Following is a list of notable alumni of the Syracuse University College of Law.

• Grey J. Dimenna - president of Monmouth University
• Joanie Mahoney - president of the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry
• Deborah F. Stanley - president of the State University of New York at Oswego
• David P. Weber - Maryland State university professor and former Assistant Inspector General of Investigations for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Commission (SEC)

• William J. Brodsky - executive chairman of the Chicago Board Options Exchange
• Karen DeCrow - former President of the National Organization for Women
• Carl Paladino - chief executive officer of Ellicott Development Co.

• Jay Schadler - ABC News correspondent and award-winning journalist

• Andrew P. Bakaj - former Department of Defense and CIA Official; lead counsel for the Whisteblower during the Impeachment Inquiry and the subsequent Impeachment of President Donald Trump
• Rostin Behnam - commissioner Commodity Futures Trading Commission
• Ann Marie Buerkle - commissioner U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and former U.S. Representative for 25th District of New York
• David P. Weber - former Assistant Inspector General of Investigations for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Commission (SEC), and current Maryland State university professor

• Bob Antonacci - New York Supreme Court
• Richard J. Cardamone - senior judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
• Mae D'Agostino - judge for the U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York
• Sydney F. Foster - former Justice New York Court of Appeals
• James E. Graves Jr. - judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• Vincent S. Haneman - former Associate Justice Supreme Court of New Jersey
• William Q. Hayes - judge for the U.S. District Court, Southern District of California
• David N. Hurd - judge for the U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York
• Thomas Blake Kennedy - senior judge for the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming
• Edmund H. Lewis - former chief judge of the New York Court of Appeals
• Robert D. Mariani - judge for the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
• Neal P. McCurn - senior judge for the U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York
• Theodore A. McKee - chief judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
• Norman A. Mordue - senior judge for the U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York
• Howard G. Munson - senior judge for the U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York
• John Pajak - Chief Special Trial judge, United States Tax Court
• Edmund Port - senior judge for the U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York
• Frederick Scullin - senior judge for the U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York
• Glenn T. Suddaby - judge for the U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York
• Sandra L. Townes - judge for the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York

• David Crane - chief prosecutor for the Special Court for Sierra Leone
• Beau Biden - Attorney General of Delaware
• Adam Leitman Bailey - lawyer, defended the Ground Zero Mosque, and other prominent cases

• Tim Green - The New York Times best-selling author and former professional athlete
• Elizabeth Strout - Pulitzer Prize winning author of Olive Kitteridge

• Joe Biden - 46th president of the United States

• Hugh Douglas Barclay - former United States Ambassador to El Salvador
• Herman W. Nickel - former United States Ambassador to South Africa

• Ann Marie Buerkle - U.S. Representative for 25th District of New York
• Alfonse D'Amato - former U.S. Senator from New York
• John Katko - U.S. Representative from the 24th District of New York
• Randy Kuhl - former U.S. Representative from the 29th District of New York
• John H. Terry - former U.S. Representative from the 34th District of New York
• Theodore S. Weiss - former U.S. Representative from the 20th and 17th District of New York

• William Barclay - New York State Assembly
• Jeffrey Brown - New York State Assembly
• Jack Jackson Jr. - Arizona State Senator
• Ben Keathley - Missouri State Representative
• Tarky Lombardi - New York State Senator
• William Magnarelli - New York State Assembly
• Michael Nozzolio - New York State Senator
• Tom O'Mara - New York State Senator
• Ted O'Brien - New York State Senator
• Addie Jenne Russell - New York State Assembly
• Walter W. Westall - New York State Senator
• Frank M. Williams - New York State Engineer and Surveyor

• John Barsha - professional football player
• Tim Green - former professional athlete and New York Times best-selling author