page_title: University of Colorado Law School
section_title: Notable alumni
hierarchical_section_title: University of Colorado Law School / Notable alumni
caption_attribution_description: English: U.S. Supreme Court photograph of Wiley Blount Rutledge
context_page_description: The University of Colorado Law School is one of the professional graduate schools within the University of Colorado System. It is a public law school, with more than 500 students attending and working toward a Juris Doctor or Master of Studies in Law. The Wolf Law Building is located in Boulder, Colorado, and is sited on the south side of the University of Colorado at Boulder campus. The law school houses the William A. Wise Law Library, which is a regional archive for federal government materials and is open to the public. United States Supreme Court Justice Wiley Blount Rutledge graduated from the University of Colorado Law School in 1922.
  The University of Colorado Law School consistently ranks in the top 50 law schools in U.S. News & World Report rankings. According to Colorado's official 2015 ABA-required disclosures, 74.2% of the Class of 2015 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment nine months after graduation. For 2015 graduates, the overall employment rate was 96% at 10 months after graduation, including JD-required, JD-advantaged, and other positions.
context_section_description: United States Senators
  Gordon L. Allott (LL.B. 1929), former United States Senator from Colorado
  Hank Brown (J.D. 1969),  former United States Senator from Colorado and former president of the University of Colorado and the University of Northern Colorado
  Cory Gardner (J.D. 2001), United States Senator from Colorado, former U.S. Representative from Colorado
  Eugene Millikin (LL.B. 1913), former United States Senator from Colorado
  United States Governors
  George Alfred Carlson (LL.B. 1904), former Governor of Colorado
  Ralph Lawrence Carr (LL.B. 1912), former Governor of Colorado
  William Lee Knous (LL.B. 1911), former Governor of Colorado
  Bill Ritter (J.D. 1981), former Governor of Colorado, Denver District Attorney, Advisor to the U.S. Attorney General
  Roy Romer (LL.B. 1952), former Governor of Colorado
  United States Representatives
  Donald G. Brotzman (LL.B. 1949), former U.S. Representative from Colorado
  John Chenoweth (LL.B. 1916), former U.S. Representative from Colorado
  James Paul Johnson (LL.B. 1959), former U.S. Representative from Colorado
  John H. Marsalis (LL.B. 1934), former U.S. Representative from Colorado
  John J. McIntyre (LL.B. 1928), Former U.S. Representative from Wyoming, Justice on the Wyoming Supreme Court
  Joe Neguse (J.D. 2009), U.S. Representative from Colorado
  Ed Perlmutter (J.D. 1978), U.S. Representative from Colorado
  Federal Supreme Court and Appellate Judges
  Jean Sala Breitenstein (LL.B. 1924), former United States federal judge for the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
  William Edward Doyle (LL.B. 1940), former United States federal judge for the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
  Wiley Blount Rutledge (LL.B. 1922), former Associate Justice on the United States Supreme Court 
  Timothy Tymkovich (J.D. 1982), United States Federal Judge with the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
  Federal District Court Judges
  Alfred Albert Arraj (LL.B. 1928), former United States federal judge for the United States District Court for the District of Colorado
  Robert E. Blackburn (J.D. 1974), United States federal judge for the United States District Court for the District of Colorado
  Olin Hatfield Chilson (LL.B. 1927), former United States federal judge for the United States District Court for the District of Colorado
  Larry R. Hicks (J.D. 1968), United States federal judge United States District Court for the District of Nevada
  Marcia S. Krieger (J.D. 1979), judge for the United States District Court for the District of Colorado
  Walker David Miller (LL.B. 1963), former United States federal judge for the United States District Court for the District of Colorado
  William J. Rea (LL.B. 1949), former United States federal judge for the United States District Court for the Central District of California
  Edward Nottingham (J.D. 1972), former United States federal judge for the United States District Court for the District of Colorado
  Waldo Henry Rogers (LL.B. 1931), former United States Federal Judge for the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico
  Jacob Weinberger (LL.B. 1904), former United States Federal Judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of California
  Robert Wherry, former Judge of the United States Tax Court
  Fred M. Winner (LL.B. 1936), former United States Federal Judge for the United States District Court for the District of Colorado
  State Supreme Court Justices
  Michael L. Bender (J.D. 1967), former Chief Justice on the Colorado Supreme Court
  Nathan B. Coats (J.D. 1977), current Chief Justice on the Colorado Supreme Court
  Carol Ronning Kapsner (J.D. 1977), Justice, North Dakota Supreme Court
  Alex J. Martinez (J.D. 1976), former Justice on the Colorado Supreme Court
  William Neighbors (J.D. 1965), former Justice on the Colorado Supreme Court
  Luis Rovira (LL.B. 1950), former Chief Justice on the Colorado Supreme Court
  Felix L. Sparks (LL.B. 1947), former Justice on the Colorado Supreme Court, American Brigadier General
  Business
  Louis O. Kelso (LL.B. 1938), Founder of private equity firm Kelso & Company, inventor of the Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  Floyd Odlum (LL.B. 1914), founde
caption: Wiley Rutledge '22 served on the United States Supreme Court from 1943 to 1949.
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