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| The following "Brian Leiter's Top 10" lists are
based on the primary area in which the scholar's work is cited. Needless
to say, the ten most cited faculty are not necessarily the ten most talented
or most respected, though there is some rough correlation. The lists
are, for obvious reasons, dominated by more senior faculty.
• Brian Leiter's Top 10 in the Business Law Areas
| Rank |
Scholar (age) |
Citations |
School |
| 1. |
John Coffee (58) |
2520 |
Columbia University |
| 2. |
Jonathan Macey (47) |
2290 |
Cornell University |
| 3. |
Daniel Fischel (52) |
2000 |
University of Chicago |
| 4. |
Geoffrey Miller (52) |
1720 |
New York University |
| 5. |
Robert Scott (58) |
1430 |
University of Virginia |
| 6. |
Melvin Eisenberg (68) |
1390 |
University of California, Berkeley |
| 7. |
Ronald Gilson (56) |
1280 |
Columbia University/Stanford University |
| 8. |
Douglas Baird (49) |
1210 |
University of Chicago |
| 9. |
James J. White (68) |
1190 |
University of Michigan |
| 10. |
Joel Seligman (52) |
1170 |
Washington University, St. Louis |
• Brian Leiter's Top 10 in Civil Procedure (including
Conflicts and Federal Courts)
| Rank |
Scholar (age) |
Citations |
School |
| 1. |
Arthur R. Miller (68) |
2560 |
Harvard University |
| 2. |
Judith Resnik (52) |
1350 |
Yale University |
| 3. |
David Shapiro (70) |
920 |
Harvard University |
| 4. |
Linda S. Mullenix (52) |
700 |
University of Texas, Austin |
| 5. |
Richard L. Marcus (54) |
660 |
University of California, Hastings |
| 6. |
William L. Reynolds (57) |
610 |
University of Maryland |
| 6. |
Russell J. Weintraub (73) |
610 |
University of Texas, Austin |
| 8. |
Jack Friedenthal (71) |
600 |
George Washington University |
| 9. |
Stephen Burbank (55) |
590 |
University of Pennsylvania |
| 10. |
Edward Cooper (61) |
470 |
University of Michigan |
• Brian Leiter's Top 10 in Criminal Law and Procedure
| Rank |
Scholar (age) |
Citations |
School |
| 1. |
George Fletcher (63) |
1220 |
Columbia University |
| 2. |
Albert Alschuler (62) |
1180 |
University of Chicago |
| 3. |
Stephen Schulhofer (60) |
1130 |
New York University |
| 4. |
Yale Kamisar (73) |
1020 |
Univ. of Michigan/U. of San Diego |
| 5. |
Stephen Saltzburg (57) |
970 |
George Washington University |
| 6. |
Jerold Israel (68) |
940 |
University of Florida, Gainesville |
| 7. |
Michael Tonry (57) |
810 |
University of Minnesota |
| 8. |
Michael S. Moore (59) |
800 |
University of Illinois |
| 9. |
Paul Robinson (54) |
760 |
University of Pennsylvania |
| 10. |
Joshua Dressler (55) |
700 |
Ohio State University |
• Brian Leiter's Top 10 in Critical Race Theory
| Rank |
Scholar (age) |
Citations |
School |
| 1. |
Richard Deglado (n/a) |
2550 |
University of Colorado, Boulder |
| 2. |
Derrick Bell (72) |
2050 |
New York University |
| 3. |
Mari Matsuda (46) |
1750 |
Georgetown University |
| 4. |
Charles Lawrence III (59) |
1660 |
Georgetown University |
| 5. |
Kimberle Crenshaw (43) |
1530 |
Columbia University/UCLA |
| 6. |
Patricia Williams (51) |
1490 |
Columbia University |
| 7. |
Lani Guinier (52) |
1130 |
Harvard University |
| 7. |
Angela Harris (41) |
1130 |
University of California, Berkeley |
| 9. |
Regina Austin (54) |
680 |
University of Pennsylvania |
| 10. |
Gerald Torres (50) |
490 |
University of Texas, Austin |
• Brian Leiter's Top 10 in
Environmental Law
| Rank |
Scholar (age) |
Citations |
School |
| 1. |
Richard Stewart (62) |
1730 |
New York University |
| 2. |
Carol Rose (62) |
1180 |
Yale University |
| 3. |
Richard Revesz (44) |
800 |
New York University |
| 4. |
A. Dan Tarlock (62) |
760 |
Chicago-Kent College of Law |
| 5. |
William Rodgers, Jr. (63) |
750 |
University of Washington |
| 6. |
Robert Percival (51) |
700 |
University of Maryland |
| 7. |
Richard Lazarus (48) |
690 |
Georgetown University |
| 8. |
Thomas McGarity (53) |
640 |
University of Texas, Austin |
| 9. |
J.B. Ruhl (45) |
440 |
Florida State University |
| 10. |
Howard Latin (58) |
430 |
Rutgers University, Newark |
• Brian Leiter's Top 10 in Feminist Legal Theory
| Rank |
Scholar (age) |
Citations |
School |
| 1. |
Martha Minow (48) |
2520 |
Harvard University |
| 2. |
Catharine MacKinnon (56) |
2360 |
Univ. of Michigan/Univ. of Chicago |
| 3. |
Robin West (48) |
1730 |
Georgetown University |
| 4. |
Margaret Jane Radin (61) |
1550 |
Stanford University |
| 5. |
Carol Gilligan (n/a) |
1260 |
New York University |
| 6. |
Martha Fineman (52) |
1230 |
Cornell University |
| 7. |
Kathryn Abrams (44) |
1030 |
University of California, Berkeley |
| 7. |
Sylvia Law (60) |
1030 |
New York University |
| 9. |
Susan Estrich (50) |
920 |
University of Southern California |
| 10. |
Katharine Bartlett (55) |
880 |
Duke University |
• Brian Leiter's Top 10 in Intellectual Property
| Rank |
Scholar (age) |
Citations |
School |
| 1. |
Paul Goldstein (59) |
970 |
Stanford University |
| 2. |
Pamela Samuelson (54) |
950 |
University of California, Berkeley |
| 3. |
Donald Chisum (58) |
940 |
Santa Clara University |
| 4. |
Robert Merges (43) |
880 |
University of California, Berkeley |
| 5. |
Mark Lemley (36) |
860 |
University of California, Berkeley |
| 6. |
Jane Ginsburg (47) |
800 |
Columbia University |
| 7. |
Rochelle Dreyfuss (55) |
670 |
New York University |
| 8. |
Edmund Kitch (63) |
660 |
University of Virginia |
| 9. |
Wendy Gordon (53) |
620 |
Boston University |
| 9. |
Jessica Litman (49) |
620 |
Wayne State University |
• Brian Leiter's Top 10 in International Law
| Rank |
Scholar (age) |
Citations |
School |
| 1. |
Thomas Franck (71) |
1260 |
New York University |
| 2. |
Detlev Vagts (over 70) |
1160 |
Harvard University |
| 3. |
John H. Jackson (70) |
1090 |
Georgetown University |
| 4. |
W. Michael Reisman (63) |
1050 |
Yale University |
| 5. |
Andreas Lowenfeld (72) |
980 |
New York University |
| 6. |
Harold Koh (48) |
960 |
Yale University |
| 7. |
Theodor Meron (72) |
830 |
New York University |
| 8. |
Louis Sohn (88) |
760 |
George Washington University |
| 9. |
Philip Trimble (65) |
680 |
Univ. of California, Los Angeles |
| 10. |
Jack Goldsmith (40) |
640 |
University of Chicago |
• Brian Leiter's Top 10 in Law & Economics
| Rank |
Scholar (age) |
Citations |
School |
| 1. |
William Landes (63) |
1910 |
University of Chicago |
| 2. |
Robert Cooter (57) |
1620 |
University of California, Berkeley |
| 3. |
Ian Ayres (43) |
1590 |
Yale University |
| 4. |
Steven Shavell (56) |
1470 |
Harvard University |
| 5. |
George Priest (55) |
1420 |
Yale University |
| 6. |
Louis Kaplow (46) |
1320 |
Harvard University |
| 7. |
Oliver Williamson (70) |
1240 |
University of California, Berkeley |
| 8. |
Lewis Kornhauser (52) |
1200 |
New York University |
| 9. |
Alan Schwartz (62) |
1170 |
Yale University |
| 10. |
Saul Levmore (49) |
950 |
University of Chicago |
• Brian Leiter's Top 10 in Legal Ethics/Legal Profession
| Rank |
Scholar (age) |
Citations |
School |
| 1. |
Geoffrey Hazard, Jr. (73) |
2300 |
University of Pennsylvania |
| 2. |
Deborah Rhode (50) |
2030 |
Stanford University |
| 3. |
David Luban (53) |
1430 |
Georgetown University |
| 4. |
Stephen Gillers (59) |
930 |
New York University |
| 5. |
Monroe Freedman (74) |
900 |
Hofstra University |
| 6. |
William H. Simon (55) |
800 |
Stanford University |
| 7. |
David Wilkins (46) |
600 |
Harvard University |
| 8. |
Bruce Green (47) |
520 |
Fordham University |
| 9. |
Fred Zacharias (49) |
510 |
University of San Diego |
| 10. |
Susan Koniak (48) |
480 |
Boston University |
• Brian Leiter's Top 10 in Legal History
| Rank |
Scholar (age) |
Citations |
School |
| 1. |
Lawrence Friedman (72) |
2190 |
Stanford University |
| 2. |
Morton Horwitz (64) |
1710 |
Harvard University |
| 3. |
John Langbein (61) |
1260 |
Yale University |
| 4. |
G. Edward White (61) |
1130 |
University of Virginia |
| 5. |
William Nelson (62) |
910 |
New York University |
| 6. |
Robert W. Gordon (61) |
900 |
Yale University |
| 7. |
Michael Klarman (43) |
680 |
University of Virginia |
| 8. |
Reva Siegel (47) |
560 |
Yale University |
| 9. |
A.W.B. Simpson (71) |
530 |
University of Michigan |
| 10. |
William W. Fisher (49) |
460 |
Harvard University |
• Brian Leiter's Top 10 in Legal Philosophy
| Rank |
Scholar (age) |
Citations |
School |
| 1. |
Ronald Dworkin (71) |
4750 |
New York University |
| 2. |
Jules Coleman (55) |
960 |
Yale University |
| 2. |
Joseph Raz (64) |
960 |
Columbia University/Oxford Univ. |
| 4. |
Jeremy Waldron (49) |
780 |
Columbia University |
| 5. |
John Finnis (62) |
760 |
University of Notre Dame/Oxford U. |
| 6. |
David Lyons (67) |
280 |
Boston University |
| 6. |
Gerald Postema (53) |
280 |
University of North Carolina |
| 8. |
Stephen Munzer (58) |
240 |
Univ. of California, Los Angeles |
| 9. |
Brian Leiter (39) |
220 |
University of Texas, Austin |
| 10. |
Brian Bix (40) |
200 |
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities |
| 10. |
Stephen Perry (50) |
200 |
University of Pennsylvania |
• Brian Leiter's Top 10 in Torts and Products Liability
| Rank |
Scholar (age) |
Citations |
School |
| 1. |
Dan Dobbs (70) |
1040 |
University of Arizona |
| 2. |
James Henderson, Jr. (64) |
930 |
Cornell University |
| 3. |
David G. Owen (57) |
800 |
University of South Carolina |
| 4. |
Stephen Sugarman (60) |
780 |
University of California, Berkeley |
| 5. |
Kenneth Abraham (56) |
770 |
University of Virginia |
| 6. |
Jeffrey O'Connell (74) |
730 |
University of Virginia |
| 7. |
Robert L. Rabin (63) |
700 |
Stanford University |
| 8. |
Aaron Twerski (63) |
630 |
Brooklyn Law School |
| 9. |
Michael D. Green (52) |
560 |
Wake Forest University |
| 10. |
William C. Powers, Jr. (56) |
380 |
University of Texas, Austin |
| 10. |
Marshall Shapo (66) |
380 |
Northwestern University |
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