- Adams, Charles - Attorney, tax historian and author
- Alberdi, Juan Bautista - Argentine jurist, considered the "Father" of the Argentine Constitution
- Blackstone, William - 18th century English jurist, author of Commentaries on the Laws of England
- Bolick, Clint - Co-founder of the Institute for Justice, President of the Alliance for School Choice
- Butler, Pierce - Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court in the early 20th century
- Campbell, John Archibald - Nineteenth century American lawyer, Supreme Court Justice until 1861
- Coke, Edward - 17th century English jurist, drafter of the Petition of Right
- Cooley, Thomas McIntyre - Nineteenth century American lawyer and Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court
- Devanter, Willis Van - Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court in the early 20th century
- Field, Stephen Johnson - Nineteenth century American lawyer and Supreme Court Justice
- Grotius, Hugo - Seventeenth century Dutch jurist, author of De Jure Belli ac Pacis
- Jay, John - First Chief Justice of the United States, co-author of the Federalist Papers
- Klausner, Manny - American lawyer, co-founding editor of Reason magazine
- Lee, Richard Henry - Signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, sixth president of the Continental Congress
- MacBride, Roger - Lawyer, 1976 Libertarian Presidential candidate
- Manion, Clarence E. - 20th century American, dean of the Law School at the University of Notre Dame
- Marshall, John - Fourth Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court
- Mason, George - Author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights
- Mellor, William H. - Co-founder, President and General Counsel of the Institute for Justice
- Mosby, John S. - American Confederate fighter, known as the "Gray Ghost"
- Otis, James - 18th century American colonial lawyer
- Spooner, Lysander - Lawyer, abolitionist, entrepreneur, legal theorist and political radical
- Sutherland, George - Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court in the early 20th century
- Thomas, Clarence - Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court since 1991
- Webster, Daniel - Nineteenth century American politician, noted for his oratory skills
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