Elena Kagan

Dean Elena Kagan, Harvard Law School

By Elena Kagan • March 23, 2007 •Other Law School Issues

Elena Kagan Harvard Law School Dean Elena Kagan, the Charles Hamilton Houston Professor of Law, is the 11th Dean of Harvard Law School. Kagan came to Harvard Law School as a visiting professor in 1999 and became Professor of Law in 2001. While on the faculty, Kagan has taught administrative law, constitutional law, civil procedure, and a seminar on the law surrounding the presidency. From 1995 to 1999, Kagan served in the White House, first as Associate Counsel to the President (1995-96) and then as Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy and Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy…

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Dean Elena Kagan: Status Report on Women in the Legal Profession

By Elena Kagan • March 22, 2007 •First Women

 Editor's Note: As part of Ms. JD's 5th Birthday celebration, we'll be looking back at our favorite posts over the years.While Dean at Harvard Law School, now Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan penned this guest post for us. Greetings—and congratulations to all—on the launch of Ms. JD! A little over a year ago, I prepared a sort of “status report” on women and the legal profession for a talk I had the honor of delivering at the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. It was a terrific opportunity to reflect on both the tremendous strides already…

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