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Last Updated: June 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Langbein, John H. Yale University 12 23 359 2,890 922
2 Sitkoff, Robert H. Harvard University 10 12 374 739 528
3 Bebchuk, Lucian Arye Harvard University 3 2 303 108 685
4 Hansmann, Henry B. Yale University 6 6 167 693 724
5 Tallarita, Roberto Harvard University 2 1 292 1 665
6 Hirsch, Adam J. University of San Diego 7 15 169 851 450
7 Kraakman, Reinier Harvard University 4 4 137 562 588
8 Schanzenbach, Max Northwestern University 4 6 231 261 243
9 Horton, David O. University of California, Davis 8 10 172 295 441
10 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 4 4 86 1,118 86
11 Gary, Susan University of Oregon 6 11 127 440 461
12 Leslie, Melanie B. Yeshiva University 5 9 71 404 472
13 Frankel, Tamar Boston University 3 5 48 705 165
14 Leib, Ethan J. Fordham University 6 4 162 91 121
15 Weisbord, Reid Kress Rutgers University 6 6 102 138 305
16 Crawford, Bridget J. Pace University 4 4 51 50 545
17 Sterk, Stewart E. Yeshiva University 5 8 66 345 179
18 Glover, Mark University of South Carolina 6 8 96 165 157
19 Bray, Samuel L. University of Chicago 2 1 112 52 186
20 Surden, Harry Adam University of Colorado Boulder 1 1 102 121 169
21 Fellows, Mary Louise University of Minnesota 5 11 55 446 72
22 Shugerman, Jed H. Boston University 2 2 131 40 69
23 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 2 3 50 510 36
24 Beyer, Gerry W. Texas Tech University 3 11 28 367 218
25 Kent, James A. Fordham University 2 1 120 32 77
26 Lynner, Natalie Margaret Banta Drake University 4 3 49 62 331
27 Rhee, Robert J. University of Florida 3 1 71 26 221
28 LoPucki, Lynn M. University of Florida 1 2 38 360 80
29 Shoemaker, Jessica A. University of Nebraska-Lincoln 4 2 86 52 115
30 Gallanis, Thomas P. George Mason University 5 8 49 199 129
31 Spitko, E. Gary Santa Clara University 4 6 47 249 83
32 Chused, Richard New York Law School 3 3 30 251 164
33 Wright, Danaya C. University of Florida 6 3 64 38 157
34 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 1 2 28 248 143
35 Blair, Margaret M. Vanderbilt University 1 1 40 307 28
36 Landes, William M. University of Chicago 1 1 31 353 19
37 Talley, Eric L. Columbia University School of Law 2 2 69 40 99
38 Rubenstein, William Harvard University 1 2 50 197 51
39 Tritt, Lee-ford University of Florida 4 5 45 147 112
40 Callister, Paul D. University of Missouri-Kansas City 1 1 6 3 414
41 Reder, Robert S. Vanderbilt University 4 4 56 53 112
42 Shultz, Marjorie University of California, Berkeley 1 1 19 299 79
43 Mikhail, John Georgetown University 2 2 69 61 44
44 Baird, Douglas G. University of Chicago 2 2 30 268 47
45 Spivack, Carla Albany Law School 5 4 49 82 107
46 Brashier, Ralph C. University of Memphis 2 6 22 259 75
47 Alexander, Gregory S. Cornell University 2 7 23 241 74
48 Sneddon, Karen Mercer University 4 7 35 101 130
49 McCouch, Grayson M. P. University of Florida 4 6 39 124 90
50 Cahn, Naomi R. University of Virginia 3 7 38 116 100
51 Mattei, Ugo A. University of California, San Francisco 1 1 25 159 125
52 Tait, Allison Anna University of Richmond 4 2 45 15 150
53 Trubek, David University of Wisconsin-Madison 1 1 17 284 53
54 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 3 4 42 150 40
55 Rao, Radhika D. University of California, San Francisco 1 1 30 157 93
56 Squire, Richard C. Fordham University 1 1 28 62 172
57 Laycock, Douglas University of Virginia 1 1 34 180 40
58 Scalise, Ronald Joseph Jr. Tulane University 4 5 35 98 97
59 Baron, Jane B. Temple University 3 5 20 158 115
60 Gans, Mitchell Hofstra University 4 7 42 123 36
61 Knaplund, Kristine Samp Pepperdine University 4 8 28 152 74
62 Radford, Mary Frances Georgia State University 2 6 23 140 108
63 Tate, Joshua Christopher Southern Methodist University 4 5 30 148 61
64 Rauterberg, Gabriel University of Michigan 1 1 49 37 71
65 Ausness, Richard C. University of Kentucky 3 4 26 62 144
66 Brody, Evelyn Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 3 5 17 234 37
67 McCaffery, Edward J. University of Southern California 2 3 26 178 44
68 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 1 1 12 255 43
69 Glogower, Ari Northwestern University 1 1 54 2 62
70 Madoff, Ray D. Boston College 2 4 24 139 83
71 Boxx, Karen University of Washington 3 5 26 130 78
72 McLaughlin, Nancy Assaf University of Utah 3 7 16 199 60
73 Vandevelde, Kenneth J. University of California, Los Angeles 1 1 14 230 42
74 Rock, Edward B. New York University 3 3 32 113 54
75 Schoenblum, Jeffrey A. Vanderbilt University 3 5 25 108 86
76 Morley, John Dirk Yale University 2 2 44 23 67
77 Butler, Henry N. George Mason University 1 1 10 264 19
78 Storrow, Richard F. City University of New York (CUNY) 3 3 22 87 112
79 Matsuda, Mari J. University of Hawai'i at Manoa 1 1 16 157 73
80 Wang, William University of California, San Francisco 1 2 23 162 31
81 Huntington, Clare Columbia University School of Law 1 1 39 92 14
82 Roe, Mark Harvard University 2 2 15 210 17
83 Velasco, Julian University of Notre Dame 2 2 28 73 69
84 Caron, Paul Lawrence Pepperdine University 2 2 22 168 15
85 DiRusso, Alyssa A. Samford University 2 4 24 77 79
86 Capers, I. Bennett Fordham University 1 1 47 21 20
87 Atkinson, Robert E. Jr. Florida State University 3 4 17 162 35
88 Singer, Joseph William Harvard University 1 1 29 101 34
89 Mitchell, Thomas W. Boston College 1 1 47 10 27
90 English, David M. University of Missouri 2 5 18 133 52
91 Sherwin, Emily L. Cornell University 2 4 15 116 81
92 Lindgren, James Northwestern University 2 2 19 142 33
93 Miller, Paul B. University of Notre Dame 3 1 37 8 62
94 Cooper, Jeffrey A. Quinnipiac University 3 5 23 96 39
95 Biber, Eric Gustav University of California, Berkeley 2 1 26 3 108
96 Eisenberg, Melvin Aron University of California, Berkeley 1 2 20 107 47
97 Fairfax, Lisa M. University of Pennsylvania 1 2 40 18 27
98 Scholz, Lauren H. Florida State University 1 1 38 6 39
99 Simmons, Tom E. University of South Dakota 3 3 23 39 77
100 Mann, Bruce H. Harvard University 2 2 19 134 14