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Last Updated: September 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Imwinkelried, Edward J. University of California, Davis 8 25 354 2,540 777
2 Leo, Richard A. University of San Francisco 10 17 258 1,542 1,790
3 Garrett, Brandon L. Duke University 11 11 339 1,107 1,200
4 Allen, Ronald J. Northwestern University 8 21 235 1,482 671
5 Saks, Michael Arizona State University 7 23 138 2,005 552
6 Giannelli, Paul C. Case Western Reserve University 5 16 112 1,731 710
7 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 6 9 194 1,171 548
8 Kerr, Orin S. Stanford University 7 9 227 985 383
9 Guthrie, Chris Vanderbilt University 6 6 162 930 728
10 Slobogin, Christopher Vanderbilt University 10 15 237 959 332
11 Bebchuk, Lucian Arye Harvard University 7 12 196 1,193 238
12 Drizin, Steven A. Northwestern University 5 9 131 709 946
13 Findley, Keith A. University of Wisconsin-Madison 6 7 109 448 1,253
14 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 8 6 215 990 281
15 Gross, Samuel R. University of Michigan 6 13 120 1,206 452
16 Friedman, Richard D. University of Michigan 5 20 123 1,258 383
17 Faigman, David L. University of California, San Francisco 7 18 154 1,180 306
18 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 4 6 155 1,279 120
19 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 4 4 142 1,060 172
20 Starr, Sonja B. University of Chicago 5 6 218 286 501
21 Bellin, Jeffrey Vanderbilt University 9 10 254 234 333
22 Cassell, Paul G. University of Utah 6 12 98 963 381
23 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 3 3 179 680 188
24 Koehler, Jonathan J. Northwestern University 6 15 64 736 641
25 Heller, Michael Adam Columbia University School of Law 3 4 141 847 144
26 Pardo, Michael S. Georgetown University 7 11 154 489 381
27 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 1 2 157 675 167
28 Bandes, Susan A. DePaul University 6 10 110 457 534
29 Mnookin, Jennifer University of Wisconsin-Madison 6 12 87 535 566
30 Krieger, Linda Hamilton University of Hawai'i at Manoa 3 5 122 817 141
31 Subramanian, Guhan Harvard University 6 10 121 725 214
32 Romano, Roberta Yale University 5 5 101 932 115
33 Cheng, Edward K. Vanderbilt University 6 10 152 328 409
34 Ferguson, Andrew Guthrie George Washington University 8 7 196 275 234
35 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 3 2 130 522 275
36 Black, Bernard Northwestern University 5 9 105 701 222
37 Levinson, Justin D. University of Hawai'i at Manoa 4 5 132 342 391
38 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 2 4 46 1,118 45
39 Jacobi, Tonja Emory University 7 9 161 251 282
40 Capra, Daniel J. Fordham University 7 7 143 274 334
41 Dripps, Donald Andrew University of San Diego 6 13 83 636 263
42 Roth, Andrea L. University of California, Berkeley 5 5 154 176 348
43 Stevenson, Megan University of Virginia 3 3 182 133 257
44 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 4 4 110 475 265
45 Hans, Valerie P. Cornell University 6 11 98 500 284
46 Ayres, Ian Yale University 6 8 86 755 111
47 Kahan, Dan Michael Yale University 5 5 94 606 207
48 Park, Roger C. University of California, San Francisco 5 15 64 785 163
49 Mosteller, Robert P. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 4 15 43 846 199
50 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 4 9 80 668 137
51 Heaton, Paul University of Pennsylvania 3 2 152 109 290
52 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 4 6 102 580 91
53 Coates, John IV Harvard University 5 9 73 642 144
54 Schwartz, Alan Yale University 3 2 104 501 132
55 Bernstein, David E. George Mason University 6 12 94 472 185
56 Green, Bruce A. Fordham University 6 10 112 356 190
57 Loftus, Elizabeth F. University of California, Irvine 3 12 26 320 611
58 Burke, Alafair Hofstra University 4 8 103 426 163
59 Nesson, Charles R. Harvard University 3 7 49 796 76
60 Monahan, John University of Virginia 4 9 80 556 139
61 Diamond, Shari Seidman Northwestern University 5 9 67 377 356
62 Epstein, Deborah Georgetown University 3 3 112 90 403
63 Damaska, Mirjan R. Yale University 4 8 42 658 199
64 Alschuler, Albert W. University of Chicago 6 10 68 624 106
65 Simon-Kerr, Julia Ann University of Connecticut 7 4 120 43 363
66 Sanders, Joseph University of Houston 4 13 38 656 181
67 Goodman, Lisa A. Texas A&M University 2 2 102 87 381
68 Mayson, Sandra G. University of Pennsylvania 1 1 133 104 224
69 Braman, Donald George Washington University 4 4 79 440 164
70 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 2 1 80 250 318
71 Paulsen, Michael University of St. Thomas 2 3 49 560 171
72 Langbein, John H. Yale University 3 4 68 483 151
73 Sag, Matthew Emory University 3 2 81 63 458
74 Mahoney, Martha Ruth University of Miami 2 1 46 698 49
75 Natapoff, Alexandra Harvard University 5 5 100 248 185
76 Henderson, Stephen E. University of Oklahoma 5 9 80 369 166
77 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 4 6 59 582 68
78 Harcourt, Bernard Columbia University School of Law 2 4 47 330 349
79 Marcus, Richard L. University of California, San Francisco 4 9 49 634 52
80 Carbado, Devon W. New York University 3 1 144 76 111
81 Kaplow, Louis Harvard University 4 7 62 357 219
82 Capers, I. Bennett Fordham University 5 5 111 109 213
83 Murphy, Erin E. New York University 5 6 86 232 204
84 Trubek, David University of Wisconsin-Madison 2 2 21 299 438
85 LoPucki, Lynn M. University of Florida 4 7 65 396 138
86 Vidmar, Neil Duke University 3 9 32 325 342
87 Kang, Jerry University of California, Los Angeles 2 2 69 484 36
88 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 4 4 74 123 319
89 Nance, Dale A. Case Western Reserve University 4 12 54 416 144
90 Chesney, Robert M. University of Texas at Austin 3 3 33 101 516
91 Blume, John H. Cornell University 4 9 87 250 126
92 Richter, Liesa L. University of Oklahoma 6 6 110 87 159
93 Friedman, Barry New York University 4 4 72 204 230
94 Maclin, Tracey University of Florida 5 5 71 297 150
95 Colby, Thomas George Washington University 3 4 112 157 91
96 Roberts, Anna Brooklyn Law School 6 4 121 73 120
97 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 3 6 26 619 66
98 Mnookin, Robert Harvard University 3 4 31 633 31
99 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 3 8 44 537 51
100 Doherty, Fiona Mary Yale University 2 2 101 68 211