Elena Kagan

Personal

Birthday: 
1960
Birthplace: 
New York, NY
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Female
Prior Employment: 

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

Nominated to U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, June 17, 1999; no Senate vote

Education

Name of School: 
Princeton University
Degree: 
A.B.
Degree Year: 
1981
Name of School - Second: 
University of Oxford, Worcester College
Degree - Second: 
M.Phil.
Degree Year - Second: 
1983
Name of School - Third: 

Harvard Law School

The world's premier center for legal education and research, Harvard Law School provides unparalleled opportunities to study law and related disciplines in an energetic and creative learning environment. A Harvard Law education prepares students for success in law practice, business, public service, and teaching. Through its faculty, students, and alumni, Harvard Law School is able to contribute solutions to the world's most complex legal and social challenges.

Degree - Third: 
J.D.
Degree Year - Third: 
1986

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
Supreme Court of the United States
Court Name: 

Supreme Court of the United States

President Nominating: 
Barack Obama
Party Affiliation of President: 
Democratic
Commission Date: 
8/6/2010
Bankruptcy and Magistrate Services: 

Allotment as Circuit Justice:
Sixth Circuit, September 28, 2010-present
Seventh Circuit, September 28, 2010-present