List of Harvard Law School alumni

U.S. presidents

• Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th president of the United States
• Barack Obama, 44th president of the United States^[1]

U.S. attorneys general

• Francis Biddle
• Charles Joseph Bonaparte, also United States secretary of the Navy and founder of the precursor to the FBI
• William M. Evarts, also secretary of state and senator from New York
• Merrick Garland, also former chief judge, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
• Alberto Gonzales^[2]
• Ebenezer R. Hoar^[3]
• Richard Kleindienst
• Loretta Lynch
• Richard Olney, later also secretary of state
• Janet Reno^[4]
• Elliot Richardson
• William French Smith^[5]

Other cabinet and cabinet-level officials

• Spencer Abraham, secretary of energy, senator from Michigan
• Elliott Abrams, deputy National Security advisor
• Dean Acheson, secretary of state; instrumental in the creation of Lend-Lease, the Marshall Plan, NATO, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, together with the precursors of the European Union and the World Trade Organization, and influential in the decision to enter the Korean War
• Alexander Acosta, secretary of labor
• Brock Adams, secretary of transportation, senator and representative from Washington
• Charles Francis Adams III, secretary of the Navy
• Bruce Babbitt, secretary of the interior, governor of Arizona
• William Bennett, secretary of education, and director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy
• Sandy Berger, National Security advisor
• Charles Joseph Bonaparte, secretary of the Navy, United States attorney general, founded the precursor to the Federal Bureau of Investigation
• Joseph Califano, secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
• John Chafee, secretary of the Navy, governor of Rhode Island, senator from Rhode Island
• Michael Chertoff, secretary of Homeland Security
• William Thaddeus Coleman Jr., secretary of transportation
• John Thomas Connor, secretary of commerce
• Elizabeth Dole, secretary of labor, secretary of transportation, senator from North Carolina
• James Freis, global fraud expert and former director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
• Ron Klain, White House chief of staff (2021–); chief of staff to Vice President Joe Biden (2008–11)
• Robert Todd Lincoln, secretary of war, ambassador to the United Kingdom
• Ray Mabus, secretary of the Navy
• Ogden L. Mills, United States secretary of the treasury
• Mike Pompeo, secretary of state (2018–2021), director of the Central Intelligence Agency (2017–2018)
• Samantha Power, U.S. permanent representative to the United Nations
• William Ruckelshaus, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (1970–73; 1983–85)
• Henry L. Stimson, secretary of state, secretary of war, governor general of the Philippines
• Caspar Weinberger, secretary of defense (1981–1987)
• W. Willard Wirtz, secretary of labor (1962–1969)
• Robert Zoellick, deputy secretary of state, United States trade representative, president of the World Bank

Senators

• Spencer Abraham, senator from Michigan (1995–2001), United States secretary of energy (2001–05)^[6]
• Brock Adams, senator (1987–1993) and representative (1965–1977) from Washington, United States secretary of transportation (1977–79)^[7]
• Ralph Owen Brewster, senator from Maine (1941–1952), governor of Maine (1925–1929)^[8]
• John Chafee, senator from Rhode Island (1976–1999), governor of Rhode Island (1963–69), Secretary of the Navy (1969–72)^[9]
• Tom Cotton, Arkansas senator (2015–present) and representative (2013–2015)
• Mike Crapo, senator (1999–present) and representative (1993–1999) from Idaho^[10]
• Ted Cruz, senator (2013–present) from Texas^[11]
• Elizabeth Dole, senator from North Carolina (2003–2009), secretary of labor (1989–1990), secretary of transportation (1983–1987)^[12]
• Thomas Eagleton, senator from Missouri (1968–1987), Democratic vice presidential nominee (1972)^[13]
• Sam Ervin, senator from North Carolina (1954–1974)^[14]
• Russ Feingold, senator from Wisconsin (1993–2011)^[15]
• George G. Fogg, senator from New Hampshire (1866–1867)^[16]
• Hiram Leong Fong, senator from Hawaii (1959–1977)^[17]
• David H. Gambrell, senator from Georgia (1971–1972)^[18]
• Frederick H. Gillett, U.S. senator (1925–1931) and U.S. representative (1893–1925) from Massachusetts, speaker of the House (1919–1925)^[19]
• Bob Graham, senator from Florida (1987–2005), governor of Florida (1979–87)^[20]
• George Frisbie Hoar, senator from Massachusetts (1877–1904)^[21]
• Jim Jeffords, senator from Vermont (1989–2007)^[22][23]
• Tim Kaine, senator from Virginia^[24] (2013–present), governor of Virginia (2006–2010), Democratic vice presidential nominee (2016)
• Kenneth Keating, senator (1959–1965) and representative (1953–1959) from New York^[25]
• Carl Levin, senator from Michigan (1979–2015)^[26]
• Henry Cabot Lodge, senator (1893–1924) and representative (1887–1893) from Massachusetts^[27]
• Spark Matsunaga, senator (1977–1990) and representative (1971–1977) from Hawaii^[28]
• Claude Pepper, senator (1936–1951) and representative (1963–1989) from Florida^[29]
• Larry Pressler, senator from South Dakota (1979–1997)^[30]
• Jack Reed, senator from Rhode Island (1997–present)^[31]
• Mitt Romney, senator from Utah (2019–present),^[32] governor of Massachusetts (2003-2007)
• William Roth, senator (1971–2001) and representative (1967–1970) from Delaware^[33]
• Leverett Saltonstall, senator from Massachusetts (1945–1967), governor of Massachusetts (1939–45)^[34]
• Paul Sarbanes, senator (1977–2007) and representative (1971–1977) from Maryland^[35]
• Chuck Schumer, senator (1999–present) and representative (1981–99) from New York^[36]
• Ted Stevens, senator from Alaska (1968–2009)^[37]
• Adlai Stevenson III, senator from Illinois (1970–1981)^[38]
• Charles Sumner, senator from Massachusetts (1851–1874)^[39]
• Robert Taft Jr. (L.L.B. 1942), senator (1971–1976) and representative (1967–71) from Ohio^{[citation needed]}
• Robert A. Taft, senator from Ohio (1939–1953)^{[citation needed]}
• Mark Warner, U.S. senator from Virginia (2009–present), governor of Virginia (2002–2006)

Representatives

• Richard S. Aldrich, Rhode Island (1923–1933)^[40]
• Tom Allen, Maine (1997–2009)^[41]
• John Anderson, Illinois (1961–1981) and independent candidate in the 1980 presidential election^[42]
• John Barrow, Georgia (2005–2015)^[43]
• Anthony Brown, Maryland (2017–present) and lieutenant governor of Maryland (2009–2016)^[44]
• Anson Burlingame, Massachusetts (1855–1861)^[45]
• Tom Campbell, California (1989–1993, 1995–2001) and dean of the Haas School of Business^[46]
• Joaquin Castro, Texas (2013–present)
• Patrick A. Collins, Massachusetts (1883–1889), mayor of Boston, Massachusetts (1902–1905)^[47]
• Jim Cooper, Tennessee (1983–present)^[48]
• Christopher Cox, California (1989–2005), chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (2005–2009)^[49]
• William C. Cramer, Florida (1955–1971)^{[citation needed]}
• Artur Davis, Alabama (2003–2011)^[50]
• William Thomas Ellis, Kentucky (1889–1895)^[51]
• George Eustis, Louisiana (1855–1859)^[52]
• Daniel J. Flood, Pennsylvania (1945–1947, 1949–1953, 1955–1980)^[53]
• Barney Frank, Massachusetts (1981–2012)^[54]
• Josh Gottheimer, New Jersey (2017–present)^[55]
• Alan Grayson, Florida (2009–2017)
• Jane Harman, California (1993–1999; 2001–2011)^[56]
• Bill Jefferson, Louisiana (1991–2009)^[57]
• Joseph P. Kennedy III, Massachusetts (2013–2021)
• Sander Levin, Michigan (1983–2019)^[58]
• Walter I. McCoy, New Jersey (1911–1914)^{[citation needed]}
• Tom Petri, Wisconsin (1979–2015)^[59]
• John Sarbanes, Maryland (2007–present)^[60]
• Adam Schiff, California (2001–present)^[61]
• Pat Schroeder, Colorado (1973–1997); first woman elected to position^[62]
• Terri Sewell, Alabama (2011–present)^[63]
• Brad Sherman, California (1997–present)^[64]
• William H. Sowden, Pennsylvania (1885–1889)^[65]
• Sylvester Turner, Texas (2025), mayor of Houston (2016–2024), member of the Texas House of Representatives (1989–2016).^[66]
• Juan Vargas, California (2013–present)
• Laurence Hawley Watres, Pennsylvania (1923–1931)^[67]

Supreme Court justices

• Harry Blackmun
• Louis Brandeis
• William Brennan
• Stephen Breyer
• Harold Hitz Burton
• Benjamin Curtis
• Felix Frankfurter
• Neil Gorsuch (sitting)^[68]
• Horace Gray
• Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
• Ketanji Brown Jackson (sitting)^[68]
• Elena Kagan (sitting)^[68]
• Anthony Kennedy^[68]
• Lewis Powell
• John Roberts (chief justice, sitting)^[68]
• Edward T. Sanford
• Antonin Scalia
• David Souter^[68]

Federal court judges

• R. Lanier Anderson III, circuit judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit^[69]
• Christine Arguello (1980), district judge, United States District Court for the District of Colorado^[70]
• Morris S. Arnold, senior circuit judge, Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals based in Little Rock^[71]
• Richard S. Arnold, circuit judge, Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals; federal courthouse in Little Rock bears his name^[72]
• David J. Barron (J.D. 1994), circuit judge, United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit^[73]
• John R. Bartels, United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York^[74]
• Deborah Batts, former district judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York^[75]
• Cathy Bissoon (J.D. 1993), district judge, United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania^[76]
• Victor Allen Bolden (J.D. 1989), district judge, United States District Court for the District of Connecticut^[77]
• Michael Boudin (LL.B. 1964), senior judge, United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit^[78]
• Andrew L. Brasher (J.D. 2006), circuit judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit^[79]
• Vernon S. Broderick (J.D. 1988), district judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York^[80]
• Patrick J. Bumatay (J.D. 2006), circuit judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit^[81]
• John K. Bush (J.D. 1989), circuit judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit^[82]
• Edward Earl Carnes (J.D. 1975), circuit judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit^[83]
• Susan L. Carney (J.D. 1977), circuit judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit^[84]
• Andrew L. Carter Jr. (J.D. 1994), district judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York^[85]
• Denise J. Casper (J.D. 1994), district judge, United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts^[86]
• Herbert Young Cho Choy (J.D. 1941), circuit judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit^[87]
• Theodore D. Chuang (J.D. 1994), district judge, United States District Court for the District of Maryland^[88]
• Geoffrey W. Crawford (J.D. 1980), chief judge, United States District Court for the District of Vermont^[89]
• Tiffany P. Cunningham (J.D. 2001), circuit judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit^[90]
• Paul A. Engelmayer (J.D. 1987), district judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York^[91]
• Katherine Polk Failla (J.D. 1993), district judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York^[92]
• Beth Labson Freeman (J.D. 1979), district judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of California^[93]
• Henry Friendly (LL.B. 1927), circuit judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1959–1974; senior circuit judge, 1974–1976^[94]
• John P. Fullam (LL.B. 1948), former district judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania^[95]
• Marvin J. Garbis (J.D. 1961), district judge, United States District Court for the District of Maryland^[96]
• James Knoll Gardner (J.D. 1965), district judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania^[97]
• Mark A. Goldsmith (J.D. 1977), district judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan^[98]
• Andrew Patrick Gordon (J.D. 1987), district judge, United States District Court for the District of Nevada^[99]
• Myron L. Gordon, district judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin^[100]
• Joseph A. Greenaway (J.D. 1981), circuit judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit^[101]
• Learned Hand (LL.B. 1896), circuit judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit^[102]
• George C. Hanks Jr. (J.D. 1989), district judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas^[103]
• Harris Hartz (J.D. 1972), circuit judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit^[104]
• Amy Berman Jackson (J.D. 1979), district judge, United States District Court for the District of Columbia^[105]
• R. Brooke Jackson (J.D. 1972), district judge, United States District Court for the District of Colorado^[106]
• Michael J. Juneau (J.D. 1987), district judge, United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana^[107]
• Gregory G. Katsas (J.D. 1989), circuit judge, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit^[108]
• William J. Kayatta Jr. (J.D. 1979), circuit judge, United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit^[109]
• Jane L. Kelly (J.D. 1991), circuit judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit^[110]
• Matthew Kennelly (J.D. 1981), district judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois^[111]
• Whitman Knapp (LL.B. 1934, district judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York; investigated corruption in the NYPD^[112]
• Jonathan A. Kobes (J.D. 2000), circuit judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit^[113]
• Lucy Koh (J.D. 1993), district judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of California^[114]
• William Francis Kuntz (J.D. 1979), district judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York^[115]
• Dominic W. Lanza (J.D. 2002), district judge, United States District Court for the District of Arizona^[116]
• John Z. Lee (J.D. 1992), district judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois^[117]
• Kenneth K. Lee (J.D. 2000), circuit judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit^[118]
• Matthew Frederick Leitman (J.D. 1993), district judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan^[119]
• Pierre Leval (J.D. 1963), senior judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit^[120]
• Gregory E. Maggs (J.D. 1988), judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces^[121]
• D. Price Marshall Jr. (J.D. 1989), chief judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas^[122]
• Patricia Millett (J.D. 1988), circuit judge, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit^[123]
• Kevin Newsom (J.D. 1997), circuit judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit^[124]
• John T. Noonan Jr. (LL.B. 1954), senior judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit^[125]
• Andy Oldham (J.D. 2005), circuit judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit^[126]
• Diarmuid O'Scannlain (J.D. 1963), senior judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit^[127]
• Cornelia Pillard (J.D. 1987), circuit judge, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit^[128]
• Richard A. Posner (LL.B. 1962), circuit judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit^[129]
• Jed S. Rakoff (J.D. 1969), senior judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York^[130]
• Edgardo Ramos (J.D. 1987), district judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York^[131]
• Thomas Morrow Reavley (J.D.1948), senior circuit judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit^[132]
• Lee Rudofsky (J.D. 2005), district judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas^[133]
• Bruce Marshall Selya (LL.B. 1958), senior judge, United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit^[134]
• Laurence Silberman (J.D. 1961), senior judge, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit^[135]
• Michael H. Simon (J.D. 1981), district judge, United States District Court for the District of Oregon^[136]
• James R. Spencer (J.D 1974), senior judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia^[137]
• Josephine Staton (J.D. 1986), district judge, United States District Court for the Central District of California^[138]
• A. Wallace Tashima (LL.B. 1961), third Asian-American to be appointed to the United States Court of Appeals^[139]
• Amy Totenberg (J.D. 1977), district judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia^[140]
• Lawrence VanDyke (J.D. 2005), circuit judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit^[141]
• Lawrence J. Vilardo (J.D. 1980), district judge, United States District Court for the Western District of New York^[142]
• Justin R. Walker (J.D. 2009), district judge, United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky^[143]
• Derrick Watson (J.D. 1991), district judge, United States District Court for the District of Hawaii^[144]
• Robert L. Wilkins (J.D. 1989), circuit judge, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit^[145]
• Mark L. Wolf (J.D. 1971), senior judge, United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts^[146]
• Joshua Wolson (J.D. 1999), district judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania^[147]
• Kimba Wood (J.D. 1969), senior judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York^[148]
• Wilhelmina Wright (J.D. 1989), district judge, United States District Court for the District of Minnesota^[149]

Governors

• Bruce Babbitt, governor of Arizona, United States secretary of the interior^{[citation needed]}
• Percival Proctor Baxter (1901), governor of Maine (1921–1925)^{[citation needed]}
• Owen Brewster, governor of Maine, senator from Maine^[150]
• John Chafee, governor of Rhode Island, senator from Rhode Island, secretary of the Navy^[151]
• Ron DeSantis, governor of Florida, former member of the United States House of Representatives (JD, 2005)
• Jim Doyle, governor of Wisconsin^{[citation needed]}
• Pierre S. du Pont, IV, governor of Delaware; U.S. representative from Delaware^[152]
• Michael Dukakis, governor of Massachusetts; Democratic presidential nominee (1988)^{[citation needed]}
• Joseph B. Ely, governor of Massachusetts (1931–1935)
• Bob Graham, governor of Florida, senator from Florida^[153]
• Jennifer Granholm, governor of Michigan^[154]
• Deval Patrick, governor of Massachusetts^[155]
• Sylvester Pennoyer, governor of Oregon^[156]
• Robert E. Quinn, governor of Rhode Island and judge for the Rhode Island Superior Court^[157]
• Leverett Saltonstall, governor of Massachusetts, senator from Massachusetts^[158]
• Eliot Spitzer, governor of New York^[159]
• Bruce Sundlun, governor of Rhode Island^[160]
• Aníbal Acevedo Vilá, governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico^[161]
• William Weld, governor of Massachusetts^[162]

State politicians

• Michael G. Adams, secretary of state of Kentucky
• John O. Bailey, state senator and representative in Oregon, chief justice of the Oregon Supreme Court
• F. Elliott Barber Jr., Vermont attorney general
• Brent Barton, state representative of Oregon
• Mike Beltran, Florida state representative; litigator
• Daniel Bigelow, served in first legislature of Washington Territory, 1854
• Roswell B. Burchard, 1903, lieutenant governor of Rhode Island 1913–1915
• Wendy Davis, Texas state senator and 2014 Democratic gubernatorial nominee
• Richard Priest Dietzman, chief justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals
• Abram Ellenbogen, New York state assemblyman
• Jesse Gabriel, state assemblyman of California^[163]
• Raj Goyle, candidate for New York state comptroller; former state representative
• Craig Greenberg (born 1973), businessman, lawyer, and politician; mayor of Louisville
• Harold Groves, state senator and assemblyman of Wisconsin
• George Howe, state's attorney of Windham County, United States attorney for the District of Vermont, member of the Vermont Senate^[164]
• Brad Hoylman-Sigal, state senator of New York
• Sheila Kuehl, first openly gay member of the California legislature; child actress
• Patrick D. McGee (1916–70), California State Assembly and Los Angeles City Council member in the mid–20th century
• Jonathan Miller, state treasurer of Kentucky, Democratic candidate for governor of Kentucky, 2007
• James M. Ogden, Indiana attorney general^[165]
• Steve Pajcic, state representative of Florida, Democratic candidate for governor of Florida, 1986
• Alvin C. Reis, state senator and assemblyman of Wisconsin
• Charles Rogan (1858–1932), 15th Texas lands commissioner
• Ilana Rubel, state representative of Idaho
• Lycurgus J. Rusk, state assemblyman of Wisconsin
• Eric Schneiderman, New York attorney general
• Scott Wiener, state senator of California

State judges

• John F. Aiso (LL.B. 1934), associate justice of the California Court of Appeal; first Japanese-American judge in the US^[166]
• John O. Bailey, chief justice of the Oregon Supreme Court, state senator and representative in Oregon
• Norman L. Bassett, associate justice of the Maine Supreme Court^[167]
• Samuel H. Blackmer (LL.B., 1927), associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court^[168]
• Amos Noyes Blandin Jr. (LL.B., 1921), justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court^[169][170]
• James T. Brand, chief justice of the Oregon Supreme Court
• Bruce Bromley, associate judge of the New York Court of Appeals, partner at Cravath, Swaine & Moore
• Kimberly S. Budd, chief justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts; first African-American woman in the role^[171]
• Raoul G. Cantero III, associate justice of the Florida Supreme Court
• Chester C. Cole, chief justice of the Iowa Supreme Court, founder of the University of Iowa College of Law, founder of Drake University Law School
• Federico Hernández Denton, chief justice of the Puerto Rico Supreme Court
• Jennifer Walker Elrod (J.D. 1992), Texas state district judge
• James Emmert (1923), justice of the Indiana Supreme Court and Indiana attorney general
• Patrick F. Fischer, justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio^[172]
• Paul C. Gartzke, presiding judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals
• Ernest W. Gibson III (LL.B. 1956), associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court^[173]
• W. Michael Gillette, Oregon Supreme Court justice
• Benjamin N. Hulburd (LL.B. 1928), chief justice of the Vermont Supreme Court^[174]
• Masaji Marumoto (1906–1995), associate justice of the Hawaii Supreme Court
• Sherman R. Moulton, chief justice of the Vermont Supreme Court^[175][176]
• Mary Mullarkey, chief justice of the Colorado Supreme Court
• John S. Murdock (1899), justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court 1929–1935^[177]
• Stuart Rabner, chief justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court
• Gerald Schroeder, chief justice of the Idaho Supreme Court
• Nathaniel Tompkins, associate justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court

Canada

• Michael Bryant (LL.M., magna cum laude, 1994), attorney general of Ontario
• Loring Christie, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to the United States (1939–1941)
• Francis Fox, Canadian cabinet minister and principal secretary
• Joseph Ghiz, premier of Prince Edward Island, Canada
• Robert Stanfield, premier of Nova Scotia, Canada
• Nigel S. Wright, chief of staff of the Office of the Prime Minister

India

• Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud (LL.M 1983), 50th and former chief justice of India, 2022–2024
• Rohinton Fali Nariman (LL.M 1981), senior counsel, solicitor general of India, former judge on the Supreme Court of India
• Shankar Dayal Sharma, former president of India
• Kapil Sibal (LLM, 1977), held various ministerial posts (2004–2014), member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha for Uttar Pradesh 2016–present); former additional solicitor general of India (1989–1990); three-time president of the Supreme Court Bar Association (1995–96, 1997–98 and 2001–2002)
• Abhishek Singhvi, lawyer, politician, youngest person to be appointed senior counsel, additional solicitor general of India and vice president of the Supreme Court Bar Association
• Laxmi Mall Singhvi (LL.M), jurist, parliamentariam, scholar and diplomat

Japan

• Count Kaneko Kentarō (LL.B.), Meiji oligarch politician, genrō, drafter of the Meiji Constitution
• Marquess Komura Jutarō (LL.B.), Meiji oligarch politician, senior diplomat, foreign minister
• Kōno Shunji (LL.M.), governor of Miyazaki Prefecture

Taiwan

• Annette Lu (LL.M.), former vice president of the Republic of China
• Ma Ying-jeou (S.J.D.), president of the Republic of China, chairman of the Kuomintang, former mayor of Taipei
• Eric Wu (LL.M., S.J.D.), businessman

United Kingdom

• Greville Janner, Baron Janner of Braunstone, British Labour Party politician
• David Lammy (LLM), UK Minister of State for Higher Education, former minister of Culture, MP for Tottenham
• Anthony Lester, Baron Lester of Herne Hill, Liberal Democrat member of the British House of Lords

Other countries

• Sonny Angara (LL.M.), senator, Senate of the Philippines
• Duma Gideon Boko, 6th president of Botswana
• Ben Bot, former minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands
• Roberto Dañino (LL.M.), prime minister of Peru (2001–2002) and ambassador of Peru to the United States (2002–2003)
• Juan Ponce Enrile (LL.M.), senator in the Senate of the Philippines
• Luc Frieden, incumbent prime minister of Luxembourg
• Daniel Friedmann, Israeli minister of Justice
• José García-Margallo, former minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Spain
• Lindsay Grant, former leader of the People's Action Movement of Saint Kitts and Nevis
• Ho Peng Kee (LL.M. 1981), former member of Parliament and senior minister of state in the Ministry of Law and the Ministry of Home Affairs in Singapore
• Khalid Jawed Khan, attorney general of Pakistan
• Daniel Lipšic, interior minister of Slovakia, former minister of Justice
• Fientje Moerman, Belgian, and later Flemish, minister of Economy, Enterprises, Innovation, Science and Foreign Trade
• Kiraitu Murungi, Kenyan minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs and Energy
• Luis María Ramírez Boettner, former minister of Foreign Affairs of Paraguay
• Mary Robinson, former president of the Republic of Ireland and UN high commissioner for Human Rights
• Nawaf Salam, Lebanon's permanent representative to the United Nations
• Jovito Salonga (LL.M.), Philippine senator
• Lobsang Sangay, Sikyong Tibetan Government in Exile
• Surakiart Sathirathai, deputy prime minister of Thailand
• Gilbert Teodoro (LL.M.), incumbent secretary of the Department of National Defense of the Philippines and former congressman
• Ahmed Zaki Yamani, Saudi Arabian oil minister and OPEC official

International court judges

• Georges Abi-Saab, Egyptian jurist who served on the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia and International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, as chairman of the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization, and as judge ad hoc at the International Court of Justice
• Richard Reeve Baxter, U.S. judge appointed to the International Court of Justice
• Charles N. Brower, U.S. judge appointed to the Iran-US Claims Tribunal
• Thomas Buergenthal, U.S. judge appointed to the International Court of Justice and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
• Sir Robert Yewdall Jennings, British judge appointed to the International Court of Justice
• Kenneth Keith, New Zealand judge appointed to the International Court of Justice
• O-Gon Kwon, South Korean judge who served as vice president of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
• Koen Lenaerts (LL.M. 78), Belgian judge at the European Court of Justice
• Theodor Meron, U.S. jurist, president of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, former president of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
• Raul Pangalangan, Filipino lawyer appointed to the International Criminal Court
• Navi Pillay, South African judge appointed to the International Criminal Court and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
• Nawaf Salam, Lebanese judge appointed to the International Court of Justice
• Sang-Hyun Song, South Korean lawyer who served as president and judge of the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court
• Solomon Areda Waktolla (LL.M 14 and MPA 13), judge of United Nations Dispute Tribunal; judge of the Administrative Tribunal of the African Development Bank; member of the permanent Court of Arbitration at Hague Netherlands; former deputy chief justice of Ethiopia

National court judges

United Kingdom

• Mary Arden, Lady Arden of Heswall, former justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
• Nicholas Hamblen, Lord Hamblen of Kersey, current justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

India

• Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud, 50th chief justice of India
• Rohinton Fali Nariman (LLM), judge, Supreme Court of India; former solicitor general of India; youngest senior advocate designated by the Supreme Court of India in the history of Republic of India^[190]

Other countries

• Renato Corona (LL.M.), former chief justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
• Albert Francis Judd (LL.B. 1864, LL.D. 1894), chief justice, Kingdom of Hawaii Supreme Court^[191]
• Lai In-jaw (S.J.D.), former president of the Judicial Yuan (chief justice of the Constitutional Court) of the Republic of China
• Bora Laskin (LL.M. 1939), puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (1970–1973), chief justice of Canada (1973–1984)
• Gertrude Lübbe-Wolff (LL.M.), Second Senate, Federal Constitutional Court of Germany
• Sundaresh Menon (LL.M. 1991), chief justice of Singapore
• Sandile Ngcobo (LL.M.), chief justice of South Africa
• Masaharu Ōhashi (LL.M. 1976), justice of the Supreme Court of Japan
• Andrew Phang (LL.M. 1984, S.J.D. 1987), judge of appeal, Supreme Court of Singapore
• Ivan Rand (LL.B. 1912), puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (1943–1959)
• Bernard Rix (LL.M. 1969), lord justice, English Court of Appeals
• Vicente Abad Santos (LL.M.), associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
• Wishart Spence (LL.M. 1929), puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
• Freda Steel (1978), Manitoba Court of Appeal judge
• Solomon Areda Waktolla (LL.M'14 and MPA'13), judge at United Nations Dispute Tribunal, judge of the Administrative Tribunal of the African Development Bank, former deputy chief justice of the Federal Supreme Court of Ethiopia, member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at Hague Netherlands