Please join Professor Rappaport, Professor of Law, in a discussion with Elizabeth B. Prelogar, Solicitor General of the United States on January 23, 2024.

Elizabeth Barchas Prelogar is the 48th Solicitor General of the United States and serves as the fourth-ranking individual at the Department of Justice.  As Solicitor General, she is responsible for conducting and supervising all Supreme Court litigation on behalf of the United States.

Solicitor General Prelogar previously served in multiple roles at the Department of Justice, including Acting Solicitor General, Principal Deputy Solicitor General, and Assistant to the Solicitor General.  During her prior tenure as a career attorney at the Department, she was detailed to Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and obstruction-of-justice issues, where she served as an Assistant Special Counsel.

Solicitor General Prelogar was born and raised in Boise, Idaho.  She received her bachelor’s degree from Emory University, a master’s degree in creative writing from the University of St. Andrews, and her law degree from Harvard Law School.  After graduating from law school, Solicitor General Prelogar clerked for Judge Merrick B. Garland of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.  She then completed consecutive Supreme Court clerkships for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Justice Elena Kagan.  After her clerkships, she worked as an associate in the appellate group at Hogan Lovells LLP.  She later became a partner at Cooley LLP focused on Supreme Court and appellate litigation, and she also served as a Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School, where she co-taught a course on Supreme Court and appellate advocacy.

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