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Last Updated: August 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Solum, Lawrence B. 16 10 1,257 830 1,045
2 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 12 12 888 1,650 1,202
3 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 7 11 536 2,140 492
4 Hansmann, Henry B. Yale University 6 7 410 1,600 1,451
5 Baude, William University of Chicago 9 4 787 214 796
6 Kraakman, Reinier Harvard University 4 6 384 1,606 1,403
7 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 11 18 461 1,785 686
8 Bell, Derrick 4 9 478 1,545 504
9 Wechsler, Herbert American Law Institute 2 3 207 3,098 120
10 Fuller, L. L. 2 3 153 1,438 1,466
11 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 8 12 529 569 419
12 Finkelman, Paul Albany Law School 10 20 277 1,185 1,018
13 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 8 9 366 1,193 574
14 Eskridge, William Yale University 10 16 276 1,817 426
15 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 8 9 326 1,151 691
16 Achiume, E. Tendayi Stanford University 6 2 291 35 1,749
17 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 11 11 371 777 361
18 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 9 10 347 789 410
19 Levinson, Sanford University of Texas at Austin 6 18 176 1,526 540
20 Klarman, Michael J. Harvard University 8 13 229 1,408 294
21 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 9 12 304 800 422
22 Paulsen, Michael University of St. Thomas 6 10 229 1,219 389
23 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 8 18 160 1,337 561
24 Gordon, Robert W. Stanford University 6 13 155 1,608 333
25 Horwitz, Morton J. Harvard University 6 13 167 1,450 409
26 Sachs, Stephen E. Harvard University 7 5 396 140 501
27 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 6 11 231 1,022 463
28 Friedman, Barry New York University 7 9 223 1,189 246
29 McLeod, Allegra Georgetown University 4 2 301 87 841
30 White, G. Edward University of Virginia 8 17 191 1,152 381
31 Cornell, Saul 9 13 301 524 426
32 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 2 2 430 66 228
33 Lopez, Ian F. Haney 4 5 139 799 907
34 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 8 13 179 1,132 358
35 Cohen, Felix S. 1 2 148 1,443 215
36 Blackhawk, Maggie New York University 5 3 357 53 448
37 Metzger, Gillian E. Columbia University School of Law 4 3 352 318 202
38 Greene, Jamal Columbia University School of Law 5 6 302 392 237
39 Campbell, Jud Stanford University 7 4 302 93 497
40 Shugerman, Jed H. Boston University 8 6 325 158 325
41 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 7 13 153 982 351
42 Resnik, Judith Yale University 5 7 217 770 235
43 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 6 7 240 684 198
44 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 5 7 116 1,117 384
45 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 6 9 154 469 781
46 Powell, H. Jefferson Duke University 4 7 129 1,322 136
47 Chin, Gabriel J. University of California, Davis 8 8 242 340 479
48 Akbar, Amna University of Minnesota 2 1 334 3 305
49 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 7 16 137 1,057 256
50 Pfander, James E. Northwestern University 9 7 267 347 266
51 Flaherty, Martin S. Fordham University 5 8 140 1,100 181
52 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 9 11 237 540 204
53 Singer, Joseph William Harvard University 5 7 165 795 290
54 Llewellyn, K. N. 3 7 63 1,333 268
55 Currie, David P. 5 16 125 896 281
56 Rehnquist, William H. U.S. Supreme Court 4 9 98 1,000 289
57 Easterbrook, Frank H. 5 8 160 845 119
58 Murray, Melissa New York University 6 2 272 78 253
59 Siegel, Neil S. Texas A&M University 8 9 219 250 333
60 Davies, Thomas Y. 5 9 164 737 127
61 Sitaraman, Ganesh Vanderbilt University 5 4 254 147 220
62 Gerken, Heather Kristin Yale University 6 7 189 474 219
63 Pound, Roscoe 4 14 53 913 442
64 Nelson, Caleb University of Virginia 4 4 206 426 157
65 Hovenkamp, Herbert University of Pennsylvania 7 10 131 692 249
66 Langbein, John H. Yale University 6 8 120 767 226
67 Alschuler, Albert W. University of Chicago 4 7 134 710 209
68 Lash, Kurt T. University of Richmond 8 12 145 582 250
69 Whittington, Keith E. Yale University 6 9 178 355 297
70 Lee, Thomas R. Brigham Young University Law School 4 3 268 111 97
71 McGinnis, John O. Northwestern University 5 8 174 460 207
72 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 5 5 191 233 298
73 Bernick, Evan D. 5 4 241 64 215
74 Lessig, Lawrence Harvard University 4 8 75 974 156
75 Mashaw, Jerry L. Yale University 6 8 159 519 150
76 Rappaport, Michael B. University of San Diego 5 7 168 441 177
77 Manning, John F. Harvard University 5 7 167 526 103
78 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 7 7 144 367 329
79 Bickel, Alexander M. 2 2 100 884 77
80 Chemerinsky, Erwin University of California, Berkeley 6 10 128 432 342
81 Scalia, Antonin U.S. Supreme Court 2 3 111 743 148
82 Hamburger, Philip Columbia University School of Law 7 9 154 502 147
83 Luban, David J. Georgetown University 3 4 43 270 872
84 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 5 11 86 782 202
85 Ziegler, Mary R. University of California, Davis 7 6 138 116 549
86 Morrison, Trevor W. New York University 4 3 179 353 138
87 Blocher, Joseph Duke University 4 4 189 38 362
88 Berger, Raoul 4 17 51 883 242
89 Ablavsky, Gregory Stanford University 5 4 195 92 254
90 Peller, Gary Georgetown University 4 5 57 760 293
91 Rose, Carol M. Yale University 5 7 91 630 246
92 Eyer, Katie Rutgers University 6 4 180 82 311
93 Priest, George L. 3 7 64 963 61
94 Cohen, Morris R. City College 1 2 85 656 225
95 Nourse, Victoria Georgetown University 6 8 154 331 183
96 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 6 9 148 409 137
97 Miller, Geoffrey Parsons New York University 4 8 82 799 93
98 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 3 4 65 706 250
99 Clark, Bradford R. George Washington University 6 7 155 221 257
100 Colby, Thomas George Washington University 5 5 161 299 161