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Last Updated: September 2026

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Rank Name Institution h5-index h-index Articles Articles Accessed
1 Solum, Lawrence B. 16 10 1,281 830 1,073
2 Siegel, Reva Beth Yale University 13 12 909 1,650 1,193
3 McConnell, Michael William Stanford University 7 11 540 2,140 486
4 Hansmann, Henry B. Yale University 6 7 417 1,600 1,449
5 Baude, William University of Chicago 9 4 801 214 823
6 Kraakman, Reinier Harvard University 4 6 390 1,606 1,407
7 Calabresi, Steven Northwestern University 11 18 468 1,785 691
8 Bell, Derrick 3 9 475 1,479 452
9 Wechsler, Herbert American Law Institute 2 3 211 3,101 117
10 Fuller, L. L. 2 3 157 1,438 1,628
11 Barnett, Randy E. Georgetown University 9 13 545 593 449
12 Finkelman, Paul Albany Law School 10 20 285 1,185 1,043
13 Post, Robert Charles Yale University 8 9 373 1,190 582
14 Eskridge, William Yale University 10 16 278 1,817 405
15 Prakash, Saikrishna Bangalore University of Virginia 8 9 336 1,151 672
16 Achiume, E. Tendayi Stanford University 6 2 295 35 1,699
17 Bradley, Curtis A. University of Chicago 11 11 378 777 354
18 Balkin, Jack M. Yale University 9 10 361 789 389
19 Levinson, Sanford University of Texas at Austin 6 18 181 1,532 532
20 Klarman, Michael J. Harvard University 8 13 233 1,408 283
21 Vermeule, Adrian Harvard University 9 12 306 800 411
22 Paulsen, Michael University of St. Thomas 6 10 232 1,219 359
23 Horwitz, Morton J. Harvard University 6 13 171 1,450 417
24 Gordon, Robert W. Stanford University 6 13 158 1,608 334
25 Sachs, Stephen E. Harvard University 7 5 409 140 500
26 Tushnet, Mark Harvard University 8 18 162 1,337 530
27 Sunstein, Cass Harvard University 6 11 238 1,022 449
28 Friedman, Barry New York University 7 9 227 1,189 240
29 Cornell, Saul 10 13 313 524 428
30 Epstein, Richard A. New York University 8 17 166 1,428 269
31 Lopez, Ian F. Haney 4 5 144 799 932
32 White, G. Edward University of Virginia 8 17 191 1,152 391
33 Amar, Akhil Reed Yale University 8 14 189 1,201 348
34 McLeod, Allegra Georgetown University 4 2 303 87 819
35 Cohen, Felix S. 1 2 149 1,444 276
36 Roberts, Dorothy E. University of Pennsylvania 2 2 433 66 205
37 Blackhawk, Maggie New York University 5 3 364 53 443
38 Metzger, Gillian E. Columbia University School of Law 4 3 356 318 199
39 Shugerman, Jed H. Boston University 8 6 334 158 337
40 Campbell, Jud Stanford University 7 4 313 93 487
41 Greene, Jamal Columbia University School of Law 5 6 307 392 238
42 Posner, Richard A. University of Chicago 7 13 155 981 378
43 Fallon, Richard Henry Jr. Harvard University 6 7 245 684 214
44 Johnson, Kevin R. University of California, Davis 6 9 171 469 731
45 Powell, H. Jefferson Duke University 4 7 134 1,322 135
46 Kennedy, Duncan Harvard University 6 7 118 1,117 386
47 Chin, Gabriel J. University of California, Davis 8 8 249 337 481
48 Resnik, Judith Yale University 5 7 224 770 213
49 Akbar, Amna University of Minnesota 2 1 339 3 283
50 Flaherty, Martin S. Fordham University 5 8 142 1,100 185
51 Lawson, Gary Steven University of Florida 10 11 242 540 207
52 Pfander, James E. Northwestern University 10 7 275 347 226
53 Llewellyn, K. N. 3 7 64 1,332 295
54 Currie, David P. 5 16 129 896 271
55 Singer, Joseph William Harvard University 4 7 150 791 273
56 Rehnquist, William H. U.S. Supreme Court 4 9 100 1,002 295
57 Easterbrook, Frank H. 5 8 164 845 116
58 Murray, Melissa New York University 6 2 275 78 254
59 Siegel, Neil S. Texas A&M University 8 9 221 250 322
60 Sitaraman, Ganesh Vanderbilt University 5 4 259 147 227
61 Davies, Thomas Y. 5 9 166 737 115
62 Gerken, Heather Kristin Yale University 6 7 194 474 217
63 Langbein, John H. Yale University 6 8 124 766 235
64 Whittington, Keith E. Yale University 6 10 184 379 297
65 Nelson, Caleb University of Virginia 4 4 208 426 151
66 Lee, Thomas R. Brigham Young University Law School 4 3 279 111 101
67 Alschuler, Albert W. University of Chicago 4 7 137 684 224
68 Pound, Roscoe 4 14 52 890 413
69 Lash, Kurt T. University of Richmond 8 12 148 582 237
70 McGinnis, John O. Northwestern University 5 8 174 460 217
71 Hovenkamp, Herbert University of Pennsylvania 7 10 127 690 212
72 Bernick, Evan D. 5 4 244 64 239
73 Lemley, Mark Alan Stanford University 5 5 196 233 287
74 Mashaw, Jerry L. Yale University 6 8 163 519 158
75 Scalia, Antonin U.S. Supreme Court 2 4 116 747 163
76 Lessig, Lawrence Harvard University 4 8 76 974 138
77 Rappaport, Michael B. University of San Diego 5 7 168 441 192
78 Manning, John F. Harvard University 5 7 168 525 112
79 Berger, Raoul 5 17 53 941 234
80 Bickel, Alexander M. 2 2 100 884 73
81 Luban, David J. Georgetown University 3 4 44 270 872
82 Blocher, Joseph Duke University 4 4 198 36 379
83 Ziegler, Mary R. University of California, Davis 7 6 145 116 543
84 Posner, Eric A. University of Chicago 7 7 144 367 312
85 Hamburger, Philip Columbia University School of Law 7 9 155 502 138
86 Ablavsky, Gregory Stanford University 5 4 204 92 269
87 Morrison, Trevor W. New York University 4 3 181 353 141
88 Farber, Daniel A. University of California, Berkeley 5 11 86 744 204
89 Rose, Carol M. Yale University 5 7 92 630 266
90 Peller, Gary Georgetown University 4 5 59 760 285
91 Eyer, Katie Rutgers University 6 4 186 82 303
92 Pollman, Elizabeth University of Pennsylvania 4 2 198 124 211
93 Cohen, Morris R. City College 1 2 87 656 233
94 Priest, George L. 3 6 64 949 69
95 Merrill, Thomas W. Columbia University School of Law 6 9 151 409 148
96 Miller, Geoffrey Parsons New York University 4 8 82 799 98
97 Clark, Bradford R. George Washington University 6 7 160 221 250
98 Coffee, John C. Jr. Columbia University School of Law 3 4 66 706 246
99 Tushnet, Mark V. 3 7 41 1,008 83
100 Forbath, William E. University of Texas at Austin 6 10 101 497 251