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Identity source · HTML · retrieved July 29, 2026
https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/biographies.aspxActive Supreme judge
Elena Kagan
Supreme Court of the United States
United States
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Overview
Identity and service
Identity profile only
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- Judicial role
- Associate Justice
- Service status
- Active
- Court level
- Supreme
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
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Background
Biography and career
- Born
- April 28, 1960 in New York, NY
- Gender
- Female
- Race
- White
- Political affiliation
- Democratic (via appointer)
Education
- Princeton UniversityA.B., 1981
- Harvard UniversityJ.D., 1986
Professional 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
- Special counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 1993-present
- professor, 1994-1997
- 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
Judicial service
- Justice, Supreme Court of the United States, 2010-present
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Published opinion footprint
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Sources
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CourtListener judicial biographical directory
Identity source · HTML · retrieved June 30, 2026
https://www.courtlistener.com/person/1691/elena-kagan/08
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