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Last Updated: October 2026

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1 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 36 93 5,018 29,585 9,528
2 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 28 88 2,697 25,003 5,270
3 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 32 75 3,945 15,696 6,187
4 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 12 16 1,492 3,984 18,866
5 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 28 55 2,404 7,092 4,376
6 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 30 41 2,868 7,010 3,078
7 Eskridge, William Yale University 26 56 2,064 11,834 1,935
8 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 22 51 2,082 6,974 3,799
9 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 23 32 1,898 3,645 6,915
10 Bebchuk, Lucian Arye Harvard University 25 51 1,991 7,456 3,133
11 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 23 28 2,604 1,824 5,403
12 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 15 57 1,195 12,242 2,559
13 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 28 47 2,119 6,468 2,061
14 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 22 44 1,982 8,124 2,221
15 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 21 50 1,721 7,247 2,855
16 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 21 52 1,115 10,275 2,156
17 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 15 45 1,063 7,470 3,766
18 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 17 43 1,244 9,292 1,891
19 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 13 50 986 9,171 2,547
20 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 22 41 1,435 6,411 2,027
21 Hovenkamp, Herbert University of Pennsylvania 20 44 1,505 4,332 2,720
22 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 15 52 869 8,659 2,043
23 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 23 42 1,573 4,617 1,672
24 Scott, Robert E. Columbia University School of Law 19 43 1,191 6,793 1,855
25 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 22 41 1,294 4,402 2,168
26 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 14 50 837 7,677 1,987
27 Baude, William University of Chicago 24 26 2,348 925 2,000
28 Resnik, Judith Yale University 17 44 1,190 6,732 1,558
29 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 18 40 1,212 6,858 1,194
30 Fisch, Jill E. University of Pennsylvania 21 43 1,456 3,010 1,940
31 Redish, Martin H. Northwestern University 14 52 862 7,837 1,026
32 Issacharoff, Samuel New York University 17 44 996 5,842 1,647
33 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 16 35 740 8,692 1,447
34 Waldron, Jeremy New York University 13 32 923 3,138 4,326
35 Gilson, Ronald J. Columbia University School of Law 17 36 1,036 6,561 1,430
36 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 16 40 1,276 4,629 1,656
37 Bainbridge, Stephen M. University of California, Los Angeles 18 39 1,012 4,385 1,975
38 Manning, John F. Harvard University 21 29 1,605 3,917 1,008
39 Friedman, Barry New York University 19 36 1,073 4,102 1,869
40 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 14 42 714 4,740 2,621
41 Ayres, Ian Yale University 14 42 909 5,732 1,570
42 Langbein, John H. Yale University 17 40 734 5,229 1,902
43 Samuelson, Pamela University of California, Berkeley 17 36 935 4,429 2,075
44 Kerr, Orin S. Stanford University 19 32 1,178 4,103 1,514
45 Garrett, Brandon L. Duke University 19 28 1,131 1,952 3,013
46 Huq, Aziz Z. University of Chicago 20 29 1,313 1,184 2,754
47 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 16 37 994 4,828 1,608
48 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 18 36 1,049 4,067 1,503
49 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 14 30 1,178 2,865 2,660
50 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 18 31 1,103 3,079 1,918
51 Laycock, Douglas University of Virginia 14 41 832 5,278 1,154
52 Green, Bruce A. Fordham University 16 39 941 3,207 1,812
53 Pildes, Richard H. New York University 17 32 944 4,416 1,481
54 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 13 27 645 6,795 1,764
55 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 14 31 858 4,101 2,214
56 Kraakman, Reinier Harvard University 13 24 775 5,289 2,397
57 Schwartz, Alan Yale University 15 37 789 5,089 1,287
58 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 18 32 1,115 3,407 1,087
59 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 14 37 786 5,171 1,178
60 Landes, William M. University of Chicago 14 32 701 6,285 1,135
61 Smith, Henry E. Harvard University 18 25 1,164 3,016 1,586
62 Ruhl, J. B. Vanderbilt University 17 36 863 3,253 1,582
63 Goldsmith, Jack Landman III Harvard University 16 31 726 4,339 1,825
64 Galanter, Marc University of Wisconsin-Madison 12 32 597 6,248 1,631
65 Tyler, Tom Richard Yale University 13 32 727 2,340 3,153
66 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 9 33 376 9,203 899
67 Carbado, Devon W. New York University 17 26 1,127 2,045 2,124
68 Menkel-Meadow, Carrie J. University of California, Irvine 11 39 489 5,336 1,914
69 Kaplow, Louis Harvard University 14 32 910 4,835 1,177
70 Kahan, Dan Michael Yale University 15 35 690 5,224 1,166
71 Langevoort, Donald C. Georgetown University 14 43 648 4,896 1,032
72 Miller, Geoffrey Parsons New York University 13 42 613 5,504 970
73 Hartzog, Woodrow Boston University 19 21 1,251 879 2,363
74 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 9 29 504 7,015 1,840
75 Minow, Martha Louise Harvard University 12 34 489 4,447 2,426
76 Hathaway, Oona Anne Yale University 14 22 720 1,801 3,726
77 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 11 37 493 7,489 711
78 Slobogin, Christopher Vanderbilt University 16 34 778 3,439 1,619
79 Koh, Harold H. Yale University 13 34 589 4,954 1,689
80 Levinson, Sanford University of Texas at Austin 11 39 603 5,002 1,479
81 Gluck, Abbe Rubin Yale University 21 23 1,375 1,633 988
82 Alschuler, Albert W. University of Chicago 16 34 641 4,651 1,140
83 Robinson, Paul H. University of Pennsylvania 15 33 729 3,674 1,531
84 Gulati, Mitu University of Virginia 14 35 793 3,367 1,530
85 Hansmann, Henry B. Yale University 13 25 716 3,614 2,387
86 Revesz, Richard L. New York University 16 30 822 3,840 1,192
87 Schwarcz, Steven L. Duke University 13 33 646 2,808 2,262
88 Alexander, Lawrence Alan University of San Diego 13 35 614 4,317 1,375
89 Singer, Joseph William Harvard University 15 29 783 3,665 1,408
90 Kahan, Marcel New York University 17 35 797 2,993 999
91 Richards, Neil Michael Washington University 17 22 978 1,337 2,257
92 Cohen, Julie E. Georgetown University 17 24 790 3,021 1,680
93 Calabresi, Guido Yale University 10 26 646 6,830 868
94 Karlan, Pamela Susan Stanford University 13 41 639 3,885 913
95 Yoo, John Choon University of California, Berkeley 10 37 513 4,031 1,808
96 Pozen, David E. Columbia University School of Law 20 24 1,150 1,183 1,187
97 Paulsen, Michael University of St. Thomas 15 33 733 3,531 1,063
98 Luban, David J. Georgetown University 11 32 397 3,280 2,527
99 Fineman, Martha Lillian Albertson Emory University 10 26 404 2,557 3,431
100 Eisenberg, Melvin Aron University of California, Berkeley 11 35 411 4,413 1,692