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Last Updated: November 2025

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Solum, Lawrence B. University of Virginia 14 9 1,089 710 1,208
2 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 12 11 831 1,520 1,557
3 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 12 18 574 2,063 814
4 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 7 11 536 2,058 557
5 Hansmann, Henry B. Yale University 6 7 467 1,499 1,183
6 Kraakman, Reinier Harvard University 4 6 435 1,512 1,200
7 Bell, Derrick 4 10 480 1,554 663
8 Baude, William University of Chicago 9 3 664 149 800
9 Wechsler, Herbert American Law Institute 2 3 218 3,055 136
10 Finkelman, Paul Albany Law School 9 20 296 1,147 1,301
11 Eskridge, William Yale University 10 16 305 1,761 516
12 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 9 9 362 1,186 611
13 Fuller, L. L. 3 3 157 1,407 1,278
14 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 9 12 473 540 510
15 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 8 9 343 1,146 509
16 Achiume, E. Tendayi Stanford University 6 2 270 11 1,858
17 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 11 10 389 686 451
18 Levinson, Sanford University of Texas at Austin 7 18 191 1,530 565
19 Klarman, Michael J. Harvard University 8 13 242 1,362 315
20 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 9 12 326 742 490
21 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 9 10 332 765 401
22 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 7 17 161 1,258 758
23 Gordon, Robert W. Stanford University 6 13 166 1,585 331
24 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 6 12 234 1,006 465
25 Horwitz, Morton J. Harvard University 5 13 168 1,424 364
26 Friedman, Barry New York University 7 9 237 1,150 233
27 Paulsen, Michael University of St. Thomas 6 9 198 1,167 396
28 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 9 13 203 1,093 433
29 White, G. Edward University of Virginia 8 17 191 1,121 425
30 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 2 2 409 33 369
31 McLeod, Allegra Georgetown University 3 2 276 59 970
32 Cohen, Felix S. 2 2 161 1,412 208
33 Cornell, Saul 9 13 293 491 429
34 Metzger, Gillian E. Columbia University School of Law 3 3 360 250 212
35 Lopez, Ian F. Haney 4 5 147 774 699
36 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 7 13 157 960 436
37 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 7 16 148 1,032 372
38 Resnik, Judith Yale University 5 7 230 718 276
39 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 6 7 114 1,096 479
40 Sachs, Stephen E. Harvard University 7 5 308 114 465
41 Chin, Gabriel J. University of California, Davis 7 8 230 313 632
42 Powell, H. Jefferson Duke University 5 7 130 1,298 142
43 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 7 8 170 431 765
44 Flaherty, Martin S. Fordham University 5 8 157 1,065 208
45 Greene, Jamal Columbia University School of Law 5 6 281 355 241
46 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 6 7 220 660 219
47 Llewellyn, K. N. 3 7 68 1,320 309
48 Blackhawk, Maggie New York University 4 1 255 7 596
49 Shugerman, Jed H. Boston University 8 5 287 125 280
50 Rehnquist, William H. U.S. Supreme Court 4 9 100 983 347
51 Currie, David P. 5 15 128 869 309
52 Pfander, James E. Northwestern University 10 6 253 314 227
53 Sitaraman, Ganesh Vanderbilt University 5 3 266 105 374
54 Singer, Joseph William Harvard University 4 7 153 765 289
55 Appleman, Laura I. Willamette University College of Law 3 2 57 6 1,492
56 Siegel, Neil S. Texas A&M University 9 8 233 199 408
57 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 9 11 211 514 208
58 Gerken, Heather Kristin Yale University 6 7 216 417 271
59 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 5 7 162 820 139
60 Campbell, Jud Stanford University 7 3 243 67 456
61 Murray, Melissa New York University 6 2 242 64 461
62 Davies, Thomas Y. 5 9 167 710 139
63 Pound, Roscoe 4 14 52 904 511
64 Langbein, John H. Yale University 6 8 123 741 306
65 Lee, Thomas R. Brigham Young University 4 3 287 67 125
66 Whittington, Keith E. Yale University 7 10 194 349 302
67 Alschuler, Albert W. University of Chicago 4 7 141 679 245
68 Ziegler, Mary R. University of California, Davis 7 6 149 82 780
69 Hovenkamp, Herbert University of Pennsylvania 8 10 135 667 265
70 Nelson, Caleb University of Virginia 4 4 201 386 214
71 Lash, Kurt T. University of Richmond 8 12 145 560 288
72 Lessig, Lawrence Harvard University 4 8 83 958 213
73 Bernick, Evan D. 5 3 248 31 228
74 McGinnis, John O. Northwestern University 5 8 169 430 218
75 Manning, John F. Harvard University 5 6 178 491 109
76 Aleinikoff, T. Alexander 1 2 105 881 94
77 Mashaw, Jerry L. Yale University 6 8 156 497 165
78 Berger, Raoul 5 16 54 874 293
79 Morrison, Trevor W. New York University 4 3 190 309 177
80 Cohen, Morris R. City College 1 2 94 637 333
81 Bickel, Alexander M. Yale University 2 2 100 862 81
82 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 6 10 124 414 375
83 Hamburger, Philip Columbia University School of Law 7 9 145 490 183
84 Wald, Patricia M. American Law Institute 4 6 81 937 62
85 Scalia, Antonin U.S. Supreme Court 2 2 107 680 174
86 Rose, Carol M. Yale University 5 7 96 614 285
87 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 7 7 134 355 346
88 Rappaport, Michael B. University of San Diego 5 6 163 413 143
89 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 3 4 84 683 273
90 Miller, Geoffrey Parsons New York University 4 7 98 770 106
91 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 5 11 88 661 245
92 Forbath, William E. University of Texas at Austin 5 10 111 472 309
93 Peller, Gary Georgetown University 5 5 59 749 291
94 Tushnet, Mark V. 3 7 43 999 127
95 Priest, George L. 3 7 59 955 71
96 Strauss, David A. University of Chicago 6 10 122 415 269
97 Ablavsky, Gregory Stanford University 6 3 189 71 275
98 Nourse, Victoria Georgetown University 6 8 153 310 209
99 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 6 8 154 380 131
100 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 6 10 110 498 232