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The Order of the Coif is an honor society for law school graduates. It was founded at the University of Illinois College of Law in 1902. Following are some of its notable members.
Presidents and chancellors
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Attorney, government
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Attorney, private practice
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U.S. District Court
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Court of Federal Claims
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Other federal courts
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Name
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Chapter
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Notability
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References
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E. Almer Ames Jr.
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Washington and Lee School of Law
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Virginia Senate
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[45]
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Lucius D. Battle
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Stanford Law School
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U.S. Ambassador to Egypt
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[17]
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Herbert Brownell Jr.
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Yale Law School
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United States Attorney General and New York State Assembly
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[22]
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Peter S. Brunstetter
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University of Virginia School of Law
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North Carolina Senate
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[68]
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M. Caldwell Butler
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University of Virginia School of Law
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United States House of Representatives and Virginia House of Delegates
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[45]
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Robert Young Button
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University of Virginia School of Law
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Virginia Senate and Attorney General of Virginia
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[23]
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Virgil Chapman
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University of Kentucky College of Law
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United States Senator and United States House of Representatives
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[27][69]
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Warren Christopher
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Stanford Law School
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United States Secretary of State
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[70]
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Bennett Champ Clark
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George Washington University Law School
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United States Senate and U.S. circuit judge of the
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
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[17]
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Felix Cole
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George Washington University Law School.
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U.S. Ambassador to Ceylon, U.S. Minister to Ethiopia, and U.S. Consul General in Warsaw
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[17]
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James L. Connaughton
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Northwestern University School of Law
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George W. Bush administration environmental adviser and
chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality
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[71]
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Tom Davis
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University of Maryland School of Law
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South Carolina Senate
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[72]
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Jennifer Decker
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University of Kentucky College of Law
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Kentucky House of Representatives
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[73]
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James L. Dennis
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University of Virginia School of Law
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Louisiana House of Representatives, associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court,
and senior U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
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[74]
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John Levering Early
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Florida House of Representatives and mayor of Sarasota, Florida
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[45]
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John W. Eggleston
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Washington and Lee University School of Law
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Virginia Senate and chief justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia
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[75]
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Joseph Bernard Gildenhorn
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Yale Law School
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U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland
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[76]
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Harrison J. Goldin
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Yale Law School
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New York State Senate and New York City Comptroller
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[77]
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Carte Goodwin
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Emory University Law School
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United States Senator
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[78]
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Josh Hsu
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Georgetown University Law Center
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political advisor, special assistant to the president, and counsel to Vice President Kamala Harris
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[79]
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Mark Hutchison
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Brigham Young University Law School
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Lieutenant Governor of Nevada
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[80]
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Tim Johnson
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University of Illinois College of Law
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United States House of Representatives
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[81]
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Charles R. Jonas
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University of North Carolina School of Law
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United States House of Representatives
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Russell B. Long
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Louisiana State University Law Center
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United States Senate
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[17]
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Covey T. Oliver
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University of Texas School of Law
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U.S. Ambassador to Colombia and Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs
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[27]
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Wyc Orr
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University of Tennessee College of Law
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Georgia House of Representatives
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[82]
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Watkins Overton
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University of Chicago Law School
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Mayor of Memphis, Tennessee
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[83]
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David Pressman
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New York University School of Law
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U.S. Ambassador to Hungary
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[84]
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William P. Rogers
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Cornell Law School
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United States Secretary of State and United States Attorney General
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[27]
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Jack Rust
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University of Virginia School of Law
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Virginia House of Delegates
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[85]
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Nathan Sales
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Duke University School of Law
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Ambassador-at-Large and Coordinator for Counterterrorism and
Acting Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights
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[86]
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Bill Seitz
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University of Cincinnati College of Law
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Ohio House of Representatives and Ohio Senate
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[87]
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Robert G. Simmons
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University of Nebraska College of Law
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United States House of Representatives and chief justice the Nebraska Supreme Court
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[22]
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Willis Smith
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Duke University Law School
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United States Senate and North Carolina House of Representatives
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[27]
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Ted Sorensen
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University of Nebraska College of Law
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speechwriter and adivsor for President John F. Kennedy
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[22]
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William Spong Jr.
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University of Virginia School of Law
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United States Senator, Virginia Sentate, and Virginia House of Delegates
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[45][88]
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Vernon W. Thomson
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University of Wisconsin Law School
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Governor of Wisconsin, United States House of Representatives, and Attorney General of Wisconsin
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[17]
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James Clinton Turk
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Washington and Lee University School of Law
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Virginia Senate and U.S. district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia
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[45]
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Dan Walker
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Northwestern University School of Law
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Governor of Illinois
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[17]
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Benson K. Whitney
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University of Minnesota Law School
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U.S. Ambassador to Norway
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[89]
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Willis Whichard
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University of North Carolina School of Law
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North Carolina Senate, North Carolina House of Representatives,
and associate justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
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[90]
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William R. Wooton
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West Virginia University College of Law
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West Virginia Senate, West Virginia House of Delegates,
and justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
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[91]
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