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	(1960-04-28) April 28, 1960 (age 56) New York City, New York, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Education	Princeton University (BA) Worcester College, Oxford (MPhil) Harvard University (JD)

Elena Kagan (pronounced /ˈkeɪɡən/; born April 28, 1960) is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Kagan is the Court's fourth female justice.

Kagan was born and raised in New York City. After attending Princeton, Oxford, and Harvard Law School, she completed federal Court of Appeals and Supreme Court clerkships. She began her career as a professor at the University of Chicago Law School, leaving to serve as Associate White House Counsel, and later as policy adviser, under President Clinton. After a nomination to the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, which expired without action, she became a professor at Harvard Law School and was later named its first female dean.

In 2009, Kagan became the first female Solicitor General. On May 10, 2010, President Barack Obama nominated her to the Supreme Court to fill the vacancy arising from the impending retirement of Justice John Paul Stevens, and she resigned her position as Solicitor General in August 2010 upon her confirmation to the Supreme Court. After confirmation, Kagan was sworn in on August 7, 2010, by Chief Justice John G. Roberts. Kagan's formal investiture ceremony before a special sitting of the United States Supreme Court took place on October 1, 2010.

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