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Northwestern University School of Law (now Pritzker School of Law)

40 U.S. federal judges studied here. See where it ranks among law schools by judges produced.

Judges

Judge	Degree	Role	Year
Richard Joseph Hopkins	LL.B.	Judge	1901
Lake Jones	LL.B.	Judge	1909
Julius Jennings Hoffman	LL.B.	Judge	1915
Latham Castle	LL.B.	Judge	1924
Arthur Joseph Goldberg	J.D.	Associate Justice	1930
Otto Kerner Jr.	J.D.	Judge	1934
Robert Arthur Sprecher	J.D.	Judge	1941
Julius Howard Miner	LL.M.	Judge	1945
John Paul Stevens	J.D.	Associate Justice	1947
Morell Edward Sharp	J.D.	Judge	1948
Dick Yin Wong	J.D.	Judge	1950
James Arnold von der Heydt	J.D.	Judge	1951
John Francis Grady	J.D.	Judge	1954
George Wakem Lindberg	J.D.	Judge	1957
Marvin E. Aspen	J.D.	Judge	1958
Horace Taliaferro Ward	J.D.	Judge	1959
Joel Martin Flaum	LL.M.	Judge	1964
Robert William Gettleman	J.D.	Judge	1968
Joan Humphrey Lefkow	J.D.	Judge	1971
Barbara A. Caulfield	J.D.	Judge	1972
Elaine E. Bucklo	J.D.	Judge	1972
William M. Skretny	LL.M.	Judge	1972
Jeanne E. Scott	J.D.	Judge	1973
Richard C. Tallman	J.D.	Judge	1978
Algenon L. Marbley	J.D.	Judge	1979
Rubén Castillo	J.D.	Judge	1979
Jeffrey Irvine Cummings	J.D.	Judge	1987
Roberto Antonio Lange	J.D.	Judge	1988
Michael Brian Brennan	J.D.	Judge	1989
John Joseph Tharp Jr.	J.D.	Judge	1990
Laurie Jill Michelson	J.D.	Judge	1992
Joan Louise Larsen	J.D.	Judge	1993
Edmond E-Min Chang	J.D.	Judge	1994
Michael Yale Scudder Jr.	J.D.	Judge	1998
Sunil Ramesh Harjani	J.D.	Judge	2000
April Michelle Perry	J.D.	Judge	2003
John Fitzgerald Kness	J.D.	Judge	2003
Joshua Paul Kolar	J.D.	Judge	2003
Georgia Nick Alexakis	J.D.	Judge	2006
Adam C. Cliffe	LL.B.	Judge	–

Source: FJC Biographical Directory. Data last verified 2026-08-15. Verify against the primary source before relying.