The University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, named the University of Maryland School of Law until 2011, in Baltimore, Maryland, is one of the oldest law schools in the United States. Since its founding in 1824, its alumni have included prominent politicians, judges, and others.

Politicians

Governors The following former Maryland governors are alumni of UM Law:

Austin Lane Crothers (1890), 46th governor of Maryland, 1908–1912 Marvin Mandel (1942), 56th governor of Maryland, 1969–1979 Theodore McKeldin (1925), 53rd governor of Maryland, 1951–1959 Herbert O'Conor (1920), 51st governor of Maryland, 1939–1947; U.S. Senate, 1947–1953 Martin O'Malley (1988), 61st governor of Maryland, 2007–2015; 47th mayor of Baltimore, 1999–2006, candidate for Democratic nominee for president of the United States, 2016 Albert Ritchie (1898), 49th governor of Maryland, 1920–1935

U.S. senators The following current and former U.S. senators are alumni of UM Law:

Angela Alsobrooks (1996), U.S. senator from Maryland, 2025–present Daniel Brewster (1949), U.S. senator from Maryland, 1963–1969; U.S. congressman for Maryland's 2nd District, 1959–1963 William Cabell Bruce (1882), U.S. senator from Maryland, 1923–1929 Ben Cardin (1967), U.S. senator for Maryland, 2007–2025; U.S. congressman for United States House of Representatives, 1987–2006 Charles Mathias (1949), U.S. senator from Maryland, 1969–1987 George L. P. Radcliffe (1903), U.S. senator from Maryland, 1935–1947 Joseph Tydings (1953), U.S. senator from Maryland, 1965–1971 Millard Tydings (1913), U.S. senator from Maryland, 1927–1951

U.S. congressmen The following current and former U.S. congressmen are alumni of UM Law:

William Purington Cole Jr. (1912), U.S. congressman from Maryland's 2nd District, 1927–1929 and 1931–1942 Elijah Cummings (1976), U.S. congressman for Maryland's 7th District, 1996–2020 John Charles Linthicum (1890), U.S. congressman for Maryland's 4th District, 1911–1932 Hugh Meade (1932), U.S. congressman for Maryland 2nd District, 1947–1949 Hillary Scholten (2011), U.S. congresswoman for Michigan's 3rd Congressional District, 2023–present Eric Swalwell (2006), U.S. congressman for California's 15th Congressional District, 2013–present

State senators The following current and former state senators, primarily from the Maryland Senate, are alumni of UM Law:

Newton D. R. Allen (died 1927), Maryland state senator Walter M. Baker (1960), former member of the Maryland Senate, 1979–2003 F. Vernon Boozer (1964), former member of the Maryland Senate, 1981–1999 Harry A. Cole, first African-American elected to the Maryland Senate, 1954–1958 Tom Davis, member of the South Carolina Senate, 2008–present John D. C. Duncan Jr. (1884–1958), member of the Maryland Senate, 1935–1937; also member of the Maryland House of Delegates, 1920 Bill Ferguson (2010), president of the Maryland Senate, 2020–present Lisa A. Gladden (1991), majority whip of the Maryland State Senate Allan H. Kittleman (1988), member of the Maryland Senate, 2004–2014; Howard County executive, 2014–2018 David G. McIntosh Jr. (1877–1940), Maryland state delegate and state senator Mike Miller (1967), former president of the Maryland Senate, 1987–2020 Stevenson A. Williams (1851–1932), member of the Maryland Senate

State delegates The following current and former members of the Maryland House of Delegates are alumni of UM Law:

Harry W. Archer Jr. (died 1910), member of the Maryland House of Delegates, 1888 Charles B. Bosley (died 1959), member of the Maryland House of Delegates, 1914 Edward H. Burke (1886–1955), member of the Maryland House of Delegates, 1920 Andrew J. Burns Jr. (1960), former member of the Maryland House of Delegates 1966–1983 Michael W. Burns (1983), former member of the Maryland House of Delegates Jon S. Cardin (2001), member of the Maryland House of Delegates Frank I. Duncan (1858–1946), member of the Maryland House of Delegates, 1888; and judge Michael U. Gisriel (1976), former member of the Maryland House of Delegates 1987–1991 John Mays Little (died 1950), member of the Maryland House of Delegates, 1908 Anthony McConkey (1990), member of Maryland House of Delegates, 2003–present John L. V. Murphy (1899), member of the Maryland House of Delegates Emil B. Pielke (1971), former member of Maryland House of Delegates, 2002–2003 Mary Louise Preis (1983), former member of Maryland House of Delegates, 1991–1999 Kenneth D. Schisler (1998), former member of Maryland House of Delegates, and chair of Maryland Public Service Commission John G. Trueschler (1991), former member of the Maryland House of Delegates, 2003–2007 Osborne I. Yellott (1871–1922), state delegate and lawyer

Mayors The following former mayors of Baltimore are alumni of UM Law:

Thomas L.J. D'Alesandro III, former mayor of Baltimore Stephanie Rawlings-Blake (1995), former president of Baltimore City council; 49th mayor of Baltimore

Judges Some notable alumni of UM Law have been appointed as judges, particularly in the Maryland Court of Appeals and Special Appeals. A few have been appointed to the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland or other federal courts. The following current and former judges graduated from UM Law: Sally D. Adkins (1975), judge, Maryland Court of Appeals (Maryland's highest court), 2008–present Mary Ellen Barbera (1984), chief judge, Maryland Court of Appeals (Maryland's highest court), 2009–2021 John D. Bates, judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 2001–present Lynne A. Battaglia (1974), judge, Maryland Court of Appeals, 2001–2016 Richard D. Bennett (1973), judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, 2003–present Alice Pollard Clark (1982), Howard County, Maryland district court, 1997–2010 Andre M. Davis (1978), judge U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit 2009–2017; judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, 1995–2009; Baltimore city solicitor, 2017–2020 Joseph M. Getty (1996), judge, Maryland Court of Appeals, 2016– Clayton Greene Jr. (1976), judge, Maryland Court of Appeals, 2004–present John R. Hargrove Sr., Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland Glenn T. Harrell Jr. (1970), judge, Maryland Court of Appeals, 1999–2015 Bernard S. Meyer (1938), associate judge, New York Court of Appeals Joseph F. Murphy Jr. (1969), chief judge, Maryland Court of Special Appeals, 1996–2007; judge, Maryland Court of Appeals, 2008–2011 Robert C. Murphy (1951), chief judge, Maryland Court of Appeals, 1972–1996 William H. Murphy Sr., judge, lawyer, civil rights activist Julie Rubin (1995), judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, 2022–present George Levi Russell III (1991), judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, 2012–present Simon Sobeloff (1915), former chief judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit; former solicitor general of the United States Julie Stevenson Solt, judge on the Circuit Court for Frederick County in Maryland Morris Ames Soper (1895), judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Sean D. Wallace (1985), judge, United Nations Dispute Tribunal Alan M. Wilner (1962), judge, Maryland Court of Appeals, 1996–2007

Brendan A. Hurson (2005), U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Attorneys general The following former attorneys general of Maryland and U.S. attorneys general are alumni of UM Law:

Benjamin Civiletti (1961), attorney general of the United States (1979–1981) Edgar Allan Poe (1893), attorney general of Maryland

Activists and civil rights lawyers The following activists, trailblazers, and civil rights lawyers are alumni of UM Law:

Juanita Jackson Mitchell, first African-American woman to graduate from the University of Maryland School of Law, civil rights activist and lawyer with the NAACP Donald Gaines Murray, first African-American to enter the University of Maryland School of Law since 1890 as a result of winning the landmark civil rights case Murray v. Pearson in 1935 Rose Zetzer, first woman admitted to the Maryland State Bar Association

Others Elijah Bond, inventor of the ouija board Edward A. Christmas (1929), Thoroughbred racehorse trainer Donald P. Dunbar (2003), U.S. Air Force general; adjutant general of Wisconsin Tara Jackson, acting Prince George's County executive (2024–present) A.B. "Buzzy" Krongard (1975), former executive director of the CIA James F. Matousek (1932), attorney and civil servant who served the City of Baltimore in various legal and administrative capacities Jamie McCourt (1978), owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers Peter Newsham (2000), chief of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia Robert Houston Noble (1892), U.S. Army brigadier general Robert M. Parker Jr. (1973), founder and editor of The Wine Advocate Peter Rheinstein, former FDA official William P. Richardson (1895), co-founder and first dean of Brooklyn Law School William C. Schmeisser (1907), National Lacrosse Hall of Fame inductee Arnold M. Weiner (1957), principal in the Law Offices of Arnold M. Weiner; fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers

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