Elena Kagan

Elena Kagan
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Incumbent
Assumed office August 7, 2010
Nominated by	Barack Obama
Preceded by	John Paul Stevens
45th Solicitor General of the United States
In office March 19, 2009 – May 17, 2010
President	Barack Obama
Deputy	Neal Katyal
Preceded by	Edwin Kneedler (Acting)
Succeeded by	Neal Katyal (Acting)
11th Dean of Harvard Law School
In office July 1, 2003 – March 19, 2009
Preceded by	Robert Clark
Succeeded by	Martha Minow
Personal details
Born	28 April 1960 (aged 66) Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
Alma mater	Princeton University Worcester College, Oxford Harvard University

Elena Kagan (born April 28, 1960) is an American lawyer and judge. She is a United States Supreme Court Justice. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 5, 2010. She is one of four women on the court. Kagan is the only Supreme Court Justice who had never been a judge before becoming a Justice. Before being a Justice, she was Solicitor General and dean of Harvard Law School. Kagan was born and raised in New York City and is Jewish.

Elena Kagan Media

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  Kagan in the Princeton University yearbook, 1981

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  Kagan graduates from Harvard Law School, 1986

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  Kagan in the Oval Office with President Bill Clinton in 1997 during her tenure as Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy

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  Kagan as Harvard Law School dean in 2008

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  Kagan's 2009 official portrait as Harvard Law School dean

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  Kagan meets with then President Obama in the Oval Office in April 2010, a month before nominating her to the U.S. Supreme Court.

• Obama nominates Kagan to be an Associate Justice for the United States Supreme Court.

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  Kagan, Obama, and Chief Justice John Roberts before her investiture ceremony, October 1, 2010

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  Kagan (right), then a Supreme Court nominee, meets with U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen.

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  John Roberts, Stephen Breyer, Kagan, and Neil Gorsuch at President Donald Trump's 2018 State of the Union Address