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Last Updated: July 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Imwinkelried, Edward J. University of California, Davis 8 25 344 2,541 786
2 Leo, Richard A. University of San Francisco 10 17 248 1,542 1,831
3 Garrett, Brandon L. Duke University 10 11 327 1,112 1,230
4 Allen, Ronald J. Northwestern University 8 21 226 1,475 697
5 Saks, Michael Arizona State University 7 23 135 2,014 570
6 Giannelli, Paul C. Case Western Reserve University 5 16 109 1,736 736
7 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 6 9 187 1,171 524
8 Slobogin, Christopher Vanderbilt University 10 16 238 1,060 371
9 Kerr, Orin S. Stanford University 7 9 214 994 399
10 Guthrie, Chris Vanderbilt University 6 6 155 930 712
11 Bebchuk, Lucian Arye Harvard University 7 12 191 1,193 227
12 Drizin, Steven A. Northwestern University 5 9 125 709 969
13 Findley, Keith A. University of Wisconsin-Madison 5 7 103 448 1,274
14 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 8 6 201 990 294
15 Friedman, Richard D. University of Michigan 5 20 118 1,258 424
16 Faigman, David L. University of California, San Francisco 7 18 150 1,181 326
17 Gross, Samuel R. University of Michigan 6 13 120 1,206 449
18 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 4 6 151 1,279 135
19 Starr, Sonja B. University of Chicago 5 6 212 286 500
20 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 4 4 137 1,060 169
21 Bellin, Jeffrey Vanderbilt University 9 10 237 234 364
22 Cassell, Paul G. University of Utah 6 12 96 963 366
23 Koehler, Jonathan J. Northwestern University 6 15 60 737 659
24 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 3 3 168 680 173
25 Heller, Michael Adam Columbia University School of Law 3 3 138 839 144
26 Pardo, Michael S. Georgetown University 7 11 146 489 403
27 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 1 2 149 675 157
28 Mnookin, Jennifer University of Wisconsin-Madison 6 12 80 535 580
29 Krieger, Linda Hamilton University of Hawai'i at Manoa 3 5 118 819 150
30 Bandes, Susan A. DePaul University 6 10 104 457 522
31 Subramanian, Guhan Harvard University 6 10 110 725 235
32 Ferguson, Andrew Guthrie George Washington University 8 7 190 275 249
33 Romano, Roberta Yale University 4 5 98 932 108
34 Cheng, Edward K. Vanderbilt University 6 10 141 328 404
35 Black, Bernard Northwestern University 5 9 102 701 232
36 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 3 2 125 522 259
37 Levinson, Justin D. University of Hawai'i at Manoa 4 5 128 342 401
38 Jacobi, Tonja Emory University 7 9 157 251 290
39 Capra, Daniel J. Fordham University 6 7 135 274 374
40 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 2 4 45 1,117 52
41 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 3 4 103 475 318
42 Ayres, Ian Yale University 6 8 84 755 152
43 Roth, Andrea L. University of California, Berkeley 5 5 149 176 358
44 Hans, Valerie P. Cornell University 6 11 97 500 295
45 Stevenson, Megan University of Virginia 3 3 176 133 246
46 Dripps, Donald Andrew University of San Diego 6 13 79 636 240
47 Park, Roger C. University of California, San Francisco 5 15 64 785 175
48 Mosteller, Robert P. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 4 15 42 846 209
49 Kahan, Dan Michael Yale University 4 5 90 606 189
50 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 4 9 76 668 144
51 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 4 6 93 580 138
52 Heaton, Paul University of Pennsylvania 3 2 148 109 286
53 Bernstein, David E. George Mason University 6 12 88 472 205
54 Schwartz, Alan Yale University 3 2 99 501 132
55 Coates, John IV Harvard University 5 9 66 642 148
56 Burke, Alafair Hofstra University 4 8 100 426 174
57 Loftus, Elizabeth F. University of California, Irvine 3 12 26 321 606
58 Monahan, John University of Virginia 4 9 80 556 139
59 Nesson, Charles R. Harvard University 3 7 47 796 77
60 Diamond, Shari Seidman Northwestern University 5 9 64 377 356
61 Epstein, Deborah Georgetown University 3 3 108 90 396
62 Simon-Kerr, Julia Ann University of Connecticut 7 4 110 43 421
63 Alschuler, Albert W. University of Chicago 6 10 66 624 109
64 Marcus, Richard L. University of California, San Francisco 4 10 54 749 55
65 Damaska, Mirjan R. Yale University 4 8 41 657 188
66 Sanders, Joseph University of Houston 4 13 37 656 188
67 Green, Bruce A. Fordham University 6 9 102 315 181
68 Langbein, John H. Yale University 3 4 65 559 137
69 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 2 1 79 250 321
70 Mayson, Sandra G. University of Pennsylvania 1 1 129 104 214
71 Goodman, Lisa A. Texas A&M University 2 2 98 87 374
72 Braman, Donald George Washington University 4 4 76 440 151
73 Sag, Matthew Emory University 3 2 77 63 476
74 Paulsen, Michael University of St. Thomas 2 3 44 560 188
75 Henderson, Stephen E. University of Oklahoma 5 9 80 369 163
76 Mahoney, Martha Ruth University of Miami 2 1 45 698 36
77 Natapoff, Alexandra Harvard University 5 5 93 248 195
78 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 4 6 59 582 54
79 Carbado, Devon W. New York University 3 1 139 76 117
80 Harcourt, Bernard Columbia University School of Law 2 4 45 330 333
81 Orenstein, Aviva A. Indiana University Bloomington 5 8 61 479 112
82 Capers, I. Bennett Fordham University 4 5 104 109 232
83 Kaplow, Louis Harvard University 4 7 59 357 223
84 Murphy, Erin E. New York University 5 6 85 232 207
85 Nance, Dale A. Case Western Reserve University 4 12 53 416 176
86 Vidmar, Neil Duke University 3 9 32 333 349
87 Trubek, David University of Wisconsin-Madison 2 2 20 299 433
88 Maclin, Tracey University of Florida 5 5 75 301 163
89 Mnookin, Robert Harvard University 3 4 35 661 35
90 Kang, Jerry University of California, Los Angeles 2 2 66 484 39
91 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 4 5 72 130 321
92 Roberts, Anna Brooklyn Law School 6 4 117 73 148
93 Chesney, Robert M. University of Texas at Austin 3 3 32 101 526
94 Blume, John H. Cornell University 4 9 85 251 132
95 Richter, Liesa L. University of Oklahoma 6 6 103 87 189
96 Doherty, Fiona Mary Yale University 2 2 99 68 220
97 Donohue, John J. III Stanford University 5 6 67 346 113
98 Chin, Gabriel J. University of California, Davis 4 5 71 151 268
99 Saltzburg, Stephen A. George Washington University 3 8 29 474 176
100 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 3 6 25 619 62