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Last Updated: May 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 20 32 1,239 8,140 2,215
2 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 23 22 1,684 4,852 1,787
3 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 22 30 1,435 3,778 2,286
4 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 20 23 1,246 3,342 1,376
5 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 14 35 702 5,607 1,184
6 Solum, Lawrence B. University of Virginia 16 18 1,360 1,527 1,328
7 Baude, William University of Chicago 15 11 1,464 586 1,519
8 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 17 31 823 3,652 1,363
9 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 14 30 778 4,493 799
10 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 14 31 890 2,921 1,075
11 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 11 30 538 3,739 1,617
12 Eskridge, William Yale University 13 22 600 4,315 738
13 Kerr, Orin S. Stanford University 14 18 785 2,731 1,000
14 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 15 20 611 3,211 1,107
15 Manning, John F. Harvard University 11 16 836 2,348 645
16 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 15 23 715 2,543 1,052
17 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 6 24 214 5,876 494
18 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 13 20 659 2,104 1,446
19 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 14 20 620 3,023 770
20 Redish, Martin H. Northwestern University 11 29 475 3,879 653
21 Schauer, Frederick 12 28 459 3,262 1,118
22 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 16 20 685 1,566 879
23 Brennan, William J. Jr. U.S. Supreme Court 6 13 359 3,830 506
24 Sachs, Stephen E. Harvard University 13 8 858 377 1,001
25 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 13 24 493 2,553 814
26 Levinson, Sanford University of Texas at Austin 8 26 364 3,089 916
27 Monaghan, Henry P. 11 21 315 3,984 296
28 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 8 21 267 3,920 494
29 Ackerman, Bruce Arnold Yale University 9 16 354 2,949 811
30 Metzger, Gillian E. Columbia University School of Law 10 13 701 1,249 551
31 Barrett, Amy Coney U.S. Supreme Court 11 9 809 467 628
32 Blocher, Joseph Duke University 16 13 659 704 1,079
33 Gunther, Gerald 3 7 191 4,301 199
34 Dorf, Michael C. Cornell University 10 19 427 2,418 648
35 Calabresi, Guido Yale University 5 6 330 3,118 472
36 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 8 8 634 743 1,020
37 Huq, Aziz Z. University of Chicago 14 15 586 595 1,370
38 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 12 18 547 1,536 703
39 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 9 26 295 2,762 779
40 Lawrence, Charles R. 6 6 346 3,078 201
41 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 11 19 457 2,137 426
42 Pozen, David E. Columbia University School of Law 13 11 658 688 620
43 Friedman, Barry New York University 10 20 358 2,389 591
44 Nelson, Caleb University of Virginia 12 11 573 1,212 561
45 Paulsen, Michael University of St. Thomas 12 22 355 2,036 762
46 Laycock, Douglas University of Virginia 9 26 314 2,573 485
47 McGinnis, John O. Northwestern University 12 21 471 1,606 554
48 Sullivan, Kathleen M. Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan 6 14 261 2,800 471
49 Melamed, A. Douglas 1 1 285 2,833 295
50 Schwartz, Joanna C. University of California, Los Angeles 11 5 676 171 637
51 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 9 26 249 2,670 513
52 Yoo, John Choon University of California, Berkeley 8 23 263 2,044 943
53 Ginsburg, Tom University of Chicago 11 13 427 482 1,492
54 Rappaport, Michael B. University of San Diego 11 19 455 1,328 506
55 Strauss, David A. University of Chicago 9 17 360 1,736 529
56 Whittington, Keith E. Yale University 9 14 463 858 774
57 Brest, Paul Stanford University 5 9 166 2,970 317
58 Goldsmith, Jack Landman III Harvard University 10 12 304 1,846 556
59 Scalia, Antonin U.S. Supreme Court 4 8 286 1,388 1,036
60 Greene, Jamal Columbia University School of Law 12 15 495 779 510
61 Young, Ernest A. Duke University 9 14 351 1,501 578
62 Alexander, Lawrence Alan University of San Diego 10 22 296 1,853 534
63 Van Alstyne, William W. 6 27 85 3,369 225
64 Karlan, Pamela Susan Stanford University 10 25 315 1,852 415
65 Levinson, Daryl New York University 10 11 364 1,483 498
66 Landau, David E. Florida State University 11 10 375 366 1,400
67 Karst, Kenneth L. University of California, Los Angeles 6 20 127 2,985 308
68 Wechsler, Herbert American Law Institute 1 3 184 2,846 132
69 Bell, Derrick 3 8 443 1,186 280
70 Pfander, James E. Northwestern University 13 14 406 842 623
71 Frickey, Philip P. 5 12 277 2,110 128
72 Walker, Christopher J. University of Michigan 12 9 523 195 578
73 Sager, Lawrence University of Texas at Austin 6 15 161 2,625 230
74 Jackson, Vicki C. Harvard University 10 16 331 1,324 528
75 Klarman, Michael J. Harvard University 8 12 324 1,401 491
76 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 5 10 472 384 636
77 Slobogin, Christopher Vanderbilt University 11 18 260 1,530 513
78 Rubenfeld, Jed Yale University 7 16 184 2,146 350
79 Pildes, Richard H. New York University 10 16 273 1,410 544
80 Garrett, Brandon L. Duke University 12 10 379 352 888
81 Harrison, John University of Virginia 10 13 326 1,031 530
82 Revesz, Richard L. New York University 9 8 328 1,317 258
83 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 6 18 167 1,893 511
84 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 10 11 337 763 657
85 Dixon, Rosalind 10 11 320 327 1,047
86 Bressman, Lisa Schultz Vanderbilt University 6 5 369 918 280
87 Vladeck, Stephen I. Georgetown University 9 14 361 479 683
88 Stuntz, William J. 8 9 234 1,626 289
89 Corwin, Edward S. Princeton University 6 19 112 2,283 283
90 Campbell, Jud Stanford University 11 5 370 137 889
91 Clark, Bradford R. George Washington University 10 16 263 1,261 421
92 Ginsburg, Ruth Bader U.S. Supreme Court 7 12 218 1,355 557
93 Williams, Robert Rutgers University 8 20 220 1,612 297
94 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 8 8 218 954 883
95 Kopel, David B. 9 17 256 871 762
96 Treanor, William Michael Georgetown University 8 11 254 1,443 243
97 Ely, John Hart Yale University 4 14 65 2,575 172
98 Westen, Peter University of Michigan 4 15 100 2,185 266
99 Stone, Geoffrey R. University of Chicago 6 15 132 1,754 468
100 Powell, H. Jefferson Duke University 4 14 155 1,884 231