District Court for the District of Columbia (1942–1944) Representative (D- Iowa)(1933–1938) also Chief Justice of the U.S. Representative (R- Wyoming) (2017–present) and Chair of the House Republican Conference (2019–2021) Senator (D- Connecticut) (1963–1981) also 4th Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (1961–1962) and 80th Governor of Connecticut (1955–1961) Senator (D- Illinois) (1993–1999) also United States Ambassador to New Zealand (1999–2001) and United States Ambassador to Samoa (2000–2001) Ed Siskel (2000), 42nd White House Counsel (2023–present).Eugene Scalia (1990), 28th United States Secretary of Labor (2019–2021).Abraham Ribicoff (1933), 4th Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (1961–1962) also U.S.Homeland Security Advisor (2013–2017), and Assistant Attorney General for National Security (2011–2013) Deputy Attorney General (2021–present), 6th U.S. Circuit (1979–1994) and recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom (2014) Abner Mikva (1951), 27th White House Counsel (1994–1995) also Judge and later Chief Judge of the U.S.Customs and Border Protection (2017–2019) Kevin McAleenan (1998), United States Secretary of Homeland Security (2019) also Commissioner of U.S.Ickes (1907), 32nd Secretary of the Interior (1933–1946) also High Commissioner to the Philippines (1942–1945) Costle (1964), Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (1977–1981) James Comey (1985), 7th Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (2013–2017) also 31st U.S.Mary Azcuenaga (1973), Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (1984–1998).Other cabinet and cabinet-level officials Solicitor General (1981–1985) also president of Brigham Young University (1989–1995) Solicitor General (1973–1977) also Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (1982–1988)

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 Executive branch U.S. Ginsburg '73 Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco '97 Nuremberg trials prosecutor Bernard D. 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.

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. Law and government Lord Thomas '70 Attorney General John Ashcroft '65 Attorney General Ramsey Clark '50 Attorney General and Dean Edward H. All degrees listed below are Juris Doctor (J.D.), unless noted otherwise. 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.Ĭlasses at the law school started in 1902. 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. 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.

The law school has produced many distinguished alumni in the judiciary, government and politics, academia, and business, and other fields. This list of University of Chicago Law School alumni consists of notable people who graduated or attended the University of Chicago Law School.

Chicago university notable alumni