Solicitor General’s Office

Lindsay Harrison at One First Street. Photo by Patrice Gilbert. To paraphrase the controversial Campari ads at issue in Hustler Magazine v. Falwell (aka The People vs. Larry Flynt), everyone remembers “their first time” — arguing in open court, that is. It’s a rite of passage that all young litigators must go through. At large […]

President Barack Obama has hit the ground running. Even before President Obama was done flubbing taking the oath of office, the revamped White House website was launched. You can check the WH website, including the new “Briefing Room” blog, for news of notable nominations and appointments. We’ll also follow personnel news here on Above the […]

Students who received a prestigious Bristow Fellowship with the Solicitor General’s Office will be informed today. The Office of the Solicitor General confirmed with us this morning that the decisions have been made and successful applicants will be told today. If you applied, you might want to keep your phone lines open. But if you […]

Many have speculated that Harvard Law School’s hot and high-powered dean, Elena Kagan, might be a Supreme Court nominee in an Obama administration. Dean Kagan is one step closer to sitting on the Court. Assuming her confirmation process goes smoothly — which it surely will, given how universally adored and admired she is, by liberals […]

New lawyers to lead the nation are sending in their résumés. Already, UC Berkeley School of Law Dean Christopher Edley has received a choice position as part of Obama’s transition advisory board. (I wonder if he’s accepting resumes from his students?) Here’s an interesting choice for Edley and the rest of the transition team that […]

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Could it be? A message for ATL from Paul Clement, the 43rd Solicitor General of the United States? (It’s not completely out of the question. We have written about Clement a fair amount, and we have also met him in person.) The lowercase type for his name seemed a little odd. But some very prominent […]

Throughout the Federalist Society National Lawyers Convention, which we attended last week, various members and leaders of the group revelled in its reputation for being part of the “vast right-wing conspiracy” (in the immortal words of Senatrix Hillary Rodham Clinton). We’re going to play along. We have a few write-ups of conference events that we’ll […]