List of NYU Law School people
Legal academia
| Derrick Bell | Visiting Professor at NYU Law School | |
| John C. Coffee | Adolf A. Berle Professor at Columbia Law School | LLM, 1976 |
| Ronald Dworkin | Frank Henry Sommer Professor at NYU Law School | |
| Deborah Epstein | Professor of Law at Georgetown Law School | J.D., 1988 |
| Richard Epstein | Laurence A. Tisch Professor at NYU Law School | |
| Noah Feldman | NYU Law School Faculty (2001–2007); Professor at Harvard Law School | |
| John C.P. Goldberg | Professor of Law at Harvard Law School | J.D., 1991 |
| Bridget McCormack | Professor of Law; founder and co-director of the Michigan Innocence Clinic at the University of Michigan Law School | J.D., 1991 |
| John Henry Merryman | Nelson Bowman Sweitzer Professor at Stanford Law School | LLM, 1951; JSD, 1955 |
| Arthur R. Miller | University Professor at NYU Law School | |
| Thomas Nagel | University Professor at NYU Law School | |
| Eric Posner | Visiting Professor at NYU Law School | |
| Judith Resnik | Professor at Yale Law School | J.D., 1975 |
| Richard Revesz | Lawrence King Professor at NYU Law School | |
| Peter H. Schuck | Simeon E. Baldwin Professor at Yale Law School | LLM, 1966 |
| Jane M. Spinak | Edward Ross Aranow Clinical Professor at Columbia Law School | J.D., 1979 |
| Abbe Smith | Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center | J.D., 1982 |
| Jeremy Waldron | University Professor at NYU Law School |
Press, literature, education and arts
| Cherry Chevapravatdumrong | Writer | J.D. | Co-Producer, Family Guy |
| Deborah Coonts | Writer | LL.M, 2006 | Romantic mystery novelist (Forge Books) |
| Michael Gartner | Journalist | J.D. 1972 | 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing |
| Richard Joel | President | J.D. 1975 | President, Yeshiva University |
| Demetri Martin | Comedian | J.D. 1998 (*did not graduate) | Comedian, Important Things with Demetri Martin, The Daily Show |
| Robert Reynolds | Manager, Lawyer | J.D. 2001 | Manager of The Killers |
| Charles Reznikoff | Poet | LL.B., 1916 | Objectivist Poet |
| Gerald Schoenfeld | Theater Owner/Manager | Unknown | Chairman of the Shubert Organization 1972–2008 |
| Will Truman | Fictional Lawyer (Will & Grace 1998–2006) | Unknown | Played by Eric McCormack |
Sports
| Gary Bettman | NHL Commissioner | J.D., 1977 | |
| Paul Tagliabue | NFL Commissioner | J.D. 1969 | |
| Bill Daly | NHL Chief Legal Officer & Executive V.P. | J.D. 1990 | |
| Howard Cosell | Sportscaster | B.A., 1938; J.D. 1941 |
Business
| Erin Callan | CFO | J.D. 1990 | Lehman Brothers |
| Devereux Chatillon | General Counsel | J.D. 1979 | Scholastic, Inc. |
| John J. Creedon | Manager | B.S. 1955, JD. 1957 | Former CEO and Chairman, MetLife |
| Herb Kelleher | Founder and CEO | LL.B., 1955 | Southwest Airlines |
| Michael Karlan | Founder | LL.M., 1993 | Professionals in the City |
| Robert A. Kindler | Vice Chairman | J.D., 1980 | Morgan Stanley |
| Martin Lipton & Herbert Wachtell | Co-Founder, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz | J.D., 1955 | inventor of the "poison pill", M&A Master |
| Harold M. Messner | CEO | J.D. 1970 | Robert Half International |
| Paul Moore, Sr. | financier, industrialist | LL.B. 1911 | Republic Airways |
| Barry Salzberg | CEO | LL.M. | Deloitte |
| Stuart Subotnick | J.D. |
Politics and government
Members of the United States Congress
Government, international organizations and other
| Carol Bellamy | lawyer | J.D., 1968 | Executive Director, UNICEF |
| David Boies | lawyer | LL.M., 1967 | United States v. Microsoft, Bush v. Gore |
| Thomas Buergenthal | Legal Scholar | J.D., 1960 | Judge, International Court of Justice (2000 -) |
| Guillermo Endara | Lawyer | LL.M., 1963 | President of Panama |
| Roberto de Oliveira Campos | diplomat | graduate work | Brazilian Politician and Legislator, ambassador to the U.S. and UK. |
| Evan Chesler | Lawyer | J.D., 1975 | Chairman, Cravath, Swaine & Moore (2013–) |
| Clay Constantinou | diplomat | LL.M., 1986 | U.S. Ambassador to Luxemburg |
| Crystal Eastman | activist | J.D., 1907 | Peace Activist |
| Nabil Elaraby | legal scholar | LL.M., 1969; J.S.D., 1971 | Judge, International Court of Justice |
| Mohamed ElBaradei | Diplomat and Nobel Laureate | LL.M., 1971; J.S.D., 1974 | Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency (1997–) |
| Abraham Foxman | Political Pundit | J.D., 1965 | National Director and Chairman of the Anti-Defamation League (1987–) |
| Louis Freeh | politician | LL.M., 1984 | FBI Director (1993–2001) |
| Philip Friedman | Author | J.D. 1969 | Multiple N.Y. Times Bestseller |
| Rudy Giuliani | politician | J.D., 1968 | Mayor of New York City (1994–2001), Presidential Candidate (2008) |
| Nancy Grace | LL.M. | Court TV host | |
| Seth D. Harris | J.D., 1990 | U.S. Deputy Secretary of Labor (2009– ) | |
| Dennis G. Jacobs | Judge | J.D., 1973 | Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit |
| Judith Kaye | legal scholar | LL.B., 1958 | Chief Judge, New York Court of Appeals |
| John F. Kennedy, Jr. | Lawyer, Journalist | J.D., 1989 | Son of President John F. Kennedy |
| Jon Leibowitz | Lawyer | J.D., 1984 | Chairman, Federal Trade Commission |
| Sheryl Lipman | Judge | J.D., 1987 | United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee |
| M Blane Michael | Judge | J.D., 1968 | U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit |
| William Moehle | Lawyer | J.D., 1979 | Town Supervisor for Brighton, Monroe County, New York, 2012 – Present |
| Yaakov Neeman | politician | LL.M., J.S.D. | Finance Minister of Israel; Chair, Neeman Committee |
| Edward T. O'Connor, Jr. | politician | LL.M. | New Jersey State Senator.[2] |
| Gonzalo Parra-Aranguen | legal scholar | LL.M., 1952 | Judge, International Court of Justice |
| Burton B. Roberts | Judge | 1949 | Bronx judge known for his no-nonsense imperious handling of cases in his courtroom became the model for the character of Myron Kovitsky in the book The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe.[3] |
| Joseph Russoniello | United States Attorney | J.D., 1966 | U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California |
| M. Patricia Smith | lawyer | J.D. | Solicitor, United States Department of Labor |
| Theodore Trautwein | Judge | Sentenced a reporter from The New York Times to 40 days in jail in the "Dr. X" trial of Mario Jascalevich.[4] | |
| Benjamin B. Wagner | Attorney | J.D. | United States Attorney for the Eastern District of California |
| Martha M. Walz | politician | J.D., 1987 | Democratic member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives |
| Daniel Weisberg | lawyer | J.D. | General Counsel & Executive Vice President, The New Teacher Project |
| Edwin D. Williamson | government executive | J.D., 1964 | Director, White House Office of Government Ethics |
| Ma Ying-Jeou | politician | LL.M., 1976 | President of the Republic of China (Taiwan) |
| Arthur Helton | Lawyer & refugee advocate | 1976 | |
| Amal Clooney | Human rights lawyer | LL.M., 2002 | Barrister at Doughty Street Chambers, London, UK |
(*did not graduate)
References
- ↑ "Nevada Governor Tasker Lowndes Oddie". National Governors Association. Retrieved October 4, 2012.
- ↑ Edward T. O'Connor, Jr. legislative web page, New Jersey Legislature, backed up by the Internet Archive as of February 25, 1998. Accessed May 27, 2010.
- ↑ McFadden, Robert D. "Tom Wolfe’s Model Justice Dies at 88", The New York Times, October 24, 2010. Accessed October 24, 2010.
- ↑ Corcoran, David. "Theodore Trautwein, Judge in Landmark Press Case, Dies at 80", The New York Times, September 2, 2000. Accessed October 13, 2009.
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