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Last Updated: February 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Solum, Lawrence B. University of Virginia 14 10 1,024 830 1,074
2 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 12 12 751 1,650 1,379
3 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 7 11 468 2,140 463
4 Hansmann, Henry B. Yale University 6 7 374 1,600 1,104
5 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 10 18 410 1,782 702
6 Kraakman, Reinier Harvard University 4 6 350 1,606 1,068
7 Baude, William University of Chicago 9 4 637 214 719
8 Bell, Derrick 4 9 442 1,545 438
9 Wechsler, Herbert American Law Institute 2 3 186 3,098 117
10 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 9 14 464 654 466
11 Finkelman, Paul Albany Law School 9 20 250 1,184 1,069
12 Eskridge, William Yale University 10 16 257 1,817 466
13 Fuller, L. L. 2 3 135 1,438 1,251
14 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 8 9 309 1,193 515
15 Achiume, E. Tendayi Stanford University 6 2 256 35 1,655
16 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 7 9 278 1,149 423
17 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 10 11 315 777 387
18 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 7 18 145 1,346 723
19 Levinson, Sanford University of Texas at Austin 6 18 157 1,532 486
20 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 9 10 300 789 387
21 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 9 12 286 800 425
22 Klarman, Michael J. Harvard University 8 13 201 1,408 271
23 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 3 3 401 88 330
24 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 6 10 149 484 1,273
25 Horwitz, Morton J. Harvard University 5 13 150 1,450 341
26 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 6 11 202 1,021 431
27 Paulsen, Michael University of St. Thomas 5 10 184 1,219 344
28 McLeod, Allegra Georgetown University 3 2 264 87 906
29 Friedman, Barry New York University 7 9 207 1,189 217
30 Gordon, Robert W. Stanford University 5 13 128 1,570 262
31 White, G. Edward University of Virginia 7 17 170 1,151 380
32 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 8 13 165 1,135 383
33 Cornell, Saul 8 13 265 524 352
34 Cohen, Felix S. 2 2 137 1,443 191
35 Sachs, Stephen E. Harvard University 7 5 305 140 430
36 Metzger, Gillian E. Columbia University School of Law 4 3 310 318 200
37 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 7 13 136 982 335
38 Resnik, Judith Yale University 4 7 188 770 253
39 Lopez, Ian F. Haney 4 5 126 799 540
40 Greene, Jamal Columbia University School of Law 5 6 257 392 215
41 Chin, Gabriel J. University of California, Davis 7 8 208 337 500
42 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 6 16 127 1,057 290
43 Powell, H. Jefferson Duke University 4 7 112 1,328 129
44 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 6 7 203 684 199
45 Akbar, Amna University of Minnesota 2 1 290 3 349
46 Blackhawk, Maggie New York University 4 1 249 25 494
47 Shugerman, Jed H. Boston University 8 6 268 158 262
48 Flaherty, Martin S. Fordham University 5 8 125 1,100 180
49 Llewellyn, K. N. 3 7 57 1,333 273
50 Singer, Joseph William Harvard University 5 7 146 795 258
51 Campbell, Jud Stanford University 6 4 230 93 425
52 Pfander, James E. Northwestern University 9 7 227 347 209
53 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 9 11 190 540 176
54 Currie, David P. 5 16 110 896 272
55 Sitaraman, Ganesh Vanderbilt University 5 4 232 147 276
56 Easterbrook, Frank H. University of Chicago 5 8 142 845 126
57 Siegel, Neil S. Texas A&M University 8 9 194 250 363
58 Rehnquist, William H. U.S. Supreme Court 4 9 84 1,000 281
59 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 5 6 88 862 359
60 Davies, Thomas Y. 5 9 145 737 117
61 Langbein, John H. Yale University 6 8 104 766 301
62 Gerken, Heather Kristin Yale University 6 7 168 474 225
63 Whittington, Keith E. Yale University 6 10 166 379 309
64 Pound, Roscoe 4 14 49 906 450
65 Lee, Thomas R. Brigham Young University Law School 4 3 247 111 93
66 Nelson, Caleb University of Virginia 4 4 172 426 184
67 Alschuler, Albert W. University of Chicago 4 7 117 710 212
68 Lash, Kurt T. University of Richmond 8 12 128 576 249
69 Bernick, Evan D. 5 4 223 64 190
70 Lessig, Lawrence Harvard University 4 8 68 974 189
71 Ziegler, Mary R. University of California, Davis 6 6 120 116 646
72 Hovenkamp, Herbert University of Pennsylvania 7 10 108 690 196
73 McGinnis, John O. Northwestern University 5 8 144 460 210
74 Manning, John F. Harvard University 5 7 151 526 98
75 Scalia, Antonin U.S. Supreme Court 2 4 100 747 166
76 Berger, Raoul 4 17 49 938 248
77 Murray, Melissa New York University 4 2 194 78 252
78 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 4 5 156 233 309
79 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 4 11 76 782 240
80 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 6 7 125 367 345
81 Hamburger, Philip Columbia University School of Law 7 9 136 502 163
82 Mashaw, Jerry L. Yale University 5 8 135 519 153
83 Bickel, Alexander M. Yale University 2 2 87 883 87
84 Appleman, Laura I. Willamette University College of Law 3 2 53 12 1,000
85 Cuison-Villazor, Rose Rutgers University 5 4 101 54 684
86 Rappaport, Michael B. University of San Diego 5 7 141 441 138
87 Pollman, Elizabeth University of Pennsylvania 5 3 172 132 245
88 Morrison, Trevor W. 4 3 152 353 155
89 Peller, Gary Georgetown University 4 5 53 760 303
90 Cohen, Morris R. City College 1 2 79 655 260
91 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 3 4 64 705 280
92 Ablavsky, Gregory Stanford University 5 4 172 92 249
93 Rose, Carol M. Yale University 5 7 83 630 231
94 Priest, George L. 3 7 59 963 62
95 Strauss, David A. University of Chicago 6 10 112 428 247
96 Luban, David J. Georgetown University 3 4 37 270 770
97 Nourse, Victoria Georgetown University 6 8 140 330 179
98 Harrison, John University of Virginia 4 7 106 563 154
99 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 6 10 107 402 274
100 Miller, Geoffrey Parsons New York University 4 8 74 799 95