Outstanding Alumnus Award
The Outstanding Alumnus Award honors a graduate who has made outstanding contributions not only to the legal profession, but to society as a whole.
| The Honorable Royce C. Lamberth | 2009 |
| Linda L. Addison | 2008 |
| Jack Ratliff | 2007 |
| Ronald D. Krist | 2006 |
| The Honorable Wallace B. Jefferson | 2005 |
| The Honorable Edith H. Jones | 2004 |
| Shannon H. Ratliff | 2003 |
| The Honorable Thomas G. Loeffler | 2002 |
| Stephen D. Susman | 2001 |
| David J. Beck | 2000 |
| Larry E. Temple | 1999 |
| Harry M. Reasoner | 1998 |
| Morris Atlas | 1997 |
| Joseph D. Jamail | 1996 |
| The Honorable Kay Bailey Hutchison | 1995 |
| The Honorable Reynaldo G. Garza | 1994 |
| C. Kenneth Roberts | 1993 |
| The Honorable Lloyd M. Bentsen, Jr. | 1992 |
| The Honorable Robert S. Strauss | 1991 |
| Dean John F. Sutton, Jr. | 1990 |
| The Honorable James A. Baker III | 1989 |
| The Honorable Jack Pope | 1988 |
| The Honorable Edward Clark | 1987 |
| Wales H. Madden, Jr. | 1986 |
| R. Preston Shirley | 1985 |
| T. J. Gibson | 1984 |
| Mark A. Martin | 1983 |
| William O. Huie | 1982 |
| M. Kenneth Woodward | 1982 |
| Benno C. Schmidt | 1981 |
| Kraft W. Eidman | 1980 |
| Helen Hargrave | 1979 |
| Albert P. Jones | 1978 |
| The Honorable Joe R. Greenhill | 1977 |
| Gus M. Hodges | 1976 |
| The Honorable Allan Shivers | 1975 |
| Dean W. Page Keeton | 1974 |
| Thomas M. Phillips | 1973 |
| The Honorable Robert W. Calvert | 1972 |
| A. W. Walker, Jr. | 1971 |
| Tom Sealy | 1970 |
| J. Leroy Jeffers, Sr. | 1969 |
| Charles W. Duke | 1968 |
| The Honorable W. St. John Garwood | 1967 |
| The Honorable Ireland Graves | 1966 |
| Elton M. Hyder, Jr. | 1965 |
| The Honorable Tom C. Clark | 1964 |
| Rex G. Baker, Jr. | 1963 |
| Francis G. Coates | 1962 |
| Hines H. Baker | 1961 |
| Sylvan S. Lang | 1960 |
| Dan Moody | 1959 |
| Charles I. Francis | 1958 |