This is a list of notable alumni of Yale Law School, the law school of the American Yale University, located in New Haven, Connecticut. (For a list of notable Yale University graduates, see the list of Yale University people.) Records are kept by the Association of Yale Alumni. All degrees listed below are LL.B. (the primary professional degree in law conferred by Yale Law School until 1971) or J.D. (the primary professional degree in law conferred since 1971), unless noted otherwise. Yale Law's three–year J.D. (LL.B., prior to 1971) program enrolls an incoming class of approximately 200 students, one of the smallest incoming class sizes of all top law schools.

Law and government

United States government

Executive branch

U.S. presidents

U.S. vice presidents

U.S. attorneys general

U.S. solicitors general

Other cabinet and cabinet-level officials

Legislative branch (U.S. Congress)

Senators

Representatives

Judicial branch

Supreme Court justices

Federal Court judges

Federal courts of appeals

Federal district courts

Other courts

State government

Governors

State politicians

State judges

City government

U.S. diplomatic figures

Other U.S. political figures

Non-United States government

Non-United States political figures

Heads of state or heads of government

Other political figures

Non-United States judicial figures

International court judges

National court judges

International organization figures

Notable attorneys

Public policy leaders

Academia

University presidents and other administrators

Legal academia

Law school deans

Legal scholars

Constitutional law

Criminal law

Civil and human rights law

Intellectual property

International law

Jurisprudence

Other legal scholars

Other scholars

Activism

Business

Film, theater, and television

Writers

Media and journalism

Commentators

Journalists

Military

Sports

Other

Non-graduates

These students attended Yale Law but, for various reasons, did not graduate.

Fictitious alumni