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Last Updated: July 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 9 26 305 3,330 702
2 Matsuda, Mari J. University of Hawai'i at Manoa 3 5 311 2,076 478
3 Harris, Cheryl I. University of California, Los Angeles 5 5 397 748 810
4 Menkel-Meadow, Carrie J. University of California, Irvine 7 21 147 1,674 685
5 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 6 14 221 1,793 187
6 Hamilton, Neil University of St. Thomas 10 14 256 478 1,140
7 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 6 14 148 1,951 245
8 Black, Derek Wayne University of South Carolina 10 13 292 394 756
9 Laycock, Douglas University of Virginia 8 16 174 1,336 443
10 Ryan, James E. University of Virginia 8 15 155 1,400 372
11 Gilman, Michele E. University of Baltimore 2 2 28 10 2,212
12 Green, Rebecca William & Mary Law School 1 1 24 7 2,170
13 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 2 7 76 2,032 108
14 Nance, Jason P. Southern Methodist University 8 8 175 215 1,053
15 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 5 14 96 925 788
16 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 4 3 258 742 143
17 Wilkins, David Brian Harvard University 6 14 160 1,214 177
18 Heise, Michael Cornell University 7 15 117 846 693
19 Gordon, Robert W. Stanford University 5 9 141 1,193 269
20 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 6 15 145 790 524
21 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 5 5 154 240 922
22 Krieger, Lawrence S. Florida State University 6 6 168 569 519
23 Deo, Meera Southwestern Law School 10 8 239 169 524
24 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 4 12 168 934 170
25 Edwards, Harry T. New York University 3 11 77 1,433 61
26 Leong, Nancy University of Denver 5 4 171 150 705
27 Minow, Martha Louise Harvard University 6 13 124 750 383
28 Bridges, Khiara University of California, Berkeley 6 4 205 36 564
29 Joy, Peter A. Washington University 5 15 108 816 313
30 Sherry, Suzanna Vanderbilt University 4 6 85 1,153 84
31 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 5 14 88 768 390
32 Harris, Angela P. Seattle University 5 8 167 515 240
33 Sturm, Susan P. Columbia University School of Law 4 5 115 817 167
34 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 3 7 98 611 370
35 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 4 5 130 279 486
36 Moran, Rachel F. Texas A&M University 6 12 110 609 259
37 Sander, Richard H. University of California, Los Angeles 5 10 93 703 214
38 Rubin, Edward L. Vanderbilt University 4 10 90 787 114
39 Klare, Karl E. Northeastern University 3 4 83 782 151
40 Driver, Justin Yale University 4 1 191 51 281
41 Lopez, Gerald University of California, Los Angeles 5 9 83 767 140
42 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 3 5 69 894 77
43 Davis, Timothy X. Wake Forest University 4 11 57 355 607
44 Archer, Deborah N. New York University 5 3 142 66 440
45 Rubenfeld, Jed Yale University 3 5 87 694 143
46 Kahan, Dan Michael Yale University 4 5 93 662 133
47 Wilson, Erika K. New York University 7 5 164 97 293
48 Sohoni, Sharmila Stanford University 2 1 219 15 110
49 Abel, Richard L. University of California, Los Angeles 5 8 59 659 287
50 Organ, Jerome University of St. Thomas 5 8 171 164 192
51 Shapiro, Fred R. Yale University 5 6 123 438 173
52 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 2 7 42 920 106
53 Chang, Robert S. University of California, Irvine 4 9 83 489 284
54 Abbott, Kenneth Arizona State University 2 3 112 484 140
55 Nussbaum, Martha C. University of Chicago 4 7 67 548 267
56 Klarman, Michael J. Harvard University 6 8 94 550 131
57 Curcio, Andrea Anne Georgia State University 7 10 130 309 166
58 Schuck, Peter H. Yale University 3 8 50 573 315
59 Merritt, Deborah Jones Ohio State University 5 11 79 553 177
60 Wizner, Stephen Yale University 5 10 82 476 212
61 Brooks, Susan L. Drexel University 8 8 112 213 294
62 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 5 7 85 508 161
63 Brown, Kevin D. University of South Carolina 5 12 70 502 225
64 Robinson, Kimberly Jenkins University of Virginia 8 7 135 210 138
65 Eyer, Katie Rutgers University 5 3 117 141 286
66 Strossen, Nadine New York Law School 3 10 47 657 158
67 Levit, Nancy University of Missouri-Kansas City 5 11 66 584 129
68 Ashar, Sameer M. University of California, Irvine 5 4 112 272 181
69 McCann, Michael A. University of New Hampshire 4 4 78 97 488
70 Jewel, Lucille Anne University of Tennessee, Knoxville 6 8 122 185 194
71 Eskridge, William Yale University 5 7 74 489 151
72 Cantalupo, Nancy C. Wayne State University 6 6 95 190 316
73 Galanter, Marc University of Wisconsin-Madison 4 6 48 581 166
74 Rothstein, Laura University of Louisville 4 10 65 281 347
75 Woodhouse, Barbara Bennett Emory University 2 5 77 492 106
76 Valdes, Francisco Seattle University 4 13 58 545 140
77 Carbado, Devon W. New York University 5 5 117 176 188
78 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 3 3 67 474 162
79 Pruitt, Lisa R. University of California, Davis 4 8 90 154 326
80 Feingold, Jonathan Boston University 5 2 108 24 357
81 Kruse, Katherine R. Mitchell Hamline School of Law 5 8 81 315 223
82 Harpalani, Vinay University of New Mexico 6 4 111 31 332
83 Colker, Ruth Ohio State University 6 6 86 204 296
84 Weber, Mark Charles DePaul University 4 11 49 406 287
85 Parks, Gregory S. Wake Forest University 5 5 56 70 548
86 Levinson, Sanford University of Texas at Austin 4 12 50 519 174
87 Berry, William W. III University of Mississippi 4 5 32 40 677
88 Montoya, Margaret University of New Mexico 3 8 62 374 227
89 Russo, Charles J. University of Dayton 3 8 48 184 461
90 Davis, Peggy Cooper New York University 4 8 37 483 243
91 Friedman, Barry New York University 3 3 87 71 366
92 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 3 12 42 542 156
93 Kuehn, Robert Richard Washington University 5 9 76 301 193
94 Johnson, Alex University of Virginia 3 7 26 590 176
95 Stefancic, Jean Seattle University 4 10 65 346 199
96 Lupu, Ira C. George Washington University 3 10 33 643 88
97 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 4 4 42 606 75
98 Gonzalez, Thalia University of California, San Francisco 4 4 57 51 493
99 Bowman, Kristine L. Michigan State University 4 8 62 191 343
100 Onwuachi-Willig, Angela Ifeoma Boston University 5 7 98 190 170