Founded in 1907 at Northwestern University School of Law.
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Bruce Ackerman |
Scholar |
19-Aug-1943 |
|
We the People |
| Ann Althouse |
Blogger |
12-Jan-1951 |
|
Political blogger, legal scholar |
| Robert B. Anderson |
Government |
4-Jun-1910 |
14-Aug-1989 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1957-61 |
| Stephen H. Anderson |
Judge |
12-Jan-1932 |
|
10th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1985-2001 |
| E. William Barnett |
Attorney |
c. 1934 |
|
Managing Partner, Baker Botts, 1984-98 |
| Samuel W. Bartholomew, Jr. |
Attorney |
6-Jul-1944 |
|
Partner, Adams and Reese |
| Lynne A. Battaglia |
Judge |
14-Apr-1946 |
|
Judge, Maryland Court of Appeals |
| Gregory Baylor |
Religion |
c. 1965 |
|
Christian Legal Society |
| Griffin Bell |
Government |
31-Oct-1918 |
5-Jan-2009 |
US Attorney General, 1977-79 |
| Buford P. Berry |
Business |
c. 1936 |
|
Of Counsel, Thompson & Knight |
| Harry Blackmun |
Judge |
12-Nov-1908 |
4-Mar-1999 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1970-94 |
| Scott Bloch |
Government |
c. 1958 |
|
Office of Special Counsel, 2004-08 |
| Danny J. Boggs |
Judge |
23-Oct-1944 |
|
6th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Stephen G. Bradbury |
Government |
1958 |
|
Acting head, Office of Legal Counsel, 2004-09 |
| Sophonisba Breckinridge |
Activist |
1-Apr-1866 |
30-Jul-1948 |
Suffragette and abolitionist |
| William J. Brennan |
Judge |
25-Apr-1906 |
24-Jul-1997 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1956-90 |
| John W. Bricker |
Politician |
6-Sep-1893 |
22-Mar-1986 |
Governor of Ohio, 1939-45 |
| Herbert Brownell, Jr. |
Government |
20-Feb-1904 |
1-May-1996 |
US Attorney General, 1953-57 |
| Chauncey H. Browning, Jr. |
Attorney |
21-Nov-1934 |
1-Jan-2010 |
Attorney General of West Virginia, 1969-85 |
| Warren Burger |
Judge |
17-Sep-1907 |
25-Jun-1995 |
US Chief Justice, 1969-86 |
| Pascal F. Calogero, Jr. |
Judge |
9-Nov-1931 |
|
Louisiana Chief Justice |
| Michael E. Campbell |
Business |
c. 1946 |
|
CEO of Arch Chemicals |
| William C. Canby, Jr. |
Judge |
22-May-1931 |
|
9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1980-96 |
| James H. Carter |
Judge |
18-Jan-1935 |
|
Justice, Iowa Supreme Court, 1982-2006 |
| Warren Christopher |
Government |
27-Oct-1925 |
18-Mar-2011 |
US Secretary of State, 1993-97 |
| Benjamin R. Civiletti |
Attorney |
17-Jul-1935 |
|
US Attorney General, 1979-81 |
| Bert T. Combs |
Politician |
13-Aug-1911 |
4-Dec-1991 |
Governor of Kentucky, 1959-63 |
| James Connaughton |
Government |
? |
|
Chairman, Council on Environmental Quality |
| Jeffrey Connaughton |
Attorney |
c. 1959 |
|
Lobbyist, Quinn Gillespie |
| Richard Cordray |
Government |
3-May-1959 |
|
Acting Director, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau |
| Archibald Cox |
Government |
17-May-1912 |
29-May-2004 |
Target of Watergate Saturday Night Massacre |
| Charles M. Dale |
Politician |
8-Mar-1893 |
28-Sep-1978 |
Governor of New Hampshire, 1945-49 |
| W. Eugene Davis |
Judge |
18-Aug-1936 |
|
5th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Robert E. Dineen, Jr. |
Attorney |
1940 |
|
Former Partner, Shearman & Sterling |
| Forrest C. Donnell |
Politician |
20-Aug-1884 |
3-Mar-1980 |
Governor and Senator from Missouri |
| Robert A. DuPuy |
Attorney |
c. 1946 |
|
President of Major League Baseball, 2002-10 |
| Frank H. Easterbrook |
Judge |
3-Sep-1948 |
|
7th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| David M. Ebel |
Judge |
3-Jun-1940 |
|
10th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1988-2006 |
| Allison H. Eid |
Judge |
1965 |
|
Justice, Colorado Supreme Court |
| Richard A. Epstein |
Scholar |
17-Apr-1943 |
|
Takings |
| Daniel A. Farber |
Educator |
16-Jul-1950 |
|
Retained by the People |
| Joseph Jerome Farris |
Judge |
4-Mar-1930 |
|
9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1979-95 |
| John D. Feerick |
Attorney |
12-Jul-1936 |
|
Dean of Fordham Law, 1982-2002 |
| Ferdinand F. Fernandez |
Judge |
29-May-1937 |
|
9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1989-2002 |
| Betty B. Fletcher |
Judge |
29-Mar-1923 |
22-Oct-2012 |
9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1979-98 |
| Abe Fortas |
Judge |
19-Jun-1910 |
5-Apr-1982 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1965-69 |
| Julia S. Gibbons |
Judge |
23-Dec-1950 |
|
6th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Lorie Skjerven Gildea |
Judge |
c. 1961 |
|
Justice, Minnesota Supreme Court |
| Douglas H. Ginsburg |
Judge |
25-May-1946 |
|
US Court of Appeals, DC Circuit |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg |
Judge |
15-Mar-1933 |
|
US Supreme Court Justice |
| Wilford D. Godbold, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1939 |
|
CEO of ZERO Corporation, 1984-98 |
| Carte Goodwin |
Politician |
27-Feb-1974 |
|
US Senator from West Virginia |
| Michael W. Grebe |
Attorney |
c. 1941 |
|
President of the Bradley Foundation |
| Savannah Guthrie |
Journalist |
27-Dec-1971 |
|
NBC News Chief Legal Analyst |
| John D. Hardy, Jr. |
Attorney |
c. 1944 |
|
O'Melveny & Myers |
| Nathan L. Hecht |
Judge |
15-Aug-1949 |
|
Justice, Texas Supreme Court |
| Hugh Hewitt |
Radio Personality |
22-Feb-1956 |
|
Conservative talk radio show |
| Roderick M. Hills |
Business |
9-Mar-1931 |
29-Oct-2014 |
SEC Chairman, 1975-77 |
| Gregory J. Hobbs, Jr. |
Judge |
15-Dec-1944 |
|
Justice, Colorado Supreme Court |
| J. Gorman Houston, Jr. |
Judge |
11-Mar-1933 |
|
Justice, AL Supreme Court, 1985-2005 |
| Frank M. Hull |
Judge |
9-Dec-1948 |
|
11th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Gary N. Jacobs |
Business |
12-Jul-1945 |
|
General Counsel for MGM Mirage |
| Phil Johnson |
Judge |
c. 1943 |
|
Justice, Texas Supreme Court |
| Tim Johnson |
Politician |
23-Jul-1946 |
|
Congressman, Illinois 15th |
| Edith H. Jones |
Judge |
7-Apr-1949 |
|
5th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Raymond M. Kethledge |
Judge |
11-Dec-1966 |
|
6th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Robert B. King |
Judge |
29-Jan-1940 |
|
4th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Louis A. Lavorato |
Judge |
29-Sep-1934 |
|
Iowa Chief Justice, 2000-06 |
| Edward H. Levi |
Government |
26-Jun-1911 |
7-Mar-2000 |
US Attorney General, 1975-77 |
| Rush Hudson Limbaugh |
Politician |
27-Sep-1891 |
8-Apr-1996 |
Rush's grandfather |
| Sol Linowitz |
Business |
17-Dec-1913 |
18-Mar-2005 |
Negotiated return of the Panama Canal |
| James K. Logan |
Judge |
21-Aug-1929 |
|
10th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1977-94 |
| Russell Long |
Politician |
3-Nov-1918 |
9-May-2003 |
US Senator from Louisiana, 1948-87 |
| Wendy E. Long |
Activist |
c. 1960 |
|
Judicial Confirmation Network |
| Carlos F. Lucero |
Judge |
23-Nov-1940 |
|
10th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Deborah Platt Majoras |
Government |
1963 |
|
FTC chairwoman |
| Daniel Marcus |
Attorney |
5-Jan-1941 |
|
Wilmer Cutler & Pickering |
| Thomas P. Marinis |
Attorney |
31-May-1943 |
|
Vinson & Elkins |
| William C. Marland |
Politician |
26-Mar-1918 |
26-Nov-1965 |
Governor of West Virginia, 1953-57 |
| Thurgood Marshall |
Judge |
2-Jul-1908 |
24-Jan-1993 |
First black US Supreme Court justice |
| Thomas E. Martin |
Politician |
18-Jan-1893 |
27-Jun-1971 |
US Senator from Iowa, 1955-61 |
| Alex J. Martinez |
Judge |
19-Apr-1951 |
|
Justice, Colorado Supreme Court |
| Theodore A. Mathas |
Business |
c. 1967 |
|
President of New York Life |
| Monroe G. McKay |
Judge |
30-May-1928 |
|
10th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1977-93 |
| Theodore A. McKee |
Judge |
5-Jun-1947 |
|
3rd Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Walter L. Metcalfe, Jr. |
Attorney |
c. 1938 |
|
CEO of Bryan Cave LLP, 1994-2004 |
| Jody Miller |
Business |
c. 1959 |
|
The Business Talent Group |
| Diana E. Murphy |
Judge |
4-Jan-1934 |
|
8th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Gene R. Nichol |
Educator |
c. 1951 |
|
President, William and Mary, 2005-07 |
| Richard M. Nixon |
Head of State |
9-Jan-1913 |
22-Apr-1994 |
37th US President, 1969-74 |
| Lawrence M. Noble |
Attorney |
c. 1951 |
|
FEC General Counsel, 1987-2000 |
| Sandra Day O'Connor |
Judge |
26-Mar-1930 |
|
US Supreme Court Justice, 1981-2006 |
| John E. O'Neill |
Activist |
19-Feb-1946 |
|
Longtime John Kerry antagonist |
| Ted Olson |
Government |
11-Sep-1940 |
|
US Solicitor General, 2001-04 |
| Marian P. Opala |
Judge |
20-Jan-1921 |
11-Oct-2010 |
Justice, Oklahoma Supreme Court, 1978-2010 |
| Barbara J. Pariente |
Judge |
24-Dec-1948 |
|
Justice, Florida Supreme Court |
| Trevor Potter |
Attorney |
24-Oct-1955 |
|
FEC Commissioner, 1991-95 |
| Robert A. Profusek |
Business |
c. 1950 |
|
Partner, Jones Day |
| James W. Rawlings |
Business |
12-Oct-1929 |
1-Nov-2013 |
President of Union Carbide South Africa, 1979-86 |
| William Rehnquist |
Judge |
1-Oct-1924 |
3-Sep-2005 |
US Chief Justice, 1986-2005 |
| Stephen Reinhardt |
Judge |
27-Mar-1931 |
|
9th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Charles B. Renfrew |
Attorney |
31-Oct-1928 |
|
Deputy US Attorney General, 1980-81 |
| William Bradford Reynolds |
Government |
21-Jun-1942 |
|
Reagan administration |
| William J. Riley |
Judge |
11-Mar-1947 |
|
8th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| John M. Rogers |
Judge |
26-Jun-1948 |
|
6th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| William P. Rogers |
Government |
23-Jun-1913 |
2-Jan-2001 |
US Secretary of State, 1969-73 |
| John V. Roos |
Attorney |
14-Feb-1955 |
|
US Ambassador to Japan |
| John W. Rowe |
Business |
c. 1945 |
|
President and CEO of Exelon |
| Harold Frend See, Jr. |
Judge |
7-Nov-1943 |
|
Justice, Alabama Supreme Court |
| David B. Sentelle |
Judge |
12-Feb-1943 |
|
US Court of Appeals, DC Circuit |
| Jerome J. Shestack |
Attorney |
11-Feb-1923 |
18-Aug-2011 |
Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis |
| Mark S. Siegel |
Attorney |
c. 1951 |
|
ReMY Investors |
| Dolores K. Sloviter |
Judge |
5-Sep-1932 |
|
3rd Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Joseph T. Sneed |
Judge |
21-Jul-1920 |
9-Feb-2008 |
9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1973-87 |
| Ted Sorensen |
Attorney |
8-May-1928 |
31-Oct-2010 |
Aide to JFK |
| Ken Starr |
Government |
21-Jul-1946 |
|
Special Prosecutor, Clinton's impeachment |
| Thomas C. Stevens |
Attorney |
c. 1949 |
|
Vice Chairman of KeyCorp |
| Russ M. Strobel |
Business |
c. 1952 |
|
CEO of Nicor |
| Deanell Reece Tacha |
Judge |
26-Jan-1946 |
|
10th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Jim Talent |
Politician |
18-Oct-1956 |
|
US Senator from Missouri, 2002-07 |
| Myles Tanenbaum |
Business |
28-Jun-1930 |
31-Aug-2012 |
Real Estate developer |
| Larry E. Temple |
Attorney |
26-Dec-1935 |
|
President, LBJ Foundation |
| Marsha K. Ternus |
Judge |
30-May-1951 |
|
Iowa Chief Justice |
| Allan R. Tessler |
Business |
c. 1936 |
|
Epoch Investment Partners |
| Lizanne Thomas |
Attorney |
c. 1957 |
|
Partner, Jones Day |
| Vernon W. Thomson |
Politician |
5-Nov-1905 |
2-Apr-1988 |
Governor of Wisconsin, 1957-59 |
| Jean Hoefer Toal |
Judge |
11-Aug-1943 |
|
South Carolina Chief Justice |
| Timothy Tomlinson |
Business |
14-Feb-1950 |
|
Former Partner, Tomlinson Zisko |
| Martha Lee Walters |
Judge |
1950 |
|
Justice, Oregon Supreme Court |
| Kim M. Wardlaw |
Judge |
2-Jul-1954 |
|
9th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Elizabeth A. Weaver |
Judge |
28-Mar-1941 |
21-Apr-2015 |
Justice, Michigan Supreme Court, 1994-2010 |
| William Webster |
Government |
6-Mar-1924 |
|
FBI Director 1978-87, CIA Director 1987-91 |
| John Giffen Weinmann |
Attorney |
29-Aug-1928 |
|
White House Chief of Protocol, 1991-93 |
| Kathryn M. Werdegar |
Judge |
1936 |
|
Justice, California Supreme Court |
| Benson K. Whitney |
Diplomat |
1956 |
|
US Ambassador to Norway |
| Jacques L. Wiener, Jr. |
Judge |
2-Oct-1934 |
|
5th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| David Wiggins |
Judge |
c. 1951 |
|
Justice, Iowa Supreme Court |
| G. Mennen Williams |
Politician |
23-Feb-1911 |
2-Feb-1988 |
Governor of Michigan, 1949-61 |
| Jay S. Wintrob |
Business |
1958 |
|
CEO, AIG Retirement Services |
| Werner F. Wolfen |
Attorney |
15-May-1930 |
|
Former Partner, Irell & Manella |
| Diane P. Wood |
Judge |
4-Jul-1950 |
|
7th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Donald R. Wright |
Judge |
2-Feb-1907 |
21-Mar-1985 |
California Chief Justice, 1970-77 |
| Michael W. Wright |
Business |
c. 1939 |
|
CEO of Supervalu, 1981-2001 |
| Clayton K. Yeutter |
Government |
10-Dec-1930 |
|
US Secretary of Agriculture, 1989-91 |
