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Last Updated: September 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 22 32 1,353 8,138 2,147
2 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 23 22 1,883 4,852 1,759
3 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 24 30 1,570 3,776 2,161
4 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 21 23 1,407 3,328 1,382
5 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 14 35 774 5,661 1,224
6 Baude, William University of Chicago 17 12 1,682 616 1,561
7 Solum, Lawrence B. 17 18 1,543 1,436 1,322
8 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 19 33 980 4,130 1,331
9 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 15 30 866 4,491 765
10 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 17 31 888 3,651 1,329
11 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 14 31 990 2,866 1,038
12 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 12 30 591 3,739 1,593
13 Eskridge, William Yale University 13 22 647 4,197 714
14 Kerr, Orin S. Stanford University 15 18 866 2,731 925
15 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 15 20 709 3,211 1,131
16 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 15 23 776 2,543 1,105
17 Manning, John F. Harvard University 11 16 907 2,335 665
18 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 7 24 230 5,876 480
19 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 13 20 756 2,108 1,351
20 Redish, Martin H. Northwestern University 11 29 509 3,880 644
21 Schauer, Frederick 12 28 512 3,256 1,073
22 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 13 19 656 2,827 745
23 Sachs, Stephen E. Harvard University 14 8 991 376 1,033
24 Brennan, William J. Jr. U.S. Supreme Court 6 13 404 3,828 545
25 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 16 20 739 1,566 817
26 Levinson, Sanford University of Texas at Austin 9 27 402 3,139 928
27 Monaghan, Henry P. 11 21 340 3,888 282
28 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 8 21 292 3,922 461
29 Ackerman, Bruce Arnold Yale University 9 16 391 2,939 794
30 Metzger, Gillian E. Columbia University School of Law 10 13 769 1,241 530
31 Blocher, Joseph Duke University 16 13 746 702 1,071
32 Barrett, Amy Coney U.S. Supreme Court 12 9 885 465 633
33 Gunther, Gerald 3 7 218 4,288 196
34 Dorf, Michael C. Cornell University 11 19 472 2,448 653
35 Calabresi, Guido Yale University 5 6 363 3,117 499
36 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 9 8 707 742 1,042
37 Huq, Aziz Z. University of Chicago 14 15 652 595 1,382
38 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 12 18 614 1,538 695
39 Lawrence, Charles R. 6 6 369 3,078 199
40 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 12 19 490 2,137 424
41 Nelson, Caleb University of Virginia 12 11 640 1,212 551
42 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 9 26 308 2,748 683
43 Friedman, Barry New York University 10 20 395 2,389 602
44 McGinnis, John O. Northwestern University 12 22 526 1,637 570
45 Pozen, David E. Columbia University School of Law 14 11 709 688 582
46 Laycock, Douglas University of Virginia 10 26 346 2,573 455
47 Sullivan, Kathleen M. Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan 6 14 278 2,800 491
48 Melamed, A. Douglas 1 1 310 2,832 316
49 Yoo, John Choon University of California, Berkeley 8 23 302 2,045 937
50 Schwartz, Joanna C. University of California, Los Angeles 11 5 725 171 626
51 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 9 26 264 2,670 486
52 Paulsen, Michael University of St. Thomas 12 21 401 1,830 602
53 Ginsburg, Tom University of Chicago 11 13 461 482 1,510
54 Rappaport, Michael B. University of San Diego 11 19 506 1,328 531
55 Whittington, Keith E. Yale University 9 14 510 858 755
56 Strauss, David A. University of Chicago 9 17 392 1,736 478
57 Brest, Paul Stanford University 5 9 181 2,970 311
58 Goldsmith, Jack Landman III Harvard University 10 12 350 1,846 534
59 Greene, Jamal Columbia University School of Law 12 15 551 779 519
60 Scalia, Antonin U.S. Supreme Court 4 8 324 1,388 1,002
61 Van Alstyne, William W. 6 27 92 3,375 233
62 Alexander, Lawrence Alan University of San Diego 10 22 325 1,853 496
63 Karst, Kenneth L. 6 20 140 2,988 314
64 Levinson, Daryl New York University 10 11 404 1,483 452
65 Landau, David E. Florida State University 11 10 419 366 1,358
66 Karlan, Pamela Susan Stanford University 11 25 341 1,845 388
67 Wechsler, Herbert American Law Institute 1 3 199 2,849 111
68 Bell, Derrick 3 8 467 1,186 348
69 Jackson, Vicki C. Harvard University 10 16 371 1,324 521
70 Frickey, Philip P. 5 12 303 2,110 133
71 Pfander, James E. Northwestern University 14 14 446 842 570
72 Sager, Lawrence University of Texas at Austin 6 15 176 2,626 208
73 Walker, Christopher J. University of Michigan 13 9 573 195 558
74 Young, Ernest A. Duke University 9 14 359 1,292 551
75 Klarman, Michael J. Harvard University 9 12 356 1,401 434
76 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 5 10 504 384 601
77 Pildes, Richard H. New York University 10 16 301 1,410 533
78 Rubenfeld, Jed Yale University 7 16 195 2,147 358
79 Garrett, Brandon L. Duke University 12 10 419 345 890
80 Slobogin, Christopher Vanderbilt University 11 18 273 1,516 478
81 Campbell, Jud Stanford University 12 5 457 135 867
82 Harrison, John University of Virginia 11 13 360 1,031 498
83 Revesz, Richard L. New York University 9 8 346 1,317 282
84 Dixon, Rosalind 11 11 362 327 1,046
85 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 6 18 174 1,854 501
86 Clark, Bradford R. George Washington University 11 16 300 1,258 427
87 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 10 11 362 763 578
88 Vladeck, Stephen I. Georgetown University 10 14 393 479 688
89 Bressman, Lisa Schultz Vanderbilt University 6 5 393 918 297
90 Stuntz, William J. 8 9 251 1,626 304
91 Williams, Robert Rutgers University 8 20 249 1,612 296
92 Corwin, Edward S. Princeton University 7 19 119 2,283 281
93 Ginsburg, Ruth Bader U.S. Supreme Court 7 12 236 1,355 550
94 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 8 8 233 954 912
95 Kopel, David B. 10 17 271 871 764
96 Ely, John Hart 4 14 70 2,576 158
97 Treanor, William Michael Georgetown University 9 11 272 1,443 241
98 Westen, Peter University of Michigan 4 15 111 2,185 261
99 Powell, H. Jefferson Duke University 5 14 174 1,884 230
100 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 8 17 194 1,642 331