Cornell Law School is the

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Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to ...

, a private

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university in

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. One of the five Ivy League law schools, it offers four law degree programs, JD,

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and JSD, along with several dual-degree programs in conjunction with other professional schools at the university. Established in 1887 as Cornell's Department of Law, the school today is one of the smallest top-tier JD-conferring institutions in the country, with around 200 students graduating each year. Cornell Law School has consistently ranked within the top tier of American legal institutions, known as the T14. Cornell Law alumni include business executive and philanthropist Myron Charles Taylor, namesake of the law school building, along with U.S. Secretaries of State

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and

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, U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

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, the first female President of Taiwan,

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, federal judge and first female editor-in-chief of a

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Mary H. Donlon, former President of the

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Song Sang-Hyun, as well as many members of the

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, governors, state

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, U.S. federal and state judges, diplomats and businesspeople. Cornell Law School is home to the

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(LII), the ''

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'', the ''

Cornell Law Review The ''Cornell Law Review'' is the flagship legal journal of Cornell Law School. Originally published in 1915 as the ''Cornell Law Quarterly'', the journal features scholarship in all fields of law. Notably, past issues of the ''Cornell Law Revi ...

'', the ''

Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy The ''Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy'' (''JLPP'') is a law review published by students at Cornell Law School, First published in July 1992, ''JLPP'' publishes articles, commentaries, book reviews, and student notes that explore the int ...

'' and the '' Cornell International Law Journal''.

History

The Law Department at Cornell opened in 1887 in Morrill Hall with Judge

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as its first dean. At that time, admission did not require even a high school diploma. In 1917, two years of undergraduate education were required for admission, and in 1924, it became a graduate degree program. The department was renamed the Cornell Law School in 1925. In 1890,

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graduated, one of the first law-school-graduates of color in the United States. In 1893, Cornell had its first female graduate, Mary Kennedy Brown. Future Governor, Secretary of State, and Chief Justice of the United States,

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, was a professor of law at Cornell from 1891 to 1893, and after returning to legal practice he continued to teach at the law school as a special lecturer from 1893 to 1895. Hughes Hall, one of the law school's central buildings, is named in his honor. In 1892, the school moved into Boardman Hall, which was constructed specifically for legal instruction. The school moved from Boardman Hall (now the site of Olin Library) to its present-day location at Myron Taylor Hall in 1937. The law school building, an ornate,

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structure, was the result of a donation by Myron Charles Taylor, a former CEO of

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, and a member of the Cornell Law class of 1894. Hughes Hall was built as an addition to Myron Taylor Hall and completed in 1963. It was also funded by a gift from Taylor. Another addition to Myron Taylor Hall, the Jane M.G. Foster wing, was completed in 1988 and added more space to the library. Foster was a member of the class of 1918, an editor of the ''

'' (then '' Cornell Law Quarterly''), and an

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graduate. In June 2012 the school embarked on a three-year, multi-phase expansion and renovation. The first phase created additional classroom space underground, adjacent to Myron Taylor Hall along College Avenue. The second phase will include the removal and digitization of printed materials from the library stacks so that the space can be converted to additional classroom and student space. The third phase involves converting Hughes Hall into office space. In 1948, Cornell Law School established a program of specialization in international affairs and also started awarding LL.B. degrees. In 1968, the school began to publish the '' Cornell International Law Journal.'' In 1991, the school established the Berger International Legal Studies Program. In 1994, the school established a partnership with the

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I law faculty to establish a Paris-based Summer Institute of International and Comparative Law. From 1999 to 2004 the school hosted the

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. In 2006, the school established its second summer law institute in Suzhou, China. The Clarke Program in East Asian Law and Culture was established in 2002. Hughes Hall Cornell University Law School

Hughes Hall Cornell University Law School

Myron Taylor Hall saw the addition of 40,000 square feet of underground classrooms in 2012–2014. Hughes Hall was renovated in 2017.

Admissions

Cornell Law School is extremely selective: the median

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for the 2022 entering class was 172 (98th percentile of all test takers), with 25th and 75th percentiles of 170 (97th percentile of all test takers) and 174 (99th percentile of all test takers). The median undergraduate

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was 3.87, with 25th and 75th percentiles of 3.76 and 3.94, respectively. For the 2021 LL.M. program, which is designed for non-U.S.-trained lawyers, 900 applications were received for the 50 to 60 openings. LL.M. students come from over 30 different countries. Along with consideration of the quality of an applicant's academic record and LSAT scores, the full-file-review admissions process places a heavy emphasis on an applicant's personal statement, letters of recommendation, community/extracurricular involvement, and work experience. The application also invites a statement on diversity and a short note on why an applicant particularly wants to attend Cornell. The law school values applicants who have done their research and have particular interests or goals that would be served by attending the school versus one of its peer institutions.

Reputation

Cornell Law School was ranked 12th in the 2023 '' U.S. News & World Report'' Law School rankings and 3rd in the 2022 '' Above the Law'' rankings, which prioritizes career outcomes above all other factors. The

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(LL.M.) program at Cornell Law School was ranked 1st in the 2006, 2008, 2010, and 2011 AUAP rankings. Cornell Law is known for its large firm prowess, placing a greater portion of its J.D. graduates at big law firms than any other law school in the United States. On the public service front, Cornell Law is known for the Cornell Law Death Penalty Project, its Tenants Advocacy Practicum, and for housing the

, a non-profit, public service of Cornell Law School that provides no-cost access to current American and international legal research sources online at law.cornell.edu, serving over 40 million unique visitors per year.

Academics

Cornell has offered LL.M and J.S.D degrees since 1928. The joint JD/MBA (with Cornell's Johnson School of Management) has three- and four-year tracks, the JD/MILR program is four years, the JD/MPA is four years, and JD/MRP is four years. In addition, Cornell has joint program arrangements with universities abroad to prepare students for international licensure: * Joint program with University of Paris (La Sorbonne) (JD/Master en Droit) * Joint program with

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(JD/M.LL.P) * Joint program with Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris (JD/Master in Global Business Law) The JD/Master en Droit lasts four years and prepares graduates for admission to the bar in the United States and in France. The JD/M.LL.P is three years and conveys a mastery of German and European law and practices. The JD/Master in Global Business Law lasts three years. Cornell Law School runs two summer institutes overseas, providing Cornell Law students with unique opportunities to engage in rigorous international legal studies. The Cornell-Université de Paris I Summer Institute of International and Comparative Law at the

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in Paris, France offers a diverse curriculum in the historic Sorbonne and Centre Panthéon (Faculté de droit) buildings at the heart of the University of Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne. Coursework includes international human rights, comparative legal systems, and international commercial arbitration. French language classes are also offered. In 2006, Cornell Law School announced that it would launch a second summer law institute, the new Workshop in International Business Transactions with Chinese Characteristics in

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, China. In partnership with

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(Germany) and Kenneth Wang School of Law at Soochow University (China), Cornell Law provides students from the United States, Europe, and China with an academic forum in which they can collaborate on an international business problem.

Employment

Approximately 92% of the Class of 2021 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment within nine months of graduation.https://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/ABAFINALCHARTCLASS2021.pdf According to Reuters, Cornell Law placed a greater portion of its 2021 graduates in associate positions at big law firms than any other law school in the United States. Of the graduating class of 2021, 76% were employed at large firms with more than 250 attorneys, and 71% were employed at firms with more than 500 attorneys. In total, approximately 80% of that class obtained elite employment outcomes in the form of federal clerkships or employment at firms with more than 250 attorneys. In a comparative survey of all law schools, Cornell graduates earned the highest average salaries in the United States from 2014 through 2019, with a mean salary of over $183,000. In 2021, Law.com ranked Cornell Law #3 on its ranking of the 50 best law schools for getting an associate position at the largest 100 law firms in the country.

Costs

The 2021-2022 non-discounted tuition for the JD program was $71,522 per year.https://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2021-509-Report36.pdf The total cost of attendance (indicating the cost of tuition, fees, and living expenses) at Cornell Law School for the 2021-2022 academic year was $95,114, bringing the total non-discounted cost of attendance for the three-year program to $285,242. According to Cornell Law's 2021 509 ABA disclosures, 83% of its 578 students received grants or scholarships.

Initiatives

Legal Information Institute

Cornell Law also is home to the

(LII), an online provider of public legal information. Started in 1992, it was the first law site developed for the internet. The LII offers all

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of the

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handed down since 1990, together with over 600 earlier decisions selected for their historic importance. The LII also publishes over a decade of opinions of the

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, the full

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, the UCC, and the

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among other resources. It recently created Wex, a free wiki legal dictionary and encyclopedia, collaboratively created by legal experts. And the LII Supreme Court Bulletin is a free email- and web-based publication that intends to serve subscribers with thorough, yet understandable, legal analysis of upcoming Court cases as well as timely email notification of Court decisions.

Publications

The school has three law journals that are student-edited: the ''

'', the '' Cornell International Law Journal'', and the ''

''. Additionally, the ''

'' is a peer-reviewed journal that is published by Cornell Law faculty.

Moot Court

Cornell Law students actively participate in myriad

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competitions annually, both in the law school itself and in external and international competitions. The Langfan First-Year Moot Court Competition, which takes place every spring, traditionally draws a large majority of the first-year class. Other internal competitions include the Cuccia Cup and the Rossi Cup.

Institutes and Programs

* Berger International Legal Studies Program * Clarke Business Law Institute * Clarke Center for International and Comparative Legal Studies * Clarke Initiative for Law and Development in the Middle East and North Africa * Clarke Program on Corporations and Society * Clarke Program in East Asian Law and Culture * Death Penalty Project * Empirical Legal Studies: Judicial Statistics Project * Global Center for Women and Justice * Graduate Legal Studies Program * ILR-Law School Program on Conflict Resolution * International Comparative Programs * Law and Economics Program * Lay Participation in Law International Research Collaborative * Migration and Human Rights Program

Summer School with Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne University

Cornell University holds since 1993 the "Cornell Law School-Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne Summer Institute of Comparative and International Law".

Campus

Cornell Law is housed within Myron Taylor Hall (erected 1932), which contains the Law Library, classrooms, offices, a moot court room, and the Cornell Legal Aid Clinic.

Library

The

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contains 700,000 books and microforms and includes rare historical texts relevant to the legal history of the United States. The library is one of the 12 national depositories for print records of briefs filed with the

. Also, there is a large collection of print copies of the records and briefs of the

. The large microfilm collection has sets of Congressional, Supreme Court, and United Nations documents, as well as a large collection of World Law Reform commission materials.

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records and briefs for the United States Supreme Court, the

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and

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, and the New York State Court of Appeals are also collected. The library also has a large collection of international, foreign, and

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, with the main focus being on the

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and Europe. Along with this, there are also collections of

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and

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. A new initiative by the library is to collect Chinese, Japanese, and Korean resources to support the law school's Clarke Program in East Asian Law and Culture. Rare books in the library include the Samuel Thorne collection, which has 175 of some of the earliest and most rare books on law. Other significant collections include the Nathaniel C. Moak library and the Edwin J. Marshall Collection of early works on equity and the Earl J. Bennett Collection of Statutory Material, a print collection of original colonial, territorial, and state session laws and statutory codes. Among the library's special collections are 19th Century Trials Collection, Donovan

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Collection, Scottsboro Collection, William P. and Adele Langston Rogers Collection and the Chile Declassification Project.

People

Faculty

Gregory S. Alexander Gregory S. Alexander is an American lawyer and author. He currently serves as the A. Robert Noll Professor of Law at Cornell Law School and is an "internationally renowned expert in property law and theory." He authored several books. Biography ...

, Property Law and Theory *

Cynthia Grant Bowman Cynthia Grant Bowman is an American legal scholar specializing in areas relating to law and women, including women in the legal profession, sexual harassment, and legal remedies for adult survivors of childhood sex abuse. She is the Dorothea S. Cla ...

, Gender Equality, Women's Rights, Feminist Jurisprudence * Michael C. Dorf, Constitutional Law (and noted legal blogger) * William A. Jacobson *

Eduardo Peñalver Eduardo M. Peñalver is an American law professor who is the president of Seattle University. From 2014 until 2021, Peñalver was dean of Cornell Law School. Peñalver has served as the President of Seattle University since July 1, 2021, and i ...

, Property and Land Use * Annelise Riles, Comparative Law, International Law, Legal Anthropology *

Stewart J. Schwab Stewart J. Schwab is an American law professor and former dean of Cornell Law School from 2004 to 2014. Career Schwab is an expert in economic analysis of the law and employment law. He has been a member of the Cornell Law School faculty since 1 ...

, Employment Law * Emily Sherwin, Jurisprudence, Property, and Remedies * Lynn Stout, Professor of Corporate Law, Securities Regulation, Law and Economics (2012–2018) *

Robert S. Summers Robert Samuel Summers (September 19, 1933 – March 1, 2019) was an American legal scholar who was the former William G. McRoberts Research Professor in the Administration of the Law at the Cornell Law School. He retired in 2011. Early life and ...

, Professor of Contract and Commercial Law (1969–2011) * Stephen Yale-Loehr, Immigration Law

Notable alumni

Political *

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(1916),

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for

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(1939–1941) *

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(1982),

for

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(1990–2014) * Michael Atkinson (1991),

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(2018–2020) * Mark J. Bennett (1979), served as

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* Arnold Burns (1953), served as

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* Thomas Carmody (1882), served as

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(1989),

for

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(2013–present) * Barber Conable (1948),

for

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(1983–1985), President of the

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(1986–1991) * Constance E. Cook (1943), member of the

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who in 1970 coauthored the first legislation that legalized abortion *

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(2010),

for

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(2019–present) *

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(LLM 1995),

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state in Mexico *

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(1923), diplomat, chief U.S. negotiator of the

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, which ended the

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, drafter of the

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, and delegate to the United Nations *

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(JSD 2013), chief legal adviser to the

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, appointed to the High Council of Justice *

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(LLM 1973), former Ambassador of Colombia to the United States, former Colombian Minister of Justice and Law * Reuben L. Haskell (1898),

for

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(1915–1919) *

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(1952), diplomat, businessman, and author *

Philip H. Hoff Philip Henderson Hoff (June 29, 1924 – April 26, 2018) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Vermont. He was most notable for his service as the 73rd governor of Vermont from 1963 to 1969, the state's first Democratic governor s ...

(1951), 73rd

Governor of Vermont The governor of Vermont is the head of government of Vermont. The officeholder is elected in even-numbered years by direct voting for a term of 2 years. Vermont and bordering New Hampshire are the only states to hold gubernatorial elections every ...

(1963–1969) * Frank Horton (1947),

for

New York's 36th congressional district New York's 36th congressional district was a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in New York. It was created in 1903 as a result of the 1900 Census. It was eliminated as a result of the redistricting cycle aft ...

(1963–1973), 34th district (1973–1983), and 29th district (1983–1993) * Charles Samuel Joelson (1939),

for

New Jersey's 8th congressional district New Jersey's 8th congressional district is currently represented by Democrat Rob Menendez, who has served in Congress since January 2023. The district is majority Hispanic and includes some of the most urban areas of New Jersey, including par ...

(1961–1969) *

Frances Kellor Frances Alice Kellor (October 20, 1873 – January 4, 1952) was an American social reformer and investigator, who specialized in the study of immigrants to the United States and women. Early life and education Frances Alice Kellor was born Oct ...

(1897), advisor to

Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Jr. ( ; October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), often referred to as Teddy or by his initials, T. R., was an American politician, statesman, soldier, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26t ...

and the

Progressive Party (United States, 1912) The Progressive Party was a third party in the United States formed in 1912 by former president Theodore Roosevelt after he lost the presidential nomination of the Republican Party to his former protégé rival, incumbent president Willi ...

, early scholar of urban poverty, unemployment and crime, and advocate for education and immigration reform * Huang Kuo-chang (JSD 2006), Taiwanese politician, activist, legal scholar, researcher and writer *

Norman F. Lent Norman Frederick Lent (March 23, 1931 – June 11, 2012) was an American politician from New York. Under both the Republican and Conservative Party banners, he served in the New York State Senate from 1963 to 1970 and in the United States House ...

(1957),

for

New York's 4th congressional district The 4th congressional district of New York is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in central and southern Nassau County, represented by Democrat Kathleen Rice since 2015. After Rice's term ends in 2023, Rep ...

(1973–1993) * Leonard Leo (1989), Executive Vice President of the

Federalist Society The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies (abbreviated as FedSoc) is an American conservative and libertarian legal organization that advocates for a textualist and originalist interpretation of the U.S. Constitution. Headquarter ...

* Sol Linowitz (1938),

United States Ambassador to the Organization of American States The following is a list of people who have served as United States Ambassador to the Organization of American States, or the full title, " United States Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States", with the rank and status of ...

, received the

Presidential Medal of Freedom The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the highest civilian award of the United States, along with the Congressional Gold Medal. It is an award bestowed by the president of the United States to recognize people who have made "an especially merit ...

in 1998 *

Quinton Lucas Quinton Donald Lucas (born August 19, 1984) is an American politician serving as the 55th mayor of Kansas City, Missouri. He was elected in 2019. He is affiliated with the Democratic party and is the city's third African-American mayor. Before h ...

(2009), 55th

Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri The Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri is the highest official in the Kansas City, Missouri Municipal Government. Since the 1920s the city has had a council-manager government in which a city manager runs most of the day-to-day operations of t ...

* William J. Lynn III (1980),

United States Deputy Secretary of Defense The deputy secretary of defense (acronym An acronym is a word or name formed from the initial components of a longer name or phrase. Acronyms are usually formed from the initial letters of words, as in '' NATO'' (''North Atlantic Treaty Or ...

* Gordon MacDonald (1994),

Attorney General of New Hampshire The Attorney General of New Hampshire is a constitutional officer of the U.S. state of New Hampshire who serves as head of the New Hampshire Department of Justice. , the state's attorney general is John Formella. Qualifications and appointment ...

John T. Morrison John Tracy Morrison (December 25, 1860 – December 20, 1915) was the sixth governor of Idaho from 1903 until 1905. Biography Morrison was born in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania. He was married to Grace Darling Mackey in 1886. He graduated from ...

(1890), 6th

Governor of Idaho A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...

(1939), 64th

Governor of Maine The governor of Maine is the head of government of the U.S. state of Maine. Before Maine was admitted to the Union in 1820, Maine was part of Massachusetts and the governor of Massachusetts was chief executive. The current governor of Maine ...

U.S. Senator The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States. The composition and powe ...

U.S. Secretary of State The United States secretary of state is a member of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States and the head of the U.S. Department of State. The office holder is one of the highest ranking members of the president's Ca ...

, received the

in 1981 * Kotaro Nagasaki (1994), member of the

House of Representatives House of Representatives is the name of legislative bodies in many countries and sub-national entitles. In many countries, the House of Representatives is the lower house of a bicameral legislature, with the corresponding upper house often c ...

in the

Diet Diet may refer to: Food * Diet (nutrition), the sum of the food consumed by an organism or group * Dieting, the deliberate selection of food to control body weight or nutrient intake ** Diet food, foods that aid in creating a diet for weight loss ...

. * Edward R. O'Malley (1891), served as

* Edward Worthington Pattison (1957),

for

New York's 29th congressional district New York's 29th congressional district is an obsolete congressional district for the United States House of Representatives which most recently included a portion of the Appalachian mountains in New York known as the "Southern Tier." It was most ...

(1975–1979) * Peter N. Perretti Jr. (1956), served as

Attorney General of New Jersey The attorney general of New Jersey is a member of the executive cabinet of the state and oversees the New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety, Department of Law and Public Safety. The office is appointed by the governor of New Jersey, confir ...

Philip Perry Philip Jonathan Perry (born October 16, 1964) is an American attorney and was a political appointee in the administration of George W. Bush. He was acting associate attorney general at the Department of Justice, general counsel of the Office of ...

(1990), former general counsel of the

United States Department of Homeland Security The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is the Federal government of the United States, U.S. United States federal executive departments, federal executive department responsible for public security, roughly comparable to the I ...

and former general counsel for the

Office of Management and Budget The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is the largest office within the Executive Office of the President of the United States (EOP). OMB's most prominent function is to produce the president's budget, but it also examines agency programs, pol ...

(1949), served as U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development * John Raymond Pillion (1927),

for New York's 42nd congressional district (1953–1965) * Alexander Pirnie (1926),

for New York's 34th congressional district (1959–1963) and 32nd district (1963–1973), awarded the Legion of Merit and Bronze Star Medal for service in Europe during World War II * Michael Punke (1989), United States Ambassador to the World Trade Organization (2010–2017) * Clarence D. Rappleyea Jr. (1962), Minority Leader of the

(1982–1995) * Thomas Richards (mayor), Thomas Richards (1972), Mayor of Rochester, New York * Howard W. Robison (1939),

for New York's 39th congressional district (1958–1975) *

(1937), served as U.S. Attorney General, and as U.S. Secretary of State, received the

in 1973 * Laxmi Mall Singhvi (JSD 1955), served as High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom (1991–1997) * William Sorrell (1974), Vermont Attorney General (1997–2017) * Henry P. Smith (1936),

for New York's 40th congressional district (1965–1973) * Michael E. Toner (1992), former chair of the Federal Election Commission and chief counsel for the Republican National Committee * Martín Travieso (1903), served as provisional Governor of Puerto Rico, a member of the 1st Puerto Rican Senate, first Senate of Puerto Rico, List of mayors of San Juan, Puerto Rico, Mayor of San Juan, and Associate and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico *

(LLM 1980), first woman elected President of Taiwan (2016–present) * Jan van Zanen (LLM 1984), Mayor of The Hague (2020–present) Federal Judiciary * Simon L. Adler (1889), United States District Court for the Western District of New York (1928–1934) * Mark J. Bennett (1979), United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (2018–present) * Frederic Block (1959), United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (1994–2005) * Robert Boochever (1941), United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (1980–1986) * Leonie Brinkema (1976), United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (1993–present) * John M. Cashin (1915), United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (1955–1970) * John H. Chun (1994), United States District Court for the Western District of Washington (2022-present) * Albert Wheeler Coffrin (1947), United States District Court for the District of Vermont (1972–1993), Chief Judge of the District of Vermont from 1983 to 1988 * Brian Cogan (1979), United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (2006–present) * Alfred Conkling Coxe Jr. (1903), United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (1929–1957) * Paul A. Crotty (1967), United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (2005–present) * Mary H. Donlon (1920), United States Customs Court (now the United States Court of International Trade) (1955-1977) * Phillip S. Figa (1976), United States District Court for the District of Colorado (2003–2008) * Peter W. Hall (1977),

(2004–2021) * Robert Dixon Herman (1938), United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania (1969–1990) * Frederick Bernard Lacey (1948), United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (1971–1986) * Lloyd Francis MacMahon (1938), United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (1959–1989), Chief Judge of the Southern District of New York from 1980 to 1982 * Anne M. Nardacci (2002), United States District Court for the Northern District of New York (2022- ) * Alison J. Nathan (2000),

(2022–present) * Pamela Pepper (1989), United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin (2014–present) * Hernan Gregorio Pesquera (1948), United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico (1972–1982), Chief Judge of the District of Puerto Rico from 1980 to 1982 * Aubrey Eugene Robinson (1947), United States District Court for the District of Columbia (1966–2000), Chief Judge of the District of Columbia from 1982 to 1992 * Stephen C. Robinson (1984), United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (2003–2010) * Shira Scheindlin (1975), United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (1994–2012) * Karen Gren Scholer (1982), United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas (2018–present) * Gary L. Sharpe (1974), United States District Court for the Northern District of New York (2004–present), Chief Judge of the Northern District of New York from 2011–present * Amy J. St. Eve (1990), United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (2018–present) * Roger Gordon Strand (1961), United States District Court for the District of Arizona (1985–2000) * Joseph L. Tauro (1956), United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts (1972–2013), Chief Judge of the District of Massachusetts from 1992 to 1999 * Elbert Parr Tuttle (1923), one of the "Fifth Circuit Four," United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (1954–1981), United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (1981–1996), and Chief Judge of the Fifth Circuit from 1960 to 1967. Tuttle received the

in 1981 and the courthouse for the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit is named in his honor. * Ellsworth Van Graafeiland (1940),

(1974–2004) * Richard C. Wesley (1974),

(2003–present) * Christy C. Wiegand (2000), United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania (2020–present) * Thomas Samuel Zilly (1962), United States District Court for the Western District of Washington (1988–2004) State Judiciary * Barry T. Albin (1976), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey (2002–present) * Robert Boochever (1941), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Alaska (1972–1980), Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alaska from 1975 to 1978 * Albert M. Crampton (1922), Justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois (1948–1953) * List of justices of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, Howard H. Dana Jr. (1966), Associate Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court (1993–2007) * Rowland L. Davis (1897), Associate Justice of the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department (1921–1926), Third Department (1926–1931), and Second Department (1931–1939) * Ellen Gorman (1982), Associate Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court (2007–present) * List of Associate Judges of the New York Court of Appeals, Stewart F. Hancock Jr. (1950), Associate Judge of the

(1986–1993) * Irving G. Hubbs (1891), Associate Judge of the

(1929–1939) * Anthony T. Kane (1969), Associate Justice of the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Department (2002–2009) * Gordon MacDonald (1994), Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New Hampshire (2021- ) * Anne M. Patterson (1983), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey (2011–present) * Cuthbert W. Pound (1887), Associate Judge of the

(1915–1934), Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals from 1932 to 1934 * Phillip Rapoza (1976), Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Appeals Court (2006–2015), Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Appeals Court (1998–2006) * Roberto A. Rivera-Soto (1977), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey (2004–2011) * Robert M. Sohngen (1908), Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio (1947–1948) * Harry Taylor (1890s first baseman), Harry Taylor (1893), Associate Justice of the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department (1924–1936) * Joseph Weintraub (1930), Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey (1957–1973), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey (1956–1957) * Richard C. Wesley (1974), Associate Judge of the

(1997–2003) * Paul Yesawich (1951), Associate Justice of the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department (1974–1981), Third Department (1981–1999) International Judiciary * Song Sang-Hyun (JSD 1970), Judge of the

(2003–2015), President of the International Criminal Court from 2009 to 2015 Law and Business * J. Carter Bacot (1958), former President and CEO of the Bank of New York * Paul Batista (1974), trial lawyer and author of the leading treatise on civil RICO * Mary H. Donlon (1920), first woman editor-in-chief of a US law review and first woman to become a partner of a Wall Street law firm * Milton S. Gould (1933), founding partner of Shea & Gould. The Milton Gould Award for Outstanding Advocacy is named in his honor. * Gitanjali Gutierrez (2001), first lawyer to meet with a detainee at Guantanamo Bay detainment camp, Guantanamo Bay, Information Commissioner for Bermuda * Marc Kasowitz (1977), founding partner of Kasowitz Benson Torres *

(1897), founding member of the American Arbitration Association and expert in international arbitration * Ron Kuby (1983), criminal and civil rights lawyer, counsel on cases such as ''Texas v. Johnson'' * Gail Laughlin (1898), first woman from Maine to practice law and founder of the National League for Women's Service * William F. Lee (1976), intellectual property lawyer, co-managing partner of WilmerHale, first Asian-American to lead a major US law firm * Samuel Leibowitz (1915), criminal and civil rights lawyer, represented The Scottsboro Boys and argued ''Norris v. Alabama''. The Samuel Leibowitz Professorship was endowed in his honor. * Sol Linowitz (1938), Chairman of Xerox, received the

in 1998 * Teddy Mayer (1962), co-founder and manager of McLaren Racing * Shannon Minter (1993), civil rights attorney * Frank Rosenfelt (1950), former CEO of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Studio and recipient of the Purple Heart for injuries sustained at the Battle of the Bulge * A Civil Action, Jan Schlichtmann (1977), environmental and toxic tort attorney, lead plaintiffs' lawyer in ''Anderson v. Cryovac, Inc.'', subject of the book ''A Civil Action'' by Jonathan Harr and the A Civil Action (film), film of the same name, in which Schlichtmann was portrayed by John Travolta. * Harry Taylor (1890s first baseman), Harry Taylor (1893), provided the legal advice that elevated the American League to major league status as a rival to the National League, Taylor financed his legal education by playing professional baseball with the Louisville Colonels * Myron Charles Taylor (1894), CEO of U.S. Steel * Tejshree Thapa (1993), human rights attorney, developed legal argument for prosecuting rape as a crimes against humanity, crime against humanity before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, ICTY * Justin DuPratt White (1890), founding partner of White & Case. The J. DuPratt White Professorship was endowed in his honor. * Robert D. Ziff (1992), former co-CEO of Ziff Brothers Investments Academia * Jessica Wilen Berg, Jessica Berg (1994), Dean and Tom J.E. and Bette Lou Walker Professor of Law, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Case Western School of Law, Professor of Bioethics and Population and Quantitative Health Sciences at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Case Western School of Medicine * Edward J. Bloustein (1959), former President of Rutgers University * Hannah L. Buxbaum, Hannah Buxbaum (1992), John E. Schiller Chair in Legal Ethics at Indiana University Maurer School of Law * :de:Richard M. Buxbaum, Richard Buxbaum (1952), Jackson H. Ralston Professor of International Law at UC Berkeley School of Law * Terry Calvani (1972), former Professor of Antitrust Law at Vanderbilt University Law School, Federal Trade Commission, FTC Commissioner, and Member of the Competition Authority (Ireland) * Dan Coenen, Dan T. Coenen (1978), University Professor and Harmon W. Caldwell Chair in Constitutional Law at the University of Georgia Law School *

(JSD 2013), Professor of International Law at the University of Western Ontario * Marc A. Franklin (1956), Frederick I. Richman Professor of Law at Stanford Law School * Charles Garside (1923), former President of the State University of New York * Michael Goldsmith (1975), Woodruff J. Deem Professor of Law at Brigham Young University's J. Reuben Clark Law School * William B. Gould IV (1961), Charles A. Beardsley Professor of Law at Stanford Law School * Ernest Wilson Huffcut, Ernest Huffcut (1888), Professor of Law at Indiana University Maurer School of Law, Indiana University School of Law * Julie O'Sullivan (1984), Agnes Williams Sesquicentennial Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center * John W. Reed (1942), Thomas M. Cooley Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School * Ruth Roemer (1939), Professor at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. The Ruth Roemer Social Justice Leadership Award is named in her honor. * R. Smith Simpson (1931), co-creator with Peter F. Krogh of the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service Other * Kissi Agyebeng (LLM 2006), Office of the Special Prosecutor, Special Prosecutor of Ghana * George Bell Jr. (1894), United States Army Major General (United States), Major General who commanded the 33rd Infantry Division (United States), 33rd Infantry Division in World War I and later the VI Corps (United States), United States VI Corps. Bell was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army), Distinguished Service Medal, the French Croix de Guerre with Palm and the Legion of Honor, as well as appointment as a Knight Commander of Britain's Order of St. Michael & St. George, Order of St. Michael and St. George. * Bob DuPuy (1973), former President of Major League Baseball * Harold O. Levy (1977), Executive Director of the Jack Kent Cooke#Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, Jack Kent Cooke Foundation and former New York City School Chancellor, Chancellor of New York City Schools * Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol (LLM 2002, JSD 2005), Princess of Thailand * Ari Melber (2009), journalist, chief legal correspondent for MSNBC, and host of ''The Beat with Ari Melber'' * Pablo Morales (1994), gold medalist at the 1992 Summer Olympics, and former world-record holder in the World record progression 100 metres butterfly, 100 metres butterfly * Rick Olczyk (1996), Assistant general manager of the Carolina Hurricanes * Michael Punke (1989), author of ''The Revenant (novel), The Revenant: A Novel of Revenge'', which was the basis for the film ''The Revenant (2015 film), The Revenant'' * Glenn Scobey Warner (1894), legendary football coach and innovator * Paul Yesawich (1951), played in five NBA games for the Syracuse Nationals Fictional * Irene Menéndez Hastings, in ''The Secret in Their Eyes'', received her law degree from Cornell * Norman Mushari, according to ''God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater'', graduated "from Cornell Law School at the top of his class" * Ling Woo, on ''Ally McBeal'', was an editor of the ''

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