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Last Updated: November 2025

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Prosser, William L. 6 25 397 7,883 465
2 Brandeis, Louis D. U.S. Supreme Court 1 2 732 5,103 617
3 Warren, Samuel D. 1 1 732 5,091 617
4 Zipursky, Benjamin C. Fordham University 14 19 618 1,808 857
5 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 8 19 345 3,449 615
6 Goldberg, John C.P. Harvard University 12 18 524 1,700 900
7 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 8 29 220 3,484 659
8 Henderson, James A. Jr. 7 29 182 3,015 350
9 Twerski, Aaron D. Brooklyn Law School 8 30 221 2,614 460
10 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 8 3 518 170 1,287
11 Calabresi, Guido Yale University 7 14 196 2,792 293
12 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 8 15 297 1,989 545
13 James, Fleming Jr. Connecticut State House of Representitives 4 31 78 3,156 408
14 Schwartz, Gary T. 7 17 163 2,143 825
15 Schwartz, Joanna C. University of California, Los Angeles 9 3 590 77 610
16 Rabin, Robert L. Stanford University 7 20 288 1,469 459
17 Wade, John W. 3 21 44 2,896 244
18 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 4 4 343 620 861
19 Green, Leon 5 28 80 2,450 279
20 Chayes, Abram Harvard University 1 2 151 2,052 262
21 Schwartz, Victor E. Shook, Hardy & Bacon 7 23 167 1,716 355
22 Owen, David G. University of South Carolina 6 22 146 1,585 583
23 Weinrib, Ernest University of Toronto 7 18 155 1,465 612
24 Klonick, Kate E. St. John's University 3 1 426 67 530
25 Eisenberg, Theodore 8 15 167 1,600 230
26 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 7 6 244 918 398
27 Abraham, Kenneth S. University of Virginia 9 13 254 683 518
28 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 5 9 161 1,355 270
29 Bohlen, Francis H. 3 21 46 2,011 179
30 Geistfeld, Mark New York University 7 16 248 512 613
31 Kalven, Harry Jr. 4 8 95 1,773 68
32 Chamallas, Martha Ohio State University 9 11 219 778 302
33 Koh, Harold H. Yale University 3 4 127 1,165 298
34 Richards, Neil Michael Washington University 5 5 258 494 253
35 Wright, Richard W. Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 6 14 122 983 425
36 Keeton, Page 3 18 17 1,761 167
37 Simons, Kenneth W. University of California, Irvine 6 16 141 740 520
38 Priest, George L. 3 12 57 1,490 173
39 Leflar, Robert A. 3 16 37 1,595 130
40 Keating, Gregory C. University of Southern California 8 11 172 589 414
41 Rustad, Michael L. Suffolk University 6 15 103 983 339
42 Sharkey, Catherine M. New York University 8 9 188 469 386
43 Scherer, Matthew U. 2 2 124 58 1,104
44 Borchard, Edwin M. 3 9 48 1,519 40
45 Nissenbaum, Helen 3 2 85 218 1,117
46 Baker, Tom University of Pennsylvania 6 10 173 631 245
47 Green, Michael D. Washington University 5 16 108 898 272
48 Gilles, Myriam E. Northwestern University 6 6 206 574 93
49 Polinsky, Alan Mitchell Stanford University 4 8 128 768 276
50 Morris, Clarence 3 15 26 1,438 110
51 Baude, William University of Chicago 5 2 275 55 208
52 Rosenberg, David Harvard University 5 9 84 1,117 85
53 Robertson, David W. 6 16 100 950 136
54 Burch, Elizabeth University of Georgia 9 9 208 272 257
55 Fletcher, George P. Columbia University School of Law 4 8 81 1,052 110
56 Schwartz, Alan Yale University 3 12 48 1,063 242
57 Ausness, Richard C. University of Kentucky 4 16 114 666 289
58 Scott, Robert E. Columbia University School of Law 4 4 102 782 234
59 Franklin, Marc A. 3 16 35 1,270 80
60 Schauer, Frederick 6 9 123 613 275
61 Seavey, Warren A. 4 13 38 1,189 118
62 Viscusi, W. Kip Vanderbilt University 4 13 68 626 509
63 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 5 2 181 15 547
64 Malone, Wex S. 4 14 43 1,184 83
65 Keeton, Robert E. 3 13 35 1,185 79
66 Arlen, Jennifer H. New York University 4 8 107 709 159
67 Reinert, Alexander A. Yeshiva University 8 4 216 118 173
68 Kaminski, Margot E. University of Colorado Boulder 5 3 76 39 943
69 McGovern, Francis E. 6 14 88 866 68
70 Pfander, James E. Northwestern University 7 4 201 141 204
71 Stapleton, Jane 5 13 76 607 361
72 Hanson, Jon Harvard University 4 9 62 828 198
73 Noel, Dix W. 2 15 8 1,250 22
74 Hoffman, David A. University of Pennsylvania 4 4 109 320 412
75 Bloustein, Edward J. 2 4 48 847 200
76 Hensler, Deborah R. Stanford University 5 14 79 750 122
77 Sugarman, Stephen 5 10 81 600 258
78 Kraakman, Reinier Harvard University 3 3 85 642 191
79 Engstrom, Nora Freeman Stanford University 7 6 176 205 154
80 Anderson, David A. 6 10 83 663 166
81 Porat, Ariel Tel-Aviv University 7 10 139 298 238
82 Smith, Jeremiah 4 16 39 1,017 34
83 Perry, Ronen University of Haifa 6 7 119 199 435
84 King, Joseph H. Jr. 4 12 61 794 112
85 Hyman, David Georgetown University 5 10 82 479 313
86 Mullenix, Linda S. University of Texas at Austin 5 15 81 682 98
87 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 6 7 141 114 337
88 Dewey, John 2 3 67 582 248
89 Kysar, Douglas Yale University 3 5 94 434 251
90 Jeffries, John C. Jr. University of Virginia 4 6 113 528 63
91 Nielson, Aaron Brigham Young University 4 3 192 35 142
92 Walker, Christopher J. University of Michigan 4 3 192 35 142
93 Fleming, John G. 3 14 20 848 197
94 Coleman, Jules L. 5 10 52 506 360
95 Craswell, Richard Stanford University 4 6 64 715 99
96 Silver, Charles University of Texas at Austin 5 8 78 488 241
97 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 3 3 56 810 41
98 Abel, Richard L. University of California, Los Angeles 3 9 28 468 504
99 Erichson, Howard M. Fordham University 6 8 110 439 104
100 Witt, John Fabian Yale University 6 8 118 341 159