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&lt;p&gt;While it may no longer be true that &lt;a href=&quot;/blog/vaults-law-blog-legal-careers-and-industry-news/can-you-do-anything-with-a-law-degree-dc-lawyers-say-yes/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;you can do anything with a law a degree&lt;/a&gt;, one job that still does appear to be J.D. preferred is President of the United States of America. Twenty-five of the nation’s 44 presidents studied or practiced law at some point during their careers. In honor of Presidents’ Day, below find a list of the United State Presidents who were also lawyers.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No. 2&lt;/strong&gt;&#160;— John Adams&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No. 3&lt;/strong&gt;&#160;— Thomas Jefferson&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No . 4&lt;/strong&gt;&#160;— James Madison&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No. 6&lt;/strong&gt;&#160;— John Quincy Adams&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No. 7&lt;/strong&gt;&#160;— Andrew Jackson&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No. 8&lt;/strong&gt;&#160;— Martin Van Buren&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No. 10&lt;/strong&gt;&#160;— John Tyler&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No. 11&lt;/strong&gt;&#160;— James Polk&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No. 13&lt;/strong&gt;&#160;— Millard Fillmore&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No. 14&lt;/strong&gt;&#160;— Franklin Pierce&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No. 15&lt;/strong&gt;&#160;— James Buchanan&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No. 16&lt;/strong&gt;&#160;— Abraham Lincoln&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No. 19&lt;/strong&gt;&#160;— Rutherford Hayes&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No. 21&lt;/strong&gt;&#160;— Chester Arthur&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No. 22&lt;/strong&gt;&#160;— Grover Cleveland&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No. 23&lt;/strong&gt;&#160;— Benjamin Harrison&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No. 25&lt;/strong&gt;&#160;— William McKinley&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No. 27&lt;/strong&gt;&#160;— William Howard Taft&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No. 28&lt;/strong&gt;&#160;— Woodrow Wilson&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No. 30&lt;/strong&gt;&#160;— Calvin Coolidge&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No. 32&lt;/strong&gt;&#160;— Franklin Roosevelt&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No. 37&lt;/strong&gt;&#160;— Richard Nixon&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No. 38&lt;/strong&gt;&#160;— Gerald Ford&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No. 42&lt;/strong&gt;&#160;— Bill Clinton&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No. 44&lt;/strong&gt;&#160;— Barack Obama&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Follow Vault on Twitter&#160;&lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/VaultLaw&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;@VAULTLAW&lt;/a&gt;, Instagram&#160;&lt;a href=&quot;http://instagram.com/vaultcareers&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;@VaultCareers&lt;/a&gt;&#160;and&#160;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/Vault&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt;&#160;&#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Read More:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/blog/vaults-law-blog-legal-careers-and-industry-news/can-you-do-anything-with-a-law-degree-dc-lawyers-say-yes/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Can You Do Anything with a Law Degree? DC Lawyers Say Yes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/blog/vaults-law-blog-legal-careers-and-industry-news/alternative-legal-careers-biglaw-to-admissions-to-consulting/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Alternative Legal Careers: BigLaw to Admissions to Consulting&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/blog/vaults-law-blog-legal-careers-and-industry-news/alternative-legal-careers-diversity-guru-career-expert/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Alternative Legal Careers: Diversity Guru &amp;amp; Career Expert&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/blog/vaults-law-blog-legal-careers-and-industry-news/on-exploring-alternative-legal-career-opportunities/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;On Exploring Alternative Legal Career Opportunities&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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The Library

&lt;p&gt;32nd President and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vault.com/school_profiles/unit/columbia-university-school-of-law&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Columbia Law&lt;/a&gt; grad.&#160;&lt;/p&gt;

Franklin D. Roosevelt

&lt;p&gt;37th President and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vault.com/school_profiles/unit/duke-university-school-of-law&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Duke Law&lt;/a&gt; grad.&#160;&lt;/p&gt;

Richard Milhous Nixon

&lt;p&gt;38th President and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vault.com/school_profiles/unit/yale-university-yale-law-school&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Yale Law &lt;/a&gt;grad.&#160;&lt;/p&gt;

Gerald Ford 

&lt;p&gt;42nd President and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vault.com/school_profiles/unit/yale-university-yale-law-school&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Yale Law&lt;/a&gt; grad.&lt;/p&gt;

Bill Clinton 

&lt;p&gt;44th President and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vault.com/school_profiles/unit/harvard-university-law-school&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Harvard Law&lt;/a&gt; grad.&#160;&lt;/p&gt;

Barack Obama