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Last Updated: November 2025

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 33 76 3,974 22,525 6,820
2 Eskridge, William Yale University 25 45 1,927 10,421 2,227
3 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 27 27 2,365 5,702 3,113
4 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 25 37 1,899 4,736 3,478
5 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 19 39 1,276 8,927 2,039
6 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 4 5 910 2,165 10,214
7 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 27 34 1,837 5,349 2,306
8 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 21 40 1,530 5,849 2,952
9 Schauer, Frederick 19 38 1,296 6,521 2,977
10 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 18 17 1,976 1,191 4,264
11 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 16 46 1,011 8,204 2,061
12 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 21 35 1,477 4,206 3,069
13 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 14 39 923 6,309 2,927
14 Manning, John F. Harvard University 21 26 1,624 3,641 1,199
15 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 22 33 1,459 3,731 1,775
16 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 19 33 1,154 5,067 1,529
17 Redish, Martin H. Northwestern University 14 45 826 7,033 1,211
18 Solum, Lawrence B. University of Virginia 20 22 1,592 1,985 2,241
19 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 19 29 1,168 4,982 1,339
20 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 16 26 848 6,690 1,004
21 Baude, William University of Chicago 21 13 1,831 599 1,968
22 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 16 34 989 5,275 1,206
23 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 16 31 1,003 3,808 1,789
24 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 7 27 362 8,059 808
25 Monaghan, Henry P. 13 29 691 6,451 644
26 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 20 29 1,017 3,558 1,635
27 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 11 35 599 5,384 1,691
28 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 12 38 636 5,587 1,227
29 Friedman, Barry New York University 17 29 886 3,676 1,811
30 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 15 31 1,034 3,062 1,552
31 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 17 28 977 2,845 1,975
32 Resnik, Judith Yale University 17 36 890 4,040 1,231
33 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 16 26 861 3,902 1,402
34 Kerr, Orin S. Stanford University 17 23 1,051 3,063 1,265
35 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 16 25 1,000 3,090 1,177
36 Pildes, Richard H. New York University 15 27 769 3,640 1,575
37 Gluck, Abbe Rubin Yale University 19 15 1,332 1,369 989
38 Scalia, Antonin U.S. Supreme Court 8 18 746 3,804 1,453
39 Bebchuk, Lucian Arye Harvard University 16 19 807 2,500 2,020
40 Levinson, Sanford University of Texas at Austin 10 34 551 4,280 1,523
41 Waldron, Jeremy New York University 11 20 683 1,857 3,183
42 Goldsmith, Jack Landman III Harvard University 14 25 596 3,681 1,807
43 Frickey, Philip P. 13 26 654 4,557 488
44 Metzger, Gillian E. Columbia University School of Law 15 19 1,118 1,654 920
45 Revesz, Richard L. New York University 15 22 789 3,124 1,002
46 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 13 17 826 1,593 2,305
47 Huq, Aziz Z. University of Chicago 16 19 973 805 2,315
48 Issacharoff, Samuel New York University 15 29 648 3,377 1,405
49 Brennan, William J. Jr. U.S. Supreme Court 7 18 477 4,777 862
50 Briffault, Richard Columbia University School of Law 13 30 703 3,078 1,331
51 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 10 29 373 5,320 768
52 Yoo, John Choon University of California, Berkeley 10 34 459 3,490 2,012
53 Paulsen, Michael University of St. Thomas 15 28 615 3,238 1,432
54 Ackerman, Bruce Arnold Yale University 12 23 503 4,154 940
55 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 13 30 442 4,037 1,294
56 Fuller, L. L. 5 13 235 2,022 4,301
57 Walker, Christopher J. University of Michigan 20 13 1,167 536 1,087
58 Dorf, Michael C. Cornell University 14 24 625 3,294 1,004
59 Strauss, Peter L. Columbia University School of Law 13 27 602 3,799 615
60 Pozen, David E. Columbia University School of Law 18 16 1,051 945 1,122
61 Karlan, Pamela Susan Stanford University 13 36 600 3,460 868
62 Calabresi, Guido Yale University 7 11 458 4,161 656
63 Pound, Roscoe 7 23 320 4,126 1,351
64 Stewart, Richard B. 10 25 406 4,138 860
65 Hasen, Richard L. University of California, Los Angeles 16 30 695 2,323 1,180
66 Barkow, Rachel E. New York University 15 18 804 1,849 1,053
67 Wechsler, Herbert American Law Institute 5 11 313 4,945 284
68 Devins, Neal William & Mary Law School 15 28 626 2,344 1,174
69 Pierce, Richard J. Jr. George Washington University 11 30 477 3,598 690
70 Freeman, Jody Harvard University 12 12 683 2,149 1,043
71 Ginsburg, Tom University of Chicago 13 16 685 730 2,404
72 Blocher, Joseph Duke University 17 14 858 744 1,511
73 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 16 13 670 1,779 1,430
74 Stuntz, William J. 11 15 621 2,780 668
75 Henkin, Louis 9 24 208 4,534 895
76 McGinnis, John O. Northwestern University 12 27 602 2,295 1,106
77 Gerken, Heather Kristin Yale University 13 20 718 1,919 858
78 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 8 26 350 3,312 1,297
79 Laycock, Douglas University of Virginia 11 27 470 2,957 959
80 Frankfurter, Felix U.S. Supreme Court 8 26 311 4,311 427
81 Nelson, Caleb University of Virginia 14 16 753 1,773 705
82 Bressman, Lisa Schultz Vanderbilt University 13 14 727 1,934 652
83 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 8 22 275 4,073 797
84 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 10 13 781 823 1,435
85 Burbank, Stephen B. University of Pennsylvania 15 30 543 2,806 658
86 Gunther, Gerald 4 11 250 4,686 293
87 Sachs, Stephen E. Harvard University 15 8 942 353 1,063
88 Young, Ernest A. Duke University 11 24 528 2,566 914
89 Koh, Harold H. Yale University 12 23 394 2,860 1,267
90 Strauss, David A. University of Chicago 11 22 545 2,433 916
91 Pfander, James E. Northwestern University 16 20 741 1,365 973
92 Sullivan, Kathleen M. Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan 8 21 367 3,341 808
93 Mashaw, Jerry L. Yale University 13 26 499 2,764 571
94 Lessig, Lawrence Harvard University 10 20 373 3,211 686
95 Coglianese, Cary University of Pennsylvania 13 14 633 889 1,631
96 Sager, Lawrence University of Texas at Austin 9 18 285 3,722 532
97 Brest, Paul Stanford University 7 12 244 4,057 392
98 Karst, Kenneth L. University of California, Los Angeles 7 27 181 4,274 479
99 Gilson, Ronald J. Columbia University School of Law 11 14 563 1,989 779
100 Hickman, Kristin E. University of Minnesota 15 12 693 1,398 605