August 1, 2019

Where the 2020 Presidential Candidates Went to Law School

Where the 2020 Presidential Candidates Went to Law SchoolSpivey Consulting Group

Republicans

  • Donald Trump: did not go to law school
  • Bill Weld: Harvard ('70)

Democrats

(In alphabetical order by surname, including all declared, even those who have not participated in debates)

  • Michael Bennet: Yale ('93)
  • Joe Biden: Syracuse ('68)
  • Cory Booker: Yale ('97)
  • Steve Bullock: Columbia ('94)
  • Pete Buttigieg: did not go to law school
  • Julián Castro: Harvard ('00)
  • Bill de Blasio: did not go to law school
  • John Delaney: Georgetown ('88)
  • Tulsi Gabbard: did not go to law school
  • Kirsten Gillibrand: UCLA ('91)
  • Mike Gravel: did not go to law school
  • Kamala Harris: UC Hastings ('89)
  • John Hickenlooper: did not go to law school
  • Jay Inslee: Willamette ('76)
  • Amy Klobuchar: University of Chicago ('85)
  • Wayne Messam: did not go to law school
  • Seth Moulton: did not go to law school
  • Beto O'Rourke: did not go to law school
  • Tim Ryan: U New Hampshire ('00)
  • Bernie Sanders: did not go to law school
  • Joe Sestak: did not go to law school
  • Tom Steyer: did not go to law school
  • Elizabeth Warren: Rutgers ('76)
  • Marianne Williamson: did not go to law school
  • Andrew Yang: Columbia ('99)
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