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Last Updated: January 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Solum, Lawrence B. University of Virginia 14 9 1,112 711 1,172
2 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 13 11 867 1,520 1,475
3 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 11 18 568 2,030 780
4 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 7 11 542 2,060 528
5 Hansmann, Henry B. Yale University 6 7 473 1,500 1,168
6 Kraakman, Reinier Harvard University 4 6 441 1,513 1,132
7 Bell, Derrick 4 10 493 1,554 527
8 Baude, William University of Chicago 9 3 684 149 776
9 Wechsler, Herbert American Law Institute 2 3 225 3,056 124
10 Finkelman, Paul Albany Law School 9 20 296 1,147 1,198
11 Eskridge, William Yale University 10 16 308 1,761 491
12 Fuller, L. L. 3 3 160 1,410 1,284
13 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 9 9 368 1,186 475
14 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 8 9 346 1,146 517
15 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 9 11 479 519 475
16 Achiume, E. Tendayi Stanford University 6 2 276 11 1,875
17 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 11 10 400 687 425
18 Levinson, Sanford University of Texas at Austin 7 18 194 1,532 523
19 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 9 11 347 852 410
20 Klarman, Michael J. Harvard University 8 13 244 1,363 303
21 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 7 17 164 1,238 747
22 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 9 12 328 743 436
23 Gordon, Robert W. Stanford University 6 13 168 1,585 303
24 Horwitz, Morton J. Harvard University 5 13 172 1,424 374
25 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 6 12 236 1,007 457
26 Friedman, Barry New York University 7 9 244 1,151 240
27 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 3 3 433 53 359
28 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 9 13 205 1,094 413
29 White, G. Edward University of Virginia 8 17 199 1,121 414
30 Paulsen, Michael University of St. Thomas 6 9 199 1,167 368
31 McLeod, Allegra Georgetown University 3 2 286 59 960
32 Cohen, Felix S. 2 2 168 1,412 215
33 Cornell, Saul 9 13 297 491 390
34 Metzger, Gillian E. Columbia University School of Law 4 3 369 250 212
35 Sachs, Stephen E. Harvard University 7 5 321 114 461
36 Resnik, Judith Yale University 5 7 236 721 276
37 Lopez, Ian F. Haney 4 5 149 774 635
38 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 7 13 157 960 410
39 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 6 7 116 1,097 471
40 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 7 8 170 431 824
41 Chin, Gabriel J. University of California, Davis 8 8 234 313 600
42 Powell, H. Jefferson Duke University 5 7 131 1,301 140
43 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 8 15 149 990 335
44 Flaherty, Martin S. Fordham University 5 8 158 1,066 193
45 Greene, Jamal Columbia University School of Law 5 6 291 355 236
46 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 6 7 223 660 204
47 Llewellyn, K. N. 3 7 70 1,320 288
48 Blackhawk, Maggie New York University 4 1 262 7 568
49 Shugerman, Jed H. Boston University 8 5 293 125 276
50 Pfander, James E. Northwestern University 10 6 259 315 251
51 Singer, Joseph William Harvard University 4 7 155 765 291
52 Currie, David P. 5 15 131 870 288
53 Rehnquist, William H. U.S. Supreme Court 4 9 101 983 304
54 Sitaraman, Ganesh Vanderbilt University 5 3 272 105 321
55 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 9 11 213 515 196
56 Gerken, Heather Kristin Yale University 6 7 221 417 256
57 Campbell, Jud Stanford University 7 3 248 67 454
58 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 5 7 164 821 134
59 Appleman, Laura I. Willamette University College of Law 3 2 58 7 1,361
60 Langbein, John H. Yale University 6 8 126 743 314
61 Davies, Thomas Y. 5 9 169 710 134
62 Pound, Roscoe 4 14 53 900 499
63 Alschuler, Albert W. University of Chicago 4 7 143 679 247
64 Hovenkamp, Herbert University of Pennsylvania 8 10 139 667 246
65 Whittington, Keith E. Yale University 7 9 189 325 325
66 Lee, Thomas R. Brigham Young University Law School 4 3 288 67 102
67 Nelson, Caleb University of Virginia 4 4 203 387 195
68 Lash, Kurt T. University of Richmond 8 12 150 560 272
69 Siegel, Neil S. Texas A&M University 8 8 199 192 385
70 Lessig, Lawrence Harvard University 4 8 83 959 197
71 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 5 12 93 805 259
72 McGinnis, John O. Northwestern University 5 8 174 430 223
73 Bernick, Evan D. 5 3 253 31 222
74 Berger, Raoul 5 17 57 937 271
75 Aleinikoff, T. Alexander 1 2 108 881 84
76 Manning, John F. Harvard University 5 6 180 491 104
77 Bickel, Alexander M. Yale University 2 2 106 863 89
78 Ziegler, Mary R. University of California, Davis 7 5 134 75 695
79 Murray, Melissa New York University 5 2 218 64 297
80 Cohen, Morris R. City College 1 2 96 637 328
81 Mashaw, Jerry L. Yale University 6 8 157 497 162
82 Morrison, Trevor W. 4 3 195 309 165
83 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 7 7 137 355 365
84 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 3 4 86 683 293
85 Hamburger, Philip Columbia University School of Law 7 9 147 490 173
86 Scalia, Antonin U.S. Supreme Court 2 2 111 680 168
87 Rappaport, Michael B. University of San Diego 5 6 167 413 150
88 Peller, Gary Georgetown University 5 5 63 749 319
89 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 4 5 162 223 333
90 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 6 10 122 419 330
91 Miller, Geoffrey Parsons New York University 4 7 100 772 98
92 Rose, Carol M. Yale University 5 7 98 614 237
93 Tushnet, Mark V. 3 7 45 999 110
94 Forbath, William E. University of Texas at Austin 6 10 114 472 267
95 Priest, George L. 3 7 60 950 70
96 Strauss, David A. University of Chicago 6 10 125 415 254
97 Ablavsky, Gregory Stanford University 6 3 191 71 268
98 Nourse, Victoria Georgetown University 6 8 157 310 196
99 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 6 8 158 380 123
100 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 6 10 110 498 229