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Last Updated: July 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Estlund, Cynthia New York University 14 20 568 1,796 1,235
2 Lobel, Orly University of San Diego 11 14 418 1,117 841
3 Selbst, Andrew D. University of California, Los Angeles 1 1 407 288 1,600
4 Kapczynski, Amy Nicole Yale University 3 4 482 197 671
5 Eskridge, William Yale University 7 8 330 1,417 263
6 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 8 20 202 1,750 423
7 Bagenstos, Samuel University of Michigan 10 11 298 1,131 400
8 Akbar, Amna University of Minnesota 3 1 455 2 638
9 Fisk, Catherine L. University of California, Berkeley 9 14 309 644 679
10 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 8 11 271 1,258 244
11 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 3 3 251 1,438 136
12 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 10 8 383 199 556
13 Purdy, Jedediah S. Duke University 3 4 426 124 422
14 Grewal, David University of California, Berkeley 2 2 419 95 411
15 Kim, Pauline T. Washington University 9 10 292 596 521
16 Porter, Nicole Buonocore William & Mary Law School 10 13 267 419 734
17 Selmi, Michael Arizona State University 6 17 161 1,331 368
18 Stone, Katherine V. W. University of California, Los Angeles 6 17 141 1,403 345
19 Ajunwa, Ifeoma Emory University 7 6 263 99 923
20 Rahman, K. Sabeel Cornell University 2 2 369 40 348
21 Andrias, Kate Columbia University School of Law 7 7 289 188 558
22 Waldron, Jeremy New York University 2 2 213 663 394
23 Hing, Bill Ong University of San Francisco 4 8 40 185 1,588
24 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 7 10 227 641 254
25 Cummings, Scott L. University of California, Los Angeles 5 9 197 396 604
26 Klare, Karl E. Northeastern University 3 9 103 1,311 232
27 Krieger, Linda Hamilton University of Hawai'i at Manoa 5 6 117 1,335 104
28 Schultz, Vicki Yale University 6 8 119 1,190 211
29 Fineman, Martha Lillian Albertson Emory University 3 4 129 351 891
30 Estreicher, Samuel New York University 6 17 129 1,001 277
31 Abel, Richard L. University of California, Los Angeles 4 7 74 539 955
32 Pope, James Gray Rutgers University 6 11 169 741 294
33 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 4 14 149 916 211
34 Schwab, Stewart J. Cornell University 7 13 118 1,029 245
35 Sachs, Benjamin Harvard University 9 8 191 444 371
36 Bartlett, Katharine T. Duke University 4 5 90 1,050 251
37 Sternlight, Jean R. University of Nevada, Las Vegas 5 9 137 894 149
38 Leong, Nancy University of Denver 5 6 161 179 645
39 Bodie, Matthew T. University of Minnesota 8 10 185 273 434
40 Crain, Marion G. Washington University 5 16 99 777 386
41 Cherry, Miriam A. St. John's University 7 7 146 324 553
42 Coglianese, Cary University of Pennsylvania 4 2 197 87 521
43 Rogers, Brishen Georgetown University 7 6 134 193 719
44 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 6 13 90 929 271
45 Hovenkamp, Herbert University of Pennsylvania 7 8 179 211 483
46 Finkin, Matthew W. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 4 19 69 1,018 279
47 Mayson, Sandra G. University of Pennsylvania 1 1 234 56 327
48 Befort, Stephen F. University of Minnesota 5 17 122 771 203
49 Arnow-Richman, Rachel S. University of Florida 9 12 179 385 248
50 Sperino, Sandra F. University of Missouri 8 11 184 352 255
51 Brudney, James J. Fordham University 7 11 113 610 361
52 Clarke, Jessica A. University of Southern California 7 5 201 205 305
53 Schwarcz, Daniel University of Minnesota 7 6 158 154 520
54 Ashar, Sameer M. University of California, Irvine 3 1 229 111 206
55 Malin, Martin H. Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago-Kent) 4 15 75 850 268
56 Bornstein, Stephanie Loyola Marymount University 7 7 192 215 275
57 Donohue, John J. III Stanford University 5 12 58 1,124 88
58 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 2 5 65 989 171
59 Prescott, James J. University of Michigan 5 3 212 60 293
60 Matsuda, Mari J. University of Hawai'i at Manoa 3 4 86 719 299
61 Green, Tristin K. Loyola Marymount University 6 10 99 621 292
62 Kaplow, Louis Harvard University 5 9 116 609 215
63 Seiner, Joseph Alan University of South Carolina 7 11 128 360 373
64 Zatz, Noah University of California, Los Angeles 8 9 169 301 209
65 McGinley, Ann C. University of Nevada, Las Vegas 6 12 107 608 227
66 Laycock, Douglas University of Virginia 6 9 105 702 151
67 Fletcher, George P. Columbia University School of Law 3 5 78 905 100
68 Neuborne, Burt New York University 3 7 76 986 35
69 Grove, Tara Leigh University of Texas at Austin 1 1 247 2 97
70 Horton, David O. University of California, Davis 5 4 163 119 383
71 Menkel-Meadow, Carrie J. University of California, Irvine 3 6 56 737 336
72 Bales, Richard A. Ohio Northern University 5 13 75 617 336
73 Corbett, William R. Louisiana State University 6 12 105 495 300
74 Olsen, Frances University of California, Los Angeles 1 3 59 1,032 50
75 Garden, Charlotte University of Minnesota 7 7 142 159 382
76 Forbath, William E. University of Texas at Austin 6 7 103 397 356
77 Simonson, Jocelyn Brooklyn Law School 1 1 204 19 187
78 Grossman, Joanna Lynn Southern Methodist University 8 9 117 409 225
79 Monahan, Amy B. University of Minnesota 6 8 95 214 495
80 Yamada, David C. Suffolk University 6 10 101 411 287
81 Sturm, Susan P. Columbia University School of Law 4 5 70 756 132
82 Rutherglen, George University of Virginia 4 13 57 745 200
83 Paul, Sanjukta M. University of Michigan 5 4 183 53 196
84 Abrams, Kathryn University of California, Berkeley 3 7 33 740 296
85 Colker, Ruth Ohio State University 4 11 73 601 223
86 Dubal, Veena B. University of California, Irvine 6 3 147 47 364
87 Siegelman, Peter University of Connecticut 6 8 83 682 98
88 Hyman, David Georgetown University 4 11 67 578 254
89 Minow, Martha Louise Harvard University 2 7 30 883 163
90 Goodwin, Michele B. Georgetown University 3 4 123 69 427
91 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 3 2 79 142 566
92 Bebchuk, Lucian Arye Harvard University 4 6 78 517 223
93 Widiss, Deborah A. Indiana University Bloomington 6 6 125 188 283
94 Travis, Michelle A. University of San Francisco 5 7 86 290 369
95 Hafiz, Hiba Boston College 8 2 139 14 342
96 Blanck, Peter Syracuse University 4 14 61 535 244
97 Green, Michael Z. Texas A&M University 6 9 106 304 232
98 Williams, Joan C. University of California, San Francisco 5 10 64 455 290
99 Schanzenbach, Max Northwestern University 1 3 164 23 198
100 Sitkoff, Robert H. Harvard University 1 1 163 10 192