Politics
- George F. Allen (CLAS '74, LAW '77)
- Former U.S. Senator, former Governor of Virginia
- B. Evan Bayh III (LAW '82)
- U.S. Senator, former Governor of Indiana
- Christopher S. Bond (LAW '63)
- U.S. Senator for Missouri
- John Bridgeland (LAW '87)
- Former Director of the USA Freedom Corps, President and CEO Civic Enterprises./dd>
- Mortimer M. Caplin (CLAS '37, LAW '40)
- Former commissioner, Internal Revenue Service, founding member of Caplin
- John Cornyn (LAW '95)
- U.S Senator for Texas
- J. Randy Forbes (LAW '77)
- U.S. Congressman, Fourth District
- James S. Gilmore III (CLAS '71, LAW '77)
- Former Governor of Virginia and Chairman of the Republican National Committee
- John Gleeson (LAW '80)
- Judge, U.S District Court, Eastern District of New York, Prosecutor John Gotti Trial.
- Elaine R. Jones (LAW '70)
- Retired president and director-counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- Edward M. Kennedy (LAW '59)
- U.S. Senator for Massachusetts
- Robert F. Kennedy (LAW '51)
- Former U.S. Senator for New York; former U.S. Attorney General
- Author S. King Jr. (LAW '69)
- Former Governor of Maine
- Robert S. Mueller III (LAW '73)
- Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Janet Napolitano (LAW '83)
- Secretary of Homeland Security
- Bill Nelson (LAW '68)
- U.S. Senator, Astronaut
- Charles S. Robb (LAW '73)
- Former U.S. Senator and Governor of Virginia 2004, Chairman of the Iraq Intelligence Commission.
- Hugh D. Scott (LAW '22)
- Former U.S. Senator for Pennsylvania
- John C. Stennis (LAW '27)
- Former U.S. Senator for Mississippi
- John V. Tunney (LAW '59)
- Former U.S. Senator for California
- Lowell Weicker (LAW '58)
- Former U.S Senator and Governor of Connecticut
- George T. Yates III (CLAS '70, LAW '73)
- Recipient, French Legion d'Honneur award in 2002
Entertainment
- Laura Ingraham (LAW '91)
- Radio Talk Show Host, Author Shut Up and Sing: How the Elites in Hollywood, Politics...and the UN are Subverting America
- Andrew M. Scheinman (CLAS '70, LAW '73)
- Movie producer, A Few Good Men, When Harry Met Sally, The Princess Bride
Supreme Court
- Gene E. Franchini (LAW '95)
- Former New Mexico Supreme Court Justice.
- Asher D. Grunis (LAW '72)
- Israeli Supreme Court Justice
- John Charles Thomas (CLAS '72, LAW '75)
- First African-American Justice, Va. Supreme Court. One of twelve African-Americans out of 1,400 students in 1968.
Athletics
- Tim Finchem (LAW '73)
- Commissioner and CEO, PGA
- Bowie Kuhn (LAW '50)
- Commissioner of Major League Baseball, 1969-84; presided over free agency rights and player strikes.
Land, Sea, & Space
- Bill Nelson (LAW '68)
- U.S Senator and Astronaut. Flew on a mission aboard the Columbia Space Shuttle in 1988.
News & Media
- William F. Shortz (LAW '77)
- Crossword editor, New York Times; puzzlemaster, NPR Weekend Edition
- Bob Wright (LAW '68)
- Vice Chairman and Executive Officer, GE Chairman, NBC Universal
Arts & Literature
- Louis S. Auchincloss (LAW '41)
- Attorney, novelist, The Rector of Justin, The House of Five Talents
- David Baldacci (LAW '86)
- Novelist, Absolute Power, Saving Faith, The Simple Truth
- Linda A. Fairstein (LAW '72)
- Former prosecutor and best-selling crime novelist, served as Chief of the Sex Crime Persecution Unit in the NY Dist Attorney office.
- N. Scott Momaday (LAW '59)
- Author, House Made of Dawn, The Bear; Pulitzer Prize recipient
International/Foreign Affairs
- W. Robert Pearson (LAW '68)
- Director General, Foreign Service and Director, Human Resources U.S. Department of State
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