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Last Updated: February 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Estlund, Cynthia New York University 12 20 510 1,796 1,209
2 Summers, Clyde W. 5 34 106 3,566 410
3 Lobel, Orly University of San Diego 10 14 386 1,117 895
4 Cox, Archibald U.S. Solicitor General 4 25 50 3,676 115
5 Barocas, Solon 2 1 366 288 1,383
6 Selbst, Andrew D. University of California, Los Angeles 1 1 359 288 1,260
7 Eskridge, William Yale University 7 8 305 1,417 321
8 Kapczynski, Amy Nicole Yale University 3 4 432 196 578
9 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 8 20 183 1,749 397
10 Bagenstos, Samuel University of Michigan 9 11 271 1,137 437
11 Reich, Charles A. 1 3 113 2,352 167
12 Fisk, Catherine L. University of California, Berkeley 8 15 277 666 661
13 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 8 11 250 1,258 265
14 Kim, Sang Ah 1 1 23 1 2,525
15 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 8 8 342 199 629
16 De Stefano, Valerio Osgoode Hall Law School, York University 4 4 65 43 2,190
17 Kim, Pauline T. Washington University 9 10 269 596 645
18 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 3 3 223 1,438 121
19 Purdy, Jedediah S. Duke University 3 4 382 122 381
20 Grewal, David University of California, Berkeley 2 2 375 93 374
21 Porter, Nicole Buonocore William & Mary Law School 9 13 255 425 667
22 Selmi, Michael Arizona State University 6 17 154 1,330 403
23 Sarat, Austin 4 6 81 1,122 959
24 Ajunwa, Ifeoma Emory University 7 6 244 99 980
25 Stone, Katherine V. W. University of California, Los Angeles 6 17 132 1,403 355
26 Rhode, Deborah L. 7 11 156 652 729
27 Andrias, Kate Columbia University School of Law 7 7 257 188 589
28 Rahman, K. Sabeel Cornell University 2 2 330 39 302
29 Felstiner, William L. F. 3 3 67 869 899
30 Waldron, Jeremy New York University 2 2 192 664 426
31 Klare, Karl E. Northeastern University 3 9 97 1,311 248
32 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 6 10 200 639 285
33 Schultz, Vicki Yale University 5 8 106 1,189 285
34 Cummings, Scott L. University of California, Los Angeles 5 9 181 385 589
35 Krieger, Linda Hamilton University of Hawai'i at Manoa 4 6 108 1,334 96
36 Fineman, Martha Lillian Albertson Emory University 3 4 122 350 836
37 Estreicher, Samuel New York University 6 17 122 1,000 244
38 Pope, James Gray Rutgers University 6 11 154 741 298
39 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 4 14 135 916 227
40 Schwab, Stewart J. Cornell University 6 13 109 1,029 243
41 Abel, Richard L. University of California, Los Angeles 4 7 68 539 880
42 Sullivan, Charles A. 7 15 141 751 273
43 Cherry, Miriam A. St. John's University 6 7 134 324 654
44 Bodie, Matthew T. University of Minnesota 8 10 170 273 507
45 Bartlett, Katharine T. Duke University 4 5 83 1,050 260
46 Finkin, Matthew W. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 4 19 64 1,018 367
47 Rogers, Brishen Georgetown University 6 6 121 193 778
48 Blumrosen, Alfred W. 2 22 16 1,593 100
49 Akbar, Amna University of Minnesota 2 1 223 1 419
50 Sachs, Benjamin Harvard University 8 8 158 444 346
51 Crain, Marion G. Washington University 5 16 89 777 407
52 Sternlight, Jean R. University of Nevada, Las Vegas 4 9 118 894 159
53 Arnow-Richman, Rachel S. University of Florida 8 12 171 385 313
54 Leong, Nancy University of Denver 6 7 160 197 536
55 Bornstein, Stephanie Loyola Marymount University 7 7 186 215 385
56 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 6 13 86 927 280
57 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 2 5 54 989 385
58 Collins, Hugh 6 11 118 589 391
59 Clarke, Jessica A. University of Southern California 7 5 182 205 391
60 Coglianese, Cary University of Pennsylvania 4 2 167 87 554
61 Befort, Stephen F. University of Minnesota 5 17 115 771 209
62 Mayson, Sandra G. University of Pennsylvania 1 1 209 56 356
63 LeRoy, Michael H. 3 15 66 551 639
64 Strine, Leo E. Jr. Delaware Supreme Court 8 3 223 146 164
65 Aloisi, Antonio 3 2 63 52 1,067
66 Malin, Martin H. Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 4 15 72 850 319
67 Fudge, Judy 4 9 53 242 941
68 Matsuda, Mari J. University of Hawai'i at Manoa 3 4 77 719 403
69 Travis, Michelle A. University of San Francisco 5 7 76 290 768
70 Brudney, James J. Fordham University 6 11 100 610 357
71 Green, Tristin K. Loyola Marymount University 6 10 91 621 360
72 Prescott, James J. University of Michigan 5 3 193 60 323
73 Hovenkamp, Herbert University of Pennsylvania 7 8 175 211 266
74 Seiner, Joseph Alan University of South Carolina 6 11 120 360 419
75 McGinley, Ann C. University of Nevada, Las Vegas 6 13 103 632 270
76 Sperino, Sandra F. University of Missouri 8 11 158 352 222
77 Zatz, Noah University of California, Los Angeles 8 9 161 301 247
78 Bales, Richard A. Ohio Northern University 4 14 70 632 424
79 Donohue, John J. III Stanford University 4 12 52 1,124 85
80 Edelman, Marc 7 10 116 228 514
81 Corbett, William R. Louisiana State University 6 12 101 495 357
82 Kaplow, Louis Harvard University 5 9 108 609 215
83 Laycock, Douglas University of Virginia 6 9 99 702 164
84 Grove, Tara Leigh University of Texas at Austin 1 1 232 2 96
85 Horton, David O. University of California, Davis 5 4 153 119 377
86 Neuborne, Burt New York University 3 7 70 986 39
87 Freeman, Alan David 1 2 85 845 86
88 Goodwin, Michele B. Georgetown University 3 4 122 69 545
89 Olsen, Frances University of California, Los Angeles 1 3 53 1,035 55
90 Menkel-Meadow, Carrie J. University of California, Irvine 3 6 50 737 319
91 Bishara, Norman D. 7 8 148 224 241
92 Fletcher, George P. Columbia University School of Law 3 5 70 905 55
93 Schwarcz, Daniel University of Minnesota 6 6 121 154 425
94 Hing, Bill Ong University of San Francisco 4 8 41 230 763
95 Yamada, David C. Suffolk University 6 10 96 411 313
96 Abrams, Kathryn University of California, Berkeley 3 7 33 740 356
97 Garden, Charlotte University of Minnesota 7 7 125 159 379
98 Grossman, Joanna Lynn Southern Methodist University 7 9 110 409 238
99 Van Alstyne, William W. 1 4 13 1,252 16
100 Forbath, William E. University of Texas at Austin 5 7 92 397 330