The Top 100 Legal Scholars of 2024
Robert Willey, Melanie Knapp · Legal Reference Services Quarterly · 2025
This article presents the top 100 legal scholars of 2024. The ranking uniquely focuses on citations to recent publications to highlight current impact. In addition, it features a co-author ranking and ranks law schools by the number of scholars included in the top 100. The article also examines the number of women scholars and the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in legal scholarship. It identifies traits of highly cited papers, analyzes year-over-year ranking changes, and contrasts the novel ranking with other legal scholarship rankings. The paper’s ranking is more inclusive of women than traditional rankings, and it is especially valuable for identifying current leading legal scholars.