# List of University of Minnesota Law School alumni

The University of Minnesota Law School is a public law school in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is part of the University of Minnesota. Following are some of its notable alumni.

## Academia

* Johanna Bond, law professor and academic administrator
* Willard L. Boyd, former president of the University of Iowa and Field Museum of Natural History
* Jay Conison, dean of law at the Charlotte School of Law and the past dean of law at Valparaiso University
* Joel Dobris, professor of law at the University of California, Davis
* Neil Fulton, dean of the University of South Dakota School of Law
* Ernest Gellhorn, former dean of law at Arizona State University, Case Western Reserve University, and the University of Washington
* Michael J. Glennon, professor of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
* William Hawkland, former chancellor of Louisiana State University
* James L. Hetland Jr., former professor of law at the University of Minnesota
* John Hutson, dean of the University of New Hampshire School of Law and former Judge Advocates General of the Navy
* Robert Kingsley, former dean and the USC Law, and California appellate judge
* Jane Larson, former professor of law at the University of Wisconsin–Madison
* Harry S. Martin, former librarian and professor of law, Harvard University
* Richard C. Maxwell, former dean of law at UCLA
* Grant S. Nelson, former professor of law at UCLA
* John S. Pillsbury, Jr., former president of Northwestern National Life Insurance Company
* Maynard Pirsig, former dean of the University of Minnesota Law School and former temporary justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
* Daniel D. Polsby, dean of law at George Mason University
* William Prosser, former dean of law at the University of California, Berkeley
* Millard Ruud, former executive director of the Association of American Law Schools and former associate dean of the law of the University of Texas-Austin
* Lee Seokwoo, associate professor of law at Inha University and former Research Scholar at Oxford University
* Harold Stassen, former president of the University of Pennsylvania and former governor of Minnesota
* Nancy Staudt, dean of law at Washington University in St. Louis
* Robert Stein, former dean of the University of Minnesota Law School and former executive director of the American Bar Association
* Michael A. Wolff, dean of the Saint Louis University School of Law and former chief justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri

## Business

* James H. Binger, former chief executive officer of Honeywell
* Alden W. Clausen, former president of the World Bank
* Terrance Hanold, former president of the Pillsbury Company
* Stephen F. Keating, former president of the Honeywell
* Leonard Murray, former president of the Soo Line Railroad
* Tim Pawlenty, president of Financial Services Roundtable and former governor of Minnesota
* William John Quinn, former president of the Milwaukee Road
* Irving S. Shapiro, former CEO of DuPont
* Arne Sorenson, CEO of Marriott International
* Michael P. Sullivan, former president of Dairy Queen
* Michael W. Wright, former CEO of Supervalu

## Entertainment

* Guy Branum, comedian
* Laura Coates, legal analyst for CNN
* Azhar Usman, standup comic

## Government

* Caroline A. Crenshaw, commissioner of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
* B. Todd Jones, director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and chief disciplinary officer of the National Football League
* Roger G. Kennedy, director of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History and director of the National Park Service

## Judiciary
### Federal

* Donald Alsop, federal judge
* Leland Bush, judge of the District Court of Minnesota
* Nancy E. Brasel, federal judge
* Myron Bright, former judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
* William Canby, judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
* Michael J. Davis, federal judge
* David S. Doty, federal judge
* Henry Norman Graven, former federal judge
* Gerald Heaney, former judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
* Richard H. Kyle, federal judge
* Earl R. Larson, former federal judge
* Brett H. Ludwig, federal judge
* George MacKinnon, former judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
* Harry H. MacLaughlin, former federal judge
* Patrick J. McNulty, former United States Bankruptcy Court judge and WWII fighter pilot
* Ann D. Montgomery, federal judge
* Diana E. Murphy, judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
* Philip Neville, former federal judge
* Gunnar Nordbye, former federal judge
* Milton D. Purdy, former federal judge, served on United States Court for China
* James M. Rosenbaum, federal judge
* George F. Sullivan, former federal judge
* John R. Tunheim, federal judge
* Charles Joseph Vogel, former judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

### State

* G. Barry Anderson, justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
* Paul H. Anderson, justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
* Russell A. Anderson, former Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
* Kathleen A. Blatz, former Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
* Harrison A. Bronson, former justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court
* Edward T. Burke, former justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court
* Theodore Christianson, former justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
* Mary Jeanne Coyne, former justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
* John P. Devaney, former Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
* Ralph J. Erickstad, former Chief Justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court
* Joan Ericksen, judge of the U .S. District Court for the District of Minnesota
* Paul Feinman, judge of the New York Court of Appeals
* Frank T. Gallagher, former justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
* Thomas F. Gallagher, former justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
* Sandra Gardebring Ogren, former justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
* James H. Gilbert, former justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
* Thomas Eugene Grady, former justice of the Washington Supreme Court
* Natalie Hudson, justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
* Fallon Kelly, former justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
* Janine Kern, justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court
* Oscar Knutson, former chief justice of Minnesota Supreme Court
* Joan Ericksen Lancaster, former justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
* Ernest W. Lewis, former justice of the Arizona Supreme Court
* Lee Loevinger, former justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
* Charles Loring, former chief justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
* Leroy E. Matson, former justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
* Julius J. Olson, former justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
* James C. Otis, former justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
* Alan Page, justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court and Pro Football Hall of Famer
* Harry H. Peterson, justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court and former Minnesota attorney general
* Walter F. Rogosheske, former justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
* Robert Sheran, former chief justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
* John E. Simonett, former justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
* Leslie Stein, judge of the New York Court of Appeals
* Royal A. Stone, former justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court (did not graduate)
* Thomas O. Streissguth, former justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
* Edward C. Stringer, former justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
* John J. Todd, former justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
* Samuel B. Wilson, former justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
* Michael A. Wolff, former chief justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri and dean of Saint Louis University School of Law
* Lawrence R. Yetka, former justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court

## Law
### Attorney General

* Henry N. Benson, former Minnesota Attorney General
* Keith Ellison, Minnesota Attorney General and the first Muslim elected to the United States Congress
* William S. Ervin, former Attorney General of Minnesota
* Mike Hatch, former Minnesota Attorney General
* Douglas M. Head, former Minnesota Attorney General
* Hubert "Skip" Humphrey, former Minnesota Attorney General and Minnesota State Senator
* Henry Linde, former North Dakota Attorney General
* Miles Lord, former Minnesota Attorney General and U.S. District Court Judge
* Robert W. Mattson, Sr., former Minnesota Attorney General
* William D. Mitchell, former Attorney General of the United States
* Byron S. Payne, South Dakota Attorney General
* Byron S. Payne, former Attorney General of South Dakota
* Harry H. Peterson, former Minnesota attorney general and justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
* Albert F. Pratt, former Minnesota Attorney General and member of Minnesota House of Representatives
* Warren Spannaus, former Minnesota Attorney General
* Leo A. Temmey, former Attorney General of South Dakota

### U.S. Attorney

* Thomas B. Heffelfinger, former U.S. Attorney for Minnesota

### Private practice

* David R. Brink, former president of the American Bar Association
* Michael Ciresi, trial lawyer
* Frank Claybourne, president of the Minnesota State Bar Association (1979–1980) and general counsel of the Republican Party of Minnesota (1950–1974)
* Norris Darrell, former president of the American Law Institute
* Melvin Steen, founding partner of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
* McCants Stewart, first African American LL.M. recipient and first African American lawyer in Oregon

## Literature and journalism

* Marshall Houts, author
* Scott W. Johnson, conservative blogger
* Katherine Kersten, conservative columnist
* Allan Ryan, Director of Intellectual Property at Harvard Business School Publishing, Harvard University

## Politics

* Ellen Anderson, Minnesota State Senator
* Wendell Anderson, former Governor of Minnesota and United States Senator
* LaRoy Baird, North Dakota State Senator
* Jack Baker, GLBT activist, the first couple to apply for a same-sex marriage license in 1970
* Dean Barkley, former United States Senator
* James J. Blanchard, former Governor of Michigan and U.S. Ambassador to Canada
* Quentin N. Burdick, U.S. House of Representatives and former United States Senator
* Usher L. Burdick, former United States Representative and Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota
* J. A. A. Burnquist, former governor of Minnesota
* Harlan J. Bushfield, former Governor of South Dakota and United States Senator
* Phil Carruthers, former Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives
* Ray P. Chase, former United States Congressman (did not graduate)
* Satveer Chaudhary, former Minnesota State Senator
* Theodore Christianson, former governor of Minnesota and United States Congressman
* Frederick A. Cina, Minnesota state representative
* Lawrence D. Cohen, former mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota
* Chris Coleman, Mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota
* Charles M. Dale, former Governor of New Hampshire
* Scott H. DeLisi, United States Ambassador to Nepal
* Everett Dirksen, former United States Senator (did not graduate)
* David Durenberger, former United States Senator
* Judi Dutcher, former Minnesota State Auditor
* Keith Ellison, first Muslim elected to the United States Congress and Minnesota Attorney General
* Franklin Ellsworth, former United States Representative
* Matt Entenza, former Minnesota House Minority Leader
* Donald M. Fraser, former United States Congressman and mayor of Minneapolis
* Orville Freeman, former governor of Minnesota
* Godfrey G. Goodwin, former United States Representative
* Samuel D. Heins, United States Ambassador to Norway
* Einar Hoidale, former United States Congressman
* Melissa Hortman, Minnesota State Representative
* Hubert "Skip" Humphrey, Minnesota State Senator and Minnesota Attorney General
* Sly James, mayor of Kansas City, Missouri
* Samuel L. Kaplan, United States Ambassador to Morocco
* Ron Kind, United States Congressman
* Thomas E. Latimer, former mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota
* George E. Leach, former mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota
* Harold LeVander, former governor of Minnesota
* John Lind, former governor of Minnesota
* Ernest Lundeen, former United States Senator
* William Paul Luther, former United States Congressman
* Tom McDonald, former U.S. Ambassador to Zimbabwe
* Clark MacGregor, former United States Representative
* James Manahan, former United States Representative
* Carlos Mariani, Minnesota State Representative (did not graduate)
* Edmon Marukyan, member of the National Assembly of Armenia
* J. E. Meyers, former mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota
* Geoff Michel, Minnesota State Senator
* Clarence B. Miller, former United States Representative
* Richard Moe, chief of staff to the vice president and former president, National Trust for Historic Preservation
* Walter Mondale, former Vice President of the United States and United States Ambassador to Japan
* Wayne Morse, former United States Senator
* Mee Moua, former Minnesota State Senator
* Joe Mullery, Minnesota State Representative
* Constance Berry Newman, former United States Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs
* Walter Newton, former United States Representative
* Dave Olin, former Minnesota State Representative
* Mabeth Hurd Paige, one of the first four-woman elected to the Minnesota Legislature in 1923
* Mary Pawlenty, former First Lady of Minnesota and former judge
* Albert F. Pratt, former Minnesota Attorney General and member of Minnesota House of Representatives
* J. A. O. Preus, former governor of Minnesota
* A. J. Rockne, former Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives and longest-serving member
* Christian Rosenmeier, former Minnesota State Senator
* A. J. Rosier, Wyoming state senator
* Edward Rustad, former Minnesota State Senator
* Elmer Ryan, former United States Representative
* Harry A. Sieben, former Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives
* Gerald Edward Sikorski, former United States Congressman
* Steve Simon, Minnesota State Representative
* George Ross Smith, former United States Representative
* Harold Stassen, former governor of Minnesota and former president of the University of Pennsylvania
* Dave Thompson, Minnesota State Senator
* Bruce Marion Van Sickle, former federal judge, member of North Dakota House of Representatives
* William W. Ward, former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
* Charlie Weaver, Jr., former Minnesota state representative and the governor's Chief of Staff
* John Francis Wheaton, first African American graduate and the first African American member of the Minnesota Legislature
* Benson Whitney, former United States Ambassador to Norway
* Ryan Winkler, Minnesota State Representative
* Sandra Casber Wise, former First Lady of West Virginia
* George M. Young, former United States Representative

## Sports

* B. Todd Jones, Chief Disciplinary Officer, National Football League, former director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)
* Alan Page, Pro Football Hall of Famer and justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
* Greg Raymer, 2004 World Series of Poker Champion
* Ballard Smith, former president, San Diego Padres
* Nick Thompson, MMA Fighter