Notable Alumni
Howard University School of Law is one of the oldest law programs in the country. Established in 1869, the school has produced national leaders in politics, business, and in the legal profession. Among its distinguished graduates are Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall; former Virginia Governor Douglas Wilder; and Lazard Freres Senior Managing Director Vernon E. Jordan.
- Henry Lee Adams, Jr., United States District Judge
- Arthur L. Bennett Sr., Superior Court of the District of Columbia Judge
- Stephanie Boswick, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge
- Aisha N. Braveboy, Maryland House of Delegates
- William Bryant, United States District Court Judge
- Roland Burris, United States Senate
- Maria Cabret, Supreme Court of the United States Virgin Islands
- Robert L. Carter, United States District Court Judge
- Mary Ann Shad Cary, first black woman to cast a vote in a national election
- Wiley Young Daniel, United States District Court Judge
- Leland DeGrasse, New York Supreme Court (Appellate Division) Judge
- Richard Erwin, United States District Judge
- Adrian Fenty, Mayor of Washington, DC
- Wilkie Ferguson, United States District Judge
- Emma Gillett, co-founder of American University's Washington College of Law and the first woman to be appointed notary public by the President of the United States
- William P. Greene, United States Court of Appeals for Veteran Claims
- Joseph Woodrow Hatchett, United States District Court Judge
- Earl Hilliard, United States House of Representatives
- Odell Horton, former United States District Court Judge
- Michele D. Hotten, Maryland Court of Special Appeals Judge
- Vernon E. Jordan Jr., former president of the National Urban League and Senior Managing Director with Lazard Freres
- J. Curtis Joyner, United States District Court Judge
- Damon Keith, United States Court of Appeals Judge
- Sharon Pratt Kelly, Mayor of Washington, DC
- Henry L. Marsh, former Mayor of Richmond, Virginia and current Virginia State Senator
- Consuelo Bland Marshall, United States District Court Judge
- Thurgood Marshall, first African American United States Supreme Court Justice and first African American Solicitor General of the United States
- Gregory Meeks, United States House of Representatives
- Vicki Miles-LaGrange, United States District Court Judge
- Gabrielle Kirk McDonald, United States District Court Judge and International Criminal Tribunal
- James E. O'Hara, United States House of Representatives
- Tanya Walton Pratt, United States District Judge
- Charlotte E. Ray, first African American female lawyer
- Kasim Reed, Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia
- Scovel Richardson, United States Court of International Trade Judge
- Anna Blackburne-Rigsby, District of Columbia Court of Appeals Judge
- Spottswood Robinson, United States Court of Appeals Judge
- William M. Skretny, United States District Court Judge
- Emmet G. Sullivan, United States District Court Judge
- Ive Arlington Swan, Supreme Court of the United States Virgin Islands
- Anne Elise Thompson, United States District Court Judge
- Joseph Cornelius Waddy, United States District Judge
- Walter Washington, first Mayor of Washington, DC
- Togo D. West, Jr., former United States Secretary of Veteran Affairs
- Leigh Whipper, actor.
- L. Douglas Wilder, first African American United States Governor and current Mayor of Richmond Virginia
- Alexander Williams, Jr., United States District Court Judge
- Harris Wofford, United States Senate
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