Famous law school dropouts!
- President Lyndon Johnson
- President William McKinley
- President Franklin Roosevelt
- President Theodore Roosevelt
- President Harry Truman
- President Woodrow Wilson
- Almost-President Al Gore
- Martin Luther
- Harper Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird)
- Steve Jackson (of Steve Jackson Games)
- Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
- Ray Manzarek of The Doors
- Limited founder and richest man in Columbus Les Wexner (apparently an Ohio State law school dropout)
- Carly Fiorina (Former HP Chairman and CEO)
- Donald Rumsfeld
- Karl Marx
- Novelist/murderer Michael Peterson
October 5th, 2005 at 11:54 am
Surely you can jump ahead of Rummy!
January 26th, 2006 at 9:57 pm
i think Goethe dropped out too; either that or he just gave it up as soon as he got out. Also, the guy who seals my driveway is a law school dropout.
February 13th, 2006 at 11:55 am
Michael Medved dropped out of Yale.
December 31st, 2006 at 9:53 am
You can add Saddam to the list
February 17th, 2007 at 10:34 am
McKinley actually _did_ graduate from law school. He practiced law after graduating from Albany.
July 12th, 2007 at 9:40 pm
Max Weinberg (drummer on Late Night with Conan O’Brien)
May 14th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
Milosevic had a law degree as does Steve Young, though I doubt they practiced law.
May 14th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
Steve Young is one of the dumbest people on television.
May 14th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
The FDR mention is a bit misleading. He did leave Columbia, but he became an apprentice at a law firm and was admitted to the NY bar, and he briefly practiced law while running for New York state office.
May 14th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
Paul Simon went to Brooklyn Law School for some time.