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Last Updated: August 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Holmes, Oliver Wendell Jr. U.S. Supreme Court 3 4 485 4,756 873
2 Bell, Derrick 6 20 706 2,813 854
3 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 9 26 310 3,320 715
4 Matsuda, Mari J. University of Hawai'i at Manoa 3 5 321 2,076 473
5 Rhode, Deborah L. 11 20 336 1,553 850
6 Harris, Cheryl I. University of California, Los Angeles 5 5 409 748 828
7 Menkel-Meadow, Carrie J. University of California, Irvine 7 20 148 1,640 686
8 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 6 14 226 1,793 187
9 Hamilton, Neil University of St. Thomas 10 14 260 478 1,151
10 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 6 14 155 1,951 229
11 Edelman, Marc 9 10 281 255 1,112
12 Black, Derek Wayne University of South Carolina 10 13 299 394 762
13 Laycock, Douglas University of Virginia 8 16 177 1,336 426
14 Ryan, James E. University of Virginia 8 15 160 1,400 365
15 Gilman, Michele E. University of Baltimore 2 2 28 10 2,206
16 Parker, Christine 2 3 19 25 2,178
17 Green, Rebecca William & Mary Law School 1 1 24 7 2,161
18 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 2 7 75 2,031 90
19 Nance, Jason P. Southern Methodist University 9 8 177 215 1,054
20 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 5 14 97 925 782
21 Wilkins, David Brian Harvard University 6 14 165 1,214 179
22 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 4 3 262 742 137
23 Heise, Michael Cornell University 7 15 118 846 687
24 Gordon, Robert W. Stanford University 5 9 142 1,193 268
25 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 6 16 156 821 515
26 Lawrence, Charles R. 5 11 146 1,205 153
27 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 5 5 157 240 954
28 Schauer, Frederick 7 11 185 583 498
29 Deo, Meera Southwestern Law School 10 8 250 169 533
30 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 4 12 176 934 191
31 Krieger, Lawrence S. Florida State University 6 6 168 569 545
32 Priest, George L. 3 5 150 1,169 81
33 Edwards, Harry T. New York University 3 11 79 1,433 52
34 Zirkel, Perry A. 5 14 135 586 540
35 Minow, Martha Louise Harvard University 6 13 126 750 383
36 Klein, Benjamin 1 1 141 1,023 72
37 Leong, Nancy University of Denver 5 4 171 150 701
38 Bridges, Khiara University of California, Berkeley 6 4 214 36 547
39 Harris, Angela P. Seattle University 5 8 174 515 302
40 Joy, Peter A. Washington University 5 15 110 816 303
41 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 5 14 89 768 417
42 Sherry, Suzanna Vanderbilt University 4 6 88 1,153 81
43 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 3 7 106 612 467
44 Frank, Jerome 5 8 84 1,092 128
45 Guinier, Lani 4 9 132 802 150
46 Holden, John T. 8 2 177 6 618
47 Sturm, Susan P. Columbia University School of Law 4 5 117 817 171
48 Volokh, Eugene University of California, Los Angeles 4 5 133 279 499
49 Shapiro, Fred R. Yale University 5 7 134 539 229
50 Carrington, Paul D. 2 18 38 1,154 114
51 Moran, Rachel F. Texas A&M University 6 12 111 609 257
52 Keet, Michaela 2 3 14 29 1,235
53 Black, Charles L. Jr. 2 5 79 926 125
54 Olivas, Michael A. 3 15 39 899 297
55 Karst, Kenneth L. 4 11 31 1,059 180
56 Rubin, Edward L. Vanderbilt University 4 10 94 787 108
57 Driver, Justin Yale University 4 1 198 51 276
58 Klare, Karl E. Northeastern University 3 4 84 782 153
59 Tushnet, Mark V. 2 8 40 1,060 105
60 Archer, Deborah N. New York University 5 3 146 66 494
61 Sander, Richard H. University of California, Los Angeles 5 9 86 687 214
62 Kidder, William C. 6 11 93 513 326
63 Lopez, Gerald University of California, Los Angeles 5 9 84 767 136
64 Davis, Timothy X. Wake Forest University 4 11 59 355 615
65 Tribe, Laurence Henry Harvard University 3 5 70 894 70
66 Cullen, Francis T. 3 6 34 93 950
67 Wilson, Erika K. New York University 7 5 170 97 291
68 Organ, Jerome University of St. Thomas 5 8 176 164 203
69 Rubenfeld, Jed Yale University 3 5 87 694 141
70 Kahan, Dan Michael Yale University 4 5 94 662 131
71 Abel, Richard L. University of California, Los Angeles 5 8 61 659 282
72 Sohoni, Sharmila Stanford University 2 1 224 15 104
73 McDougal, Myres S. 3 6 44 938 91
74 Fiss, Owen M. Yale University 2 7 44 920 106
75 Greenawalt, Kent 4 10 65 721 161
76 Chang, Robert S. University of California, Irvine 4 9 84 489 280
77 Ingber, Stanley 3 6 74 703 127
78 Liu, Goodwin 5 8 105 462 193
79 Abbott, Kenneth Arizona State University 2 3 112 484 137
80 Snidal, Duncan 2 2 112 477 135
81 Cohen, Felix S. 2 2 64 388 437
82 Nussbaum, Martha C. University of Chicago 4 7 68 548 263
83 Klarman, Michael J. Harvard University 6 8 95 550 132
84 Merritt, Deborah Jones Ohio State University 5 11 82 553 180
85 Schuck, Peter H. Yale University 3 7 50 568 317
86 Curcio, Andrea Anne Georgia State University 7 10 130 309 159
87 Fuller, L. L. 3 7 28 280 664
88 Wizner, Stephen Yale University 5 10 85 476 218
89 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 5 7 90 508 164
90 Cramton, Roger C. 3 14 28 961 47
91 Brooks, Susan L. Drexel University 8 8 114 213 292
92 Brown, Kevin D. University of South Carolina 5 12 71 502 230
93 Hess, Gerald F. 6 10 75 494 209
94 Eyer, Katie Rutgers University 5 3 126 141 267
95 Feingold, Jonathan Boston University 5 2 115 24 418
96 McCann, Michael A. University of New Hampshire 5 4 84 97 496
97 Robinson, Kimberly Jenkins University of Virginia 8 7 138 210 134
98 Mack, Julian W. 1 2 47 785 49
99 Levit, Nancy University of Missouri-Kansas City 5 11 66 584 124
100 Ashar, Sameer M. University of California, Irvine 5 4 114 272 182