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Last Updated: July 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Solum, Lawrence B. 16 10 1,186 830 1,062
2 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 12 12 848 1,650 1,217
3 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 7 11 523 2,140 486
4 Hansmann, Henry B. Yale University 6 7 406 1,600 1,427
5 Kraakman, Reinier Harvard University 4 6 379 1,606 1,375
6 Baude, William University of Chicago 9 4 745 217 763
7 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 11 18 449 1,785 676
8 Bell, Derrick 4 9 475 1,545 491
9 Wechsler, Herbert American Law Institute 2 3 201 3,098 127
10 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 9 9 355 1,250 715
11 Finkelman, Paul Albany Law School 9 20 271 1,193 1,024
12 Eskridge, William Yale University 10 16 274 1,817 431
13 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 8 12 500 569 422
14 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 8 9 344 1,192 556
15 Fuller, L. L. 2 3 148 1,438 1,165
16 Achiume, E. Tendayi Stanford University 6 2 285 35 1,734
17 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 11 11 353 777 352
18 Levinson, Sanford University of Texas at Austin 6 18 175 1,522 519
19 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 9 9 326 770 399
20 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 9 12 302 800 426
21 Klarman, Michael J. Harvard University 8 13 217 1,408 289
22 Paulsen, Michael University of St. Thomas 6 10 218 1,219 390
23 Gordon, Robert W. Stanford University 6 13 151 1,608 332
24 Horwitz, Morton J. Harvard University 6 13 163 1,450 408
25 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 6 11 222 1,023 451
26 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 7 18 149 1,269 540
27 Sachs, Stephen E. Harvard University 7 5 369 141 476
28 Friedman, Barry New York University 7 9 218 1,189 234
29 McLeod, Allegra Georgetown University 4 2 293 87 847
30 White, G. Edward University of Virginia 8 17 189 1,152 381
31 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 2 2 420 66 236
32 Cornell, Saul 8 13 286 524 424
33 Lopez, Ian F. Haney 4 5 135 799 893
34 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 8 13 173 1,137 352
35 Cohen, Felix S. 1 2 145 1,443 186
36 Blackhawk, Maggie New York University 5 2 344 49 448
37 Metzger, Gillian E. Columbia University School of Law 4 3 344 318 201
38 Greene, Jamal Columbia University School of Law 5 6 293 392 227
39 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 7 13 150 982 356
40 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 6 9 152 469 782
41 Campbell, Jud Stanford University 7 4 282 94 495
42 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 6 7 232 684 195
43 Resnik, Judith Yale University 5 7 207 770 234
44 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 5 7 111 1,117 382
45 Shugerman, Jed H. Boston University 8 6 308 158 286
46 Chin, Gabriel J. University of California, Davis 8 8 235 340 468
47 Powell, H. Jefferson Duke University 4 7 122 1,322 136
48 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 7 16 135 1,057 283
49 Akbar, Amna University of Minnesota 2 1 324 3 316
50 Flaherty, Martin S. Fordham University 5 8 136 1,100 174
51 Pfander, James E. Northwestern University 9 7 253 347 271
52 Llewellyn, K. N. 3 7 62 1,333 273
53 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 9 11 221 540 205
54 Currie, David P. 5 16 123 896 293
55 Singer, Joseph William Harvard University 4 7 144 791 259
56 Rehnquist, William H. U.S. Supreme Court 4 9 94 1,000 289
57 Easterbrook, Frank H. 5 8 153 845 122
58 Murray, Melissa New York University 6 2 264 78 257
59 Siegel, Neil S. Texas A&M University 8 9 213 250 333
60 Sitaraman, Ganesh Vanderbilt University 5 4 251 147 224
61 Davies, Thomas Y. 5 9 160 737 126
62 Pound, Roscoe 4 14 52 912 456
63 Gerken, Heather Kristin Yale University 6 7 183 474 219
64 Whittington, Keith E. Yale University 6 10 181 379 302
65 Hovenkamp, Herbert University of Pennsylvania 7 10 131 692 248
66 Nelson, Caleb University of Virginia 4 4 197 426 165
67 Langbein, John H. Yale University 6 8 117 767 223
68 Lash, Kurt T. University of Richmond 8 12 143 582 247
69 Alschuler, Albert W. University of Chicago 4 7 127 710 208
70 Lee, Thomas R. Brigham Young University Law School 4 3 257 111 99
71 McGinnis, John O. Northwestern University 5 8 161 460 216
72 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 5 5 184 233 305
73 Lessig, Lawrence Harvard University 4 8 74 974 151
74 Manning, John F. Harvard University 5 7 164 526 102
75 Scalia, Antonin U.S. Supreme Court 2 3 110 743 153
76 Bickel, Alexander M. 2 2 98 883 78
77 Rappaport, Michael B. University of San Diego 5 7 157 441 180
78 Mashaw, Jerry L. Yale University 5 8 150 519 143
79 Bernick, Evan D. 5 4 225 64 190
80 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 7 7 138 367 330
81 Hamburger, Philip Columbia University School of Law 7 9 148 502 146
82 Ziegler, Mary R. University of California, Davis 6 6 135 116 551
83 Luban, David J. Georgetown University 3 4 39 270 865
84 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 5 11 83 782 193
85 Berger, Raoul 4 17 50 883 235
86 Morrison, Trevor W. New York University 4 3 171 353 132
87 Ablavsky, Gregory Stanford University 5 4 194 92 250
88 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 6 10 118 432 297
89 Peller, Gary Georgetown University 4 5 55 760 295
90 Eyer, Katie Rutgers University 6 4 175 82 325
91 Rose, Carol M. Yale University 5 7 91 630 237
92 Blocher, Joseph Duke University 4 4 172 40 367
93 Priest, George L. 3 6 62 949 61
94 Miller, Geoffrey Parsons New York University 4 8 82 799 93
95 Cohen, Morris R. City College 1 2 83 656 216
96 Clark, Bradford R. George Washington University 6 7 155 221 251
97 Nourse, Victoria Georgetown University 6 8 148 331 185
98 Colby, Thomas George Washington University 5 5 159 299 160
99 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 3 4 64 706 252
100 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 6 9 142 409 138