Associate Justice of the Supreme Court

Elena Kagan

Associate Justice

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• Elena Kagan is an Associate Justice. President Obama nominated her on May 10, 2010, and she took her seat on August 7, 2010.

  Supreme Court of the United States. About the Court — Current Members. https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/biographies.aspx. Accessed October 13, 2026.

• The Senate nominations chart records her confirmation on August 5, 2010, by 63 yeas to 37 nays, roll call number 229.

  United States Senate. Supreme Court Nominations (1789-Present). https://www.senate.gov/legislative/nominations/SupremeCourtNominations1789present.htm. Accessed October 13, 2026.

• She received an A.B. from Princeton in 1981, an M.Phil. from Oxford in 1983, and a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1986. She clerked for Judge Abner Mikva of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit from 1986 to 1987 and for Justice Thurgood Marshall during the 1987 Term. She was a law professor at the University of Chicago Law School and at Harvard Law School. She served four years in the Clinton Administration as Associate Counsel to the President and then as Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy. From 2003 to 2009 she was Dean of Harvard Law School. In 2009 President Obama nominated her as Solicitor General.

  Supreme Court of the United States. About the Court — Current Members. https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/biographies.aspx. Accessed October 13, 2026.