List of University of Minnesota Law School alumni

Following is list a notable alumni of the University of Minnesota Law School.

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

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

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 F. Smith, former president, San Diego Padres
 * Nick Thompson, MMA Fighter