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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 39 1,326 9,652 3,064
2 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 22 19 1,496 3,215 2,057
3 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 3 4 567 1,445 7,194
4 Solum, Lawrence B. 17 20 1,383 1,834 1,965
5 Pound, Roscoe 10 34 388 6,323 2,225
6 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 19 24 1,126 3,154 1,312
7 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 17 30 794 3,601 2,147
8 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 12 34 504 5,938 1,224
9 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 16 18 962 3,413 1,251
10 Baude, William University of Chicago 15 9 1,388 522 1,330
11 Eskridge, William Yale University 14 25 762 4,464 771
12 Holmes, Oliver Wendell Jr. U.S. Supreme Court 4 7 511 5,173 1,066
13 Cover, Robert M. 6 7 523 3,736 2,096
14 Schauer, Frederick 14 31 643 3,045 1,689
15 Fuller, L. L. 6 14 246 2,342 3,820
16 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 9 30 476 4,351 897
17 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 8 16 384 4,759 908
18 Hart, H. L. A. University of Oxford 6 13 306 2,534 3,182
19 Dworkin, Ronald University College London 8 21 312 3,044 2,166
20 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 10 25 340 3,269 1,388
21 Smith, Henry E. Harvard University 13 13 660 1,660 1,041
22 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 10 24 690 1,764 794
23 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 14 20 643 2,057 746
24 Kaplow, Louis Harvard University 8 12 486 2,986 651
25 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 12 16 538 2,310 899
26 Sachs, Stephen E. Harvard University 11 7 890 314 920
27 Radin, Margaret Jane University of Toronto 5 14 363 3,516 547
28 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 11 23 546 2,108 786
29 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 5 21 161 4,403 425
30 West, Robin L. Georgetown University 9 23 265 3,197 884
31 Lessig, Lawrence Harvard University 7 14 347 2,974 621
32 Manning, John F. Harvard University 8 14 610 1,677 358
33 Waldron, Jeremy New York University 10 20 335 1,463 1,586
34 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 8 26 213 3,430 394
35 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 8 25 272 2,790 664
36 Luban, David J. Georgetown University 9 22 228 2,006 1,478
37 Singer, Joseph William Harvard University 8 14 336 2,151 648
38 Llewellyn, K. N. 5 17 158 3,185 532
39 Weinrib, Ernest University of Toronto 10 20 251 1,985 1,073
40 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 7 13 307 2,082 727
41 Resnik, Judith Yale University 6 14 380 1,978 413
42 Bell, Derrick 4 9 304 1,240 1,393
43 Fineman, Martha Lillian Albertson Emory University 7 11 258 988 1,805
44 Lawrence, Charles R. 4 5 263 2,688 196
45 Green, Bruce A. Fordham University 10 23 319 1,774 709
46 Alexander, Lawrence Alan University of San Diego 10 23 279 1,757 899
47 Harris, Angela P. Seattle University 5 8 306 2,065 506
48 McGinnis, John O. Northwestern University 10 17 437 1,325 528
49 Simon, William Hackett 7 18 210 2,263 755
50 Barrett, Amy Coney U.S. Supreme Court 9 6 640 291 402
51 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 8 4 509 334 821
52 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 9 12 371 1,518 350
53 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 10 17 344 1,610 374
54 Robinson, Paul H. University of Pennsylvania 10 14 293 1,631 515
55 Raz, Joseph 9 15 203 902 1,561
56 Menkel-Meadow, Carrie J. University of California, Irvine 6 26 177 2,072 578
57 Rappaport, Michael B. University of San Diego 9 16 397 1,063 418
58 Zacharias, Fred C. 8 26 183 2,165 430
59 Nourse, Victoria Georgetown University 12 11 440 634 556
60 Scalia, Antonin U.S. Supreme Court 4 7 293 1,827 190
61 Nelson, Caleb University of Virginia 7 7 416 999 334
62 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 4 6 384 912 556
63 Easterbrook, Frank H. 6 12 184 1,735 753
64 Purdy, Jedediah S. Duke University 5 7 495 225 570
65 Gluck, Abbe Rubin Yale University 6 6 447 727 331
66 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 6 11 264 1,707 304
67 Matsuda, Mari J. University of Hawai'i at Manoa 4 5 245 1,536 546
68 Wendel, W. Bradley Cornell University 8 14 189 702 1,542
69 Hooks, Bell 1 1 1 22 3,011
70 Akbar, Amna University of Minnesota 3 1 528 4 496
71 Rhode, Deborah L. 7 21 168 1,847 516
72 Mutua, Makau W. University at Buffalo 3 6 94 291 2,226
73 Frickey, Philip P. 7 11 205 1,938 209
74 Pozen, David E. Columbia University School of Law 9 9 409 504 473
75 Brest, Paul Stanford University 3 7 135 2,168 301
76 Rose, Carol M. Yale University 7 15 221 1,795 212
77 Monaghan, Henry P. 5 9 175 2,115 147
78 Guthrie, Chris Vanderbilt University 5 8 232 1,254 635
79 Moore, Michael S. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 6 18 111 1,662 821
80 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 10 15 304 1,173 311
81 Dorf, Michael C. Cornell University 9 14 251 1,372 352
82 Wexler, David B. 6 23 154 1,351 832
83 Hohfeld, Wesley Newcomb 1 1 253 1,424 298
84 Grewal, David University of California, Berkeley 4 4 447 115 531
85 Ziegler, Mary R. University of California, Davis 10 8 254 175 1,384
86 Zipursky, Benjamin C. Fordham University 8 12 290 1,051 424
87 Donley, Greer University of Pittsburgh 7 2 390 11 873
88 Sherry, Suzanna Vanderbilt University 6 16 137 2,088 219
89 Goldberg, John C.P. Harvard University 7 12 303 1,040 359
90 Rebouche, Rachel University of Texas at Austin 6 5 347 64 1,009
91 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 10 18 290 1,109 337
92 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 9 8 266 948 555
93 Leiter, Brian University of Chicago 10 16 233 974 628
94 Strauss, David A. University of Chicago 7 14 256 1,223 280
95 Fletcher, George P. Columbia University School of Law 6 15 136 1,772 358
96 Abrams, Kathryn University of California, Berkeley 6 15 121 1,596 581
97 Grey, Thomas C. 6 13 125 1,737 437
98 Wistrich, Andrew J. 3 3 210 1,070 596
99 Levinson, Daryl New York University 5 7 269 1,002 357
100 Eisenberg, Melvin Aron University of California, Berkeley 7 13 107 1,539 622