Yale Law School alumni

William Jefferson Clinton is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the attorney general of Arkansas from 1977 to 1979 and as the governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981, and again from 1983 to 1992. His centrist "Third Way" political philosophy became known as Clintonism, which dominated his presidency and the succeeding decades of Democratic Party history.

Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton is an American politician, lawyer, and diplomat. She was the 67th United States secretary of state in the administration of Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013, a U.S. senator representing New York from 2001 to 2009, and the first lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001 as the wife of Bill Clinton. A member of the Democratic Party, she was the party's nominee in the 2016 presidential election, becoming the first woman to win a presidential nomination by a major U.S. political party and the only woman to win the popular vote for U.S. president. Clinton lost the United States Electoral College vote to Republican Party nominee Donald Trump. She is the only first lady of the United States to have run for elected office.

president of the United States from 1974 to 1977 (1913–2006)

James David Vance is an American politician and author serving as the 50th vice president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he represented Ohio in the United States Senate from 2023 to 2025.

Prime Minister of Italy from 2018 to 2021

president of the Federal Republic of Germany (1914-1992)

American academic, political activist

US Supreme Court justice since 2009

American politician (born 1969)

American lawyer and diplomat (born 1948)

American social entrepreneur and lawyer, CEO of Wikimedia Foundation (2022-2026)

Governor of California from 1975 to 1983 and 2011 to 2019 (born 1938)

U.S. Supreme Court justice since 2018 (born 1965)

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since 1991

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since 2006

President of the Philippines from 1943 to 1945

American presidential candidate and businessman (born 1985)

American actor, writer, commentator, lawyer, teacher, humorist

American politician (1942–2024)

United States Secretary of State from 1977 to 1980 (1917–2002)

American politician, lawyer, voting rights activist, and author (born 1973)

American businessman and lobbyist (born 1970)

Usha Bala Vance is an American lawyer and second lady of the United States since 2025, being the wife of JD Vance, the 50th vice president of the United States. She is the first Indian-American second lady.

40th United States Secretary of Commerce

Alan Morton Dershowitz is an American lawyer and law professor known for his work in U.S. constitutional and criminal law. From 1964 to 2013, he taught at Harvard Law School, where he was appointed as the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law in 1993. Dershowitz is a regular media contributor, political commentator, and legal analyst.

American media mogul and minister (1930–2023)

American lawyer and politician (born 1979)

American feminist and legal activist

United States Senator from Colorado since 2009 (born 1964)

American political economist (1946–)

American attorney and politician (born 1976)

United States Senator from Connecticut since 2011

American politician (1930–2012)

American law professor and free software advocate

American lawyer and politician (born 1963)

Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 2017 to 2025

American historian (1914–2004)

American diplomat, politician and activist (1915–2011)

American law professor; witness in Clarence Thomas controversy

American journalist

American documentary filmmaker (1930-2026)

Rohit "Ro" Khanna is an American politician and attorney serving as the U.S. representative from California's 17th congressional district since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he defeated eight-term incumbent Democratic representative Mike Honda in the 2016 general election, after first running for the same seat in 2014. Khanna also served as the deputy assistant secretary in the United States Department of Commerce under President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2011.

American politician

Chinese banker and politician (1881–1967)

Lina Maliha Khan is a British and American legal scholar who was the chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from 2021 to 2025. She is also an associate professor at Columbia Law School.

American banking executive, 70th US Treasury Secretary

81st United States Attorney General

American writer and journalist (1967–2020)

American politician, Missouri

American writer, activist, lawyer and Episcopal priest (1910-1985)

American lawyer and politician (born 1937)

American political consultant (born 1970)

American politician (born 1936)

American politician (1903–1963)

American diplomat (1810–1891)

American politician (1941–1997)

US Supreme Court justice from 1958 to 1981 (1915-1985)

American rower (1902–1971)

American lawyer and Secretary of Housing

American environmental advocate and civil rights activist