“The Top 100 Legal Scholars of 2025,” published by Rob Willey and Melanie Knapp at George Mason University Law Library, features three Vanderbilt Law Faculty members. The rankings, which measure scholarly impact of articles published between 2019 and 2021, seeks to determine who is writing the most impactful legal scholarship right now, regardless of career stage or institution.
Ganesh Sitaraman, the New York Alumni Chancellor’s Chair in Law, Director of the Program in Law & Government, and Director of the Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator for Political Economy and Regulation, ranked No. 25.
Jeffrey Bellin, the Lee S. and Charles A. Speir Chair in Law, ranked No. 30.
J.B. Ruhl, the David Daniels Allen Distinguished Chair in Law, Director of the Program on Law and Innovation, and Co-Director of the Energy, Environment and Land Use Program, ranked No. 98.