Famous Law School Dropouts

Dabney Coleman

Dabney Coleman


Here are 10 additional law school dropouts who eventually made it big and their law schools:
Les Wexner: CEO of Limited Brands (Victoria’s Secret, Bath & Body Works, Express, Limited), New York University
Bill Walton: Former NBA Player and Broadcaster, Stanford Law
Max Weinberg: Bruce Springsteen’s Drummer, Yeshiva University
Clarence Darrow:  Attorney (Scopes Monkey Trial), University of Michigan
Gabriel Garcia Marquez: Nobel Prize-Winning Author, National University of Columbia
Harper Lee

Harper Lee


Harper Lee: Author of To Kill a Mockingbird, University of Alabama
Cole Porter: American Songwriter, Harvard Law
Seymour Hersh: Pulitzer Prize-Winning Investigative Journalist (My Lai Massacre), University of Chicago
Dabney Coleman: Actor (9 to 5 and War Games), University of Texas
Ronald Baron: Billionaire Founder of Baron Capital Management, George Washington University
Don’t forget, George W. Bush was rejected by the University of Texas School of Law, which apparently maintained higher academic standards than Harvard Business School.
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