Where Judges Went to Law School: Federal District Judges


Law School # Judges

Harvard University

77

Yale University

39

Georgetown University

34

University of Texas Austin

31

University of Virginia

29

Columbia University

26

University of Michigan Ann Arbor

25

University of Florida

21

University of California Berkeley

17

10 

University of Georgia

17

11 

University of Pennsylvania

17

12 

Louisiana State - Baton Rouge

16

13 

Stanford University

15

14 

University of Oklahoma

15

15 

Emory University

14

16 

George Washington University

14

17 

University of Alabama

14

18 

University of Arizona

13

19 

Vanderbilt University

13

20 

Duke University

12

21 

New York University

12

22 

Northwestern University

12

23 

Temple University

12

24 

University of Kentucky

12

25 

University of Mississippi

12

26 

University of South Carolina

12

27 

Cornell University

11

28 

Howard University

11

29 

University of California Los Angeles

11

30 

University of Chicago

11

31 

Tulane University

10

32 

Fordham University

9

33 

Penn State University (Dickinson)

9

34 

Rutgers State University Camden

9

35 

St. Louis University

9

36 

University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

9

37 

University of Notre Dame

9

38 

University of Utah

9

39 

American University

8

40 

Southern Methodist University

8

41 

University of Iowa

8

42 

University of Kansas

8

43 

University of Minnesota Twin Cities

8

44 

University of Washington

8

45 

Wayne State University

8

46 

Baylor University

7

47 

Indiana University Bloomington

7

48 

Ohio State University

7

49 

Syracuse University

7

50 

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

7

51 

University of Maryland

7

52 

University of Miami

7

53 

University of Missouri Kansas City

7

54 

University of Tennessee Knoxville

7

55 

West Virginia University

7

56 

Brooklyn Law School

6

57 

Catholic University of America

6

58 

Cleveland State University

6

59 

Duquesne University

6

60 

Loyola University Chicago

6

61 

St. John's University

6

62 

University of Houston

6

63 

University of Missouri Columbia

6

64 

University of Montana

6

65 

University of Puerto Rico

6

66 

University of South Dakota

6

67 

Washington and Lee University

6

68 

Loyola Law School

5

69 

Loyola University New Orleans

5

70 

Seton Hall University

5

71 

University at Buffalo

5

72 

University of Arkansas Little Rock

5

73 

University of Cincinnati

5

74 

University of Colorado Boulder

5

75 

University of Southern California

5

76 

Wake Forest University

5

77 

Boston College

4

78 

College of William and Mary

4

79 

Creighton University

4

80 

DePaul University

4

81 

Drake University

4

82 

Marquette University

4

83 

Michigan State College of Law

4

84 

Northeastern University

4

85 

Rutgers State University Newark

4

86 

Stetson University

4

87 

University of Akron

4

88 

University of California Hastings

4

89 

University of Connecticut

4

90 

University of Pittsburgh

4

91 

University of San Diego

4

92 

Washburn University

4

93 

Washington University in St Louis

4

94 

Albany Law School of Union University

3

95 

Boston University

3

96 

Brigham Young University

3

97 

California Western School of Law

3

98 

Case Western Reserve University

3

99 

John Marshall Law School - Chicago

3

100 

Lewis and Clark College

3

101 

Samford University

3

102 

Southwestern University School of Law

3

103 

St. Mary's University

3

104 

University of Arkansas Fayetteville

3

105 

University of Denver

3

106 

University of Detroit Mercy

3

107 

University of Memphis

3

108 

University of New Mexico

3

109 

University of North Dakota

3

110 

University of Oregon

3

111 

University of the Pacific

3

112 

Arizona State University

2

113 

Florida State University

2

114 

George Mason University

2

115 

Gonzaga University

2

116 

Mercer University

2

117 

New York Law School

2

118 

Northern Kentucky University

2

119 

South Texas College of Law

2

120 

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

2

121 

Suffolk University

2

122 

University of California Davis

2

123 

University of Idaho

2

124 

University of Louisville

2

125 

University of Nebraska Lincoln

2

126 

University of Richmond

2

127 

University of Toledo

2

128 

University of Wisconsin Madison

2

129 

Villanova University

2

130 

Willamette University

2

131 

Capital University

1

132 

Cardozo-Yeshiva University

1

133 

Florida International University

1

134 

Franklin Pierce Law Center

1

135 

Golden Gate University

1

136 

Hamline University

1

137 

Mississippi College

1

138 

Ohio Northern University

1

139 

Pontifical Catholic University

1

140 

Santa Clara University

1

141 

Seattle University

1

142 

Texas Southern University

1

143 

Texas Tech University

1

144 

University of Maine

1

145 

University of San Francisco

1

146 

University of The District of Columbia

1

147 

University of Wyoming

1

148 

Western State University

1

149 

Whittier Law School

1

150 

Widener University

1

151 

William Mitchell College of Law

1

 

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