
15 Manning, John F. Harvard University 11 16 810 2,347 687
16 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 14 20 577 3,213 1,105
17 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 6 24 211 5,901 536
18 Redish, Martin H. Northwestern University 11 29 456 3,879 677
19 Schauer, Frederick 12 28 444 3,261 1,190
20 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 12 20 628 2,106 1,249
21 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 13 19 563 2,827 771
22 Brennan, William J. Jr. U.S. Supreme Court 6 13 348 3,829 592
23 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 15 20 655 1,566 931
24 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 12 24 468 2,552 878
25 Sachs, Stephen E. Harvard University 12 8 798 376 1,005
26 Levinson, Sanford University of Texas at Austin 8 26 339 3,048 972
27 Monaghan, Henry P. 10 21 299 3,984 330
28 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 7 21 257 3,929 518
29 Ackerman, Bruce Arnold Yale University 9 16 342 2,949 796
30 Barrett, Amy Coney U.S. Supreme Court 11 9 783 467 697
31 Metzger, Gillian E. Columbia University School of Law 10 13 666 1,249 567
32 Gunther, Gerald 3 7 189 4,300 206
33 Blocher, Joseph Duke University 15 13 625 704 1,127
34 Calabresi, Guido Yale University 5 6 318 3,117 522
35 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 8 8 612 742 1,016
36 Dorf, Michael C. Cornell University 10 17 396 2,359 675
37 Huq, Aziz Z. University of Chicago 13 15 562 595 1,364
38 Lawrence, Charles R. 6 6 339 3,077 226
39 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 9 26 284 2,761 789
40 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 12 18 505 1,538 700
41 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 11 19 437 2,136 443
42 Pozen, David E. Columbia University School of Law 13 11 634 688 652
43 Friedman, Barry New York University 10 20 348 2,389 596
44 Nelson, Caleb University of Virginia 12 11 549 1,212 581
45 McGinnis, John O. Northwestern University 11 22 452 1,636 630
46 Laycock, Douglas University of Virginia 9 26 300 2,572 503
47 Paulsen, Michael University of St. Thomas 11 22 332 2,036 804
48 Sullivan, Kathleen M. Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan 6 14 249 2,800 509
49 Melamed, A. Douglas 1 1 273 2,831 320
50 Schwartz, Joanna C. University of California, Los Angeles 11 5 654 171 666
51 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 9 26 244 2,671 539
52 Yoo, John Choon University of California, Berkeley 8 23 256 2,057 1,013
53 Rappaport, Michael B. University of San Diego 11 19 437 1,328 548
54 Ginsburg, Tom University of Chicago 11 13 406 481 1,469
55 Strauss, David A. University of Chicago 9 17 344 1,736 600
56 Whittington, Keith E. Yale University 9 14 441 858 803
57 Brest, Paul Stanford University 5 9 163 2,970 338
58 Goldsmith, Jack Landman III Harvard University 9 12 285 1,846 596
59 Scalia, Antonin U.S. Supreme Court 4 8 272 1,388 1,067
60 Greene, Jamal Columbia University School of Law 12 15 481 779 489
61 Young, Ernest A. Duke University 9 14 333 1,500 620
62 Alexander, Lawrence Alan University of San Diego 10 22 285 1,854 543
63 Levinson, Daryl New York University 10 11 345 1,482 545
64 Van Alstyne, William W. 5 27 81 3,371 229
65 Karst, Kenneth L. University of California, Los Angeles 6 20 123 2,984 330
66 Wechsler, Herbert American Law Institute 1 3 178 2,848 134
67 Landau, David E. Florida State University 11 10 354 366 1,421
68 Bell, Derrick 3 8 428 1,184 263
69 Pfander, James E. Northwestern University 12 14 390 842 632
70 Walker, Christopher J. University of Michigan 12 9 510 195 583
71 Frickey, Philip P. 5 12 268 2,111 136
72 Karlan, Pamela Susan Stanford University 9 24 277 1,683 460
73 Jackson, Vicki C. Harvard University 10 16 319 1,324 564
74 Sager, Lawrence University of Texas at Austin 6 15 155 2,625 255
75 Klarman, Michael J. Harvard University 8 12 311 1,401 509
76 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 5 10 459 382 593
77 Slobogin, Christopher Vanderbilt University 10 18 247 1,516 590
78 Rubenfeld, Jed Yale University 7 16 175 2,146 351
79 Pildes, Richard H. New York University 10 16 259 1,410 552
80 Revesz, Richard L. New York University 8 8 317 1,317 297
81 Harrison, John University of Virginia 11 13 315 1,037 549
82 Garrett, Brandon L. Duke University 12 10 362 348 896
83 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 6 18 164 1,893 533
84 Bressman, Lisa Schultz Vanderbilt University 7 5 375 918 273
85 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 9 11 325 763 665
86 Vladeck, Stephen I. Georgetown University 9 14 352 478 654
87 Williams, Robert Rutgers University 8 20 216 1,611 346
88 Kopel, David B. 9 17 251 871 825
89 Dixon, Rosalind 10 11 309 327 1,000
90 Ginsburg, Ruth Bader U.S. Supreme Court 6 12 210 1,355 590
91 Clark, Bradford R. George Washington University 10 16 254 1,261 435
92 Corwin, Edward S. Princeton University 6 19 108 2,283 284
93 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 8 8 209 954 884
94 Treanor, William Michael Georgetown University 8 11 240 1,443 261
95 Ely, John Hart Yale University 4 14 63 2,575 171
96 Campbell, Jud Stanford University 10 5 335 135 900
97 Stuntz, William J. 8 8 219 1,517 253
98 Albert, Richard University of Texas at Austin 9 12 277 377 957
99 Linde, Hans A. 6 13 107 2,114 278
100 Westen, Peter University of Michigan 4 15 94 2,185 281