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Last Updated: August 2026

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1 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 36 93 4,877 29,598 9,832
2 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 28 88 2,607 25,018 5,432
3 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 32 74 3,800 15,809 6,503
4 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 12 16 1,452 3,984 17,576
5 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 27 55 2,321 7,092 4,696
6 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 29 41 2,777 7,010 3,101
7 Eskridge, William Yale University 25 56 1,982 11,842 2,133
8 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 22 51 2,037 7,031 4,182
9 Bebchuk, Lucian Arye Harvard University 24 51 1,896 7,438 3,276
10 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 22 31 1,806 3,653 6,910
11 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 23 28 2,514 1,827 5,633
12 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 15 57 1,165 12,242 2,719
13 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 27 46 2,053 6,482 2,131
14 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 22 44 1,905 8,124 2,292
15 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 20 49 1,670 7,247 3,033
16 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 20 52 1,077 10,316 2,244
17 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 17 43 1,209 9,288 1,973
18 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 14 44 992 7,419 3,838
19 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 22 42 1,398 6,431 2,003
20 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 12 50 957 9,173 2,518
21 Hovenkamp, Herbert University of Pennsylvania 20 44 1,462 4,338 2,906
22 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 14 53 850 8,697 2,194
23 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 23 42 1,532 4,617 1,728
24 Scott, Robert E. Columbia University School of Law 19 43 1,157 6,803 2,028
25 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 14 50 812 7,733 2,133
26 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 21 41 1,254 4,402 2,334
27 Baude, William University of Chicago 24 26 2,276 925 2,048
28 Resnik, Judith Yale University 17 44 1,149 6,687 1,582
29 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 18 40 1,189 6,858 1,220
30 Fisch, Jill E. University of Pennsylvania 21 42 1,399 2,991 1,960
31 Issacharoff, Samuel New York University 17 44 975 5,843 1,822
32 Redish, Martin H. Northwestern University 13 52 841 7,838 1,135
33 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 16 35 710 8,689 1,459
34 Gilson, Ronald J. Columbia University School of Law 17 36 1,007 6,591 1,492
35 Waldron, Jeremy New York University 13 32 887 3,138 4,420
36 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 16 40 1,247 4,684 1,707
37 Bainbridge, Stephen M. University of California, Los Angeles 18 39 958 4,385 2,077
38 Manning, John F. Harvard University 21 29 1,563 3,931 978
39 Friedman, Barry New York University 19 36 1,041 4,102 1,999
40 Ayres, Ian Yale University 14 42 884 5,732 1,663
41 Samuelson, Pamela University of California, Berkeley 17 36 894 4,505 2,216
42 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 13 42 644 4,740 2,772
43 Kerr, Orin S. Stanford University 19 32 1,146 4,112 1,608
44 Garrett, Brandon L. Duke University 19 27 1,088 1,946 3,103
45 Huq, Aziz Z. University of Chicago 19 28 1,279 1,180 2,822
46 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 16 36 948 4,828 1,604
47 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 14 30 1,162 2,865 2,749
48 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 17 36 1,016 4,067 1,512
49 Langbein, John H. Yale University 16 40 701 5,306 1,520
50 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 18 31 1,060 3,079 2,064
51 Laycock, Douglas University of Virginia 14 41 821 5,277 1,236
52 Green, Bruce A. Fordham University 15 39 918 3,207 1,938
53 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 14 31 830 4,198 2,309
54 Pildes, Richard H. New York University 16 32 921 4,416 1,599
55 Schwartz, Alan Yale University 15 37 768 5,087 1,418
56 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 13 27 633 6,796 1,754
57 Kraakman, Reinier Harvard University 12 24 746 5,283 2,387
58 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 18 32 1,068 3,407 1,142
59 Landes, William M. University of Chicago 14 32 680 6,294 1,177
60 Smith, Henry E. Harvard University 18 25 1,112 3,016 1,601
61 Goldsmith, Jack Landman III Harvard University 16 31 690 4,339 1,853
62 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 9 33 367 9,203 933
63 Carbado, Devon W. New York University 17 26 1,085 2,058 2,188
64 Kahan, Dan Michael Yale University 15 35 677 5,182 1,253
65 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 13 37 770 5,174 1,166
66 Minow, Martha Louise Harvard University 12 34 466 4,448 2,652
67 Tyler, Tom Richard Yale University 13 31 685 2,204 3,291
68 Ruhl, J. B. Vanderbilt University 16 35 841 3,200 1,659
69 Kaplow, Louis Harvard University 14 32 882 4,841 1,179
70 Hathaway, Oona Anne Yale University 14 21 700 1,801 3,969
71 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 9 29 492 7,068 1,885
72 Langevoort, Donald C. Georgetown University 13 43 639 4,955 1,084
73 Slobogin, Christopher Vanderbilt University 16 34 761 3,439 1,696
74 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 11 37 477 7,488 765
75 Hartzog, Woodrow Boston University 19 21 1,199 894 2,317
76 Menkel-Meadow, Carrie J. University of California, Irvine 10 39 464 5,301 1,923
77 Koh, Harold H. Yale University 13 34 571 4,941 1,704
78 Levinson, Sanford University of Texas at Austin 11 39 586 5,002 1,552
79 Miller, Geoffrey Parsons New York University 12 41 576 5,368 1,043
80 Alschuler, Albert W. University of Chicago 16 34 626 4,672 1,177
81 Robinson, Paul H. University of Pennsylvania 15 33 709 3,690 1,610
82 Gluck, Abbe Rubin Yale University 20 23 1,330 1,640 1,053
83 Galanter, Marc University of Wisconsin-Madison 11 32 462 5,821 1,677
84 Hansmann, Henry B. Yale University 13 25 687 3,622 2,448
85 Revesz, Richard L. New York University 16 30 793 3,840 1,272
86 Gulati, Mitu University of Virginia 14 34 751 3,338 1,616
87 Paulsen, Michael University of St. Thomas 15 33 717 3,531 1,462
88 Schwarcz, Steven L. Duke University 13 33 616 2,798 2,362
89 Alexander, Lawrence Alan University of San Diego 13 35 595 4,315 1,475
90 Singer, Joseph William Harvard University 15 29 764 3,665 1,438
91 Calabresi, Guido Yale University 10 26 624 6,831 926
92 Pozen, David E. Columbia University School of Law 20 24 1,128 1,194 1,266
93 Yoo, John Choon University of California, Berkeley 10 37 497 4,128 1,872
94 Karlan, Pamela Susan Stanford University 13 41 624 3,890 945
95 Kahan, Marcel New York University 16 35 755 2,972 998
96 Cohen, Julie E. Georgetown University 16 24 765 3,033 1,680
97 Fineman, Martha Lillian Albertson Emory University 10 26 396 2,557 3,590
98 Eisenberg, Melvin Aron University of California, Berkeley 11 35 407 4,476 1,790
99 Richards, Neil Michael Washington University 16 22 938 1,338 2,237
100 MacKinnon, Catharine A. University of Michigan 10 23 337 2,432 3,975