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Yale Law School

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Part of Yale University.

Location:
New Haven, CT

Founding Date:
1843

Enrollment:
700

Official Website:
http://www.law.yale.edu/

STUDENTS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Floyd Abrams
Attorney
9-Jul-1936   First Amendment lawyer
Bruce Ackerman
Scholar
19-Aug-1943   We the People
Renata Adler
Journalist
19-Oct-1938   Gone: The Last Days of the New Yorker
Samuel Alito
Judge
1-Apr-1950   US Supreme Court Justice
Dillon Anderson
Government
14-Jul-1906 1974 National Security Advisor, 1955-56
Lori B. Andrews
Attorney
c. 1953   Genetics and biotechnology law
Hank Barnette
Business
c. 1934   CEO of Bethlehem Steel, 1992-2000
Michael Barone
Pundit
1944   Almanac of American Politics
Richard A. Bartlett
Business
c. 1958   Resource Holdings Ltd.
Michael Bennet
Politician
1964   US Senator from Colorado
Berl Bernhard
Attorney
7-Sep-1929   Co-Founder, Verner Liipfert
Richard Blumenthal
Government
13-Feb-1946   Attorney General of Connecticut
David Boies
Attorney
Mar-1941   Represented Gore in Bush v. Gore
John Bolton
Government
20-Nov-1948   US Ambassador to the UN, 2005-06
Cory Booker
Politician
27-Apr-1969   Mayor of Newark, NJ
Robert Borosage
Activist
?   Founder, Campaign for America's Future
Richard J. Braemer
Attorney
c. 1942   Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP
Henry Billings Brown
Judge
2-Mar-1836 4-Sep-1913 US Supreme Court Justice, 1891-1906
Jerry Brown
Politician
7-Apr-1938   Attorney General of California
Joseph E. Brown
Politician
15-Apr-1821 30-Nov-1894 Governor of Georgia, 1857-65
Winthrop G. Brown
Diplomat
12-Jul-1907 25-May-1987 US Ambassador to South Korea, 1964-67
Herbert Brownell, Jr.
Government
20-Feb-1904 1-May-1996 US Attorney General, 1953-57
John E. Bryson
Business
24-Jul-1943   CEO of Edison International, 1990-2008
James L. Buckley
Politician
9-Mar-1923   US Senator from New York, 1971-77
Charles Canady
Politician
22-Jun-1954   Congressman from Florida, 1993-2001
Karl Carstens
Head of State
14-Dec-1914 30-May-1992 President of Germany, 1979-84
Gerhard Casper
Educator
25-Dec-1937   President of Stanford University, 1992-2000
Bill Clinton
Head of State
19-Aug-1946   42nd US President, 1993-2001
Hillary Clinton
Politician
26-Oct-1947   US Secretary of State
William K. Coblentz
Attorney
c. 1921   Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass
David D. Cole
Attorney
?   Professor of Constitutional Law
Lovida H. Coleman, Jr.
Attorney
21-May-1949   Partner, Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan
Rhonda Copelon
Attorney
15-Sep-1944   Law Professor at CUNY
Sam Coppersmith
Politician
22-May-1955   Congressman from Arizona, 1993-95
L. Gordon Crovitz
Publisher
c. 1959   Publisher, Wall Street Journal, 2006-07
William C. Crowley
Business
c. 1957   CFO of Sears Roebuck
Homer S. Cummings
Attorney
30-Apr-1870 10-Sep-1956 US Attorney General, 1933-39
Lloyd Cutler
Attorney
10-Nov-1917 8-May-2005 White House Counsel for Carter, Clinton
John Danforth
Politician
5-Sep-1936   US Ambassador to the UN, 2004
Richard Danzig
Government
8-Sep-1944   US Secretary of the Navy, 1998-2001
Lanny J. Davis
Government
c. 1946   White House Counsel, 1996-98
Drew S. Days III
Government
1941   US Solicitor General, 1993-96
Walter Dellinger
Attorney
15-May-1941   Duke University law professor
Alan Dershowitz
Attorney
1-Sep-1938   Lawyer, represented Klaus von Bulow
Peter Deutsch
Politician
1-Apr-1957   Congressman from Florida, 1993-2005
Thomas J. Dodd
Politician
15-May-1907 24-May-1971 US Senator from Connecticut, 1958-71
Marian Wright Edelman
Activist
6-Jun-1939   Founder, Children's Defense Fund
Michael R. Eisenson
Business
c. 1955   Charlesbank Capital Partners
John Hart Ely
Scholar
3-Dec-1938 25-Oct-2003 Democracy and Distrust
Gregg L. Engles
Business
16-Aug-1957   CEO of Dean Foods
Klaus Eppler
Attorney
8-May-1930   Retired Partner, Proskauer Rose
Richard Epstein
Scholar
17-Apr-1943   Takings
Jonathan Finer
Journalist
c. 1976   Washington Post reporter
Joel L. Fleishman
Business
c. 1935   The Foundation: A Great American Secret
Gregory J. Fleming
Business
c. 1964   Co-President of Merrill Lynch
Gerald Ford
Head of State
14-Jul-1913 26-Dec-2006 38th US President, 1974-77
Abe Fortas
Judge
19-Jun-1910 5-Apr-1982 US Supreme Court Justice, 1965-69
Henry H. Fowler
Government
5-Sep-1908 3-Jan-2000 US Secretary of the Treasury, 1965-68
Peter Frelinghuysen, Jr.
Politician
17-Jan-1916   Congressman from New Jersey, 1953-75
Foster Furcolo
Politician
29-Jul-1911 5-Jul-1995 Governor of Massachusetts, 1957-61
Richard I. Galland
Attorney
c. 1916   Of Counsel, Jones Day
Richard N. Gardner
Diplomat
9-Jul-1927   US Ambassador to Spain, 1993-97
Thomas H. Glocer
Business
8-Oct-1959   CEO of Reuters Group
Mike Godwin
Attorney
26-Oct-1956   General Counsel, Wikimedia
Fred T. Goldberg, Jr.
Government
15-Oct-1947   IRS Commissioner, 1989-92
Jack Goldsmith
Government
26-Sep-1962   The Terror Presidency
Charles E. Goodell
Politician
16-Mar-1926 21-Jan-1987 US Senator from New York, 1968-71
Joseph T. Gorman
Business
1-Oct-1937   CEO of TRW, 1988-2001
Gordon Gray
Government
30-May-1909 26-Nov-1982 Secretary of the Army, 1949-50
Jeff Greenfield
Pundit
10-Jun-1943   ABC, CNN talking head
Lani Guinier
Educator
19-Apr-1950   The Tyranny of the Majority
Stephen Hadley
Government
13-Feb-1947   National Security Advisor
Peter B. Hamilton
Business
c. 1946   Vice Chairman of Brunswick, 2000-07
Michael Harrington
Activist
24-Feb-1928 31-Jul-1989 The Other America
Gary Hart
Politician
28-Nov-1936   US Senator from Colorado, 1975-87
Ulric Haynes
Diplomat
8-Jun-1931   US Ambassador to Algeria, 1977-81
Paul Helmke
Politician
24-Nov-1948   Mayor of Fort Wayne, IN, 1988-2000
Ira Michael Heyman
Educator
30-May-1930   Chancellor of UC Berkeley, 1980-90
A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr.
Judge
25-Feb-1928 14-Dec-1998 Chief Justice, 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals
Anita Hill
Victim
30-Jul-1956   Former colleague of Clarence Thomas
Carla Hills
Diplomat
3-Jan-1934   US Trade Representative, 1989-93
Peter Hoagland
Politician
17-Nov-1941 30-Oct-2007 Congressman from Nebraska, 1989-95
Thomas L. Hughes
Government
?   Carnegie Endowment for Int'l Peace
Reed E. Hundt
Business
3-Mar-1948   FCC Chairman, 1993-97
Andrew D. Hurwitz
Judge
c. 1946   Justice, Arizona Supreme Court
Robert M. Hutchins
Educator
17-Jan-1899 17-May-1977 President, University of Chicago, 1929-51
Joel Hyatt
Attorney
c. 1950   Hyatt Legal Services
Eli S. Jacobs
Baseball
5-Oct-1937   Former Baltimore Orioles owner
Gary N. Jacobs
Business
12-Jul-1945   General Counsel for MGM Mirage
Dawn E. Johnsen
Attorney
14-Aug-1961   Indiana University law professor
David A. Jones, Jr.
Business
c. 1958   Chrysalis Ventures
Pamela S. Karlan
Scholar
c. 1958   Constitutional and legal scholar
Nicholas Katzenbach
Government
17-Jan-1922   US Attorney General, 1965-66
Peter D. Keisler
Government
13-Oct-1960   Co-Founder, Federalist Society
Alexander M. Keith
Judge
22-Nov-1928   Minnesota Chief Justice, 1990-98
William E. Kennard
Government
19-Jan-1957   FCC Chairman, 1997-2001
Robert C. Khayat
Educator
18-Apr-1938   Chancellor, University of Mississippi
Bobbie Kilberg
Administrator
25-Oct-1944   Northern Virginia Technology Council
John A. Koskinen
Business
30-Jun-1939   President, US Soccer Foundation
Marvin Krislov
Educator
c. 1960   President, Oberlin College
Edward J. Landau
Attorney
c. 1929   Lowenthal, Landau, Fischer & Bring
Lawrence Lessig
Attorney
3-Jun-1961   Constitutional and internet law
Edward H. Levi
Government
26-Jun-1911 7-Mar-2000 US Attorney General, 1975-77
Joseph Lieberman
Politician
24-Feb-1942   US Senator from Connecticut
John Lindsay
Politician
24-Nov-1921 19-Dec-2000 Mayor of New York City, 1966-73
Philip R. Lochner, Jr.
Business
c. 1942   Senior VP at Time Warner, 1991-98
Walter G. Lohr, Jr.
Attorney
c. 1945   Partner, Hogan & Hartson
Linda Koch Lorimer
Business
c. 1953   Secretary of Yale University
John Lott
Economist
8-May-1958   More Guns, Less Crime
Allard Lowenstein
Politician
16-Jan-1929 14-Mar-1980 Congressman, New York 5th
Paul W. MacAvoy
Economist
21-Apr-1934   Council of Economic Advisers, 1975-76
Catharine MacKinnon
Activist
7-Oct-1946   Misguided anti-pornography activist
J. Howard Marshall II
Business
24-Jan-1905 4-Aug-1995 Oilman, married Anna Nicole Smith
Margaret H. Marshall
Judge
1-Sep-1944   Massachusetts Chief Justice
Siri S. Marshall
Business
c. 1948   General Counsel for General Mills, 1994-2008
Steve A. Matthews
Attorney
c. 1956   Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd
Robert D. McCallum, Jr.
Diplomat
1946   US Ambassador to Australia
John J. McMackin, Jr.
Business
10-Jan-1952   Partner, Williams & Jensen
Michael Medved
Critic
Oct-1948   Traditional values oriented film critic
Victor H. Metcalf
Government
10-Oct-1853 20-Feb-1936 US Secretary of the Navy, 1906-08
John Miller
Politician
23-May-1938   Congressman from Washington, 1985-93
Judith A. Miller
Attorney
c. 1950   US Defense Dept. General Counsel, 1994-2000
Stephan Minikes
Diplomat
1938   US Ambassador to the OSCE, 2001-05
Sherman Minton
Judge
20-Oct-1890 9-Apr-1965 US Supreme Court Justice, 1949-56
Eben Moglen
Attorney
c. 1959   Shareware law
Bruce A. Morrison
Politician
8-Oct-1944   Congressman from Connecticut, 1983-91
Michael Mukasey
Judge
28-Jul-1941   US Attorney General
Edward R. Muller
Business
c. 1952   CEO of Mirant
Victor Navasky
Publisher
5-Jul-1932   Publisher of The Nation
William C. Nolan, Jr.
Business
c. 1939   Partner, Nolan and Alderson
Stephen L. Norris
Business
c. 1950   Co-Founder, Carlyle Group
Eleanor Holmes Norton
Politician
13-Jun-1937   Congresswoman, Washington DC
Viveca Novak
Journalist
?   Time Washington correspondent
George M. O'Brien
Politician
17-Jun-1917 18-Jul-1986 Congressman from Illinois, 1973-86
Jill N. Parrish
Judge
c. 1960   Justice, Utah Supreme Court
Rachel Paulose
Attorney
12-Mar-1973   US Attorney for Minnesota
Tom Perriello
Politician
9-Oct-1974   Congressman, Virginia 5th
James Pike
Religion
14-Feb-1913 Sep-1969 5th Episcopal Bishop of California
Dan Pink
Author
c. 1964   A Whole New Mind
Robert Pozen
Business
1946   Fidelity Investments
Eric Press
Business
c. 1965   Apollo Management
Hugh B. Price
Activist
1941   President of the Urban League, 1994-2003
Alfred M. Rankin, Jr.
Business
c. 1941   CEO of NACCO Industries
Alan Charles Raul
Government
9-Sep-1954   Sidley & Austin
Robert Reich
Government
24-Jun-1946   US Secretary of Labor, 1993-97
Pat Robertson
Religion
22-Mar-1930   The 700 Club
William D. Rogers
Diplomat
12-May-1927 22-Sep-2007 Under Secretary of State, 1976-77
Peter R. Rosenblatt
Attorney
4-Sep-1933   Washington attorney
Eugene Victor Rostow
Educator
25-Aug-1913 25-Nov-2002 Dean of Yale Law School, 1955-65
Robert E. Rubin
Government
29-Aug-1938   US Treasury Secretary, 1995-99
Kenneth Rush
Business
17-Jan-1910 11-Dec-1994 US Ambassador to France, 1974-77
Pamela Samuelson
Educator
c. 1949   Computer Law Professor at UC Berkeley
Barry R. Schaller
Judge
23-Nov-1938   Justice, Connecticut Supreme Court
David Schizer
Educator
c. 1968   Dean of Columbia Law School
Pauline A. Schneider
Attorney
c. 1943   Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
William W. Scranton
Politician
19-Jul-1917   Governor of Pennsylvania, 1963-67
Raymond P. Shafer
Politician
5-Mar-1917 12-Dec-2006 Governor of Pennsylvania, 1967-71
John Shattuck
Attorney
1943   CEO, JFK Library Foundation
L. Edward Shaw, Jr.
Attorney
c. 1944   General Counsel for Aetna, 1999-2003
Randall T. Shepard
Judge
c. 1947   Indiana Chief Justice
George Shiras, Jr.
Judge
26-Jan-1832 2-Aug-1924 US Supreme Court Justice, 1892-1903
Bobby Shriver
Relative
28-Apr-1954   Kennedy scion
Sargent Shriver
Politician
9-Nov-1915   Ran for VP with George McGovern
David Skaggs
Politician
22-Feb-1943   Congressman from Colorado, 1987-99
Arlen Specter
Politician
12-Feb-1930   US Senator from Pennsylvania
Gene Sperling
Economist
24-Dec-1958   Chief Economic Advisor, 1996-2000
John Spratt
Politician
1-Nov-1942   Congressman, South Carolina 5th
Norman St. John-Stevas
Politician
18-May-1929   Leader, House of Commons, 1979-81
Ben Stein
Game Show Host
25-Nov-1944   Host of Win Ben Stein's Money
James B. Steinberg
Government
c. 1951   Deputy National Security Advisor, 1997-2001
Potter Stewart
Judge
23-Jan-1915 7-Dec-1985 US Supreme Court Justice
John F. Swope
Business
c. 1939   President of Chubb, 1980-94
Alphonso Taft
Government
5-Nov-1810 21-May-1891 Attorney General under Grant
Anna Diggs Taylor
Judge
9-Dec-1932   Federal judge
Clarence Thomas
Judge
23-Jun-1948   US Supreme Court Justice
Stephen Joel Trachtenberg
Educator
c. 1937   GWU President, 1988-2007
Raymond S. Troubh
Business
c. 1925   Independent Financial Consultant
Paul Tsongas
Politician
14-Feb-1941 18-Jan-1997 US Senator from Massachusetts, 1979-85
Peter F. Tufo
Diplomat
1937   US Ambassador to Hungary, 1997-2001
Cyrus Vance
Government
27-Mar-1917 12-Jan-2002 US Secretary of State, 1977-80
Fay Vincent
Baseball
29-May-1938   Commissioner of Baseball, 1989-92
Robert F. Wagner, Jr.
Politician
20-Apr-1910 12-Feb-1991 Mayor of New York City, 1954-65
George Herbert Walker III
Diplomat
c. 1931   US Ambassador to Hungary, 2003-06
Herbert S. Wander
Attorney
c. 1935   Katten Muchin Rosenman
Mel Watt
Politician
26-Aug-1945   Congressman, North Carolina 12th
Seth P. Waxman
Government
28-Nov-1951   US Solicitor General, 1997-2001
Byron White
Judge
8-Jun-1917 15-Apr-2002 US Supreme Court Justice, 1962-93
Anne Marie Whittemore
Business
c. 1945   Partner, McGuireWoods LLP
James Woolsey
Government
21-Sep-1941   CIA Director, 1993-95
David Wu
Politician
8-Apr-1955   Congressman, Oregon 1st
John Yoo
Government
10-Jun-1967   Thinks Geneva Conventions are obsolete
Nina Zagat
Critic
1942   Zagat Survey
Tim Zagat
Critic
1940   Zagat Survey
Richard Zimmer
Politician
16-Aug-1944   Congressman from New Jersey, 1991-97
John E. Zuccotti
Business
23-Jun-1937   Real estate tycoon

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Floyd Abrams
Attorney
9-Jul-1936   First Amendment lawyer
Robert C. Clark
Educator
c. 1944   Dean of Harvard Law School, 1989-2003
Howard Cosell
Sports Figure
25-Mar-1918 23-Apr-1995 Straight-shooting, toupee-wearing commentator
Ronald Dworkin
Philosopher
11-Dec-1931   Taking Rights Seriously
John Hart Ely
Scholar
3-Dec-1938 25-Oct-2003 Democracy and Distrust
Abe Fortas
Judge
19-Jun-1910 5-Apr-1982 US Supreme Court Justice, 1965-69
Robert M. Hutchins
Educator
17-Jan-1899 17-May-1977 President, University of Chicago, 1929-51
Joette Katz
Judge
3-Feb-1953   Justice, Connecticut Supreme Court
Nicholas Katzenbach
Government
17-Jan-1922   US Attorney General, 1965-66
Eugene Victor Rostow
Educator
25-Aug-1913 25-Nov-2002 Dean of Yale Law School, 1955-65
Barry R. Schaller
Judge
23-Nov-1938   Justice, Connecticut Supreme Court

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Claire L. Gaudiani
Educator
1944   President, Connecticut College, 1988-2001
Robert M. Hutchins
Educator
17-Jan-1899 17-May-1977 President, University of Chicago, 1929-51
J. Howard Marshall II
Business
24-Jan-1905 4-Aug-1995 Oilman, married Anna Nicole Smith
Stephan Minikes
Diplomat
1938   US Ambassador to the OSCE, 2001-05
Eugene Victor Rostow
Educator
25-Aug-1913 25-Nov-2002 Dean of Yale Law School, 1955-65


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