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List of University of Chicago Law School alumni

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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

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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

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Executive branch

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Legislative branch (U.S. Congress)

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Judicial branch

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Other federal courts
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State government

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Governors
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State politicians
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State judges
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City government
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U.S. diplomatic figures

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Other U.S. political figures

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Non-United States government

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Non-United States political figures

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Non-United States judicial figures

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Notable attorneys

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Academia

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University presidents

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Deans

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Professors

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Business and non-profit

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Writing

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Media and journalism

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Art, music, and film

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Activism

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Sport

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Other

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References

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  1. ^ Boyer, John W. R. (2015). The University of Chicago: A History. University of Chicago Press. p. 438. ISBN 9780226242651.
  2. ^ a b c This alumnus attended the law school when it formed part of the Old University of Chicago, which closed in 1886 after it was damaged by a fire, and which was later renamed the University of Chicago.
  3. ^ 'Illinois Blue Book 1949-190,' Biographical Sketch of George D. Mills, pg. 142-143
  4. ^ "Firm Facts". Baker McKenzie. Retrieved 2021-01-17.