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Last Updated: May 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Abraham, Kenneth S. University of Virginia 7 14 244 1,129 672
2 Schwarcz, Daniel University of Minnesota 10 11 343 383 780
3 Baker, Tom University of Pennsylvania 8 11 197 785 417
4 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 1 2 67 1,868 50
5 Logue, Kyle University of Michigan 8 12 174 629 312
6 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 1 1 80 1,257 137
7 O'Connell, Jeffrey 2 22 15 1,670 81
8 Kessler, Friedrich Yale University 1 3 89 1,124 45
9 Keeton, Robert E. 2 13 35 1,170 34
10 Prince, Anya University of Iowa 4 4 142 46 350
11 Macneil, Ian R. 3 3 47 468 403
12 Dan-Cohen, Meir University of California, Berkeley 1 3 88 538 75
13 Priest, George L. 2 7 40 774 99
14 Patterson, Edwin W. 2 11 34 775 104
15 Hall, Mark A. Wake Forest University 4 13 38 747 104
16 James, Fleming Jr. Connecticut State House of Representitives 2 10 20 847 66
17 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 4 13 33 749 79
18 Siegelman, Peter University of Connecticut 3 4 42 527 227
19 Sage, William M. Texas A&M University 5 11 63 507 115
20 Schwartz, Gary T. 3 7 60 485 120
21 Hyman, David Georgetown University 4 10 52 434 176
22 Stempel, Jeffrey W. University of Nevada, Las Vegas 5 10 72 300 174
23 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 4 4 65 364 150
24 Huberfeld, Nicole Boston University 5 7 73 233 208
25 Silver, Charles University of Texas at Austin 4 10 46 448 126
26 Richmond, Douglas R. 3 12 37 422 162
27 Romano, Roberta Yale University 3 3 55 434 62
28 Griffith, Sean J. Fordham University 4 4 59 245 205
29 Jost, Timothy Stoltzfus 4 11 45 419 114
30 Schwartz, Victor E. Shook, Hardy & Bacon 5 13 53 362 112
31 Nimmer, Melville B. 1 1 49 463 52
32 French, Christopher C. 5 6 71 84 252
33 Rabin, Robert L. Stanford University 3 9 71 277 74
34 Havighurst, Clark C. 2 12 10 603 76
35 Trautman, Lawrence J. 4 3 80 49 210
36 Geistfeld, Mark New York University 3 5 76 123 139
37 Wright, Richard W. Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 1 1 44 288 155
38 Kinney, Eleanor D. Indiana University Indianapolis 2 15 11 555 59
39 Hanson, Jon Harvard University 3 4 32 465 27
40 Rappaport, John University of Chicago 3 2 87 60 112
41 Schwarcz, Steven L. Duke University 4 4 47 132 237
42 Wiley, Lindsay University of California, Los Angeles 5 4 85 55 107
43 Kimball, Spencer L. 1 12 8 527 62
44 Ben-Shahar, Omri University of Chicago 3 4 74 119 92
45 Boardman, Michelle E. George Mason University 5 5 60 184 100
46 Andrews, William D. 1 1 31 390 13
47 Bishop, Joseph W. Jr. 1 3 7 529 8
48 Sebok, Anthony J. Yeshiva University 3 5 57 182 59
49 Sugarman, Stephen 2 6 19 377 69
50 Viscusi, W. Kip Vanderbilt University 2 8 8 217 260
51 Engstrom, Nora Freeman Stanford University 3 4 54 119 107
52 Monahan, Amy B. University of Minnesota 4 7 46 133 129
53 Ormerod, Peter C. 2 2 54 35 171
54 Syverud, Kent D. Syracuse University 2 4 27 339 31
55 Kesselheim, Aaron S. 3 4 53 59 141
56 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 1 3 16 311 102
57 Engel, Kathleen C. Suffolk University 2 2 32 299 30
58 Wilmarth, Arthur E. Jr. George Washington University 2 3 31 154 159
59 Vazquez, Carlos M. Georgetown University 2 2 27 341 12
60 Nevitt, Mark P. Emory University 3 1 31 5 287
61 Burger, Warren E. U.S. Supreme Court 1 1 10 435 14
62 Bohlen, Francis H. 1 5 10 431 13
63 Rice, Willy E. St. Mary's University 4 7 38 169 95
64 McCoy, Patricia A. Boston College 2 2 35 256 35
65 Kay, Herma Hill 2 4 15 326 71
66 Fox, Dov University of San Diego 2 1 61 47 89
67 Fahey, Bridget A. University of Chicago 2 1 55 4 152
68 Spade, Dean Seattle University 2 2 43 172 62
69 Donohue, John J. III Stanford University 1 1 13 384 25
70 Kritzer, Herbert M. University of Minnesota 2 3 57 102 50
71 Sachs, Rachel Eva Washington University 4 2 58 26 109
72 Carrington, Paul D. 1 2 8 418 11
73 Maher, Brendan S. Texas A&M University 3 7 45 110 93
74 Green, Leon 2 11 13 363 25
75 Schauer, Frederick 2 2 34 171 94
76 Swisher, Peter Nash 3 8 24 254 66
77 Avraham, Ronen Tel-Aviv University 3 4 45 115 74
78 Friedman, Lawrence M. 2 2 15 323 32
79 Fuse Brown, Erin Chiyoko 5 4 55 44 64
80 Pryor, Ellen University of North Texas at Dallas 3 11 16 287 38
81 Burbank, Stephen B. University of Pennsylvania 1 1 54 77 40
82 Farhang, Sean University of California, Berkeley 1 1 54 77 40
83 Blumstein, James F. Vanderbilt University 2 5 12 322 28
84 Krause, Joan H. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 3 7 26 194 68
85 Weiler, Paul C. 2 5 18 274 38
86 Stapleton, Jane 2 3 23 176 100
87 Porat, Ariel Tel-Aviv University 4 6 37 137 60
88 Reese, Willis L. M. 1 2 10 342 13
89 Jacobi, John V. Seton Hall University 2 9 12 246 82
90 Fama, Eugene F. 1 1 17 201 101
91 Jensen, Michael C. 1 1 17 201 101
92 Wardle, Lynn D. Brigham Young University Law School 2 3 9 206 132
93 Cheatham, Elliott E. 1 1 10 336 12
94 Beale, Joseph H. 1 3 7 329 31
95 Diver, Colin S. 1 2 14 306 16
96 White, G. Edward University of Virginia 3 2 52 12 84
97 Linder, Marc University of Iowa 2 2 34 114 82
98 Hazen, Thomas Lee University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2 4 16 190 101
99 Hoffman, Allison K. University of Pennsylvania 3 4 37 100 72
100 Scott, Elizabeth S. Columbia University School of Law 1 1 29 173 50