Law
- Simeon R. Acoba, Jr. (J.D. 1969), Justice, Hawaii Supreme Court
- Rachel E. Barkow (B.A. 1993), Professor of Law, New York University Law School
- Randy Barnett (B.A. 1974), Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Law, Georgetown University
- Henry Moore Bates (LL.B. 1892), Dean of the University of Michigan Law School (1910–1939) and Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
- Mary Frances Berry is the Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought and Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania. Civil Rights Commissioner, 1980–2004* William Duane Benton (B.A. 1972), Federal Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
- Richard Ben-Veniste (L.L.M. 1968), former Watergate counsel and 9/11 Commission member
- Raoul Berger (J.D. 1935), former Charles Warren Senior Fellow in American Legal History, Harvard Law School
- Dalveer Bhandari (L.L.M. 1972), Former Judge, Supreme Court of India, and is presently a Judge at the International Court of Justice, Hague.
- Brian Blanchard, Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals
- David Boies (B.S. 1964), counsel, Bush v. Gore; founding partner, Boies, Schiller & Flexner
- Erwin Chemerinsky (B.S. 1975), Dean, University of California at Irvine School of Law
- G. Marcus Cole (J.D. 1993), Professor of Law, Helen L. Crocker Faculty Scholar, and Associate Dean for Curriculum, Stanford Law School
- Cyrus E. Dietz (J.D. 1902), Justice, Illinois Supreme Court
- Carl E. Douglas, (B.A. 1980), Lawyer, O.J. Simpson trial
- Arthur Goldberg (B.S.L. 1929, J.S.D. 1930), former Justice, U.S. Supreme Court
- Douglas Kmiec (B.A. 1973), Caruso Family Chair and Professor of Constitutional Law, Pepperdine University School of Law; U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Malta
- Lyman Ray Patterson, former Pope F. Brock Professor of Professional Responsibility, University of Georgia School of Law
- John Paul Stevens (J.D. 1947), Justice, U.S. Supreme Court
- Seymour Simon (B.S. 1935), former Justice, Illinois Supreme Court
- Loren Smith (B.A. 1966, J.D. 1969), Federal Judge, United States Court of Federal Claims
- Jerry Springer 1968 politician, Jerry Springer Show
- Richard Tallman, Justice, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- Jonathan Turley, J.B. and Maurice Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law, The George Washington University Law School
See also Northwestern University School of Law
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