Alma mater

Yale College

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

Judges

Judge	Degree	Role	Year
Richard Law		Judge	1751
John Sloss Hobart		Judge	1757
Nathaniel Chipman		Judge	1777
Matthias Burnett Tallmadge		Judge	1795
Henry Baldwin	B.A.	Associate Justice	1797
William Bristol		Judge	1798
John Kintzing Kane		Judge	1814
Charles Anthony Ingersoll	A.M.	Judge	1827
William Strong	B.A.	Associate Justice	1828
Morrison Remick Waite		Chief Justice	1837
Leonard Eugene Wales		Judge	1845
William Burnham Woods	A.B.	Associate Justice	1845
Rensselaer Russell Nelson		Judge	1846
Nathaniel Shipman		Judge	1848
Edward Coke Billings		Judge	1853
George Shiras Jr.		Associate Justice	1853
David Josiah Brewer	A.B.	Associate Justice	1856
Henry Billings Brown	B.A.	Associate Justice	1856
John B. Rector		Judge	1859
Elmer Bragg Adams	B.A.	Judge	1865
George Chandler Holt	A.B.	Judge	1866
John William Showalter		Judge	1867
Edward Green Bradford II	A.B.	Judge	1868
LeBaron Bradford Colt	A.B.	Judge	1868
Edward Beers Thomas	A.B.	Judge	1870
Robert Wodrow Archbald	A.B.	Judge	1871
William Kneeland Townsend	A.B.	Judge	1871
James Perry Platt	A.B.	Judge	1873
Howard Clark Hollister	A.B.	Judge	1878
William Howard Taft	B.A.	Chief Justice	1878
Henry Clay McDowell	B.A.	Judge	1881
William Irwin Grubb	A.B.	Judge	1883
Wilbur Franklin Booth	A.B.	Judge	1884
Thomas Chatfield	A.B.	Judge	1893
Stanley Forman Reed	B.A.	Associate Justice	1906
Charles Edward Clark	B.A.	Judge	1911
Edward Jordan Dimock	A.B.	Judge	1911
John Joseph Smith	B.A.	Judge	1925
Robert Palmer Anderson	B.A.	Judge	1927
George Thomas Washington	Ph.B.	Judge	1928
Richard Wellington McLaren	B.A.	Judge	1939
Robert Lanier Anderson III	A.B.	Judge	1958
Richard Allen Posner	A.B.	Judge	1959
Allen Joe Fish	B.A.	Judge	1965
Barrington Daniels Parker Jr.	B.A.	Judge	1965
Carlos R. Moreno	B.A.	Judge	1970
Richard G. Seeborg	B.A.	Judge	1978
Edgardo Ramos	B.A.	Judge	1982
Cornelia Thayer Livingston Pillard	B.A.	Judge	1983
Leo Theodore Sorokin	B.A.	Judge	1983
James Emanuel Boasberg	B.A.	Judge	1985
Jeffrey Alker Meyer	B.A.	Judge	1985
Pamela Ann Harris	B.A.	Judge	1985
Wilhelmina Marie Wright	B.A.	Judge	1986
Brett M. Kavanaugh	B.A.	Associate Justice	1987
Gary Feinerman	B.A.	Judge	1987
Myrna Pérez	B.A.	Judge	1996
Theodore Howard McCaleb		Judge	–
William Henry Hunt		Judge	–

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