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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 30 78 3,605 24,615 6,646
2 Eskridge, William Yale University 23 45 1,680 10,659 2,135
3 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 25 28 2,130 6,099 2,851
4 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 23 38 1,694 5,015 3,276
5 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 4 5 797 2,302 10,364
6 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 25 35 1,638 5,636 2,180
7 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 16 39 1,075 9,185 1,941
8 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 20 41 1,335 6,180 2,811
9 Schauer, Frederick 19 39 1,107 6,783 2,865
10 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 17 18 1,766 1,492 4,016
11 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 15 47 835 8,365 1,855
12 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 13 41 798 6,488 2,952
13 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 19 35 1,246 4,241 2,538
14 Solum, Lawrence B. University of Virginia 18 22 1,517 2,176 2,176
15 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 21 33 1,291 3,965 1,598
16 Manning, John F. Harvard University 20 26 1,394 3,907 1,035
17 Baude, William University of Chicago 22 14 1,742 805 1,885
18 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 18 33 1,016 5,261 1,566
19 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 18 30 1,037 5,184 1,245
20 Redish, Martin H. Northwestern University 13 46 695 7,194 1,150
21 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 16 26 713 6,878 894
22 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 14 34 870 5,444 1,089
23 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 16 31 903 3,958 1,645
24 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 8 28 300 8,149 768
25 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 19 30 915 3,722 1,504
26 Monaghan, Henry P. 12 29 607 6,571 552
27 Friedman, Barry New York University 15 30 829 3,823 1,654
28 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 14 31 952 3,215 1,387
29 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 11 35 522 5,544 1,499
30 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 16 28 894 2,995 1,803
31 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 12 39 531 5,607 1,227
32 Kerr, Orin S. Stanford University 16 23 873 3,294 1,194
33 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 15 27 710 4,093 1,331
34 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 16 26 897 3,230 1,038
35 Scalia, Antonin U.S. Supreme Court 8 19 684 3,976 1,482
36 Resnik, Judith Yale University 13 36 710 3,990 1,121
37 Pildes, Richard H. New York University 14 27 668 3,785 1,476
38 Gluck, Abbe Rubin Yale University 20 16 1,129 1,627 970
39 Bebchuk, Lucian Arye Harvard University 14 20 733 2,611 1,920
40 Levinson, Sanford University of Texas at Austin 10 34 469 4,347 1,379
41 Metzger, Gillian E. Columbia University School of Law 15 19 987 1,850 884
42 Frickey, Philip P. 12 26 553 4,682 459
43 Issacharoff, Samuel New York University 15 31 572 3,538 1,376
44 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 12 32 410 4,723 1,083
45 Revesz, Richard L. New York University 15 22 677 3,277 939
46 Paulsen, Michael University of St. Thomas 14 28 562 3,332 1,467
47 Brennan, William J. Jr. U.S. Supreme Court 8 18 427 4,872 784
48 Huq, Aziz Z. University of Chicago 15 19 836 922 2,136
49 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 8 30 327 5,389 737
50 Briffault, Richard Columbia University School of Law 11 30 607 3,208 1,188
51 Walker, Christopher J. University of Michigan 18 16 1,062 707 1,034
52 Goldsmith, Jack Landman III Harvard University 13 24 480 3,565 1,434
53 Waldron, Jeremy New York University 10 20 522 1,833 2,759
54 Yoo, John Choon University of California, Berkeley 9 34 398 3,591 1,748
55 Pozen, David E. Columbia University School of Law 18 18 935 1,113 1,065
56 Dorf, Michael C. Cornell University 13 25 556 3,397 979
57 Ackerman, Bruce Arnold Yale University 11 23 412 4,273 881
58 Strauss, Peter L. Columbia University School of Law 11 28 500 3,926 589
59 Karlan, Pamela Susan Stanford University 11 37 523 3,564 773
60 Fuller, L. L. 5 13 210 2,063 3,697
61 Pound, Roscoe 6 25 261 4,258 1,370
62 Calabresi, Guido Yale University 7 11 385 4,261 660
63 Barkow, Rachel E. New York University 14 19 693 1,998 1,027
64 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 14 15 631 1,957 1,343
65 Stewart, Richard B. 10 26 346 4,189 771
66 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 12 16 576 1,580 1,908
67 Sachs, Stephen E. Harvard University 14 10 914 448 1,109
68 Hasen, Richard L. University of California, Los Angeles 13 30 575 2,473 1,052
69 Devins, Neal William & Mary Law School 14 29 554 2,449 1,147
70 Blocher, Joseph Duke University 17 14 766 886 1,406
71 Ginsburg, Tom University of Chicago 12 16 617 827 2,251
72 Wechsler, Herbert American Law Institute 5 11 265 5,018 255
73 Pierce, Richard J. Jr. George Washington University 10 31 416 3,645 649
74 Freeman, Jody Harvard University 11 12 594 2,266 959
75 Stuntz, William J. 11 15 548 2,861 651
76 McGinnis, John O. Northwestern University 11 28 531 2,403 977
77 Gerken, Heather Kristin Yale University 12 20 609 2,087 835
78 Laycock, Douglas University of Virginia 11 28 443 3,041 845
79 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 10 15 724 916 1,252
80 Pfander, James E. Northwestern University 15 21 679 1,461 987
81 Nelson, Caleb University of Virginia 13 16 655 1,907 696
82 Henkin, Louis 8 25 158 4,602 865
83 Frankfurter, Felix U.S. Supreme Court 7 27 275 4,363 451
84 Bressman, Lisa Schultz Vanderbilt University 12 14 646 2,055 563
85 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 7 26 302 3,380 1,166
86 Burbank, Stephen B. University of Pennsylvania 13 30 485 2,873 605
87 Young, Ernest A. Duke University 10 25 466 2,663 873
88 Gunther, Gerald 4 11 217 4,740 288
89 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 7 22 238 4,129 709
90 Strauss, David A. University of Chicago 11 22 457 2,546 813
91 Barrett, Amy Coney U.S. Supreme Court 12 9 816 468 736
92 Coglianese, Cary University of Pennsylvania 13 16 575 1,001 1,521
93 Koh, Harold H. Yale University 11 24 315 2,961 1,113
94 Eisenberg, Theodore 10 30 326 3,529 516
95 Sullivan, Kathleen M. Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan 7 21 309 3,421 685
96 Mashaw, Jerry L. Yale University 12 26 411 2,866 555
97 Alexander, Lawrence Alan University of San Diego 10 27 370 2,607 994
98 Hickman, Kristin E. University of Minnesota 14 12 636 1,506 514
99 Brest, Paul Stanford University 7 12 217 4,091 391
100 Lessig, Lawrence Harvard University 8 20 303 3,296 636