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Elena Kagan
Active judge · Supreme Court of the United States
Elena Kagan serves on the Supreme Court of the United States. Appointed by Barack Obama and confirmed Aug 5, 2010 by a 63–37 Senate vote. ABA rating: Well Qualified.
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama
- Confirmed
- Aug 5, 2010
- Senate vote
- 63–37
- ABA rating
- Well Qualified
- Born
- 1960
Appointments
- Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United StatesBarack Obama · Aug 5, 2010
Education
- Princeton UniversityA.B., 1981
- University of Oxford, Worcester CollegeM.Phil., 1983
- Harvard Law SchoolJ.D., 1986
Career
Law clerk, Hon. Abner Mikva, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1986-1987; Law clerk, Hon. Thurgood Marshall, Supreme Court of the United States, 1987-1988; Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1989-1991; Faculty, University of Chicago Law School, 1991-1997; assistant professor, 1991-1994; professor, 1994-1997; Special counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 1993; Associate counsel, President William J. Clinton, 1995-1996; Deputy assistant for domestic policy and deputy director of the domestic policy council, Executive Office of the President, 1997-1999; Faculty, Harvard Law School, 1999-2010; visiting professor, 1999-2001; professor, 2001-2010; dean, 2003-2009; Solicitor general of the United States, 2009-2010
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