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This list of University of Chicago Law School alumni consists of notable people who graduated or attended the
University of Chicago Law School . The law school has produced many distinguished alumni in the judiciary, government and politics, academia, and business, and other fields. Its alumni include heads of state and politicians around the world, the
Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales , the President of the
Supreme Court of Israel , judges of
United States Courts of Appeals , several U.S.
Attorneys General and
Solicitors General , members of
Congress and
cabinet officials ,
Privy Counsellors , university
presidents and faculty
deans , founders of the law firms
Kirkland & Ellis ,
Baker McKenzie , and
Jenner & Block , CEOs and chairpersons of multinational corporations, and contributors to literature, journalism, and the arts. The law school counts among its alumni recipients of the
Presidential Medal of Freedom ,
Fulbright Scholars ,
Rhodes Scholars ,
Marshall Scholars ,
Commonwealth Fellows ,
National Humanities Medallists , and
Pulitzer Prize winners.
Classes at the law school started in 1902.
[1] All degrees listed below are
Juris Doctor (J.D.), unless noted otherwise.
Law and government
Lord Thomas '70
Attorney General
John Ashcroft '65
Attorney General
Ramsey Clark '50
Attorney General and Dean
Edward H. Levi '35
Solicitor General
Noel Francisco '91
FBI Director
James Comey '85
Senator and Ambassador
Carol Moseley Braun '72
Senator
Amy Klobuchar '85
Co-chair of
COVID-19 Advisory Board
David A. Kessler '77
Prime Minister of New Zealand
Geoffrey Palmer '67
Longest-serving member of
Belgian Federal Parliament
Herman De Croo '62
27th
White House Counsel and Judge
Abner Mikva '51
Judge and philosopher
Jerome Frank '12
Judge and Solicitor General
Robert Bork '53
Judge
Douglas H. Ginsburg '73
Deputy Attorney General
Lisa Monaco '97
Nuremberg trials prosecutor
Bernard D. Meltzer '37
Ambassador and Professor
Mary Ann Glendon '61
Billionaire and founder of
The Carlyle Group
David Rubenstein '73
Pulitzer Prize winner
Studs Terkel '34
United States government
Executive branch
Mary Azcuenaga (1973), Commissioner of the
Federal Trade Commission (1984–1998)
Pat Cipollone (1991), 39th
White House Counsel (2018–2021)
James Comey (1985), 7th
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (2013–2017); also 31st
U.S. Deputy Attorney General (2003–2005)
Douglas M. Costle (1964),
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (1977–1981)
Harold L. Ickes (1907), 32nd
Secretary of the Interior (1933–1946); also
High Commissioner to the Philippines (1942–1945)
Kevin McAleenan (1998),
United States Secretary of Homeland Security (2019); also Commissioner of
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (2017–2019)
Abner Mikva (1951), 27th
White House Counsel (1994–1995); also Judge and later Chief Judge of the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (1979–1994); and recipient of
Presidential Medal of Freedom (2014)
Lisa Monaco (1997), 39th
U.S. Deputy Attorney General (2021–present), 6th
U.S. Homeland Security Advisor (2013–2017), and
Assistant Attorney General for National Security (2011–2013)
Abraham Ribicoff (1933), 4th
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (1961–1962); also U.S. Senator (D-
Connecticut ) (1963–1981) and 80th
Governor of Connecticut (1955–1961)
Eugene Scalia (1990), 28th
United States Secretary of Labor (2019–2021)
Ed Siskel (2000), 42nd
White House Counsel (2023–present)
Carol Moseley Braun (1972), U.S. Senator (D-
Illinois ) (1993–1999); also
United States Ambassador to New Zealand (1999–2001) and
United States Ambassador to Samoa (2000–2001)
Zales Ecton (1921), U.S. Senator (R-
Montana ) (1947–1953)
Herbert E. Hitchcock , U.S. Senator (D-
South Dakota ) (1936–1938)
Roman Hruska (did not graduate), U.S. Senator (R-
Nebraska ) (1954–1976)
James W. Huffman (1922), U.S. Senator (D-
Ohio ) (1945–1946)
Amy Klobuchar (1985), U.S. Senator (D-
Minnesota ) (2006–present)
James P. Pope (1909), U.S. Senator (D-
Idaho ) (1933–1939); also
35th Mayor of Boise, Idaho (1929–1933)
Abraham Ribicoff (1933), U.S. Senator (D-
Connecticut ) (1963–1981); also 4th
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (1961–1962) and 80th
Governor of Connecticut (1955–1961)
David W. Stewart (1917), U.S. Senator (R-
Iowa ) (1926–1927)
Jim Talent (1981), U.S. Senator (R-
Missouri ) (2002–2007)
John B. Bennett (1926), U.S. Representative (R-
Michigan ) (1943–1945, 1947–1964)
Elizabeth Cheney (1996), U.S. Representative (R-
Wyoming ) (2017–present) and
Chair of the House Republican Conference (2019–2021)
Albert M. Cole (1925), U.S. Representative (R-
Kansas ) (1945–1953)
James I. Dolliver (1921), U.S. Representative (R-
Iowa ) (1945–1957)
Edward C. Eicher (1906), U.S. Representative (D-
Iowa )(1933–1938); also Chief Justice of the
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (1942–1944)
Charles N. Fowler (1878),
[2] U.S. Representative (R-
New Jersey ) (1895–1911)
Edgar A. Jonas (1910), U.S. Representative (R-
Illinois ) (1949–1955)
David M. McIntosh (1983), U.S. Representative (R-
Indiana ) (1995–2001)
David Minge (1967), U.S. Representative (D-
Minnesota ) (1993–2001); also Judge of the
Minnesota Court of Appeals (2002–2012)
Patsy Mink (1951), U.S. Representative (D-
Hawaii ) (1965–1971, 1990–2002) and recipient of
Presidential Medal of Freedom (2014)
Samuel J. Nicholls (1909), U.S. Representative (D-
South Carolina ) (1915–1921)
Kathryn O'Loughlin McCarthy (1920), U.S. Representative (D-
Kansas ) (1933–1935)
John Pickler (1871),
[2] U.S. Representative (R-
South Dakota ) (1889–1897)
J. W. Robinson (1912), U.S. Representative (D-
Utah ) (1933–1947)
Jessie Sumner (1923), U.S. Representative (R-
Illinois ) (1939–1947)
Sidney R. Yates (1933), U.S. Representative (D-
Illinois (1949–1963, 1965–1999)
Judicial branch
Florence E. Allen (did not graduate), Judge and later Chief Judge of the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (1934–1966); also Associate Justice of the
Ohio Supreme Court (1923–1934)
Danny Julian Boggs (1968), Judge and formerly Chief Judge of the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (1986–present)
Frank H. Easterbrook (1973), Judge and formerly Chief Judge of the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (1985–present)
Allison H. Eid (1991), Judge of the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (2017–present); also Associate Justice of the
Colorado Supreme Court (2006–2017)
Philip J. Finnegan (1913), Judge of the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (1949–1959)
Jerome Frank (1912), Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (1941–1957); Chairman of the
Securities and Exchange Commission (1939–1941); and leading figure in the
legal realism movement
Douglas H. Ginsburg (1973), Judge and formerly Chief Judge of the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (1986–present)
James C. Ho (1999), Judge of the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (2018–present); also 4th
Solicitor General of Texas (2008–2010)
Anthony Johnstone (1999), Judge of the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ; also Solicitor General of
Montana (2008–2011)
Michael W. McConnell (1979), Judge of the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (2002–2009); also professor at
Stanford Law School
George Thomas McDermott (1909), Judge of the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (1929–1937)
Monroe G. McKay (1960), Judge and formerly Chief Judge of the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (1977–2020)
Abner Mikva (1951), Judge and Chief Judge of the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (1979–1994); recipient of
Presidential Medal of Freedom (2014)
Eric D. Miller (1999), Judge of the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (2019–present)
Eric E. Murphy (2005), Judge of the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (2018–present); also 9th
Solicitor General of Ohio (2013–2017)
Walter Lyndon Pope (1912), Judge and later Chief Judge of the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (1949–1969)
Neomi Rao (1999), Judge of the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (2019–present); also administrator of the
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (2017–2019)
Julius N. Richardson (2003), Judge of the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (2018–present)
Beth Robinson (1989), Judge of the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2021–present); also Associate Justice of the
Vermont Supreme Court (2011–2021)
Elmer Jacob Schnackenberg (1912), Judge of the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (1954–1968)
Mary M. Schroeder (1965), Judge and formerly Chief Judge of the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (1979–2011)
Milan Smith (1969), Judge of the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (2006–present)
Hardress Nathaniel Swaim (1916), Judge of the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (1950–1957); also Justice of the
Indiana Supreme Court (1939–1945)
David S. Tatel (1966), Judge of the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (1994–present)
Richard B. Austin (1926), Judge of the
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (1961–1977)
Axel J. Beck (1922), Judge and later Chief Judge of the
U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota (1958–1981)
Morton A. Brody (1958), Judge of the
U.S. District Court for the District of Maine (1991–2000)
Douglas R. Cole (1993), Judge of the
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio (2019–present); also 5th
Solicitor General of Ohio (2003–2006)
Edward C. Eicher (1906), Chief Justice of the
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (1942–1944); also U.S. Representative (D-
Iowa )(1933–1938)
Roger Thomas Foley (1910), Judge and later Chief Judge of the
U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada (1945–1974)
Paul Grewal (1996), Magistrate Judge of the
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (2010–2016); chief legal officer at
Coinbase (2020–present)
Terry J. Hatter Jr. (1960), Judge and formerly Chief Judge of the
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (1979–present)
William Charles Lee (1962), Judge and previously Chief Judge of the
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana (1981–present)
Harry Leinenweber (1962), Judge of the
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (1985–present)
William J. Martínez (1980), Judge of the
U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado (2010–present)
Claude C. McColloch (1909), Judge and later Chief Judge of the
U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon (1937–1959)
Peter Jo Messitte (1966), Judge of the
U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland (2008–present)
Walker David Miller (LL.M. 1965), Judge of the
U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado (1996–2013)
Robert Dale Morgan (1937), Judge and later Chief Judge of the
U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois (1979–2002) and Judge and later Chief Judge of the
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois (1967–1979)
Alexander J. Napoli (1929), Judge of the
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (1966–1972)
Carl J. Nichols (1996), Judge of the
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (2019–present)
Howard C. Nielson Jr. (1997), Judge of the
U.S. District Court for the District of Utah (2019–present)
Martha M. Pacold (2002), Judge of the
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (2019–present)
Rebecca R. Pallmeyer (1979), Chief Judge of the
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (1998–present)
Barrington D. Parker (1947), Judge of the
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (1969–1993)
James Benton Parsons (1949), Judge of the
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (1961–1993); also first African-American to serve as a United States federal judge
Joseph Sam Perry (1927), Judge of
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (1951–1984)
Casper Platt (1916), Judge and formerly Chief Judge of the
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois (1949–1965)
Cheryl Pollak (1978), Chief Magistrate of the
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York (1995–present)
Willis William Ritter (1924), Judge and later Chief Judge of the
U.S. District Court for the District of Utah (1950–1978)
Lee H. Rosenthal (1977), Judge and currently Chief Judge of the
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas (1992–present)
Mary M. Rowland (1988), Judge of the
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (2019–present); also former Magistrate Judge of the same court (2012–2019)
Milton Shadur (1949), Judge of the
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (1980–2018)
Manish S. Shah (1998), Judge of the
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (2014–present)
Herbert Jay Stern (1961), Judge of the
U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey (1973–1987) and Judge of the
United States Court for Berlin (1979)
Hubert Louis Will (1937), Judge of the
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (1961–1995)
George H. Wu (1975), Judge of the
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (2007–present)
Other federal courts
Arnold R. Baar (1914), Judge of the
U.S. Tax Court (1954)
Renato Beghe (1954), Judge of the
U.S. Tax Court (1991–2003)
Richard Hertling (1985), Judge of the
U.S. Court of Federal Claims (2019–present)
Mark V. Holmes (1983), Judge of the
U.S. Tax Court (2003–present)
Christopher M. Klein , Judge of the Bankruptcy Court for the
Eastern District of California (1988–present)
J. Warren Madden (1914), Judge of the
United States Court of Claims (1941–1961); also chair of the
National Labor Relations Board (1935–1940) and
Medal of Freedom recipient (1947)
Irvin Charles Mollison (1923), Judge of the
United States Customs Court (1945–1962)
Richard T. Morrison (1993), Judge of the
U.S. Tax Court (2008–present)
Allin H. Pierce (1923), Judge of the
U.S. Tax Court (1955–1967)
Stephen S. Schwartz (2008), Judge of the
U.S. Court of Federal Claims (2020–present)
Christopher S. Sontchi (1992), Judge; formerly Chief Judge of the
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (2006–present)
State government
Governors
State politicians
Miriam Balanoff (1963), member of the
Illinois House of Representatives (1979–1983); also Judge of the
Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois (1986–2000)
Paul Berch (1970), member of the
New Hampshire House of Representatives (2012–present)
Jeanne Bodfish , 31st
Comptroller of the Treasury of Tennessee (1953–1955)
Jack E. Bowers , member of the
Illinois House of Representatives (1965–1967) and of the
Illinois Senate (1977–1983)
Robert M. Brake , member of the
Florida House of Representatives (1966–1967)
John C. Brooks ,
North Carolina Commissioner of Labor (1977–1993)
Allen Busby (1928), member of the
Wisconsin State Senate (1936–1972)
Clarence C. Caldwell (did not graduate), 9th
Attorney General of South Dakota (1915–1919)
John E. Cashman , member of the
Wisconsin State Senate (1923–1938, 1941–1946)
John William Chapman (1917), 37th
Lieutenant Governor of Illinois (1953–1961)
Lycurgus Conner , member of the
Illinois House of Representatives (1961–1963)
Robert E. Coulson (1937), member of the
Illinois House of Representatives (1957–1962) and member of the
Illinois Senate (1963–1973)
Richard W. DeKorte (1959), member of the
New Jersey General Assembly (1967–1970)
Peter Diamondstone (1960), co-founder of the
Liberty Union Party
Leif Erickson (1934), chair of the
Montana Democratic Party (1956–1958); also Justice of the
Montana Supreme Court (1939–1945)
Thurlow Essington (1908), member of the
Illinois Senate (1919–1927)
Benjamin M. Flowers (2012), 10th
Solicitor General of Ohio (2019–present)
John A. Gale (1965), 26th
Secretary of State of Nebraska (2000–2019)
Don Harmon (1994), 39th president of the
Illinois Senate (2021–present) and member of the
Illinois Senate (2003–present)
Mike Hilgers (2004), member of the
Nebraska Legislature (2017–present)
Maria Horn (1993), member of the
Connecticut House of Representatives (2019–present)
Sue Metzger Dickey Hough (1906), member of the
Minnesota House of Representatives (1923–1924)
F. Badger Ives (did not graduate),
[2] member of the
Wisconsin State Assembly (1899–1914)
Nathan J. Kaplan , member of the
Illinois House of Representatives (1956–1962)
Alexandra Kasser (2003), member of the
Connecticut State Senate (2019–2021)
Harold A. Katz (1948), member of the
Illinois House of Representatives (1965–1982)
Mary Anne Krupsak (1962), 80th
Lieutenant Governor of New York (1975–1978)
Dan Liljenquist (2001), member of the
Utah State Senate (2009–2011)
Arthur C. Lueder ,
Illinois Auditor of Public Accounts (1941–1949)
Rob McKenna (1988), 17th
Attorney General of Washington (2005–2013)
George D. Mills (1923), member of the
Illinois Senate (1943–1948)
[3]
Jonathan Mitchell (2001), 5th
Solicitor General of Texas (2010–2015)
Lewis V. Morgan (1954), member of the
Illinois House of Representatives (1963–1970)
Tracy Katz Muhl (2000), member of the
Illinois House of Representatives (2024–present)
Eric E. Murphy , 9th
Solicitor General of Ohio (2013–2017); also Judge of the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Chris Nybo , member of the
Illinois Senate (2014–2018) and member of the
Illinois House of Representatives (2011–2013)
Myron Orfield (1987), member of the
Minnesota Senate (2000–2002) and member of the
Minnesota House of Representatives (2000–2002); also professor at the
University of Minnesota Law School
Gertrude Polcar (1938), member of the
Ohio House of Representatives (1969–1971)
James Reilly (1972), member of the
Illinois House of Representatives (1976–1978)
Jesse Ruiz (1995), Deputy Governor of Illinois for Education (2011–present) and chairman of the
Illinois State Board of Education (2004–2011)
J. Clinton Searle (1913), member of the
Illinois House of Representatives (1927–37, 1939–1952)
Ken Simpler , State Treasurer of
Delaware (2015–2019)
Michele Smith (1979), member of the
Chicago City Council (2011–present)
Zack Stephenson (2010), member of the
Minnesota House of Representatives (2019–present)
Anton D. Strouf (1910), member of the
Montana Senate (1920)
Calvin Sutker (1950), member of the
Illinois House of Representatives (1985–1991) and member of the
Cook County Board of Commissioners (1994–2002)
William Tong (2000), 25th
Attorney General of Connecticut (2019–present) and member of the
Connecticut House of Representatives (2007–present)
A. Andrew Torrence , member of the
Illinois House of Representatives (1939–1940)
Mark Tremmel , member of the
Iowa House of Representatives (2001–2003)
Edward Vrdolyak (1963), member and later president of the
Chicago City Council (1971–1987)
Bill Witt (1976), member of the
Oregon House of Representatives (1999–2003)
Rob Witwer (1996), member of the
Colorado House of Representatives (2005–2009)
Tremaine Wright (1999), member of the
New York State Assembly (2017–2021)
State judges
Donald G. Alexander , Justice of the
Maine Supreme Judicial Court (1998–2020)
Norman Arterburn (1926), Justice of the
Indiana Supreme Court (1955–1977)
Miriam Balanoff (1963), Judge of the
Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois (1986–2000); also member of the
Illinois House of Representatives (1979–1983)
Thomas A. Balmer (1977), Associate Justice and formerly Chief Justice of the
Oregon Supreme Court (2001–present)
Richard Bandstra (1980), Judge of the
Michigan Court of Appeals (1995–2011); also member of the
Michigan House of Representatives (1985–1994)
Tim Bradbury (1972), Judge of the
King County Superior Court (1995)
William H. Bright Jr. (1987), Chief Judge of the
Connecticut Appellate Court (2017–present)
Daniel Calabretta (2003), Judge of the
Sacramento County Superior Court (2019–present); current nominee for Judge of the
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
William C. Christianson (1920), Associate Justice of the
Minnesota Supreme Court (1946); also judge of the
Nuremberg Military Tribunals (1948–1949)
Charles H. Davis (1931), Justice and later Chief Justice of the
Illinois Supreme Court (1955–1960) and Justice and two-time Presiding Justice of the
Illinois Appellate Court (1964–1970)
Leif Erickson (1934), Justice of the
Montana Supreme Court (1939–1945); also chair of the
Montana Democratic Party (1956–1958)
Hugo Friend (1908), Judge of the
Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois (1920–1966)
Christopher L. Garrett (2000), Associate Justice of the
Oregon Supreme Court (2019–present)
Sandra Slack Glover (1997), nominee for Associate Justice of the
Connecticut Supreme Court
Luther Marcellus Goddard (1864), Justice of the
Colorado Supreme Court (1891–1901, 1905–1909)
E. Harold Hallows (1930), Justice and later Chief Justice of the
Wisconsin Supreme Court (1958–1974)
Harry B. Hershey (1911), Justice of the
Illinois Supreme Court (1951–1966)
Constandinos Himonas (1989), Associate Justice of the
Utah Supreme Court (2015–present)
Warren Jones (1968), Justice of the
Idaho Supreme Court (2007–2017)
George M. Joseph (1955), Chief Judge of the
Oregon Court of Appeals (1981–1992)
Scott L. Kafker (1985), Associate Justice of the
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (2017–present) and of the
Massachusetts Appeals Court (2001–2017)
Thomas E. Kluczynski (1927), Justice of the
Illinois Supreme Court (1966–1976, 1978–1980)
Thomas Rex Lee (1991), Associate Justice of the
Utah Supreme Court (2010–present)
Raymond B. Lucas (1915), Justice of the
Supreme Court of Missouri (1938)
David Minge (1967), Judge of the
Minnesota Court of Appeals (2002–2012); also member of the U.S. Representative (D-
Minnesota ) (1993–2001)
Edward Nakamura (1951), Justice of the
Supreme Court of Hawaii (1980–1989)
Lisa Neubauer (1987), Judge and currently Chief Judge of the
Wisconsin Court of Appeals (2007–present)
Jack O'Malley (1981), Judge on the second district of the
Illinois Appellate Court (2000–2010)
Susan Phillips Read (1972), Judge of the
New York Court of Appeals (2003–2015)
Mark E. Recktenwald (1986), Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court of Hawaii (2010–present)
Philip L. Rice (1916), Justice of the Territorial
Supreme Court of Hawaii (1955–1959)
Frank Richman (1908), Justice of the
Indiana Supreme Court (1941–1947), judge at the
Nuremberg trials
John W. Rogers Sr. (1948), former
Cook County, Illinois Juvenile Court Judge, and
U.S. Air Force officer with the
Tuskegee Airmen
George Rossman (1910), Associate Justice and later Chief Justice of the
Oregon Supreme Court (1927–1965)
Walter V. Schaefer , Justice of the
Illinois Supreme Court (1951–1976)
Hardress Nathaniel Swaim (1916), Justice of the
Indiana Supreme Court (1939–1945); also Judge of the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (1950–1957)
Paul Thissen (1992), Associate Justice of the
Minnesota Supreme Court (2018–present); also 59th
Speaker of the
Minnesota House of Representatives (2013–2015)
Wilfred Tsukiyama , Justice and later Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court of Hawaii (1959–1965)
Lester A. Wade (1917), Justice and later Chief Justice of the
Utah Supreme Court (1943–1966)
Dale Wainwright (1988), Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court of Texas (2003–2012)
William Sylvester White (1937), Justice of the
Illinois Appellate Court (1980–1991)
City government
Andy Berke (1994), 73rd
Mayor of Chattanooga (2013–present) and member of the
Tennessee Senate (2007–2012)
Solomon Gutstein (1956), first ordained Rabbi to serve as
alderman on the
Chicago City Council (1975–1979) and leading practitioner on
Illinois real estate law
Hugh Hallman (1988), Mayor of
Tempe, Arizona (2004–2012)
David H. Hoffman (1995), inspector-general of Chicago (2005–2009), partner of
Sidley Austin and lecturer at the law school
Susheela Jayapal (1988),
Multnomah County Commissioner (2019–present)
Lori Lightfoot (1989), 47th
Mayor of Chicago (2019–present)
Mary V. Mochary (1967), 9th
Mayor of Montclair (1980–1984)
Watkins Overton (1921), 42nd and longest-serving
Mayor of Memphis, Tennessee (1928–1939)
James P. Pope (1909),
35th Mayor of Boise, Idaho (1929–1933); also U.S. Senator (D-
Idaho ) (1933–1939)
Nancy Rodkin Rotering (1990), Mayor of
Highland Park, Illinois (2011–present)
Carol Ruth Silver (1964), member of
San Francisco Board of Supervisors (1978–1980); also civil rights activist and
Freedom Rider
U.S. diplomatic figures
Other U.S. political figures
Mala Adiga (2002), Policy Director to the
Second Lady of the U.S. ,
Jill Biden (2021–present)
Cyrus Amir-Mokri (1995),
Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions at the
U.S. Treasury Department (2011–2014); also general counsel and managing director at
JPMorgan Chase
Greg Andres ,
Assistant Special Counsel for
Russian interference in 2016 United States elections (2017); also partner at
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Brian P. Brooks , acting
Comptroller of the Currency (2020–present)
Lisa Brown (1986),
White House Staff Secretary (2009–2011), also chief legal counsel to
Georgetown University (2013–present)
William Holmes Brown (1954),
Parliamentarian of the U.S. House of Representatives (1974–1994)
Mary Ellen Callahan (1997),
Chief Privacy Officer and Chief
Freedom of Information Act Officer of the
U.S. Department of Homeland Security (2009–2012)
Benton J. Campbell (1991), U.S. Attorney for the
Eastern District of New York (2007–2010); also partner of
Latham & Watkins
Henry P. Chandler (1906), director of the
Administrative Office of the United States Courts (1939–1956)
Benjamin V. Cohen (1915), advisor and member of the administrations of Presidents
Franklin D. Roosevelt and
Harry S. Truman
James Cole Jr. (1995), acting
Deputy Secretary of Education (2016–2017)
D. Leigh Colvin , chairman of the
Prohibition Party (1926–1932)
Sean J. Cooksey (2014), Commissioner of the
Federal Election Commission (2020–present)
Richard Cordray (1986), 1st Director of the
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (2012–2017); also 49th
Attorney General of Ohio (2009–2011), 46th
Treasurer of Ohio (2007–2009) and
Solicitor General of Ohio (1993–1995)
Roger C. Cramton (1955), chairman of the
Administrative Conference of the United States (1970–1972) and assistant U.S. attorney general (1972–1973); also dean of
Cornell Law School (1973–1980)
Kenneth W. Dam (1957), 8th
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State (1982–1985); also
U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Treasury (2001–2003), current senior fellow of the
Brookings Institution and the Max Pam Professor Emeritus of American & Foreign Law at the law school
Ashley Deeks (1998), associate
White House Counsel and deputy legal adviser to
U.S. National Security Council (2021–present); also professor at
University of Virginia School of Law
Isaiah Sol Dorfman (1931), agent of the
Office of Strategic Services and labor lawyer
Jon Dudas , Director of the
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (2004–2009)
Gary Edson (1982),
Deputy National Security Advisor (2001–2004)
Troy Eid (1991), U.S. Attorney for the
District of Colorado (2006–2009)
Curtis E. Gannon (1998), Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the
Office of Legal Counsel (2017–2020)
Jessica Hertz (2007),
White House Staff Secretary (2021–present)
Rachael A. Honig (1999), acting
United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey (2018–present)
John Alvin Johnson (1940),
General Counsel of the Air Force (1952–1958) and general counsel of
NASA (1958–1963)
David A. Kessler (1977), co-chair of the
COVID-19 Advisory Board (2020–present); 17th
Commissioner of Food and Drugs (1990–1997); dean of the
Yale School of Medicine (1997–2003) and dean of the
University of California, San Francisco Medical School (2003–2007)
Wan J. Kim (1993),
Assistant U.S. Attorney General for the
Civil Rights Division in the
Department of Justice (2005–2007)
David Ladd (1953), 10th
Register of Copyrights (1980–1985) and
U.S. Commissioner of Patents (1961–1963)
Jewel Lafontant (1946), Deputy
U.S. Solicitor General (1973–1975) and representative to the
General Assembly of the United Nations (1972); also first African-American woman to graduate from the law school
Morris I. Leibman (1933), civilian aide-at-large to the
U.S. Secretary of the Army (1964–1979), recipient of
Presidential Medal of Freedom (1981), and partner of
Sidley Austin
Daniel Levin (1953), Deputy
Assistant Attorney General for the
Office of Legal Counsel (2004–2005)
James A. Lewis (1966), U.S. Attorney for the
Central District of Illinois (2010–2016)
Sidney I. Lezak (1949), U.S. Attorney for the
District of Oregon (1961–1982)
William P. MacCracken Jr. (1911), first U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aeronautics (1926–1942)
Roswell Magill (1920),
U.S. Under Secretary of the Treasury (1937–1938); Chief Attorney in the
U.S. Treasury Department (1923–1927)
Maureen Mahoney (1978), Deputy U.S. Solicitor General (1991–1992); also partner of
Latham & Watkins
William M. Marutani (1953), commissioner on the
Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (1980–1983)
Scott Milne Matheson Sr. , U.S. Attorney for the
District of Utah (1949–1953)
Kevin McAleenan (1998), Commissioner of
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (2017–2019); also
United States Secretary of Homeland Security (2019)
Richard H. Newhouse Jr. , member of the
Illinois Senate (1967–1991)
Sheila Nix (1989), chief of staff to the
Second Lady of the U.S. ,
Jill Biden (2013–2017)
Ajit Pai (1997), Chairman of the
Federal Communications Commission (2017–2021)
Margaret Peterlin (2000),
Chief of Staff to the U.S. Secretary of State ,
Rex Tillerson (2017–2018); also senior vice president of global external and public affairs at
AT&T (2018–present)
Mythili Raman (1994), acting
Assistant Attorney General for the
U.S. Department of Justice's Criminal Division (2013–2014); partner of
Covington & Burling
Preston Richards , assistant solicitor at the
United States Department of State
Kyle Sampson (1996), chief of staff and counselor of
U.S. Attorney General
Alberto Gonzales (2005–2007)
James Santelle (1993),
U.S. Attorney for the
Eastern District of Wisconsin (2010–2015)
Hal S. Scott (1972), Director of the
Committee on Capital Markets Regulation ; also governor of the
American Stock Exchange and professor at
Harvard Law School (1975–present)
Melanie Sloan (1991), founder and executive director of
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington and counsel for the
House Judiciary Committee
Mary L. Smith (1991), principal deputy director and acting agency head of the
Indian Health Service (2015–2017)
Cheryl Stanton (1997), administrator of the
Wage and Hour Division at the
U.S. Department of Labor (2019–2021)
Karl R. Thompson (2000),
Assistant Attorney General for the
Office of Legal Counsel (2014–2017)
Jeff Wall (2003), acting
U.S. Solicitor General (2020–2021)
J. Ernest Wilkins Sr. , assistant
Secretary of Labor (1954–1958)
Non-United States government
Non-United States political figures
Herman De Croo (1962), President of the
Belgian Chamber of Representatives (1999–2007) and longest-serving member of the
Belgian Federal Parliament (1991–present)
Mei Ju-ao (1928), chief of the
Chinese Ministry of Justice (1948–1949); also member of judges of the
International Military Tribunal for the Far East (1946–1948)
Alexander Krasnoshchyokov (1912), head of the
Far Eastern Republic (1920–1921)
David Libai (J.S.D. 1968), member of the
Knesset (1984–1999) and Israeli
Minister of Justice (1992–1996)
Geoffrey Palmer (1967), 33rd
Prime Minister of New Zealand (1989–1990)
Uriel Reichman (J.S.D. 1975), member of the
Knesset (2006); also dean of the
Tel Aviv University law faculty (1985–1990) and founder and president of
Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya (1994–present)
Shimon Shetreet (D.C.L. 1973), member of the
Knesset (1988–1996)
Hans Jürgen Wildberg (LL.M. 1975), district administrator of
Stormarn in
Schleswig-Holstein ,
Germany (1990–1998)
Alain Zenner (M.C.L. 1969), member of Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region (1991–present) and
senator (1999–2007)
Non-United States judicial figures
Notable attorneys
Frederick B. Abramson (1959), president of the
District of Columbia Bar (1985–1986)
Katherine L. Adams (1990), general counsel of
Apple Inc. (2017–present)
Richard Baker (1955), founder of
Baker McKenzie
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Robert Barnett (1971), partner of
Williams & Connolly
Laird Bell , philanthropist, attorney and co-founder of Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP, now
K&L Gates
Steve Berman (1980), leading class actions attorney and managing partner of Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro
Frank Cicero Jr. (1965), partner of
Kirkland & Ellis
Patrick M. Collins , partner of
King & Spalding
Roberta Cooper Ramo (1967), first female president of the
American Law Institute (1995–1996) and first female president of the
American Bar Association (2008–2017)
Earl B. Dickerson (1920), prominent attorney and community activist and first African-American graduate of the law school
Howard Ellis (J.D. 1914, LL.D. 1915), name partner of
Kirkland & Ellis
Bruce Ennis (1965), founder of the law firm Ennis, Friedman, Bersoff & Ewing, which merged into
Jenner & Block
Ted Frank (1994), leading class actions attorney and founder and president of the Center for Class Action Fairness
Edward de Grazia (1951), attorney involved in numerous high-profile cases of literary and artistic censorship in the 1960s; also founding member of faculty at the
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Paul Grewal (1996), chief legal officer at
Coinbase (2020–present); Magistrate Judge of the
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (2010–2016)
Chris Hansen , civil rights attorney, notable for litigating U.S. Supreme Court cases
AMP v. Myriad Genetics and
ACLU v. Reno
Ho Hsiao-yuan , Chinese attorney and professor at
National Taipei University
Gregory Jacob (1999), partner of
O'Melveny & Myers
Brooke Jenkins (2006),
District Attorney of San Francisco (2022–present)
Lillian Johnson (1975), civil justice advocate and director of
National Legal Aid & Defender Association
Leon L. Lewis (1913), inaugural national secretary of the
Anti-Defamation League
Carl J. Mayer , founder of the Mayer Law Group LLC
Bernard D. Meltzer (1937), prosecutor at the
Nuremberg trials and a drafter of the
U.N. Charter ; also professor at the law school and leading scholar of labor law
Marla Messing (1986), attorney, sports executive and CEO of organising committee of the
1999 FIFA Women's World Cup
Susan M. Moss (1994), partner of Chemtob Moss Forman & Beyda LLP
Francis Neate (1963), president of the
International Bar Association (2005–2006); also English cricketer (1958–1979)
Frederick M. Nicholas (1952), attorney specializing in real estate and property development
Roderick A. Palmore (1977), general counsel and executive vice-president of
Sara Lee Corporation (1996–2008) and of
General Mills (2008–present)
Matthew Parish (LL.M. 2004, J.S.D. 2007), managing partner of Gentium Law Group
Gerald Ratner (1937), co-founder of Gould & Ratner
Eugene Scalia (1990), partner of
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Harry Schneider (1979), partner of
Perkins Coie
William Spade (1990), noted
criminal defense attorney in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Fay Stender (1956), attorney and representative of
Black Panther leader
Huey Newton , the
Soledad Brothers and
Black Guerrilla Family founder
George Jackson
Jean Stoffregen (did not graduate),
racial equality lawyer for the
Fellowship of Reconciliation
Ted Ullyot (1994), partner of
Andreessen Horowitz and former general counsel of
Facebook
Sam Yasgur (1966), assistant
district attorney of New York and leading prosecutor
Academia
University presidents
Morris B. Abram (1940), president of
Brandeis University (1968–1970)
William Birenbaum (1946), president of
Antioch College (1976–1985)
King Virgil Cheek (1969), president of
Shaw University (1969–1971) and of
Morgan State University (1971–1974)
Arland F. Christ-Janer (1952), president of
Cornell College (1962–1967), of
Boston University (1967–1970), of
New College of Florida (1973–1975), of
Stephens College (1975–1983), and of the
Ringling School of Art and Design (1984–1996)
Lewis Collens (1966), president of
Illinois Institute of Technology (1990–2007) and dean of
Chicago-Kent College of Law (1974–1990)
Christopher L. Eisgruber (1988), president of
Princeton University (2013–present)
Rex E. Lee (1963), president of
Brigham Young University (1989–1995); also 37th U.S. Solicitor General (1981–1985)
Dallin H. Oaks (1957), president of
Brigham Young University (1971–1980); also First Counselor in the
First Presidency (LDS Church) (2018–present)
Barbara Snyder (1980), president of
Case Western Reserve University (2007–present) and president of
Association of American Universities (2020–present)
Deans
Alfred C. Aman, Jr. (1970), dean of
Indiana University School of Law (1991–2002) and
Suffolk University Law School (2007–2009)
Alfred Avins (J.S.D. 1962), dean and co-founder of the
Delaware Law School (1971–1974)
Craig M. Boise (1994), dean of
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law (2011–2016) and of
Syracuse University College of Law (2016–present)
Roger C. Cramton (1955), dean of
Cornell Law School (1973–1980); also chairman of the
Administrative Conference of the United States (1970–1972) and assistant U.S. attorney general (1972–1973)
John C. Eastman (1995), dean of the
Chapman University School of Law (2007–2010)
Ward Farnsworth (1994), dean of
University of Texas School of Law (2012–present)
William Ray Forrester (1935), dean of
Vanderbilt University Law School (1949–1952),
Tulane University Law School (1952–1963) and
Cornell Law School (1963–1973)
Jim Huffman (1972), dean of
Lewis & Clark Law School (1994–2006) and the
Republican nominee in the
2010 U.S. Senate election in Oregon
Herma Hill Kay (1959), dean of
UC Berkeley School of Law (1992–2000)
David A. Kessler (1977), dean of the
Yale School of Medicine (1997–2003) and the
University of California, San Francisco Medical School (2003–2007); also co-chair of the
COVID-19 Advisory Board (2020–present) and 17th
Commissioner of Food and Drugs (1990–1997)
Larry Kramer (1984), dean of
Stanford Law School (2004–2012); also president of the
Hewlett Foundation
William H. Leary (1908), dean of the
University of Utah College of Law (1915–1950)
Henry Manne (1952), dean emeritus of the
George Mason University School of Law (1986–1996)
Robert K. Rasmussen (1985), dean of the
Gould School of Law at the
University of Southern California (2007–2015)
Uriel Reichman (J.S.D. 1975), dean of the
Tel Aviv University law faculty (1985–1990) and founder and president of
Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya (1994–present); also member of the
Knesset (2006)
Peter B. Rutledge (1996), dean of
University of Georgia School of Law (2015–present)
D. Gordon Smith (1990), dean of the
J. Reuben Clark Law School at
Brigham Young University (2016–present)
Geoffrey R. Stone (1971), dean (1987–1994) and interim dean (2015) of the law school;
Edward H. Levi Distinguished Service Professor of Law at the law school; leading
First Amendment scholar
Julian Waterman (1923), founder and inaugural dean of the
University of Arkansas School of Law (1926–1943) and vice president of the
University of Arkansas (1937–1943)
Professors
Legal
Norman Abrams (1955), professor emeritus at the
UCLA School of Law
Barry Adler (1985), professor at the
New York University School of Law and expert on bankruptcy law
George Anastaplo (1951), professor at
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Carlton Bailey (1972), professor at the
University of Arkansas School of Law
Avi Bell (1993), professor at the
University of San Diego and at
Bar-Ilan University and property law scholar
Thomas Berg , professor at the
University of St. Thomas
Vincent Blasi (1967), professor at
Columbia Law School and First Amendment scholar and historian
Walter J. Blum (1941), professor at the law school and pre-eminent figure in
tax law
Dale Carpenter (1959), professor at
SMU Dedman School of Law
Anthony J. Casey (2002), professor at the law school and expert on business law and bankruptcy law
Marvin Chirelstein (1953), professor at
Columbia Law School and at
Yale Law School
Robert N. Clinton (1971), professor at the
Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at
Arizona State University
Dennis Crouch (2003), associate professor at the
University of Missouri School of Law
Martha Davis (1983), professor at
Northeastern University
John F. Duffy , professor at the
University of Virginia School of Law
Andreas Engert (LL.M. 2000), professor at the
Free University of Berlin
Martha Field (1968), professor at
Harvard Law School
Martha Albertson Fineman (1975), professor at
Emory University School of Law , scholar of
feminist legal theory and
critical legal theory , and founder and director of the
Feminism and Legal Theory Project
James Fleissner (1986), professor at the
Walter F. George School of Law of
Mercer University
George P. Fletcher (1964), professor at
Columbia Law School
James Friedman , professor at the
University of Maine School of Law
Lawrence M. Friedman (J.D. 1951, LL.M. 1953), professor at
Stanford Law School and scholar on American legal history
Scott Gaille (1995), lecturer at the law school (2013–present) and energy law scholar
Marc Galanter , professor emeritus at
University of Wisconsin School of Law and scholar on law and society
Stephen Gard (LL.M. 1975), professor at
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
Roberto Gargarella (LL.M. 1992, J.S.D. 1993), professor at the
University of Buenos Aires
Michael Gerhardt (1982), professor at the
UNC School of Law , Special Counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee for the nominations of
Sonia Sotomayor (2009),
Elena Kagan (2010), and
Neil Gorsuch (2017) to the
U.S. Supreme Court
Jacob Gersen (2004), professor at
Harvard Law School
Mary Ann Glendon (J.D. 1961, M.C.L 1963), professor at
Harvard Law School ; also
U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See (2008–2009)
Kent Greenfield (1992), professor at the
Boston College Law School
Brigitte Haar (1992), professor at
Goethe University Frankfurt
Robert Hamilton (1955), Minerva House Drysdale Regents Chair in Law at the
University of Texas School of Law
Angela P. Harris (1986), professor at
UC Davis School of Law and scholar on
critical race theory ,
feminist legal theory , and criminal law
John N. Hazard (J.S.D. 1939), professor at
Columbia University and scholar on
Soviet law
Paul J. Heald , professor at the
University of Illinois College of Law ; also novelist
Walter Hellerstein (1970), professor at
University of Georgia School of Law
M. Todd Henderson (1998), Michael J. Marks Professor of Law at the law school and expert on corporate law and securities regulation; also novelist
Gail Heriot (1981), professor at the
University of San Diego School of Law
William H. J. Hubbard (2000), professor at the law school and expert on
civil procedure and
law and economics
Dennis J. Hutchinson (did not graduate), professor at the
College of the University of Chicago , senior lecturer at the law school, and editor of the
Supreme Court Review
Zensuke Ishimura (M.C.L. 1964), professor at
Tokyo Metropolitan University
James B. Jacobs (1973), professor at
New York University School of Law
Renee Knake Jefferson (1999), professor and member of the board of trustees at
Michigan State University
Phillip E. Johnson (1965), professor at
UC Berkeley School of Law and founder of the
intelligent design movement
Quintin Johnstone (1938), professor at
Yale Law School and
New York Law School
Timothy Jost (1975), professor at
Washington and Lee University School of Law and expert on American health law and policy
Harry Kalven , Harry A. Bigelow Professor of Law at the law school and First Amendment scholar
Michael S. Kang (1999), professor at
Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
Sonia Katyal (1998), Distinguished Haas Chair at
UC Berkeley School of Law
Leo Katz (1982), professor at the
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Michael Knoll (1984), professor at the
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Eugene Kontorovich (2001), professor at the
Antonin Scalia Law School
Christoph Kumpan (LL.M. 2002), professor at
Bucerius Law School
Thilo Kuntz (LL.M. 2007), professor at
Bucerius Law School
Holning Lau , professor at the
University of North Carolina School of Law
Douglas Laycock (1973), professor at the
University of Virginia School of Law and scholar on the law of religious liberty and on remedies
Hans G. Leser (M.C.L. 1959), professor at
University of Marburg and German scholar of private law
Wesley Liebeler (1957), professor at the
University of California and at the
Antonin Scalia Law School
James Lindgren (1977), professor at the
Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
Tracey Meares (1991), professor at
Yale Law School and previously at the Law School; first African-American woman to be granted tenure at both law schools
Bernard D. Meltzer (1937), leading scholar of labor law and professor at the law school; also prosecutor at the
Nuremberg trials and a drafter of the
U.N. Charter
Thomas W. Merrill (1977), professor at
Columbia Law School and leading scholar of
constitutional law and
administrative law
William R. Ming (1933), professor at the law school and at
Howard University
Edward R. Morrison (2000), professor at
Columbia Law School and leading scholar of
bankruptcy and
law and economics
Daniel L. Nagin (1996), clinical professor at
Harvard Law School
Herman Oliphant (1914), professor at the law school and at
Columbia Law School , and leading figure in the
legal realism movement
Myron Orfield (1987), professor at the
University of Minnesota Law School ; also member of the
Minnesota Senate (2000–2002) and member of the
Minnesota House of Representatives (2000–2002)
Sol Picciotto , emeritus professor at
Lancaster University
Randal C. Picker (1985), James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor of Law at the law school and expert in antitrust law and intellectual property law
George L. Priest , professor at
Yale Law School
Lucy Reed (1977), director of the
Centre for International Law at the
National University of Singapore
Larry Ribstein (1972), professor at
George Mason University School of Law and corporate law scholar
Carol M. Rose (1977), professor at
Yale Law School and at the
James E. Rogers College of Law at the
University of Arizona and property law scholar
Joseph Sax (1959), professor at
UC Berkeley School of Law and at the
University of Michigan Law School , environmental law scholar, and developer of the
public trust doctrine
Peter Schlechtriem (M.C.L. 1965), professor at the
University of Heidelberg and German legal scholar
Suzanna Sherry (1979), professor at
Vanderbilt University Law School and constitutional law scholar
Bernard Siegan (1949), professor at the
University of San Diego School of Law and libertarian legal theorist
Robert Sitkoff (1999), professor at
Harvard Law School and scholar on trusts and estates
Barry Sullivan (1974), professor at
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Franita Tolson (2005), professor at the
USC Gould School of Law
William Twining (1958), professor at
University College London and scholar on jurisprudence
Walter Van Gerven (LL.M. 1960), prominent Belgian lawyer and advocate-general at the
European Court of Justice (1988–1994)
David Vaver (1971), professor at
Osgoode Hall Law School and at the
University of Oxford
Gerhard Wagner (LL.M. 1995), professor at the
Humboldt University of Berlin
Stephen Wizner (1963), clinical professor at
Yale Law School
A. N. Yiannopoulos (M.C.L. 1954), professor at
Tulane University Law School and founder of the
Civil Law Commentaries
Franklin Zimring (1967), professor at
UC Berkeley School of Law and scholar on the criminal justice system
Non-legal
Nancy Feldman (1946), professor of sociology at the
University of Tulsa ; also civil rights activist
Ernst Fraenkel (1941), German political scientist and one of the founding fathers of German political science after
World War II
Cynthia Fuchs Epstein (did not graduate), professor of sociology at the
Graduate Center, CUNY
Jack Katz (1969), professor of sociology at the
University of California, Los Angeles
Jacob T. Levy (LL.M. 2005), professor of political theory at
McGill University
David L. Paulsen (1964), professor of philosophy at
Brigham Young University
Lorinda Perry , head of political and social sciences department at
Rockford College (1914–1916) and professor at
University of Illinois (1916–1919)
Robert Redfield (1917), professor at the
University of Chicago , anthropologist and ethnolinguist
Lawrence Rosen (1974), professor at
Princeton University and anthropologist
Ernest Samuels (1926), professor of English at
Northwestern University ; also biographer and winner of
Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography (1965)
Winnifred F. Sullivan (1976), professor of religious studies at
Indiana University Bloomington
Business and non-profit
Peter Altabef (1983), president, CEO, and chairman of
Unisys
Michael Alter , president of the Alter Group and principal owner and chairman of
WNBA team
Chicago Sky (2005–present)
Cyrus Amir-Mokri (1995), general counsel and managing director at
JPMorgan Chase ; also
Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions at the
U.S. Treasury Department (2011–2014)
Jeffrey Anderson (1992), executive vice president of
Game Show Network (2017–present)
Maggie Anderson (1998), CEO and co-founder of the Empowerment Experiment; also civil rights activist
J. Calvin Brown , 70th president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1951–1952)
Debra Cafaro (1982), chairman and CEO of
Ventas, Inc. (1999–present)
Bradley M. Campbell (1986), president of
Conservation Law Foundation
Michael J. Cavanagh (1993), president of
Comcast
Glen Lewy (1974), member,
Council on Foreign Relations ; National Chair of the
Anti-Defamation League ; lawyer and venture capitalist
Norton Clapp (1929), president and chairman of
Weyerhaeuser (1960–1970) and president of
Boy Scouts of America (1971–1973)
Christopher DeMuth (1973), distinguished fellow at the
Hudson Institute and president of the
American Enterprise Institute (1986–2008)
Daniel L. Doctoroff (1984), CEO and president of
Bloomberg L.P. (2008–2014) and co-founder and CEO of
Sidewalk Labs (2015–present)
Daniel Fischel (1977), chairman and president of
Compass Lexecon ; also Lee and Brena Freeman Professor Emeritus of Law and Business and senior lecturer at the law school
James Goodale (1958), vice-president, general counsel and vice-chairman for
The New York Times
Gary Haugen (1991), founder, CEO, and former president of
International Justice Mission
Gene Healy (1999), vice-president of the
Cato Institute and contributing editor to
Liberty magazine
Wayne Hsiung (2006), co-founder of animal rights network
Direct Action Everywhere
Cary Kochman (1990), co-head of Global Mergers and Acquisitions Group at
Citigroup
Peter Kurer (LL.M. 1976), chairman of
UBS (2008–2009) and of
Sunrise Communications AG (2016–2020)
Luis Kutner (1927), co-founder of
Amnesty International and inventor of the
living will
Ralph Neas (1971), executive director of the
Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights , president and CEO of
People For the American Way , president and CEO of the
National Coalition on Health Care , and president and CEO of the
Generic Pharmaceutical Association
Robert Peach (did not graduate), founder of
Mohawk Airlines
David Wendell Phillips (1988), angel investor in
Silicon Valley , CEO of Crunch Music and CEO and founder of NaturalPath Media
Matthew Prince (2000), co-founder and CEO of
Cloudflare
Donald Pritzker (1959), entrepreneur and president of
Hyatt Hotels Corporation
Nicholas J. Pritzker (1974), chairman and CEO of the Hyatt Development Corporation
Thomas Pritzker (1978), executive chairman of
Hyatt Hotels Corporation
Marcus Raskin (1957), co-founder of the
Institute for Policy Studies ; also professor at
George Washington University
Andrew M. Rosenfield (1978), CEO and managing partner of
TGG Group and managing partner of
Guggenheim Partners
David M. Rubenstein (1973), billionaire and founder of the
Carlyle Group
David O. Sacks (1998), founding COO and product leader at
PayPal , founder and CEO of
Yammer , and founder and partner of
Craft Ventures (2017–present)
Adam Silver (1988), 5th commissioner of the
National Basketball Association (2014–present)
James A. Squires (1992), president and CEO of
Norfolk Southern Railway (2013–present)
Paul Toback , CEO and chairman of
Bally Total Fitness (2002–2006)
Gordon Tullock (1947), professor of law at
George Mason University School of Law and leading scholar of law and
public choice theory
Bradley Tusk (1999), founder and CEO of Tusk Holdings; also
campaign manager for
New York City Mayor
Michael Bloomberg 's successful 2009 re-election bid, Deputy Governor of Illinois (2003–2009), and communications director for U.S. Senator
Chuck Schumer (2000–2002)
Joseph T. Zoline , founder and developer of
Telluride Ski Resort
Barry Zubrow (1980), former Chief Administrative Officer of
Goldman Sachs , former Chief Risk Officer of
JPMorgan Chase and Darelyn A. & Richard C. Reed Lecturer in Law at the law school
Writing
Mitchell Dawson (1913), writer and poet
Julian Dibbell (2014), author on social systems in online communities, and technology journalist
Larry Downes (1993), author on business strategies and information technology, and internet industry analyst
Steve Fiffer (1976), author of Three Quarters, Two Dimes, and a Nickel and
Guggenheim Fellow
David Fromkin (1953), author of
A Peace to End All Peace ; also professor of history and international relations at
Boston University
Alan Gordon (1984), author of historical mysteries
Claire Hartfield (1982), author of history-inspired novels and winner of
Coretta Scott King Award (2019)
Gini Hartzmark , author of
thriller novels
Linda Hirshman (1969), author on women's rights
Anna Ivey (1997), author and graduate schools admission counselor
Ernest Samuels (1926), biographer and winner of
Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography (1965); also professor of English at
Northwestern University
Spencer Short (2007), poet; also attorney at
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Studs Terkel (1934), author and winner of
Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction (1985)
James Thayer (1974), author of
thriller novels
Media and journalism
Jan Crawford (1993), political correspondent and chief legal correspondent for
CBS News and commentator on the U.S. Supreme Court
Josh Hammer (2016), senior editor-at-large and podcast host for
Newsweek
Seymour Hersh (did not graduate), journalist, winner of
Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting (1970), of the
National Magazine Award (2004–2005), of the
Orwell Award (2004), and of the
George Polk Award (1969, 1973–1974, and 1981)
Harvey Levin (1975), founder of
TMZ
Nell Minow (1977), film critic and corporate governance expert
Mary Nissenson (1977), journalist (1982–1985) for
NBC News and reporter for
WBBM-TV in Chicago (1987–1988); also the first female president of the law students' association at the law school
Andrew Patner (did not graduate), journalist for
The Wall Street Journal and the
Chicago Sun-Times
William Schaap (1964), co-founder of
CovertAction Quarterly
Art, music, and film
James Steven Ginsburg (did not graduate), music producer, founder and president of
Cedille Records , and son of U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Eric Gurry (1992), actor, best known for his roles in such films and plays as
Bad Boys ,
Author! Author! and
The Floating Light Bulb
Judith Weinshall Liberman (1954), artist and creator of the
Holocaust Wall Hangings
J. Louis von der Mehden (1927), cellist, conductor and composer of classical music
Miles Mogulescu (1984), film producer, including of
Union Maids and of
Montana
Gabrielle Rolin (1960), Belgian film critic and novelist
Activism
Morris B. Abram (1940), civil rights activist and attorney; also president of
Brandeis University (1968–1970)
Maggie Anderson (1998), activist and CEO and co-founder of the Empowerment Experiment
Sophonisba Breckinridge (1904), activist,
Progressive Era social reformer, and the first woman to graduate from the law school
Earl B. Dickerson (1920), prominent attorney and community activist and first African-American graduate of the law school
Nancy Feldman (1946), civil rights activist; also professor of sociology at the
University of Tulsa
Irene McCoy Gaines (1918), civil rights activist and
anti-segregation campaigner
Truman Gibson (1935), civil rights activist and influential boxing promoter
Staughton Lynd (1976), prominent civil rights activist; also professor at
Yale University
Carol Ruth Silver (1964), civil rights activist and
Freedom Rider ; also member of
San Francisco Board of Supervisors (1978–1980)
Sport
Eric Friedler (1983), professional tennis player (1976–1980)
Courtney Hall (2003), professional football player for the
San Diego Chargers (1989–1996)
Brooks Johnson , track athlete and coach and gold medallist at the
1963 Pan American Games
Milton McManaway , college football player for the
Furman Paladins in
South Carolina (1919–1921)
Francis Neate (1963), English cricketer (1958–1979); also president of the
International Bar Association (2005–2006)
Steven Segaloff (2000), U.S.
Olympic rower and
cox ; also partner of
Cravath, Swaine and Moore
Colin Milner Smith , English cricketer (1958); also commercial barrister and circuit judge (1991–2009)
Jim Tanner (1993), sports and entertainment agent
John F. Tobin (1906), American college football player for the
Chicago Maroons and the
Nebraska Cornhuskers and coach of
Tulane Green Wave
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