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Last Updated: March 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Solum, Lawrence B. University of Virginia 14 10 1,053 830 1,129
2 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 12 12 762 1,650 1,397
3 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 7 11 478 2,140 524
4 Hansmann, Henry B. Yale University 6 7 377 1,598 1,328
5 Kraakman, Reinier Harvard University 4 6 352 1,604 1,289
6 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 11 18 416 1,783 721
7 Baude, William University of Chicago 9 4 648 214 768
8 Bell, Derrick 4 9 452 1,545 476
9 Wechsler, Herbert American Law Institute 2 3 189 3,100 135
10 Finkelman, Paul Albany Law School 9 20 258 1,187 1,087
11 Eskridge, William Yale University 10 16 259 1,817 465
12 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 8 12 453 569 438
13 Achiume, E. Tendayi Stanford University 6 2 266 35 1,805
14 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 8 9 309 1,192 517
15 Fuller, L. L. 2 3 136 1,438 1,047
16 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 7 9 283 1,150 474
17 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 10 11 318 779 401
18 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 9 10 304 789 423
19 Levinson, Sanford University of Texas at Austin 6 17 159 1,481 561
20 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 9 12 292 800 448
21 Klarman, Michael J. Harvard University 8 13 205 1,408 291
22 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 7 18 139 1,278 693
23 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 3 3 410 88 284
24 Horwitz, Morton J. Harvard University 5 13 151 1,450 392
25 Paulsen, Michael University of St. Thomas 6 10 189 1,219 392
26 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 6 11 207 1,022 457
27 McLeod, Allegra Georgetown University 3 2 271 87 921
28 Friedman, Barry New York University 7 9 209 1,189 233
29 Gordon, Robert W. Stanford University 5 13 128 1,570 264
30 White, G. Edward University of Virginia 7 17 171 1,152 399
31 Cornell, Saul 8 13 267 526 405
32 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 8 13 166 1,135 386
33 Cohen, Felix S. 2 2 141 1,443 198
34 Sachs, Stephen E. Harvard University 7 5 308 140 480
35 Metzger, Gillian E. Columbia University School of Law 4 3 315 318 208
36 Lopez, Ian F. Haney 4 5 129 799 628
37 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 7 13 139 981 387
38 Resnik, Judith Yale University 5 7 195 769 268
39 Greene, Jamal Columbia University School of Law 5 6 262 392 226
40 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 7 16 131 1,057 303
41 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 6 9 135 469 817
42 Akbar, Amna University of Minnesota 2 1 304 3 340
43 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 6 7 209 684 214
44 Chin, Gabriel J. University of California, Davis 8 8 214 337 494
45 Powell, H. Jefferson Duke University 4 7 112 1,322 131
46 Shugerman, Jed H. Boston University 8 6 278 158 283
47 Flaherty, Martin S. Fordham University 5 8 126 1,100 190
48 Blackhawk, Maggie New York University 4 2 258 29 462
49 Campbell, Jud Stanford University 6 4 235 93 477
50 Llewellyn, K. N. 3 7 58 1,333 272
51 Pfander, James E. Northwestern University 9 7 232 347 235
52 Singer, Joseph William Harvard University 5 7 148 795 259
53 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 9 11 195 540 189
54 Currie, David P. 5 16 114 896 290
55 Rehnquist, William H. U.S. Supreme Court 4 9 87 1,000 303
56 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 5 8 144 845 134
57 Sitaraman, Ganesh Vanderbilt University 5 4 235 147 266
58 Siegel, Neil S. Texas A&M University 8 9 199 250 352
59 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 5 6 90 862 365
60 Pound, Roscoe 4 14 50 911 489
61 Langbein, John H. Yale University 6 8 110 767 300
62 Davies, Thomas Y. 5 9 146 737 134
63 Gerken, Heather Kristin Yale University 6 7 172 474 223
64 Alschuler, Albert W. University of Chicago 4 7 122 710 230
65 Lee, Thomas R. Brigham Young University Law School 4 3 249 110 103
66 Nelson, Caleb University of Virginia 4 4 173 426 190
67 Whittington, Keith E. Yale University 6 9 161 355 303
68 Lash, Kurt T. University of Richmond 8 12 129 576 255
69 Scalia, Antonin U.S. Supreme Court 3 4 106 810 168
70 Lessig, Lawrence Harvard University 4 8 68 974 203
71 McGinnis, John O. Northwestern University 5 8 147 460 230
72 Ziegler, Mary R. University of California, Davis 6 6 124 116 660
73 Hovenkamp, Herbert University of Pennsylvania 7 10 108 690 220
74 Bernick, Evan D. 5 4 221 64 191
75 Manning, John F. Harvard University 5 7 152 526 99
76 Bickel, Alexander M. Yale University 2 2 91 884 96
77 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 4 11 78 782 241
78 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 6 7 126 367 361
79 Murray, Melissa New York University 4 2 196 78 257
80 Hamburger, Philip Columbia University School of Law 7 9 139 502 163
81 Mashaw, Jerry L. Yale University 5 8 137 519 160
82 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 4 5 158 233 309
83 Rappaport, Michael B. University of San Diego 5 7 143 441 174
84 Berger, Raoul 4 17 48 890 266
85 Morrison, Trevor W. 4 3 153 353 154
86 Peller, Gary Georgetown University 4 5 53 760 313
87 Ablavsky, Gregory Stanford University 5 4 173 92 276
88 Cohen, Morris R. City College 1 2 80 656 260
89 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 3 4 64 705 281
90 Rose, Carol M. Yale University 5 7 85 630 233
91 Nourse, Victoria Georgetown University 6 8 143 331 186
92 Priest, George L. 3 7 59 958 61
93 Luban, David J. Georgetown University 3 4 37 270 795
94 Strauss, David A. University of Chicago 6 10 113 428 239
95 Pope, James Gray Rutgers University 5 5 156 184 235
96 Tushnet, Mark V. 3 7 39 1,007 97
97 Eyer, Katie Rutgers University 6 4 160 82 291
98 Miller, Geoffrey Parsons New York University 4 8 74 801 91
99 Forbath, William E. University of Texas at Austin 5 10 90 497 270
100 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 6 9 131 409 130