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Last Updated: December 2025

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Solum, Lawrence B. University of Virginia 14 9 1,109 710 1,159
2 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 13 11 854 1,520 1,475
3 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 7 11 541 2,058 528
4 Hansmann, Henry B. Yale University 6 7 469 1,499 1,168
5 Kraakman, Reinier Harvard University 4 6 437 1,512 1,139
6 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 11 18 479 1,700 730
7 Bell, Derrick 4 9 488 1,492 494
8 Baude, William University of Chicago 9 3 679 149 782
9 Wechsler, Herbert American Law Institute 2 3 225 3,055 129
10 Finkelman, Paul Albany Law School 9 20 296 1,148 1,206
11 Eskridge, William Yale University 10 16 307 1,761 488
12 Fuller, L. L. 3 3 159 1,407 1,284
13 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 9 11 477 519 489
14 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 8 9 347 1,146 503
15 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 8 9 327 1,090 588
16 Achiume, E. Tendayi Stanford University 6 2 272 11 1,880
17 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 11 10 399 686 422
18 Levinson, Sanford University of Texas at Austin 7 17 190 1,490 535
19 Klarman, Michael J. Harvard University 8 13 243 1,362 304
20 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 9 10 344 743 397
21 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 9 12 327 742 462
22 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 7 17 162 1,247 733
23 Gordon, Robert W. Stanford University 6 13 167 1,585 317
24 Paulsen, Michael University of St. Thomas 6 10 215 1,182 386
25 Horwitz, Morton J. Harvard University 5 13 172 1,424 355
26 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 9 13 207 1,157 417
27 Friedman, Barry New York University 7 9 242 1,150 244
28 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 6 11 230 987 444
29 White, G. Edward University of Virginia 8 17 195 1,121 405
30 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 2 2 416 33 353
31 McLeod, Allegra Georgetown University 3 2 283 59 956
32 Cohen, Felix S. 2 2 162 1,412 209
33 Cornell, Saul 9 13 293 491 385
34 Metzger, Gillian E. Columbia University School of Law 4 3 364 250 211
35 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 7 13 157 960 435
36 Sachs, Stephen E. Harvard University 7 5 316 114 483
37 Lopez, Ian F. Haney 4 5 149 774 643
38 Resnik, Judith Yale University 5 7 236 718 261
39 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 6 7 116 1,096 472
40 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 8 16 149 1,032 342
41 Chin, Gabriel J. University of California, Davis 7 8 233 313 603
42 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 7 8 170 431 784
43 Powell, H. Jefferson Duke University 5 7 130 1,298 141
44 Flaherty, Martin S. Fordham University 5 8 158 1,065 192
45 Greene, Jamal Columbia University School of Law 5 6 288 355 235
46 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 6 7 222 660 208
47 Llewellyn, K. N. 3 7 69 1,320 296
48 Blackhawk, Maggie New York University 4 1 262 7 565
49 Pfander, James E. Northwestern University 10 6 259 314 257
50 Shugerman, Jed H. Boston University 8 5 291 125 267
51 Currie, David P. 5 15 129 869 294
52 Singer, Joseph William Harvard University 4 7 153 765 281
53 Siegel, Neil S. Texas A&M University 9 8 238 199 394
54 Rehnquist, William H. U.S. Supreme Court 4 9 100 983 309
55 Sitaraman, Ganesh Vanderbilt University 5 3 270 105 331
56 Gerken, Heather Kristin Yale University 6 7 220 417 264
57 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 9 11 212 514 197
58 Campbell, Jud Stanford University 7 3 247 67 464
59 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 5 7 163 820 128
60 Appleman, Laura I. Willamette University College of Law 3 2 58 6 1,366
61 Davies, Thomas Y. 5 9 169 710 134
62 Murray, Melissa New York University 6 2 250 64 363
63 Pound, Roscoe 4 14 53 903 492
64 Langbein, John H. Yale University 6 8 123 741 307
65 Whittington, Keith E. Yale University 7 10 195 349 331
66 Alschuler, Albert W. University of Chicago 4 7 142 679 245
67 Lee, Thomas R. Brigham Young University 4 3 288 67 117
68 Hovenkamp, Herbert University of Pennsylvania 8 10 137 667 243
69 Nelson, Caleb University of Virginia 4 4 203 386 201
70 Ziegler, Mary R. University of California, Davis 7 6 153 82 715
71 Lash, Kurt T. University of Richmond 8 12 148 560 273
72 Lessig, Lawrence Harvard University 4 8 83 958 203
73 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 5 12 93 802 259
74 McGinnis, John O. Northwestern University 5 8 173 430 226
75 Manning, John F. Harvard University 5 6 179 491 104
76 Bernick, Evan D. 5 3 247 31 220
77 Bickel, Alexander M. Yale University 2 2 106 862 78
78 Morrison, Trevor W. 4 3 195 309 168
79 Cohen, Morris R. City College 1 2 96 637 328
80 Berger, Raoul 5 16 54 874 279
81 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 6 10 126 414 373
82 Mashaw, Jerry L. Yale University 6 8 156 496 151
83 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 7 7 136 355 357
84 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 3 4 86 683 284
85 Hamburger, Philip Columbia University School of Law 7 9 147 490 169
86 Rappaport, Michael B. University of San Diego 5 6 166 413 151
87 Scalia, Antonin U.S. Supreme Court 2 2 110 680 166
88 Peller, Gary Georgetown University 5 5 62 749 305
89 Miller, Geoffrey Parsons New York University 4 7 100 770 101
90 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 4 5 162 223 327
91 Rose, Carol M. Yale University 5 7 97 614 250
92 Tushnet, Mark V. 3 7 45 999 117
93 Forbath, William E. University of Texas at Austin 6 10 114 472 271
94 Priest, George L. 3 7 59 955 67
95 Ablavsky, Gregory Stanford University 6 3 191 71 267
96 Strauss, David A. University of Chicago 6 10 122 415 262
97 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 6 8 157 380 122
98 Nourse, Victoria Georgetown University 6 8 155 310 196
99 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 6 10 110 498 228
100 Wald, Patricia M. American Law Institute 3 5 76 861 46