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2004

Albany Law School 
Elliott Spitzer
New York Attorney General

Appalachian School of Law 
Rick Boucher
U.S. Representative from Virginia

Ave Maria School of Law 
Clarence Thomas
U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice 

Baylor University Law School
Prof. Larry T. Bates

Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (Yeshiva) 
Sandra Day O’Connor
U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice

Boston College Law School 
Walter Dellinger
Former Assistant US Attorney General

Brooklyn Law School  
Reena Raggi
Judge, United States Second Circuit of Appeals

Catholic U., Columbus School of Law
Elaine L. Chao
U.S. Secretary of Labor

Chapman University School of Law  
Jay S. Bybee
Judge, U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Chicago-Kent College of Law, Ill. Inst. of Tech. 
Diane P. Wood
Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Drake University Law School 
Dennis W. Archer
President of the American Bar Association

Duke University School of Law 
Theodore B. Olson
U.S. Solicitor General

Florida State University College of Law 
Gene Stearns
"1972 College of Law alumnus and partner with the law firm 
of Stearns, Weaver, Miller, Weissler, Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A. in Miami"

Franklin Pierce Law Center 
Judd Gregg
U.S. Senator from New Hampshire

George Mason School of Law
Danny J. Boggs
Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit 

George Washington University Law School 
Thomas Buergenthal
International Court of Justice Judge

Georgia State University College of Law 
Andrew Young
Former U.N. ambassador and longtime civil-rights leader

Hofstra University School of Law
 
Elliott Spitzer
New York Attorney General

Lewis & Clark Northwestern School of Law
Patricia A. Madrid
Attorney General of New Mexico

Louisiana State University Law Center 
Donna Brazile
Chair of the Democratic National Committee’s Voting Rights Institute

Loyola University School of Law, New Orleans  
Marcel Garsaud
Former Dean of the Law School

McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific  
Craig Manson
Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, U.S. Interior Department

Manhattan Law School
Terence Carter
Former U.S. Ambassador

Mercer University Law School 
Col. James P. Terry

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs

Michigan State University College of Law
Kwame Kilpatrick
The Mayor of Detroit

Northeastern University School of Law 
Stephen B. Bright
Director of the Southern Center for Human Rights

Northwestern University School of Law 
Joseph R. Biden
U.S. Senator - D-Del.

Ohio Northern University, Pettit College of Law 
Thomas J. Moyer
Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court

Quinnipiac College School of Law 
Joette Katz
Connecticut Supreme Court Justice

Roger Williams University School of Law 
W. Richard West, Jr.
Director of the National Museum of the American Indian

Rutgers School of Law - Camden 
Joseph R. Biden
U.S. Senator - D-Del.

St. John's University School of Law
P. Kevin Castel
Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York

St. Mary's University of San Antonio School of Law 
Karen Angelini

Justice, Texas Fourth Court of Appeals

Santa Clara University School of Law
Larry Sonsini
Chairman and CEO of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

South Texas College of Law 
Thomas R. Phillips
Chief Justice, Texas Supreme Court

Stanford Law School 
Barbara Allen Babcock

"The first director of the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia 
and the first female professor at Stanford Law School"

Stetson University College of Law
Charlie Crist
Florida Attorney General

Suffolk University Law School 
Robert J. Grey, Jr.

President-Elect of the American Bar Association
Mitt Romney
Governor of Massachusetts

Texas Wesleyan University School of Law  
William Suter
Clerk of the U.S. Supreme Court

Thomas Jefferson School of Law 
Carlos R. Moreno
Associate Justice for the California Supreme Court

Thomas M. Cooley Law School 
John T. Berry (February 2004)
Executive Director of the State Bar of Michigan

Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center 
Aaron Twerski
The Francis Newell DeValpine Professor of Law at Brooklyn Law School

UCLA School of Law 
Ben Stein
Actor, Economist, Author, Journalist, Screenwriter and Teacher

University of Akron, C. Blake McDowell Law Center 
Peter T. Cahoon 
President-elect of the Akron Bar Association

University of Alabama School of Law 
Harold Ford Jr.
U.S. Representative from Tennessee

University of Arkansas School of Law (Fayetteville)
Dale Bumpers
Former Arkansas Governor and U.S. Senator 

University of Dayton School of Law 
Gerry Faust
Former Notre Dame head football coach and University of Dayton alumnus

University of Denver College of Law 
Al LaCabe Jr.

Denver manager of public safety

University of Georgia School of Law
Leah Ward Sears
Supreme Court of Georgia Presiding Justice

University of Iowa College of Law 
Norm Coleman
U.S. Senator from Minnesota and 1976 UI College of Law alumnus

University of Minnesota Law School 
Nadine Strossen
President of the ACLU

University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law 
Tom Hyde
Executive Vice President and Senior General Counsel for Wal-Mart

University of Nebraska College of Law
Chuck Hagel
U.S. Senator, R-Neb.

University of New Mexico School of Law
Bill Richardson
N.M. Governor

University of North Dakota School of Law  
Bryan Stevenson
Public Interest Lawyer

University of Richmond School of Law
 
Joel Holt
A "1977 graduate of the law school and lawyer from the Virgin Islands"

University of Southern California Law School 
Bruce Karatz
Chairman and CEO of KB Home

University of Tennessee College of Law 
Paul G. Summers
Tennessee Attorney General

University of Toledo College of Law 
Ted Turner
CNN Founder

University of Washington School of Law
Erwin Chemerinsky
USC Professor

University of Wisconsin Law School
Cory L. Nettles
Secretary of Commerce for the State of Wisconsin

Valparaiso University School of Law 
Randall T. Shepard
Chief Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court

Vermont Law School 
Winona LaDuke 
"... an internationally acclaimed Native American speaker, writer, and organizer on environmental justice and other issues.
In 1996 and 2000, LaDuke was Ralph Nader's vice presidential running mate on the Green Party ticket."

Wake Forest University School of Law
Robert J. Grey, Jr.
The President-Elect of the American Bar Association

Washburn University School of Law  
Paul L. Brady
Former Federal Administrative Law Judge

Western New England College School of Law 
Roderick L. Ireland
Associate Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court

William and Mary School of Law
Leroy Rountree Hassell, Sr.
Chief Justice of the Virginia Supreme Court

William Mitchell College of Law 
Harry J. Haynsworth
Retiring Dean and President



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