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Last Updated: July 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 35 93 4,764 29,599 9,842
2 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 27 88 2,478 24,455 5,470
3 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 31 74 3,730 15,809 6,502
4 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 12 16 1,417 3,984 17,178
5 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 27 54 2,256 7,094 4,699
6 Eskridge, William Yale University 25 56 1,942 11,834 2,160
7 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 28 41 2,663 7,010 3,101
8 Schauer, Frederick 21 54 1,686 10,295 4,150
9 Easterbrook, Frank H. 23 50 1,520 13,439 2,214
10 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 22 51 2,000 7,061 4,228
11 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 23 31 1,773 3,654 6,852
12 Bebchuk, Lucian Arye Harvard University 24 51 1,885 7,454 3,292
13 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 22 28 2,447 1,827 5,539
14 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 15 57 1,131 12,068 2,987
15 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 22 43 1,852 8,125 2,291
16 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 26 45 1,943 6,482 2,155
17 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 20 49 1,633 7,216 3,058
18 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 20 52 1,049 10,324 2,237
19 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 14 45 1,005 7,470 3,836
20 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 16 43 1,181 9,293 1,957
21 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 12 50 932 9,173 2,481
22 Hovenkamp, Herbert University of Pennsylvania 20 44 1,444 4,340 2,943
23 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 21 42 1,352 6,431 1,993
24 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 14 53 835 8,697 2,213
25 Solum, Lawrence B. 20 33 1,927 2,731 2,541
26 Pound, Roscoe 10 43 528 9,978 3,105
27 Scott, Robert E. Columbia University School of Law 18 43 1,133 6,803 2,044
28 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 22 42 1,510 4,617 1,750
29 Rhode, Deborah L. 18 42 934 5,706 3,119
30 Fuller, L. L. 9 24 623 7,055 4,877
31 Baude, William University of Chicago 24 26 2,145 928 2,032
32 Macey, Jonathan Yale University 14 50 788 7,747 2,122
33 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 21 41 1,223 4,402 2,309
34 Resnik, Judith Yale University 16 44 1,118 6,732 1,586
35 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 17 40 1,148 6,858 1,224
36 Fisch, Jill E. University of Pennsylvania 20 42 1,376 3,013 2,004
37 Issacharoff, Samuel New York University 17 44 944 5,843 1,842
38 Redish, Martin H. Northwestern University 13 51 818 7,838 1,143
39 Fischel, Daniel R. University of Chicago 16 35 692 8,688 1,447
40 Waldron, Jeremy New York University 13 32 869 3,138 4,366
41 Gilson, Ronald J. Columbia University School of Law 17 36 977 6,590 1,486
42 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 16 40 1,185 4,684 1,710
43 Manning, John F. Harvard University 21 29 1,526 3,931 980
44 Bainbridge, Stephen M. University of California, Los Angeles 18 39 938 4,386 2,086
45 Friedman, Barry New York University 19 36 1,015 4,102 1,968
46 Eisenberg, Theodore 14 49 728 6,800 1,152
47 Ayres, Ian Yale University 14 41 870 5,732 1,634
48 Samuelson, Pamela University of California, Berkeley 17 36 883 4,507 2,215
49 Garrett, Brandon L. Duke University 19 27 1,073 1,963 3,128
50 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 13 42 630 4,740 2,749
51 Kerr, Orin S. Stanford University 19 32 1,092 4,112 1,584
52 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 13 30 1,136 2,865 2,744
53 Huq, Aziz Z. University of Chicago 19 28 1,232 1,187 2,818
54 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 16 36 901 4,828 1,584
55 Bell, Derrick 11 28 939 4,320 2,545
56 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 14 32 856 4,286 2,290
57 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 16 36 987 4,067 1,482
58 Langbein, John H. Yale University 16 40 681 5,306 1,486
59 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 17 31 1,013 3,079 2,013
60 Kraakman, Reinier Harvard University 12 24 733 5,283 2,358
61 Pildes, Richard H. New York University 16 32 896 4,416 1,591
62 Scalia, Antonin U.S. Supreme Court 10 23 995 5,716 1,575
63 Laycock, Douglas University of Virginia 14 40 801 5,142 1,269
64 Green, Bruce A. Fordham University 15 39 897 3,206 1,960
65 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 12 27 601 6,795 1,668
66 Schwartz, Alan Yale University 14 37 745 5,087 1,408
67 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 9 33 358 9,203 927
68 Smith, Henry E. Harvard University 18 25 1,095 3,017 1,607
69 Landes, William M. University of Chicago 14 32 660 6,270 1,153
70 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 9 29 476 7,068 1,879
71 Stuntz, William J. 15 29 898 4,811 1,249
72 Tyler, Tom Richard Yale University 13 32 686 2,340 3,292
73 Galanter, Marc University of Wisconsin-Madison 11 32 549 6,243 1,718
74 Carbado, Devon W. New York University 17 26 1,059 2,058 2,177
75 Kaplow, Louis Harvard University 14 32 865 4,842 1,182
76 Minow, Martha Louise Harvard University 12 34 457 4,447 2,690
77 Shavell, Steven Harvard University 13 37 750 5,174 1,156
78 Kahan, Dan Michael Yale University 15 35 660 5,224 1,273
79 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 17 32 1,021 3,407 1,147
80 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 11 37 465 7,488 864
81 Hathaway, Oona Anne Yale University 14 21 671 1,801 3,828
82 Ruhl, J. B. Vanderbilt University 16 36 830 3,253 1,638
83 Prosser, William L. 8 30 430 9,126 563
84 Menkel-Meadow, Carrie J. University of California, Irvine 10 39 460 5,334 1,935
85 Hartzog, Woodrow Boston University 18 21 1,171 894 2,315
86 Monaghan, Henry P. 13 31 681 6,695 522
87 Langevoort, Donald C. Georgetown University 13 43 624 4,945 1,096
88 Koh, Harold H. Yale University 13 34 559 4,954 1,697
89 Miller, Geoffrey Parsons New York University 12 42 581 5,504 1,046
90 Goldsmith, Jack Landman III Harvard University 15 31 647 4,339 1,688
91 Hansmann, Henry B. Yale University 13 25 681 3,622 2,419
92 Levinson, Sanford University of Texas at Austin 11 39 571 5,001 1,520
93 Slobogin, Christopher Vanderbilt University 15 34 746 3,453 1,697
94 Gluck, Abbe Rubin Yale University 20 23 1,302 1,640 1,060
95 Strine, Leo E. Jr. Delaware Supreme Court 18 32 1,091 2,135 1,141
96 Calabresi, Guido Yale University 10 26 606 6,832 928
97 Robinson, Paul H. University of Pennsylvania 15 33 684 3,690 1,612
98 Revesz, Richard L. New York University 16 30 785 3,840 1,246
99 Alschuler, Albert W. University of Chicago 15 34 603 4,677 1,211
100 Gulati, Mitu University of Virginia 13 35 736 3,367 1,599