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Last Updated: April 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Solum, Lawrence B. University of Virginia 14 10 1,083 830 1,071
2 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 12 12 774 1,650 1,307
3 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 7 11 490 2,139 489
4 Hansmann, Henry B. Yale University 6 7 391 1,598 1,373
5 Kraakman, Reinier Harvard University 4 6 365 1,604 1,324
6 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 11 18 426 1,783 640
7 Baude, William University of Chicago 9 4 671 216 770
8 Bell, Derrick 4 9 459 1,545 471
9 Wechsler, Herbert American Law Institute 2 3 195 3,097 136
10 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 8 9 334 1,249 702
11 Finkelman, Paul Albany Law School 9 20 262 1,193 1,058
12 Eskridge, William Yale University 10 16 261 1,817 448
13 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 9 13 475 593 448
14 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 8 9 320 1,191 521
15 Achiume, E. Tendayi Stanford University 6 2 274 35 1,737
16 Fuller, L. L. 2 3 139 1,437 1,158
17 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 10 11 326 777 397
18 Levinson, Sanford University of Texas at Austin 6 18 169 1,522 530
19 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 9 12 292 799 447
20 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 9 9 304 770 406
21 Klarman, Michael J. Harvard University 8 13 209 1,407 282
22 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 7 18 150 1,324 587
23 Horwitz, Morton J. Harvard University 5 13 157 1,450 387
24 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 3 3 416 88 272
25 Paulsen, Michael University of St. Thomas 6 10 192 1,219 380
26 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 6 11 212 1,023 446
27 McLeod, Allegra Georgetown University 4 2 277 87 876
28 Friedman, Barry New York University 7 9 211 1,189 221
29 White, G. Edward University of Virginia 8 17 178 1,152 400
30 Gordon, Robert W. Stanford University 5 13 131 1,567 246
31 Cornell, Saul 8 13 270 524 432
32 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 8 13 168 1,135 368
33 Sachs, Stephen E. Harvard University 7 5 317 141 470
34 Cohen, Felix S. 2 2 142 1,443 191
35 Blackhawk, Maggie New York University 5 3 321 53 487
36 Metzger, Gillian E. Columbia University School of Law 4 3 323 318 202
37 Lopez, Ian F. Haney 4 5 133 799 728
38 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 7 13 140 981 365
39 Greene, Jamal Columbia University School of Law 5 6 269 392 232
40 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 5 7 106 1,117 414
41 Resnik, Judith Yale University 5 7 196 768 262
42 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 6 9 137 469 804
43 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 7 16 133 1,057 298
44 Akbar, Amna University of Minnesota 2 1 313 3 329
45 Chin, Gabriel J. University of California, Davis 8 8 219 340 475
46 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 6 7 213 684 202
47 Shugerman, Jed H. Boston University 8 6 287 158 278
48 Powell, H. Jefferson Duke University 4 7 112 1,322 132
49 Flaherty, Martin S. Fordham University 5 8 127 1,100 183
50 Campbell, Jud Stanford University 6 4 244 94 481
51 Pfander, James E. Northwestern University 9 7 240 347 271
52 Llewellyn, K. N. 3 7 58 1,333 272
53 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 9 11 205 540 185
54 Currie, David P. 5 16 115 896 285
55 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 5 8 149 845 129
56 Rehnquist, William H. U.S. Supreme Court 4 9 89 999 287
57 Singer, Joseph William Harvard University 4 7 134 791 243
58 Siegel, Neil S. Texas A&M University 8 9 200 250 327
59 Sitaraman, Ganesh Vanderbilt University 5 4 238 147 225
60 Davies, Thomas Y. 5 9 152 736 125
61 Pound, Roscoe 4 14 51 910 473
62 Langbein, John H. Yale University 6 8 116 767 268
63 Gerken, Heather Kristin Yale University 6 7 173 474 231
64 Alschuler, Albert W. University of Chicago 4 7 121 710 223
65 Lee, Thomas R. Brigham Young University Law School 4 3 250 111 97
66 Whittington, Keith E. Yale University 6 9 165 355 292
67 Nelson, Caleb University of Virginia 4 4 175 426 183
68 Lash, Kurt T. University of Richmond 8 12 131 576 246
69 Bernick, Evan D. 5 4 229 64 210
70 Hovenkamp, Herbert University of Pennsylvania 7 10 115 690 215
71 McGinnis, John O. Northwestern University 5 8 152 460 222
72 Lessig, Lawrence Harvard University 4 8 70 974 159
73 Murray, Melissa New York University 5 2 207 78 253
74 Manning, John F. Harvard University 5 7 158 526 101
75 Ziegler, Mary R. University of California, Davis 6 6 125 116 611
76 Scalia, Antonin U.S. Supreme Court 2 3 106 743 158
77 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 4 5 166 233 302
78 Bickel, Alexander M. Yale University 2 2 93 883 89
79 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 4 11 80 782 231
80 Mashaw, Jerry L. Yale University 5 8 141 519 149
81 Hamburger, Philip Columbia University School of Law 7 9 141 502 156
82 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 6 7 125 367 353
83 Rappaport, Michael B. University of San Diego 5 7 147 441 174
84 Berger, Raoul 4 17 49 883 247
85 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 6 10 114 432 305
86 Peller, Gary Georgetown University 4 5 54 760 315
87 Luban, David J. Georgetown University 3 4 39 269 827
88 Morrison, Trevor W. 4 3 158 353 142
89 Ablavsky, Gregory Stanford University 5 4 176 92 267
90 Cohen, Morris R. City College 1 2 82 656 232
91 Rose, Carol M. Yale University 5 7 85 630 228
92 Priest, George L. 3 7 60 958 63
93 Nourse, Victoria Georgetown University 6 8 144 331 176
94 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 3 4 64 704 255
95 Miller, Geoffrey Parsons New York University 4 8 76 800 92
96 Eyer, Katie Rutgers University 6 4 161 81 295
97 Tushnet, Mark V. 3 7 39 1,007 87
98 Forbath, William E. University of Texas at Austin 5 10 92 497 261
99 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 6 9 132 409 134
100 Strauss, David A. University of Chicago 6 10 115 428 198