Elena Kagan
Personal
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
Harvard Law School
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Judicial Career
Supreme Court of the United States
Allotment as Circuit Justice:
Sixth Circuit, September 28, 2010-present
Seventh Circuit, September 28, 2010-present