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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 21 32 1,282 8,104 2,156
2 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 23 22 1,776 4,852 1,769
3 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 23 30 1,481 3,746 2,228
4 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 21 23 1,300 3,342 1,351
5 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 14 35 732 5,614 1,214
6 Baude, William University of Chicago 16 11 1,540 586 1,514
7 Solum, Lawrence B. 16 18 1,428 1,436 1,285
8 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 15 30 820 4,491 802
9 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 17 31 852 3,651 1,350
10 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 14 31 927 2,921 1,059
11 Eskridge, William Yale University 13 22 625 4,315 736
12 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 12 30 552 3,720 1,567
13 Kerr, Orin S. Stanford University 14 18 809 2,731 979
14 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 15 19 647 3,054 1,073
15 Manning, John F. Harvard University 11 16 868 2,348 642
16 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 15 23 739 2,543 1,063
17 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 6 24 217 5,876 491
18 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 13 20 700 2,104 1,397
19 Redish, Martin H. Northwestern University 11 29 486 3,879 667
20 Schauer, Frederick 12 28 480 3,262 1,124
21 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 13 19 622 2,827 748
22 Brennan, William J. Jr. U.S. Supreme Court 6 13 379 3,829 529
23 Sachs, Stephen E. Harvard University 14 8 902 377 989
24 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 16 20 708 1,566 841
25 Levinson, Sanford University of Texas at Austin 9 27 384 3,132 921
26 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 13 24 510 2,553 816
27 Monaghan, Henry P. 11 21 325 3,984 292
28 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 8 21 274 3,920 502
29 Ackerman, Bruce Arnold Yale University 9 16 373 2,949 846
30 Metzger, Gillian E. Columbia University School of Law 10 13 732 1,249 533
31 Blocher, Joseph Duke University 16 13 704 706 1,086
32 Barrett, Amy Coney U.S. Supreme Court 11 9 841 467 616
33 Gunther, Gerald 3 7 206 4,301 199
34 Dorf, Michael C. Cornell University 11 19 453 2,450 654
35 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 8 8 678 743 1,046
36 Calabresi, Guido Yale University 5 6 344 3,117 516
37 Huq, Aziz Z. University of Chicago 14 15 620 595 1,399
38 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 12 18 563 1,538 700
39 Lawrence, Charles R. 6 6 357 3,078 203
40 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 9 26 294 2,748 773
41 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 12 19 471 2,137 425
42 Friedman, Barry New York University 10 20 374 2,389 588
43 Pozen, David E. Columbia University School of Law 13 11 686 688 614
44 Nelson, Caleb University of Virginia 12 11 599 1,212 558
45 Paulsen, Michael University of St. Thomas 12 22 385 2,036 758
46 McGinnis, John O. Northwestern University 12 21 489 1,607 553
47 Sullivan, Kathleen M. Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan 6 14 270 2,800 487
48 Melamed, A. Douglas 1 1 297 2,832 325
49 Laycock, Douglas University of Virginia 10 25 331 2,438 461
50 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 9 26 258 2,670 498
51 Yoo, John Choon University of California, Berkeley 8 23 279 2,044 940
52 Schwartz, Joanna C. University of California, Los Angeles 11 5 693 171 626
53 Ginsburg, Tom University of Chicago 11 13 444 482 1,521
54 Rappaport, Michael B. University of San Diego 11 19 473 1,328 512
55 Strauss, David A. University of Chicago 9 17 378 1,736 541
56 Whittington, Keith E. Yale University 9 14 488 858 754
57 Brest, Paul Stanford University 5 9 171 2,970 314
58 Van Alstyne, William W. 6 27 88 3,441 231
59 Greene, Jamal Columbia University School of Law 12 15 527 779 503
60 Scalia, Antonin U.S. Supreme Court 4 8 299 1,388 1,017
61 Young, Ernest A. Duke University 9 14 365 1,493 576
62 Alexander, Lawrence Alan University of San Diego 10 22 303 1,853 540
63 Karlan, Pamela Susan Stanford University 10 25 332 1,853 391
64 Landau, David E. Florida State University 11 10 400 366 1,378
65 Levinson, Daryl New York University 10 11 378 1,483 480
66 Karst, Kenneth L. 6 20 134 2,985 302
67 Wechsler, Herbert American Law Institute 1 3 189 2,846 124
68 Goldsmith, Jack Landman III Harvard University 10 11 315 1,689 535
69 Bell, Derrick 3 8 452 1,186 306
70 Frickey, Philip P. 5 12 290 2,110 136
71 Jackson, Vicki C. Harvard University 10 16 350 1,324 526
72 Sager, Lawrence University of Texas at Austin 6 15 169 2,625 227
73 Pfander, James E. Northwestern University 13 14 423 842 577
74 Klarman, Michael J. Harvard University 8 12 336 1,401 486
75 Walker, Christopher J. University of Michigan 13 9 545 195 543
76 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 5 10 485 384 644
77 Rubenfeld, Jed Yale University 7 16 188 2,147 359
78 Slobogin, Christopher Vanderbilt University 11 18 270 1,530 496
79 Garrett, Brandon L. Duke University 12 10 405 352 884
80 Harrison, John University of Virginia 11 13 336 1,037 529
81 Pildes, Richard H. New York University 10 15 280 1,317 525
82 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 6 18 173 1,892 514
83 Revesz, Richard L. New York University 9 8 335 1,317 255
84 Bressman, Lisa Schultz Vanderbilt University 7 5 399 918 296
85 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 10 11 346 763 634
86 Dixon, Rosalind 11 11 341 327 1,033
87 Campbell, Jud Stanford University 11 5 407 137 863
88 Vladeck, Stephen I. Georgetown University 10 14 378 479 680
89 Clark, Bradford R. George Washington University 10 16 281 1,261 412
90 Stuntz, William J. 8 9 239 1,626 282
91 Corwin, Edward S. Princeton University 6 19 115 2,283 275
92 Williams, Robert Rutgers University 8 20 233 1,612 295
93 Ginsburg, Ruth Bader U.S. Supreme Court 7 12 223 1,344 555
94 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 8 8 224 954 893
95 Ely, John Hart 4 14 68 2,575 167
96 Kopel, David B. 9 17 262 871 748
97 Treanor, William Michael Georgetown University 9 11 263 1,443 227
98 Westen, Peter University of Michigan 4 15 104 2,185 270
99 Powell, H. Jefferson Duke University 4 14 163 1,884 243
100 Linde, Hans A. 6 14 118 2,129 232