Notable Alumni
- Michele Bachmann (LL.M., 1988), U.S. House of Representatives, Minnesota (2007–present)
- Dennis L. Beck (William & Mary class of 1969, law class of 1972), magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California (1990–present)
- John L. Brownlee (law class of 1994), former U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia
- William H. Cabell (law class of 1793), received first baccalaureate in law granted in America, governor of Virginia (1805–1808), justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia (1811–1851)
- Eric Cantor (law class of 1988), U.S. House of Representatives, Virginia (2001–present); House Majority Leader of 112th Congress, 2011
- Jerry W. Kilgore (law class of 1986), attorney general of Virginia (2001–2005)
- James Murray Mason (law class of 1820), member of the U.S. House of Representatives ((1837–1839); United States Senator from Virginia (1847–1861)
- Haldane Robert Mayer (law class of 1971), judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (1987–present; chief judge of the Federal Circuit, 1997–2004)
- Tommy Miller (law class of 1973), magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
- Doug Miller (law class of 1995), magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
- Lewis Burwell Puller, Jr. (William & Mary class of 1967, law class of 1974), Vietnam veteran (Lt., USMC (Silver Star, two Purple Hearts, the Navy Commendation Medal and the Vietnam Cross of Gallantry) and Pulitzer Prize winning author. The William & Mary School of Law's Veteran's Benefit Clinic is named after Lewis Puller.
- Robert E. Scott (law class of 1968), law professor at Columbia Law School, dean of University of Virginia Law School (1991–2001), and fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
- Henry St. George Tucker (William & Mary class of 1798, law class of 1801), professor of law at William & Mary (1801–1804), justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia (1824–1831), remembered for editing the American edition of Blackstone's Commentaries.
- Henry C. Wolf (William & Mary class of 1964, law class of 1966), chief financial officer and vice chairman of Norfolk Southern Corporation, benefactor of the Henry C. Wolf Law Library at the Law School.
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