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Last Updated: July 2026

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1 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 35 93 4,764 29,599 9,842
2 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 27 88 2,478 24,455 5,470
3 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 31 74 3,730 15,809 6,502
4 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 12 16 1,417 3,984 17,178
5 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 27 54 2,256 7,094 4,699
6 Eskridge, William Yale University 25 56 1,942 11,834 2,160
7 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 28 41 2,663 7,010 3,101
8 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 22 51 2,000 7,061 4,228
9 Bebchuk, Lucian Arye Harvard University 24 51 1,885 7,454 3,292
10 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 23 31 1,773 3,654 6,852
11 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 15 57 1,131 12,068 2,987
12 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 22 28 2,447 1,827 5,539
13 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 22 43 1,852 8,125 2,291
14 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 26 45 1,943 6,482 2,155
15 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 20 49 1,633 7,216 3,058
16 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 20 52 1,049 10,324 2,237
17 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 14 45 1,005 7,470 3,836
18 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 16 43 1,181 9,293 1,957
19 Hovenkamp, Herbert University of Pennsylvania 20 44 1,444 4,340 2,943
20 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 12 50 932 9,173 2,481
21 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 21 42 1,352 6,431 1,993
22 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 14 53 835 8,697 2,213
23 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 22 42 1,510 4,617 1,750
24 Scott, Robert E. Columbia University School of Law 18 43 1,133 6,803 2,044
25 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 14 50 788 7,747 2,122
26 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 21 41 1,223 4,402 2,309
27 Baude, William University of Chicago 24 26 2,145 928 2,032
28 Resnik, Judith Yale University 16 44 1,118 6,732 1,586
29 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 17 40 1,148 6,858 1,224
30 Fisch, Jill E. University of Pennsylvania 20 42 1,376 3,013 2,004
31 Issacharoff, Samuel New York University 17 44 944 5,843 1,842
32 Redish, Martin H. Northwestern University 13 51 818 7,838 1,143
33 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 16 35 692 8,688 1,447
34 Gilson, Ronald J. Columbia University School of Law 17 36 977 6,590 1,486
35 Waldron, Jeremy New York University 13 32 869 3,138 4,366
36 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 16 40 1,185 4,684 1,710
37 Bainbridge, Stephen M. University of California, Los Angeles 18 39 938 4,386 2,086
38 Manning, John F. Harvard University 21 29 1,526 3,931 980
39 Friedman, Barry New York University 19 36 1,015 4,102 1,968
40 Samuelson, Pamela University of California, Berkeley 17 36 883 4,507 2,215
41 Ayres, Ian Yale University 14 41 870 5,732 1,634
42 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 13 42 630 4,740 2,749
43 Garrett, Brandon L. Duke University 19 27 1,073 1,963 3,128
44 Kerr, Orin S. Stanford University 19 32 1,092 4,112 1,584
45 Huq, Aziz Z. University of Chicago 19 28 1,232 1,187 2,818
46 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 16 36 901 4,828 1,584
47 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 13 30 1,136 2,865 2,744
48 Langbein, John H. Yale University 16 40 681 5,306 1,486
49 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 14 32 856 4,286 2,290
50 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 16 36 987 4,067 1,482
51 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 17 31 1,013 3,079 2,013
52 Green, Bruce A. Fordham University 15 39 897 3,206 1,960
53 Laycock, Douglas University of Virginia 14 40 801 5,142 1,269
54 Pildes, Richard H. New York University 16 32 896 4,416 1,591
55 Schwartz, Alan Yale University 14 37 745 5,087 1,408
56 Kraakman, Reinier Harvard University 12 24 733 5,283 2,358
57 Tyler, Tom Richard Yale University 13 32 686 2,340 3,292
58 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 12 27 601 6,795 1,668
59 Landes, William M. University of Chicago 14 32 660 6,270 1,153
60 Smith, Henry E. Harvard University 18 25 1,095 3,017 1,607
61 Kahan, Dan Michael Yale University 15 35 660 5,224 1,273
62 Ruhl, J. B. Vanderbilt University 16 36 830 3,253 1,638
63 Minow, Martha Louise Harvard University 12 34 457 4,447 2,690
64 Carbado, Devon W. New York University 17 26 1,059 2,058 2,177
65 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 9 33 358 9,203 927
66 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 17 32 1,021 3,407 1,147
67 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 13 37 750 5,174 1,156
68 Galanter, Marc University of Wisconsin-Madison 11 32 549 6,243 1,718
69 Kaplow, Louis Harvard University 14 32 865 4,842 1,182
70 Langevoort, Donald C. Georgetown University 13 43 624 4,945 1,096
71 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 11 37 465 7,488 864
72 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 9 29 476 7,068 1,879
73 Miller, Geoffrey Parsons New York University 12 42 581 5,504 1,046
74 Menkel-Meadow, Carrie J. University of California, Irvine 10 39 460 5,334 1,935
75 Hathaway, Oona Anne Yale University 14 21 671 1,801 3,828
76 Koh, Harold H. Yale University 13 34 559 4,954 1,697
77 Slobogin, Christopher Vanderbilt University 15 34 746 3,453 1,697
78 Goldsmith, Jack Landman III Harvard University 15 31 647 4,339 1,688
79 Levinson, Sanford University of Texas at Austin 11 39 571 5,001 1,520
80 Hartzog, Woodrow Boston University 18 21 1,171 894 2,315
81 Gluck, Abbe Rubin Yale University 20 23 1,302 1,640 1,060
82 Robinson, Paul H. University of Pennsylvania 15 33 684 3,690 1,612
83 Alschuler, Albert W. University of Chicago 15 34 603 4,677 1,211
84 Hansmann, Henry B. Yale University 13 25 681 3,622 2,419
85 Revesz, Richard L. New York University 16 30 785 3,840 1,246
86 Gulati, Mitu University of Virginia 13 35 736 3,367 1,599
87 Schwarcz, Steven L. Duke University 13 33 603 2,798 2,365
88 Paulsen, Michael University of St. Thomas 15 33 686 3,531 1,479
89 Singer, Joseph William Harvard University 15 29 749 3,665 1,445
90 Alexander, Lawrence Alan University of San Diego 12 35 565 4,315 1,493
91 Calabresi, Guido Yale University 10 26 606 6,832 928
92 Pozen, David E. Columbia University School of Law 20 24 1,098 1,194 1,235
93 Yoo, John Choon University of California, Berkeley 10 37 475 4,128 1,863
94 Karlan, Pamela Susan Stanford University 13 41 610 3,890 934
95 Fineman, Martha Lillian Albertson Emory University 10 26 391 2,557 3,631
96 Kahan, Marcel New York University 16 35 752 2,993 981
97 Cohen, Julie E. Georgetown University 16 24 745 3,035 1,665
98 Eisenberg, Melvin Aron University of California, Berkeley 11 35 395 4,476 1,786
99 Richards, Neil Michael Washington University 16 22 913 1,338 2,227
100 MacKinnon, Catharine A. University of Michigan 10 23 322 2,432 3,964