President Barack Obama announced Wednesday his nomination of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to replace Justice John Paul Stevens on the Supreme Court.
Aside from her service as Solicitor General, Kagan lists positions like dean of Harvard Law School, associate White House counsel to the Clinton administration and professor at the University of Chicago on her resume. Although she has only argued cases before the Supreme Court for about a year, Kagan has been quick to learn the ropes.
In a statement released by Harvard Law, Dean Martha Minow remarked, “This is a day on which the Harvard Law School community is immensely proud. Kagan has always been an exceptionally careful listener, fairly and respectfully considering every argument and all points of view. Her students and her colleagues have always come away from their encounters with her knowing that she listened to them with the utmost consideration, and that she did not stop probing until she understood exactly what they needed her to understand. She will be a first rate Justice.”
