Notable Alumni of New York Law School

Meir Kahane 1932–1990

Rabbi and founder of Israel's far-right Kach party

Also attended: CUNY Brooklyn College, Mirrer Yeshiva Cent Institute, New York University

Bainbridge Colby 1869–1950

Woodrow Wilson's last Secretary of State

Also attended: Williams College, Columbia University in the City of New York

Eliot Engel 1947–2026

Democratic U.S. representative from New York

Juris Doctor · Class of 1987

Also attended: CUNY Hunter College, CUNY Lehman College

Robert Ferdinand Wagner 1877–1953

Democratic US Senator from New York

Attended until 1900

Also attended: CUNY--City College

Child: Robert Ferdinand Wagner Jr. (Yale University, Harvard University)

John Marshall Harlan II 1899–1971

US Supreme Court justice from 1955 to 1971

Also attended: Princeton University

Francis Burton Harrison 1873–1957

Congressman and governor-general of the Philippines

Also attended: Yale University

Father: Burton Harrison (Yale University)

Sibling: Fairfax Harrison (Yale University, Columbia University in the City of New York)

Benjamin A. Gilman 1922–2016

Republican U.S. Representative from New York

Bachelor of Laws · Class of 1950

Also attended: University of Pennsylvania

Michael Grimm 1970–

Former US Representative from New York

Attended until 2002

Also attended: CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

Jimmy Walker 1881–1946

98th Mayor of New York City

James Watson Gerard 1867–1951

Lawyer, diplomat and New York Supreme Court justice

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York

John Francis Hylan 1868–1936

97th Mayor of New York City

Frederick W. Mulkey 1874–1924

Oregon attorney and politician

Also attended: University of Oregon

Mario Biaggi 1917–2015

Ten-term U.S. Representative from New York

Mike Arcuri 1959–

Former U.S. representative for New York

Juris Doctor · Class of 1984

Also attended: SUNY at Albany

John Purroy Mitchel 1879–1918

96th Mayor of New York City

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York

Leo Cherne 1912–1999

Economist and longtime International Rescue Committee chairman

Dollie Lowther Robinson

Labor unionist and politician

Also attended: CUNY Brooklyn College

Sybil Shainwald 1928–2025

Attorney and women's health reform activist

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York, College of William and Mary

Guy Victor Molinari 1928–2018

Former US Representative and Staten Island borough president

Also attended: Wagner College

Child: Susan Molinari (SUNY at Albany)

Warren I. Lee 1874–1955

US representative from New York

Also attended: Hamilton College

Charles Dunsmore Millard 1873–1944

Former U.S. Representative from New York

Also attended: Brown University

John Taber 1880–1965

U.S. Representative from New York, 1923 to 1963

Attended until 1904

Also attended: Yale University

William Nelson Runyon 1871–1931

Acting New Jersey governor and federal district judge

Also attended: Yale University

John Joseph Fitzgerald 1872–1952

Nine-term U.S. representative from New York

Also attended: Manhattan University

David Hunter Miller 1875–1961

Lawyer and treaty expert, helped draft League covenant

Clarence Eugene Hancock 1885–1948

US representative from New York and attorney

Also attended: Wesleyan University

Ferdinand Pecora 1882–1971

Judge and chief counsel of Senate Banking Committee

Elvin Nimrod 1943–

Former Deputy Prime Minister of Grenada

Also attended: CUNY Brooklyn College, CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Charles G. Bennett 1863–1914

Republican U.S. Representative from New York

Tiffany Cabán 1988–

New York City Council member and former public defender

Juris Doctor · Class of 2012

Also attended: The Pennsylvania State University

John B. Johnston 1882–1960

US representative from New York and judge

George Murray Hulbert 1881–1950

US representative and federal judge from New York

Harry H. Dale 1868–1935

Lawyer and US Representative from New York

Franklin William Fort 1880–1937

US representative from New Jersey

Also attended: Princeton University

William L. Tierney 1876–1958

Former U.S. representative from Connecticut

Also attended: Fordham University

Thomas Francis Smith 1865–1923

New York congressman and lawyer

Also attended: Manhattan University

Vincent Viola 1956–

Billionaire high-frequency trader and Army veteran

Juris Doctor

Also attended: New York University, The United States Military Academy at West Point

Vijaya Gadde 1974–

Former general counsel and legal head at Twitter

Also attended: Cornell University

Maurice Raymond Greenberg 1925–

Former chairman and CEO of AIG

Also attended: University of Miami

Child: Evan G. Greenberg (New York University)

Child: Jeffrey Wayne Greenberg (Georgetown University, Brown University)

Marc Lasry 1961–

Co-founder and CEO of Avenue Capital Group

Also attended: Clark University

Sibling: Sonia Gardner (Clark University, Yeshiva University)

Joe J. Plumeri 1943–

Former chairman and CEO of Willis Group Holdings

Also attended: College of William and Mary

Raymond Blaine Fosdick 1883–1972

Lawyer, fourth president of the Rockefeller Foundation

Chester Carlson 1906–1968

Inventor of xerography

Also attended: California Institute of Technology, Riverside City College

Charles Gordon Curtis 1860–1953

Engineer who developed the Curtis steam turbine

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York

Edwin Borchard 1884–1951

International legal scholar at Yale Law School

Wallace Stevens 1879–1955

American modernist poet

Also attended: Harvard University

Judy Sheindlin 1942–

Television judge of Judge Judy

Also attended: American University

Spouse: Jerry Sheindlin (Brooklyn Law School)

Elmer Rice 1892–1967

Playwright, author of Street Scene

Arnold Kopelson 1935–2018

Film producer of Platoon and Seven

Arthur Hornblow, Jr. 1893–1976

American film producer

Also attended: Dartmouth College

Arthur Benjamin Reeve 1880–1936

Mystery writer, creator of Craig Kennedy

Paul Dougherty 1877–1947

American marine painter

Also attended: New York University

Laura Ricciardi

Filmmaker, co-creator of Making a Murderer

Juris Doctor

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York, Manhattan University

Chris Iijima 1948–2005

Folksinger, educator and legal scholar

Juris Doctor

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York

Henry Denker 1912–2012

Novelist, playwright and screenwriter

Walter Dukes 1930–2001

Former NBA center for Knicks, Lakers and Pistons

Also attended: Seton Hall University

Marvin Powell 1955–2022

Former NFL offensive tackle for the New York Jets

Juris Doctor

Also attended: University of Southern California

Ben Crosby 1868–1892

College football player and coach

Dave Fultz 1875–1959

MLB outfielder, football and baseball coach

Also attended: New York University, Brown University

George Henry Payne 1876–1945

Author, publisher and Theodore Roosevelt campaign manager

Also attended: CUNY--City College