Comey grew up in Allendale, New Jersey, and he later studied chemistry and religion at the College of William & Mary. After graduating in 1982, he earned a law degree (1985) from the University of Chicago.
https://www.britannica.com/biography...omey#ref339420
https://www.law.uchicago.edu/media
Statement Regarding Barack Obama
The Law School has received many media requests about Barack Obama, especially about his status as "Senior Lecturer."
From 1992 until his election to the U.S. Senate in 2004, Barack Obama served as a professor in the Law School. He was a Lecturer from 1992 to 1996. He was a Senior Lecturer from 1996 to 2004, during which time he taught three courses per year.
In September 2013, President Barack Obama appointed Comey to the position of Director of the FBI.[7] In that capacity, he was responsible for overseeing the FBI's investigation of the Hillary Clinton email controversy.If anyone doubts the "tug" of law professor and student ....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Comey
... just ask "Professor Gates"!