Ketanji Brown Jackson Biography (1970–)
Ketanji Brown Jackson is a federal judge, former federal public defender and the first Black woman nominated to become an associate justice on the Supreme Court.
Who Is Ketanji Brown Jackson?
Ketanji Brown Jackson, born Ketanji Onyika Brown in 1970, is a federal judge and former federal public defender nominated by President Joe Biden to become an associate justice on the Supreme Court. She is the first Black woman to be nominated for a seat on the high court. Jackson grew up in Miami and shared in her high school yearbook her goal to eventually receive a judicial appointment. She obtained both her undergraduate and law degrees from Harvard and is married to a fellow Harvard alum.
Supreme Court Nomination
On February 25, 2022, President Biden announced he was nominating Jackson to fill the Supreme Court seat left open by the retirement of Justice Stephen Breyer.
If confirmed, Jackson would become the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court. She would also be the first federal public defender to sit on the court, and the first justice since Thurgood Marshall to have represented criminal defendants.
Legal Career
Though Jackson worked for several private law firms, she spent most of her legal career as a public servant. After earning her law degree from Harvard in 1996, she clerked for two federal judges. She held a Supreme Court clerkship for Justice Breyer during the 1999-2000 term.
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