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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 32 78 3,744 24,575 6,367
2 Eskridge, William Yale University 24 46 1,750 10,776 1,986
3 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 25 28 2,226 6,099 2,561
4 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 23 38 1,754 5,017 3,174
5 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 4 5 816 2,304 10,150
6 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 25 35 1,716 5,636 2,068
7 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 16 39 1,117 9,186 1,885
8 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 20 41 1,371 6,180 2,578
9 Schauer, Frederick 19 39 1,161 6,784 2,779
10 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 18 18 1,824 1,494 4,048
11 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 15 46 833 8,018 1,633
12 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 13 41 835 6,502 2,888
13 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 19 35 1,185 4,337 2,544
14 Solum, Lawrence B. University of Virginia 18 22 1,598 2,177 2,079
15 Baude, William University of Chicago 23 14 1,840 806 1,809
16 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 21 33 1,335 3,965 1,509
17 Manning, John F. Harvard University 20 26 1,438 3,908 973
18 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 20 33 1,078 5,262 1,509
19 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 18 30 1,092 5,185 1,180
20 Redish, Martin H. Northwestern University 13 46 730 7,194 1,060
21 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 16 26 752 6,878 820
22 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 14 34 905 5,444 1,010
23 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 16 31 934 3,960 1,442
24 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 19 30 971 3,722 1,424
25 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 8 28 308 8,146 755
26 Monaghan, Henry P. 12 29 638 6,571 497
27 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 17 28 942 2,997 2,039
28 Friedman, Barry New York University 15 30 858 3,823 1,646
29 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 14 31 985 3,215 1,321
30 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 11 35 542 5,546 1,418
31 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 12 39 542 5,606 1,176
32 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 17 26 964 3,230 1,053
33 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 15 27 747 4,091 1,335
34 Kerr, Orin S. Stanford University 16 23 910 3,300 1,221
35 Scalia, Antonin U.S. Supreme Court 9 19 712 3,974 1,406
36 Pildes, Richard H. New York University 15 27 712 3,780 1,449
37 Gluck, Abbe Rubin Yale University 20 16 1,173 1,628 943
38 Resnik, Judith Yale University 14 36 725 3,996 1,032
39 Bebchuk, Lucian Arye Harvard University 15 20 752 2,611 1,750
40 Levinson, Sanford University of Texas at Austin 10 34 501 4,388 1,320
41 Metzger, Gillian E. Columbia University School of Law 15 19 1,030 1,850 890
42 Goldsmith, Jack Landman III Harvard University 14 25 528 3,803 1,550
43 Issacharoff, Samuel New York University 15 31 601 3,544 1,360
44 Frickey, Philip P. 12 26 570 4,682 431
45 Paulsen, Michael University of St. Thomas 14 28 606 3,332 1,429
46 Huq, Aziz Z. University of Chicago 15 19 876 922 2,085
47 Revesz, Richard L. New York University 15 22 698 3,277 885
48 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 12 32 430 4,722 928
49 Brennan, William J. Jr. U.S. Supreme Court 8 18 441 4,871 693
50 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 8 30 339 5,386 706
51 Briffault, Richard Columbia University School of Law 11 30 636 3,210 1,119
52 Walker, Christopher J. University of Michigan 19 16 1,096 725 982
53 Waldron, Jeremy New York University 10 20 548 1,836 2,597
54 Pozen, David E. Columbia University School of Law 18 18 967 1,123 1,031
55 Yoo, John Choon University of California, Berkeley 9 34 408 3,578 1,637
56 Ackerman, Bruce Arnold Yale University 11 23 428 4,272 895
57 Dorf, Michael C. Cornell University 13 25 581 3,400 892
58 Karlan, Pamela Susan Stanford University 12 37 543 3,564 727
59 Fuller, L. L. 5 13 221 2,063 3,636
60 Strauss, Peter L. Columbia University School of Law 11 28 509 3,927 544
61 Pound, Roscoe 6 25 267 4,255 1,382
62 Sachs, Stephen E. Harvard University 15 11 988 486 1,114
63 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 13 16 600 1,581 2,026
64 Calabresi, Guido Yale University 7 11 402 4,263 587
65 Barkow, Rachel E. New York University 14 19 716 2,000 976
66 Hasen, Richard L. University of California, Los Angeles 14 30 604 2,473 1,054
67 Ginsburg, Tom University of Chicago 12 16 652 828 2,267
68 Devins, Neal William & Mary Law School 15 30 597 2,434 1,074
69 Blocher, Joseph Duke University 18 14 806 886 1,365
70 Stuntz, William J. 11 16 567 2,916 693
71 Wechsler, Herbert American Law Institute 5 11 276 5,016 252
72 Freeman, Jody Harvard University 11 12 624 2,267 935
73 Pierce, Richard J. Jr. George Washington University 10 31 434 3,669 622
74 Gerken, Heather Kristin Yale University 12 20 642 2,087 822
75 Stewart, Richard B. 9 24 313 3,979 768
76 Pfander, James E. Northwestern University 15 21 712 1,462 987
77 Laycock, Douglas University of Virginia 11 28 461 3,042 802
78 McGinnis, John O. Northwestern University 12 28 559 2,403 873
79 Nelson, Caleb University of Virginia 14 16 683 1,909 680
80 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 10 15 743 918 1,238
81 Henkin, Louis 8 25 160 4,601 848
82 Bressman, Lisa Schultz Vanderbilt University 13 14 670 2,055 560
83 Frankfurter, Felix U.S. Supreme Court 7 27 281 4,364 453
84 Burbank, Stephen B. University of Pennsylvania 13 30 501 2,882 590
85 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 7 26 309 3,394 1,074
86 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 14 14 610 1,379 1,327
87 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 7 22 248 4,128 697
88 Gunther, Gerald 4 11 222 4,741 279
89 Young, Ernest A. Duke University 11 25 487 2,665 763
90 Coglianese, Cary University of Pennsylvania 13 16 614 1,001 1,458
91 Eisenberg, Theodore 10 30 334 3,534 578
92 Koh, Harold H. Yale University 11 24 326 2,963 1,090
93 Strauss, David A. University of Chicago 11 22 475 2,546 716
94 Barrett, Amy Coney U.S. Supreme Court 12 9 843 468 662
95 Sullivan, Kathleen M. Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan 7 21 323 3,421 613
96 Hickman, Kristin E. University of Minnesota 14 12 675 1,506 528
97 Mashaw, Jerry L. Yale University 12 26 430 2,865 529
98 Alexander, Lawrence Alan University of San Diego 11 27 385 2,608 953
99 Lessig, Lawrence Harvard University 8 20 316 3,297 616
100 Brest, Paul Stanford University 7 12 221 4,096 371