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List of Washington and Lee University School of Law alumni

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Washington and Lee University School of Law is a private law school in Lexington, Virginia. Following are some of its notable alumni.

Newton D. Baker, Class of 1894, United States Secretary of War
Terry Brooks, Class of 1969, New York Times Best Selling Author
John W. Davis, Class of 1892, United States Solicitor General
John Goode, United States Solicitor General
Bob Goodlatte, Class of 1977, former Chair of the United States House Committee on the Judiciary
Joseph Rucker Lamar, Class of 1878, Associate justice of the United States Supreme Court
John Otho Marsh Jr., Class of 1951, United States Secretary of the Army
Lewis F. Powell Jr., Class of 1931, Associate justice of the United States Supreme Court
Henry St. George Tucker III, Class of 1879, United States Representative from Virginia
H. Emory Widener Jr., Class of 1953, Senior judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

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