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Last Updated: May 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Solum, Lawrence B. University of Virginia 14 10 1,113 830 1,060
2 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 12 12 805 1,650 1,227
3 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 7 11 496 2,140 488
4 Hansmann, Henry B. Yale University 6 7 401 1,600 1,405
5 Kraakman, Reinier Harvard University 4 6 374 1,606 1,354
6 Baude, William University of Chicago 9 4 701 217 764
7 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 11 18 429 1,785 671
8 Bell, Derrick 4 9 466 1,545 469
9 Wechsler, Herbert American Law Institute 2 3 195 3,098 135
10 Finkelman, Paul Albany Law School 9 20 267 1,193 1,056
11 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 9 13 486 593 455
12 Eskridge, William Yale University 10 16 264 1,817 441
13 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 8 9 333 1,193 527
14 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 7 9 297 1,151 706
15 Achiume, E. Tendayi Stanford University 6 2 280 35 1,738
16 Fuller, L. L. 2 3 143 1,438 1,126
17 Levinson, Sanford University of Texas at Austin 6 18 170 1,532 541
18 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 10 11 331 777 370
19 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 9 10 320 790 404
20 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 9 12 295 800 442
21 Klarman, Michael J. Harvard University 8 13 210 1,408 297
22 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 7 18 151 1,337 577
23 Paulsen, Michael University of St. Thomas 6 10 202 1,219 392
24 Horwitz, Morton J. Harvard University 5 13 158 1,450 400
25 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 3 3 422 88 257
26 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 6 11 214 1,023 451
27 Gordon, Robert W. Stanford University 6 13 142 1,608 287
28 Friedman, Barry New York University 7 9 212 1,189 227
29 McLeod, Allegra Georgetown University 4 2 286 87 831
30 White, G. Edward University of Virginia 8 17 184 1,152 381
31 Sachs, Stephen E. Harvard University 7 5 342 141 478
32 Cornell, Saul 8 14 278 543 420
33 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 8 13 170 1,136 341
34 Lopez, Ian F. Haney 4 5 134 799 805
35 Cohen, Felix S. 2 2 144 1,443 186
36 Metzger, Gillian E. Columbia University School of Law 4 3 330 318 206
37 Blackhawk, Maggie New York University 5 3 324 53 464
38 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 7 13 145 982 351
39 Greene, Jamal Columbia University School of Law 5 6 273 392 232
40 Resnik, Judith Yale University 5 7 199 770 243
41 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 6 7 222 684 203
42 Akbar, Amna University of Minnesota 2 1 319 3 330
43 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 6 9 137 469 786
44 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 7 16 134 1,057 277
45 Powell, H. Jefferson Duke University 4 7 116 1,322 131
46 Campbell, Jud Stanford University 7 4 259 94 501
47 Shugerman, Jed H. Boston University 8 6 291 158 279
48 Chin, Gabriel J. University of California, Davis 8 8 217 337 456
49 Flaherty, Martin S. Fordham University 5 8 128 1,100 176
50 Pfander, James E. Northwestern University 9 7 241 347 240
51 Llewellyn, K. N. 3 7 59 1,333 273
52 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 9 11 211 540 194
53 Singer, Joseph William Harvard University 5 7 152 795 264
54 Currie, David P. 5 16 120 896 284
55 Rehnquist, William H. U.S. Supreme Court 4 9 91 1,000 288
56 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 5 8 150 845 122
57 Siegel, Neil S. Texas A&M University 8 9 205 250 337
58 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 5 6 94 862 336
59 Sitaraman, Ganesh Vanderbilt University 5 4 240 147 220
60 Pound, Roscoe 4 14 51 911 476
61 Davies, Thomas Y. 5 9 153 737 124
62 Gerken, Heather Kristin Yale University 6 7 179 474 226
63 Langbein, John H. Yale University 6 8 117 767 243
64 Whittington, Keith E. Yale University 6 10 175 379 297
65 Murray, Melissa New York University 5 2 236 78 248
66 Alschuler, Albert W. University of Chicago 4 7 123 710 225
67 Nelson, Caleb University of Virginia 4 4 184 426 173
68 Lee, Thomas R. Brigham Young University Law School 4 3 252 111 97
69 Lash, Kurt T. University of Richmond 8 12 135 582 241
70 Hovenkamp, Herbert University of Pennsylvania 7 10 117 690 221
71 McGinnis, John O. Northwestern University 5 8 157 460 219
72 Bernick, Evan D. 5 4 229 64 194
73 Lessig, Lawrence Harvard University 4 8 70 974 163
74 Manning, John F. Harvard University 5 7 161 526 101
75 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 5 5 171 233 304
76 Ziegler, Mary R. University of California, Davis 6 6 132 116 583
77 Scalia, Antonin U.S. Supreme Court 2 3 109 743 147
78 Bickel, Alexander M. Yale University 2 2 94 883 87
79 Mashaw, Jerry L. Yale University 5 8 146 519 139
80 Berger, Raoul 4 17 50 939 234
81 Rappaport, Michael B. University of San Diego 5 7 152 441 170
82 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 6 7 129 367 344
83 Hamburger, Philip Columbia University School of Law 7 9 142 502 156
84 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 4 11 82 782 208
85 Luban, David J. Georgetown University 3 4 39 270 852
86 Pollman, Elizabeth University of Pennsylvania 5 3 183 133 237
87 Ablavsky, Gregory Stanford University 5 4 183 92 269
88 Morrison, Trevor W. 4 3 162 353 135
89 Peller, Gary Georgetown University 4 5 55 760 301
90 Rose, Carol M. Yale University 5 7 89 630 243
91 Priest, George L. 3 7 63 963 59
92 Eyer, Katie Rutgers University 6 4 165 82 325
93 Cohen, Morris R. City College 1 2 82 656 222
94 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 3 4 64 706 253
95 Pope, James Gray Rutgers University 5 5 165 184 208
96 Nourse, Victoria Georgetown University 6 8 144 331 178
97 Miller, Geoffrey Parsons New York University 4 8 79 799 89
98 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 6 9 134 409 137
99 Tushnet, Mark V. 3 7 39 1,007 80
100 Clark, Bradford R. George Washington University 6 7 144 221 248