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Last Updated: August 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 21 39 1,354 9,642 3,029
2 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 22 19 1,573 3,215 2,065
3 Crenshaw, Kimberle Williams Columbia University School of Law 3 4 577 1,445 7,341
4 Solum, Lawrence B. 17 20 1,459 1,834 1,958
5 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 20 24 1,185 3,154 1,303
6 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 17 30 815 3,601 2,143
7 Pound, Roscoe 9 34 377 5,738 2,152
8 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 13 34 521 5,938 1,209
9 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 16 18 991 3,412 1,253
10 Baude, William University of Chicago 15 9 1,479 519 1,350
11 Eskridge, William Yale University 14 25 783 4,464 749
12 Holmes, Oliver Wendell Jr. U.S. Supreme Court 4 7 533 5,174 1,067
13 Cover, Robert M. 6 7 539 3,736 2,215
14 Schauer, Frederick 15 31 668 3,045 1,687
15 Fuller, L. L. 6 15 260 2,451 4,111
16 Hart, H. L. A. University of Oxford 6 13 323 2,534 3,580
17 Delgado, Richard Seattle University 9 30 489 4,351 929
18 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 8 16 399 4,759 900
19 Dworkin, Ronald University College London 9 21 321 3,044 2,201
20 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 10 24 730 1,764 791
21 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 10 25 312 3,218 1,373
22 Sachs, Stephen E. Harvard University 11 7 962 313 928
23 Smith, Henry E. Harvard University 13 13 674 1,659 1,039
24 Kaplow, Louis Harvard University 8 12 495 2,986 657
25 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 15 20 653 2,057 733
26 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 12 16 562 2,310 909
27 Radin, Margaret Jane University of Toronto 5 14 367 3,516 552
28 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 11 23 558 2,107 791
29 Michelman, Frank I. Harvard University 5 21 165 4,403 428
30 West, Robin L. Georgetown University 9 23 273 3,197 882
31 Lessig, Lawrence Harvard University 7 14 355 2,974 635
32 Manning, John F. Harvard University 8 14 624 1,677 356
33 Waldron, Jeremy New York University 10 20 344 1,463 1,580
34 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 8 26 218 3,430 390
35 Luban, David J. Georgetown University 9 22 235 2,008 1,470
36 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 8 25 278 2,779 578
37 Singer, Joseph William Harvard University 8 14 347 2,151 669
38 Llewellyn, K. N. 5 17 161 3,185 530
39 Rachlinski, Jeffrey J. Cornell University 7 13 311 2,082 756
40 Weinrib, Ernest University of Toronto 10 20 253 1,985 1,092
41 Resnik, Judith Yale University 6 14 393 1,978 411
42 Bell, Derrick 4 9 309 1,240 1,418
43 Fineman, Martha Lillian Albertson Emory University 7 11 263 988 1,773
44 McGinnis, John O. Northwestern University 10 17 462 1,325 504
45 Green, Bruce A. Fordham University 10 23 327 1,774 711
46 Lawrence, Charles R. 4 5 266 2,688 193
47 Alexander, Lawrence Alan University of San Diego 10 23 294 1,747 887
48 Harris, Angela P. Seattle University 5 8 317 2,065 505
49 Barrett, Amy Coney U.S. Supreme Court 9 6 667 291 400
50 Simon, William Hackett 7 18 216 2,263 707
51 Citron, Danielle Keats University of Virginia 8 4 524 334 842
52 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 9 12 385 1,518 364
53 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 10 17 362 1,610 370
54 Robinson, Paul H. University of Pennsylvania 10 14 305 1,631 508
55 Raz, Joseph 9 15 208 901 1,587
56 Rappaport, Michael B. University of San Diego 10 16 419 1,063 400
57 Menkel-Meadow, Carrie J. University of California, Irvine 6 26 178 2,074 574
58 Nelson, Caleb University of Virginia 7 7 433 999 338
59 Zacharias, Fred C. 8 26 186 2,167 431
60 Scalia, Antonin U.S. Supreme Court 4 7 302 1,827 191
61 Nourse, Victoria Georgetown University 12 10 446 621 555
62 Solove, Daniel J. George Washington University 5 6 392 912 556
63 Purdy, Jedediah S. Duke University 5 7 508 223 579
64 Gluck, Abbe Rubin Yale University 6 6 456 727 334
65 Wendel, W. Bradley Cornell University 8 14 204 702 1,524
66 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 6 11 270 1,707 308
67 Matsuda, Mari J. University of Hawai'i at Manoa 4 5 254 1,536 532
68 Akbar, Amna University of Minnesota 3 1 546 4 477
69 Hooks, Bell 1 1 2 22 2,994
70 Rhode, Deborah L. 7 21 174 1,848 521
71 Mutua, Makau W. University at Buffalo 3 6 97 291 2,274
72 Frickey, Philip P. 7 11 208 1,938 200
73 Brest, Paul Stanford University 3 7 143 2,168 289
74 Guthrie, Chris Vanderbilt University 5 8 236 1,254 658
75 Rose, Carol M. Yale University 7 15 224 1,794 220
76 Pozen, David E. Columbia University School of Law 9 9 415 504 482
77 Monaghan, Henry P. 5 9 180 2,115 142
78 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 10 15 321 1,173 303
79 Moore, Michael S. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 7 18 116 1,662 809
80 Wexler, David B. 8 23 164 1,351 843
81 Donley, Greer University of Pittsburgh 7 2 405 11 911
82 Hohfeld, Wesley Newcomb 1 1 262 1,424 320
83 Ziegler, Mary R. University of California, Davis 10 8 271 175 1,380
84 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 10 19 303 1,140 335
85 Grewal, David University of California, Berkeley 4 4 459 113 535
86 Dorf, Michael C. Cornell University 9 14 257 1,372 338
87 Rebouche, Rachel University of Texas at Austin 7 5 358 64 1,019
88 Sherry, Suzanna Vanderbilt University 6 16 141 2,088 214
89 Goldberg, John C.P. Harvard University 7 12 307 1,040 375
90 Zipursky, Benjamin C. Fordham University 8 12 291 1,051 427
91 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 9 8 271 948 562
92 Strauss, David A. University of Chicago 7 14 265 1,223 275
93 Leiter, Brian University of Chicago 10 16 237 974 614
94 Fletcher, George P. Columbia University School of Law 7 15 138 1,772 357
95 Wistrich, Andrew J. 3 3 214 1,070 623
96 Grey, Thomas C. 6 13 128 1,737 415
97 Abrams, Kathryn University of California, Berkeley 6 15 121 1,597 569
98 Levinson, Daryl New York University 5 7 274 1,002 363
99 Rahman, K. Sabeel Cornell University 5 3 438 50 449
100 Murray, Melissa New York University 7 1 437 2 483