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  Elena Kagan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Elena Kagan is the dean of Harvard Law School and the Charles Hamilton Houston Professor of Law.
She was a law clerk for Judge Abner Mikva on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and for Justice Thurgood Marshall of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Kagan has been the subject of repeated speculation that she might be nominated to the Supreme Court of the United States if a Democratic president is elected.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Elena_Kagan   (383 words)

  
 HLS Office of the Dean: Dean Kagan Biography
Kagan came to Harvard Law School as a visiting professor in 1999 and became Professor of Law in 2001.
Kagan launched her scholarly career at the University of Chicago Law School, where she became an assistant professor in 1991 and a tenured professor of law in 1995.
Kagan clerked for Judge Abner Mikva of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit from 1986 to 1987.
www.law.harvard.edu /dean/bio.php   (406 words)

  
 At the HLS Helm
Elena Kagan, J.D. '86, once a law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and later an adviser on domestic policy issues to President Bill Clinton, was on April 3 named the eleventh dean of Harvard Law School (HLS).
The 43-year-old Kagan, who began her tenure July 1, is among the youngest deans ever appointed and is the first woman to hold the position.
Kagan intends to add to the school's "strong international-law faculty," and also work to bring international- and comparative-law topics into the regular curriculum so that these subjects are an integral component of every course.
www.harvardmagazine.com /on-line/070301.html   (920 words)

  
 Harvard Gazette: Elena Kagan named next dean of Harvard Law School
"Elena Kagan is an imaginative scholar, a gifted teacher, a public-spirited lawyer, and an energetic leader admired for her sound judgment and her capacity to inspire trust," said Summers.
Kagan is a professor of law at Harvard Law School, where she teaches administrative law, constitutional law, and civil procedure.
Kagan returned from Washington to Harvard Law School, where she became a visiting professor in 1999 and professor of law in 2001.
www.hno.harvard.edu /gazette/daily/0304/03-law.html   (1158 words)

  
 post.harvard: Giving to Harvard   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
“Elena Kagan is an imaginative scholar, a gifted teacher, a public-spirited lawyer, and an energetic leader admired for her sound judgment and her capacity to inspire trust,” said President Summers.
Professor Kagan launched her scholarly career at the University of Chicago Law School, where she became an assistant professor in 1991 and a tenured professor of law in 1995.
In 1999, at the age of 39, Professor Kagan was nominated to serve as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, commonly considered the nation’s second-most influential court.
www.alumniconnections.com /harvard/devel/html/news_kagan.html   (716 words)

  
 Harvard Gazette: Kagan, Coates are appointed HLS professors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Elena Kagan, a former senior White House official, and John Coates, once a high-powered corporate attorney, have been appointed professors of law at the Law School (HLS).
Kagan is an expert in administrative law, while Coates is a corporate and financial law specialist.
Kagan comes to her administrative law expertise as a teacher, researcher, and practitioner.
www.news.harvard.edu /gazette/2001/10.25/06-hls.html   (513 words)

  
 UH -Top Education Stories -First Woman Is Appointed as Dean of Harvard Law School
Elena Kagan, a former White House aide to President Bill Clinton and onetime clerk to Justice Thurgood Marshall of the Supreme Court, has been appointed dean of the Harvard University Law School, Lawrence H. Summers, the university president, announced yesterday.
Professor Kagan, who has taught at the law school since 1999, said in an interview yesterday that she considered her greatest challenge to be maintaining the school's leadership as the nation's premier law school.
Professor Kagan was born on the Upper West Side of Manhattan; her father was a lawyer and her mother an elementary school teacher.
www.uh.edu /admin/media/topstories/2003/nytimes/200304/20030404har.html   (400 words)

  
 Ms. Magazine Online
Elena Kagan, a professor at the law school, is both modest and mindful in recognition of history in the making.
Though Kagan began building a breathtaking academic resume-- summa cum laude at Princeton and a master's in philosophy at Oxford before attending Harvard Law-- her goals in life were less focused.
Kagan graduated magna cum laude in 1986 and went on to clerk for two famous liberal jurists, Supreme Court justice Thurgood Marshall and Court of Appeals Judge Abner Mikva.
www.msmagazine.com /june03/sachs.asp   (819 words)

  
 The Harvard Crimson :: News :: Kagan Meets With Law Students
Kagan told students that recruiting leading faculty to fill gaps in the curriculum would be a top item on her agenda.
Kagan noted that because of the structure of legal education, the Law School—unlike the College-—does not have “a middle strata” of graduate students to help with grading and instead must rely entirely on its professors.
Kagan added that she and her fellow faculty members felt that there was “an absence of an intellectual community” at HLS.
www.thecrimson.com /article.aspx?ref=347832   (1088 words)

  
 The Daily Princetonian - Alumna, Sachs scholar named Dean of Harvard Law School
Elena Kagan '81 was named yesterday as Harvard University's new law school dean.
Kagan graduated highest honors from the University and was the recipient of its Daniel M. Sachs Fellowship, which sponsored her study of philosophy at Worcester College, Oxford University, after graduation.
Kagan went on to Harvard Law School, where she also earned highest honors and was an editor of the law review.
dailyprincetonian.com /archives/2003/04/04/news/7795.shtml?...   (470 words)

  
 Just Democracy: Elena Kagan, Advisory Board
Elena Kagan, the Charles Hamilton Houston Professor of Law, is the 11th Dean of Harvard Law School.
From 1995 to 1999, Dean 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 Council (1997-99).
Dean Kagan launched her scholarly career at the University of Chicago Law School, where she became an assistant professor in 1991 and a tenured professor of law in 1995.
www.justdemocracy.org /about_jd/elena_kagan.htm   (288 words)

  
 SpeakerDetails
Harvard Law School recently named Elena Kagan, a scholar and former aide in the Clinton White House, as the first female dean in the prestigious school's 186-year history.
Kagan, who has taught at Harvard since 1999, held several jobs in the Clinton administration, including deputy director of the Domestic Policy Council from 1997 to 1999.
In 1999, she was nominated to serve on the U.S. Appeals Court for the District of Columbia, but the Senate did not act on the nomination and it expired when Congress adjourned in 2000.
www.brooksinternational.com /sports/Elena__Kagan_280.htm   (125 words)

  
 Boston.com / Education
BOSTON -- Elena Kagan, a professor and former White House aide who helped push President Clinton's agenda through Congress, was named Thursday as the next dean of Harvard Law School, the first woman to hold the job in the school's 186-year history.
Kagan, described by acquaintances as a straight-shooting pragmatist, will lead one of the nation's pre-eminent law schools, which is facing a number of challenges.
Kagan will become the school's 11th dean in June, replacing Robert C. Clark, who announced his retirement in November.
www.boston.com /news/daily/03/harvard_dean.htm   (831 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Harvard Law appoints first female dean   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
BOSTON (AP) — Harvard Law School on Thursday named Elena Kagan, a scholar and former aide in the Clinton White House, as the first female dean in the prestigious school's 186-year history.
In 1999, she was nominated to serve on the U.S. Appeals Court for Washington, D.C., but the Senate did not act on the nomination and it expired when Congress adjourned in 2000.
Kagan replaces Robert Clark, who will retire in June after 14 years at the nation's oldest continuously operating law school.
www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2003-04-03-harvard-law-dean_x.htm   (292 words)

  
 The Harvard Crimson :: News :: Law School Names Dean
Elena Kagan, who received tenure in 2001 after only two years as a visiting professor at HLS, has been chosen to replace current HLS Dean Robert C. Clark when he steps down this June, after 14 years at the helm.
Kagan came to Harvard from Washington, D.C., where she worked in the Clinton Administration with Summers as the deputy director of the Domestic Policy Council.
Kagan lauded Clark in front of students and faculty yesterday for making great strides for the Law School during his tenure by reducing class sizes into “seven sections” and appointing over half of the current faculty.
www.thecrimson.com /article.aspx?ref=347381   (1698 words)

  
 New Voice on Tobacco at White House [05/01/98]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
In December 1996, Elena Kagan quit her job as a lawyer in the White House counsel's office to return to the University of Chicago, where she was a tenured professor of constitutional law.
Kagan's legal training came in handy in her forays into the minutiae of tobacco legislation.
Kagan pleaded for 24 hours to work out a deal, and she went through each point with the senator in painstaking detail.
www.no-smoking.org /may98/05-01-98-4.html   (1040 words)

  
 Kagan - Kagan Parfümeri - Online Satis Magazasi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Elena Kagan, the Charles Hamilton Houston Professor of Law, Dean Kagan came to Harvard Law School as a visiting professor in 1999 and became Professor
Elena Kagan, the Charles Hamilton Houston Professor of Law, has served as Dean of Harvard Law While on the faculty, Kagan has taught administrative law,
Kagan operate approximately 75000m2 of racked and bulk warehouse space with access Kagan has the ability and licence to store dangerous goods on site.
newinfoseek.com /nwis/kagan.html   (373 words)

  
 Closing Statement Of Senator Patrick Leahy On The Nomination Of Thomas B. Griffith To The United States Court Of ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
With all the self-righteous talk from the other side of the aisle about their new-found “principle” that every judicial nominee is entitled to an up-or-down vote, the facts are that in 1999 and 2000, the nomination of Elena Kagan to the D.C. Circuit was pocket filibustered by those same Senate Republicans.
Kagan is now Dean of the Harvard Law School.
In September 2002, Senator Sessions explained that Clinton nominees Elena Kagan and Allen Snyder were blocked: “Because the circuit had a caseload about one-fourth the average caseload per judge.
www.senate.gov /member/vt/leahy/general/press/200506/061405.html   (892 words)

  
 Fifty years after admitting women, law school hires woman dean | csmonitor.com
Two years after the US Senate let Elena Kagan's nomination to a federal circuit court lapse, the law school has selected her as its first female dean.
Kagan's gender is far from her best qualification.
Just 20 years after graduating, Kagan clerked for Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, served as President Clinton's second-highest ranking domestic policy adviser, and taught at both the University of Chicago and Harvard, where she became a visiting professor in 1999.
www.csmonitor.com /2003/0415/p12s01-lehl.html   (456 words)

  
 Elena - Gallery Elena - Taos, New Mexico   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
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webinfofeed.com /wifd/elena.htm   (355 words)

  
 HLS To Cooperate With Military Recruiters.
Kagan’s announcement marks a reversal of her November 2004 decision to bar Pentagon recruiters from using the law school’s Office of Career Services.
A federal appellate panel in Philadelphia ruled last year that the Solomon Amendment “requires law schools to express a message that is incompatible with their educational objectives” and therefore violates the schools’ free-speech rights.
Before making her policy reversal public yesterday, Kagan attended a meeting last night of the Law School’s gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender student group, Lambda, to explain her decision.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1492386/posts   (1440 words)

  
 The Daily Princetonian - Alumna, Sachs scholar named Dean of Harvard Law School
"Elena Kagan is an imaginative scholar, a gifted teacher, a public-spirited lawyer, and an energetic leader admired for her sound judgment and her capacity to inspire trust," he said in the statement.
However, her appointment was never confirmed, and it expired when the Senate adjourned in 2000.
At Princeton, Kagan studied history and was a writer and editorial chairman with The Daily Princetonian.
www.dailyprincetonian.com /archives/2003/04/04/news/7795.shtml   (470 words)

  
 Kagan - Right Web | Profile | Frederick Kagan
Robert A. Kagan began teaching political science at Berkeley in 1974, and in 1988 he Kagan's recent publications include: Shades of Green: Business,
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 Career Counsel : Meet Elena Kagan: First Lady
Jungle Law: After graduating from Harvard Law in 1986, clerking for Thurgood Marshall, and serving on Clinton's Domestic Policy Council, you've now been named the first female dean in your alma mater's history.
Elena Kagan: I don't see myself as a pioneer in the sense that I've done things that no one else has done before.
I am the first woman dean of Harvard Law School, but so many women who came before me made my and other women's achievements possible.
www.lawcrossing.com /article/index.php?id=1183   (694 words)

  
 JURIST - Paper Chase: Thursday, April 03, 2003
Next Harvard Law School Dean is Elena Kagan
Elena Kagan named next Dean of Harvard Law School
Bernard Hibbitts at 2:06 PM ET [JURIST] Harvard University President Lawrence Summers announced Thursday afternoon that the next Dean of Harvard Law School will be HLS professor and administrative law scholar Elena Kagan [faculty profile].
jurist.law.pitt.edu /paperchase/2003_04_03_indexarch.php   (1253 words)

  
 HLS : News Archive
The conversation was moderated by Dean Elena Kagan and Professor Martha Minow, his daughter.
Dean Elena Kagan gave her annual "state of the school" address in Ames Courtroom this week to mark the beginning of the academic year.
The Supreme Court Advocacy Project, sponsored by the two organizations and Dean Elena Kagan, will invite litigants of upcoming cases to present their arguments before a panel of experts, discuss case strategy and receive critiques.
www.law.harvard.edu /news/2005   (9376 words)

  
 The Committee for Justice
Especially in recent years, the process has come to resemble a cycle of retribution and payback, in which obstruction by one party has led to obstruction by the other party whenever power shifts at the White House.
During the Clinton administration, Republicans refused even to hold hearings for more than 50 judicial nominees, including Elena Kagan, who is about to become dean of the Harvard Law School.
Now that Bush is nominating judges, Democrats have taken the rare step of filibustering -- or blocking -- two appeals court nominees and are considering using similar tactics to stop others.
committeeforjustice.org /contents/news/news051103_post.shtml   (1367 words)

  
 Harvard Law School, Dean Kagan
Dean Kagan declined to respond to my email.
On April 4 when I called I was informed Dean Kagan was available "a moment ago" but not now, and I left the same message again.
On April 5 I spoke with Dean Kagan's appointments secretary who told me Dean Kagan was going to be "very busy this month." I asked the secretary to convey to the dean that I would assume, unless I hear otherwise, that the answer to my March 19 email is "No."
www.newdemocracyworld.org /Law-School.htm   (547 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Harvard to allow military recruiters, awaits court ruling   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
But in an e-mail sent to students late Tuesday, Dean Elena Kagan said the Pentagon had told Harvard it would enforce the law despite the 3rd Circuit ruling, potentially costing the university — and especially its research-intensive medical and public health schools — hundreds of millions of dollars.
Yale Law School also has reinstated its policy denying formal access to military recruiters, but it is protected by a separate injunction from a federal judge that prevents the Pentagon from enforcing the policy there.
HLS Lambda, a group representing gay students at Harvard, posted a statement on its website saying the group wished the university had more actively opposed the law, but applauded Kagan for barring recruiters last November.
www.usatoday.com /news/education/2005-09-21-harvard-military_x.htm   (540 words)

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