Education:
JD, Harvard Law School, 1986
MPhil, Worcester College, Oxford University, 1983
AB, Princeton University, 1981
Professional Experience:
Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court, 2010-present
Nominated, United States Supreme Court, May 10, 2010
Solicitor General, United States Department of Justice, 2009-2010
Nominated, United States Solicitor General, January 26, 2009
Dean, Harvard Law School, 2003-present (On Leave 2009-2010)
Professor, Harvard Law School, 2001-present
Visiting Professor, Harvard Law School, 1999-2001
Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, Executive Office of the President, 1997-1999
Associate Counsel to the President, Executive Office of the President, 1995-1996
Professor, University of Chicago Law School, 1991-1997
Assistant Professor, University of Chicago Law School, 1991-1994
Special Counsel, Senate Judiciary Committee, 1993
Associate, Williams and Colmolly, 1989-1991
Judicial Clerk, Honorable Thurgood Marshall, United States Supreme Court, 1987-1988
Judicial Clerk, Honorable Abner Mikva, United States Court of Appeals for District of Columbia Circuit, 1986-1987
Research Assistant, Professor Laurence Tribe, Harvard Law School, 1986
Summer Associate, Paul Weiss Rifkind, Wharton and Garrison, 1985
Summer Associate, Fried Frank Harris Shriver and Jacobson, 1984
Paralegal, Milbank Tweed Hadley and McCloy, 1983
Political Experience:
Staff Member, Dukakis for President Campaign, 1988
Organizations:
Member, Board of Directors, Equal Justice Works, 2008-present
Member, Board of Trustees, Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2008-present
Member, Board of Directors, The Advantage Testing Foundation, 2007-present
Member, Board of Advisors, National Constitution Center's Peter Jennings Project for Journalists and the Constitution, 2006-present
Member, Board of Directors, American Law Deans Association, 2004-present
Member, Board of Trustees, Skadden Fellowship Foundation, 2003-present
Member, Advisory Board, American Indian Empowerment Fund, 2008
Member, Research Advisory Council, Goldman Sachs Global Markets Institute, 2005-2008
Member, Board of Directors, Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund, 2003-2005
Member, Litigation Committee, American Association of University Professors, 2002-2003
Member, Board of Governors, Chicago Council of Lawyers, 1993-1995
Member, American Bar Association
Member, Harvard Law School Alumni Association
Member, Princeton University Alumni Association
Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees:
Member, New York State Commission on Higher Education, 2007-2008
Public Member, Administrative Conference of the United States, 1994-1995
Former Member, Boston Bar Association Diversity Task Force